2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Kings 22:19; Jeremiah 36:24; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:6; Jonah 3:7
He rent his clothes - Partly grief and horror, like Reuben Genesis 37:29 and Job Job 1:20 , partly in repentance, like Ahab 1 Kings 21:27 .
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...
he rent his clothes. Not necessarily on account of his surprise, but on account of the solemnity of the words.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the ho...
Josiah. The finding of a Book of the Law 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39 .
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 f...
JOSIAH'S REFORMATION 2 Kings 22:8-20 ; 2 Kings 23:1-25 "And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness."...
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 s...
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...
What an interesting account this is! What a wonderful effect must have been wrought upon the minds of all the people, in the discovery of this inesti...
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...
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law ,.... From whence it appears that he had never wrote out a copy of it,...
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. Ver. 11. When the king had heard the wo...
And Shaphan read it before the king That is, some part of it, for it cannot be supposed that he read all of it, especially at one time. When the k...
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 th...
The Ruin of Judah Foretold; the Favour Shown to Josiah. B. C. 623....
The words of the book of the law, i. e. the dreadful comminations against them for the sins still reigning among the people. Quest. Did Josiah ne...
The Discovery of The Book Of The Law And Its Immediate Consequences ( 2 Kings 22:8-13 ). We have already indicated above our view that this Book o...
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...
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 ow...
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. Josi...
EXPOSITION 2 Kings 22:1-12 ACCESSION OF JOSIAH . REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE . RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW . 2 Kin...
The Book of the Law Read before the King, and the Results
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Book of the Law, the original, as usual, making a much deeper impression upon the heare...
The words — The dreadful comminations against them for the sins still reigning among the people. If Josiah had seen and read it before, which seems...
11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.