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2 Kings 22
20 verses with commentary
Josiah's Reign in Judah
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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<strong>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine reforms and deep-rooted corruption, revealing that externa...
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**XXII.
THE REIGN OF JOSIAH** (2 Kings 22, 2Kings 23:30; comp. 2 Chronicles 24, 25)
(1) **Josiah.**—The name seems to mean “Jah healeth.” (Comp. Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 30:26.)
**Eight years old.**—The queen-mother was probably paramount in the government during the first years of the reign.
**Boscath.**—In the lowland of Judah (Joshua 15:39).
**He reigned thirty and one years.**—And somewhat over. (...
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**15-18. Jehonadab the son of Rechab--**(See 1Ch 2:55). A person who, from his piety and simple primitive manner of life (Jr 35:1-19), was highly esteemed, and possessed great influence in the country. Jehu saw in a moment the advantage that his cause would gain from the friendship and countenance of this venerable man in the eyes of the people, and accordingly paid him the distinguished attention...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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<strong>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over historical eve...
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(2) **And walked** **. . .**—See Note on 2Chronicles 34:2.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**15-18. Jehonadab the son of Rechab--**(See 1Ch 2:55). A person who, from his piety and simple primitive manner of life (Jr 35:1-19), was highly esteemed, and possessed great influence in the country. Jehu saw in a moment the advantage that his cause would gain from the friendship and countenance of this venerable man in the eyes of the people, and accordingly paid him the distinguished attention...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full 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,
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<strong>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,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over ...
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(3) **In the eighteenth year.**—See the Notes on 2Chronicles 34:3, *seq.* The discourses of Jeremiah, who began his prophetic ministry in the thirteenth year of Josiah, to which Thenius refers as incomprehensible on the assumption that idolatry was extirpated throughout the country in the twelfth year of this king, would be quite reconcilable even with that assumption, which, however, it is not ne...
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**15-18. Jehonadab the son of Rechab--**(See 1Ch 2:55). A person who, from his piety and simple primitive manner of life (Jr 35:1-19), was highly esteemed, and possessed great influence in the country. Jehu saw in a moment the advantage that his cause would gain from the friendship and countenance of this venerable man in the eyes of the people, and accordingly paid him the distinguished attention...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: door: Heb. threshold
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<strong>Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over historica...
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**19. call unto me all the prophets of Baal--**The votaries of Baal are here classified under the several titles of prophets, priests, and servants, or worshippers generally. They might be easily convened into one spacious temple, as their number had been greatly diminished both by the influential ministrations of Elijah and Elisha, and also from the late King Joram's neglect and discontinuance of...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
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<strong>And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenan...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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<strong>Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine reforms and deep-rooted corruption, revealing that external religious activity cannot substitute for heart transformation. <br><br>T...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
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<strong>Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine reforms and deep-rooted corruption, revealing that external religious activity cannot substitute for he...
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(7) **Howbeit there was.**—*Only let there be*. The words of 2Kings 22:6-7 are part of the royal mandate.
**That was delivered . . .** **they dealt**.—*That is given . . . they deal*. In 2Kings 12:14; 2Kings 12:16 the same construction is used in a different sense. (See the Notes there.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**22. Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal--**The priests of Baal were clad, probably, in robes of white byssus while they were engaged in the functions of their office, and these were kept under the care of an officer in a particular wardrobe of Baal's temple. This treacherous massacre, and the means taken to accomplish it, are paralleled by the slaughter of the Janissaries and o...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →The Book of the Law Found
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
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<strong>And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over his...
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(8) **I have found.**—Literally, *the book of the Torah have I found*. The definite form of the expression proves that what the high priest found was something already known; it was not a book, but *the* book of the Law. How little the critics are agreed as to the precise character and contents of the book in question is well shown by Thenius: “Neither the entire then existing Scripture (Sebastian...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Jehoshaphat makes a league with Ahab.(1-14)
Micaiah predicts the death of Ahab.(15-28)
Death of Ahab.(29-40)
Jehoshaphat's good reign over Judah.(41-50)
Ahaziah's evil reign over Israel.(51-53)
**Verses 1-14**
The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very ...
Read full commentary →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 house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. gathered: Heb. melted
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<strong>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 house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine na...
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(9) **Thy servants.**—Hilkiah and I.
**Have gathered.**—Rather, *have poured out*—*i.e.*, from the alms-chest into the bags.
**In the house.**—In the wider sense of the word, as including the outer court (2Kings 12:9). Chronicles reads “in the house of the Lord,” which is probably right. So LXX., Vulg., Arabic here.
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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<strong>And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The reference to kingship reminds readers that all human authority is subordinate to God's ultimate kingship. In Judah's later history, we see bo...
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(10) **Read it before the king.**—Keil suggests such passages as Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26. If it were meant that Shaphan read *the whole* of the book, as Thenius alleges, we should expect “*all* the words of the book” in 2Kings 22:11.
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
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<strong>And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The reference to kingship reminds readers that all human authority is subordinate to God's ultimate kingship. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine reforms and de...
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
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<strong>And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The reference to kingship reminds readers that all human authority is subordinate to God's ultimate ...
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(12) **And the king commanded** **. . .**—Comp. the similar embassy to Isaiah (2Kings 19:2).
As to *Ahikam* see Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 40:5; and for *Achbor*, Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12.
**Asahiah a servant of the king’s.**—Probably the same officer as “the knight” or *aide-de-camp* who attended on the king (2Kings 7:2; 2Kings 9:25.)
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
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<strong>Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: R...
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(13) **Enquire of the Lord.**—Or, *seek ye Jehovah*. Josiah wished to know whether any hope remained for himself and his people, or whether the vengeance must fall speedily.
**For the people.**—Of Jerusalem.
**Written concerning us.**—Thenius conjectures *written therein*, a slight change in the Hebrew. But Josiah identifies the people and their fathers as one nation. (Comp. also Exodus 20:5.) How...
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. wardrobe: Heb. garments in the: or, in the second part
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<strong>So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The prophetic ...
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(14) **Went unto Huldah the prophetess.**—Why not to Jeremiah or Zephaniah? Apparently because Huldah “dwelt in Jerusalem,” and they did not, at least at this time. Anathoth in Benjamin was Jeremiah’s town. Huldah, however, must have enjoyed a high reputation, as *prophets* are mentioned in 2Kings 23:2.
**Keeper of the wardrobe.**—Either the royal wardrobe or that of the priests in the Temple. (Co...
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**29. Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam ... Jehu departed not from after them--**Jehu had no intention of carrying his zeal for the Lord beyond a certain point, and as he considered it impolitic to encourage his subjects to travel to Jerusalem, he re-established the symbolic worship of the calves.
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
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<strong>And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over historical events. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine reforms and deep...
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
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<strong>Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over historical...
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(16) **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 2Kings 22:8; 2Kings 22:10 (“he read ...
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
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<strong>Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. In Judah's later history, we see both genuine ref...
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(17) **With all the works** (work) **of their hands.**—With the idols they have made. See 1Kings 16:7, where the same phrase occurs. (Comp. also Isaiah 44:9-17; Psalm 115:4 *seq*.).
**Shall not be quenched**.—Comp. Jeremiah 4:4; Amos 5:6; Isaiah 1:31.
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
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<strong>But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The divine name emphasizes Yahweh's covenant relationship with Israel and His sovereign control over hist...
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**Verses 9-18**
Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet our Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no m...
Read full commentary →Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
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<strong>Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery ...
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(19) **Tender.**—See 1Chronicles 29:1; 1Chronicles 13:7; Deuteronomy 20:8.
**Hast humbled thyself.**—Comp. the behaviour of Ahab (1Kings 21:27 *seq*.).
**Become a desolation and a curse.**—See Jeremiah 44:22. “A curse” is not so much an instance of *causa pro effectu* (Thenius), as a specification of the type such as would be made in blessing and cursing. (Comp. Jeremiah 29:22; Genesis 48:20; Ruth...
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**Verses 15-28**
The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others, Micaiah related his vision. This matter is represented after the manner of men: we are not to imagine that God is ever put upon new counsels; or that he needs to consult with angels, or any...
Read full commentary →Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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<strong>Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the overall theme of chapter 22: Rediscovery of God's word brings renewal. The reference to kingship reminds readers that all h...
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(20) **Thy grave.**—So some MSS. and the old versions. But the ordinary Hebrew text, *thy graves*, may be right, as referring to the burial-place formed by Manasseh, which would contain a number of chambers and niches (2Kings 21:18).
**In peace.**—These words are limited by those which follow: “thine eyes shall not see all the evil,” &c. Josiah was slain in battle, as the next chapter relates (2Ki...
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**Verses 15-28**
The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others, Micaiah related his vision. This matter is represented after the manner of men: we are not to imagine that God is ever put upon new counsels; or that he needs to consult with angels, or any...
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