2 Chronicles 34:14
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he (k) rent his clothes. (k) For sorrow that the word of God had been so lon...
2 Chronicles 34:1 to 2 Chronicles 35:27 . The Reign of Josiah. See notes on 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1-30 , which form the basis of the Chronicle...
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
The king—rent his clothes— If there were several copies of the law in Judah taken from the venerable original of Moses, under the inspection of the...
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. When the king has heard the words of the law ......
Reign of Josiah The chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read...
(14-19) Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law, and delivers it to Shaphan, who reads it before the king. (Comp. 2 Kings 22:8-11 .)
THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1-33 ; 2 Chronicles 35:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercise...
a Disturbing Discovery 2 Chronicles 34:12-21 The finding of the roll of the Law was a very significant incident. That it should have become so...
The story of Josiah's reign is full of brightness. The conditions around were very terrible, but in this boy king, especially as he developed to manh...
The relation here given so much corresponds to what was before related, 2Kings, that I think it necessary only to direct the Reader to look back, and...
When the king had heard the words he rent his clothes Were the things contained in Scripture new to us, as they were here to Josiah, surely they wo...
JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN (vv.1-7) Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His father at this time (when he died) was 2...
14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the L ORD , Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the L ORD...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This and next chapter give history of Josiah, and parallel with 2 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 23:1-30 . Josiah’s good beginning ( 2 Chro...
2 Chronicles 34:14-15 . And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law...
2 Chronicles 34:5 . He burnt the bones of the priests, and so, perhaps without intending it, he fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God that came...
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. Restoring God’s house I. Spiritual desolation. 1. The negli...
EXPOSITION This chapter, with the following, embraces the entire of the beneficent reign of Josiah, son of Amon—the son an illustrious contrast...
The Finding of the Book of the Law and its Effects
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Law, that he rent his clothes, not that he was unfamiliar with the sacred book, which h...
2 Kings 19:1 ; 2 Kings 22:11 ; 2 Kings 22:19 ; Galatians 2:19 ; Galatians 3:10-13 ; Jeremiah 36:22-24 ; Joel 2:13 ; Romans 3:20 ; Romans 7:7...
Rent his clothes — Were the things contained in scripture new to us, as they were here to Josiah, surely they would make deeper impressions upon us...
19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.