I will bring evil upon ... — Literally, I am about to bring evil unto... Instead of unto, the LXX., Vulg., and Chronicles rightly read upon, which follows in the next phrase.
Which the king of Judah hath read. — The book had been read to him as the chronicler explains. The freedom of expression here warns us against pressing the words of 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 22:10 (“he read it”).