2 Kings 22:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, ”

2 Kings 22:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the eighteenth year - This is the date of the finding of the Book of the Law and of the Passover (marginal reference, and 2 Kings 23:23 ), but is not meant to apply to all the various reforms...
2 Kings 22:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22:1 to 2 Kings 23:30 a . The Reign and Reforms of Josiah. The fifty-seven years of the reigns of Manasseh and Amon were, according to Kings (not Chronicles), a period of apostasy, whi...
2 Kings 22:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the eighteenth year. Marks the completion of the work ( 2 Kings 23:23 ). Begun in the twelfth year ( 2 Chronicles 34:3 ; 2 Chronicles 34:8 ). Jeremiah was called in Josiah's thirteenth year ( Jere...
2 Kings 22:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
2 Kings 22:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, In the eighteenth...
2 Kings 22:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Josiah. The finding of a Book of the Law 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39 .
2 Kings 22:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the eighteenth year. — See the Notes on 2 Chronicles 34:3 , seq. The discourses of Jeremiah, who began his prophetic ministry in the thirteenth year of Josiah, to which Thenius refers as inco...
2 Kings 22:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JOSIAH B.C. 639-608 2 Kings 22:1-20 ; 2 Kings 23:1-37 Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1. "In outline dim and vast Their fearful shadows cast The giant forms of Empires, on their way To ruin: one by one...
2 Kings 22:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Finding the Lost Law 2 Kings 22:1-13 In the midst of a dissolute court, Josiah's young life grew as a palm on the desert-waste. At the age of sixteen he sought the Lord, and at eighteen he beca...
2 Kings 22:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With Josiah's accession came the last attempt at reformation before Judah was finally swept into captivity. Josiah's first act of reformation was to restore the Temple. All that followed grew out of...
2 Kings 22:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will read the parallel history of this pious king, as it is more largely recorded in the book of the Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 34:1 . he will there find that in the eighth year of his r...
2 Kings 22:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A MEMORABLE YEAR ‘The eighteenth year of king Josiah.’ 2 Kings 22:3-20 Josiah mounted the throne when he was eight years old. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasseh, both of the...
2 Kings 22:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah ,.... Not of his age, but of his reign, as appears from 2 Chronicles 34:8 nor is what follows the first remarkable act he did in a religio...
2 Kings 22:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, Ver. 3. In the eight...
2 Kings 22:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah Not of his life, but of his reign, as it is expressed, 2 Chronicles 34:3 ; 2 Chronicles 34:8 . The king sent Shaphan The secretary of state; saying, Go up...
2 Kings 22:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN (22:1 - 23:30) From Josiah's beginning to reign at eight years of age, his reign was faithful and godly, for he walked in the ways of David, the first of Israel's godly kings...
2 Kings 22:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Josiah's Pious Reign; the Book of the Law Read. B. C. 623. 1 Josiah was eight years ol...
2 Kings 22:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the eighteenth year, not of his life, but of his reign , as it is expressed, 2 Chronicles 34:3,8 . What he did before this time, see 2 Chronicles 34:3 , &c. The scribe; the king's sec...
2 Kings 22:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Instructions Concerning The Restoration of the Temple ( 2 Kings 22:3-7 ). In view of its connection with the Temple these instructions would have been entered in the royal annals (compare 2 Kings...
2 Kings 22:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE LAST EFFORT OF REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 22:2 . He did that which was right —In his minority Josiah was. guarded and directed by godly teachers and c...
2 Kings 22:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 22:8 . I have found the book of the law. This was “the book of the law of the Lord by Moses,” 2 Chronicles 34:14 ; that is, in Moses's own handwriting. Lyranus, a rabbi, says, that Ahaz h...
2 Kings 22:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. A monarch of rare virtue, and a God of retributive justice I. A monarch of rare virtue. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign.” In...
2 Kings 22:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 22:1-12 ACCESSION OF JOSIAH . REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE . RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW . 2 Kings 22:1-12 GENERAL CHARACTER OF JOSIAH '...
2 Kings 22:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Josiah's Good Reign
2 Kings 22:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 34:3-8 ; 2 Chronicles 34:9-33
2 Kings 22:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The scribe — The secretary of state.

2 Kings 22:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 22:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 22:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 22:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 22:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 22:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 22:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 22:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 22:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes