Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 34
Overview
Ch2 34:1, Josiah's good reign; Ch2 34:3, He destroys idolatry; Ch2 34:8, He takes order for the repair of the temple; Ch2 34:14, Hilkiah, having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord; Ch2 34:23, Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time; Ch2 34:29, Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God.
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Josiah: Ch2 33:25; Kg1 13:2; 2Kings 22:1-20; Ch1 3:14, Ch1 3:15; Jer 1:2; Zep 1:1; Mat 1:10, Mat 1:11, Josias
eight years: Ch2 24:1, Ch2 26:1, Ch2 33:1; Sa1 2:18, Sa1 2:26; Kg1 3:7-9; Ecc 4:13
right in the sight: Ch2 14:2, Ch2 17:3, Ch2 29:2; Kg1 14:8, Kg1 15:5; Kg2 22:2
declined: Deu 5:32, Deu 17:11, Deu 17:20, Deu 28:14; Jos 1:7, Jos 23:6; Pro 4:27
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while he: Ch1 22:5, Ch1 29:1; Psa 119:9; Ecc 12:1; Ti2 3:15
to seek: Ch2 15:2; Ch1 28:9; Pro 8:17; Mat 6:33
purge: Ch2 33:17, Ch2 33:22; Lev 26:30; Kg2 23:4, Kg2 23:14
the high places: Ch2 30:14
brake down: Ch2 33:3; Exo 23:24; Lev 26:30; Deu 7:5, Deu 7:25
images: or, sun images, Ch2 14:5; Kg2 23:4, Kg2 23:5, Kg2 23:11
made dust: Ch2 34:7; Exo 32:20; Deu 9:21; Kg2 23:12; Psa 18:42; Isa 27:9
graves: Heb. face of the graves, Kg2 10:26, Kg2 10:27, Kg2 23:4, Kg2 23:6
he: Kg1 13:2; Kg2 23:16; Jer 8:1, Jer 8:2
cleansed: Ch2 34:7; Num 35:33; Jer 3:10, Jer 4:14; Eze 22:24
in: Ch2 30:1, Ch2 30:10, Ch2 30:11, Ch2 31:1; Kg2 23:15-20
mattocks: or, mauls, Sa1 13:20, Sa1 13:21; Pro 25:18; Isa 7:25
into powder: Heb. to make powder
he returned: Ch2 31:1
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the eighteenth: Jer 1:2, Jer 1:3
sent Shaphan: Kg2 22:3, Kg2 22:12, Kg2 22:14; Jer 26:24, Jer 29:3, Jer 36:10, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:11; Eze 8:11
Maaseiah: Jer 21:1, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:25
recorder: Sa2 8:16, Sa2 20:24; Ch1 18:15
Hilkiah: Ch2 34:14, Ch2 34:15, Ch2 34:18, Ch2 34:20, Ch2 34:22; Kg2 22:4, Kg2 23:4
they delivered: Ch2 24:11-14; Kg2 22:5-7; Phi 4:8
Manasseh: Ch2 30:10, Ch2 30:18, Ch2 31:1
and they returned: Instead of wyyashuvoo, "and they returned," as the Keri has, we should, with the Kethiv, read weyoshevey, "and the inhabitants of;" a reading which is supported by many MSS, printed editions, and all the versions, as well as necessity and common sense. Ch2 34:7
in the hand: Kg2 12:11, Kg2 12:12, Kg2 12:14, Kg2 22:5, Kg2 22:6; Ezr 3:7
floor: or, rafter
the kings: Ch2 33:4-7, Ch2 33:22
faithfully: Ch2 31:12; Kg2 12:15, Kg2 22:7; Neh 7:2; Pro 28:20; Co1 4:2
all: 1Chr. 6:31-48, Ch1 15:16-22, Ch1 16:4, Ch1 16:5, Ch1 16:41, Ch1 23:5, 25:1-31
skill: The verb skill is now obsolete. the meaning is, "every one who is skilful, maiveen, on instruments of music.
the bearers: Ch2 2:10, Ch2 2:18, Ch2 8:10; Neh 4:10
and of the Levites: Ch1 23:4, Ch1 23:5
scribes: Ezr 7:6; Jer 8:8; Mat 26:3
officers: Ch2 19:11; Ch1 23:4, Ch1 26:29, Ch1 26:30
porters: Ch2 8:14; Ch1 9:17, Ch1 15:18, Ch1 16:38, Ch1 16:42, 26:1-19; Ezr 7:7
Hilkiah: Kg2 22:8-20; Deu 31:24-26
a book: Literally, "a book of the law of the Lord, by the hand of Moses," i.e, as Dr. Kennicott understands it, "in the handwriting of Moses;" for, says he, though there are fifteen places in the Old Testament which mention the "Law of Moses," and "book of Moses," yet this one place only mentions "the book of the law in, or by, the hand of Moses."
the law: Ch2 12:1, Ch2 31:4, Ch2 35:26; Deu 17:18, Deu 17:19; Jos 1:8; Ezr 7:10; Psa 1:2; Isa 5:24, Isa 30:9; Jer 8:8; Luk 2:39
Moses: Heb. the hand of Moses, Lev 8:36, Lev 10:11, Lev 26:46
Shaphan: Kg2 22:9, Kg2 22:10; Jer 36:20, Jer 36:21
thy servants: Heb. the hand of thy servants
And they: Ch2 34:8-10
gathered together: Heb. poured out, or melted
And Shaphan read: Deu 17:19; Jos 1:8; Psa 119:46, Psa 119:97-99; Jer 36:20, Jer 36:21
it: Heb. in it
the words: Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7-11; Gal 2:19, Gal 3:10-13
that he rent: Kg2 19:1, Kg2 22:11, Kg2 22:19; Jer 36:22-24; Joe 2:13
Ahikam: Kg2 25:22; Jer 26:24, Jer 40:6, Jer 40:9, Jer 40:14
Abdon: This person seems to have borne both the name of Achbor and Abdon. Kg2 22:12; Achbor, Jer 26:22; Michah, Michaiah, מיכיה [Strong's H4321], as he is named in the parallel passage, is here called מיכה [Strong's H4318], Michah, merely by the omission of יה [Strong's H3050] yah, one of the Divine names.
Asaiah: This variation only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Asaiah, or rather, Asayah. Kg2 22:12, Asahiah
inquire: Exo 18:15; Sa1 9:9; Kg1 22:5-7; Jer 21:2; Eze 14:1-11, Eze 20:1-7
that are left: Ch2 28:6, Ch2 33:11; Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:7, Kg2 22:13; Isa 37:2-4; Jer 42:2
great: Lev. 26:14-46; Deu 28:15, Deu 29:18-28, Deu 30:17-19, Deu 31:16-22, Deu 32:15-25; Rom 1:18, Rom 2:8-12, Rom 4:15
the prophetess: Exo 15:20; Jdg 4:4; Luk 1:41-45, Luk 2:36; Act 21:9
Hasrah: Hasrah is most probably a mistake for Harhas; as the Septuagint reads, both here and in the parallel place, Αρας, Aras, Kg2 22:14; Harhas
wardrobe: Heb. garments
college: or, school, or second part, It is probable that Mishneh was either the name of a street, or a particular part of the city of Jerusalem.
Tell ye the man: Kg2 22:15-20; Jer 21:3-7, Jer 37:7-10
I will bring: Ch2 36:14-20; Jos 23:16; Kg2 21:12, Kg2 23:26, Kg2 23:27; Isa 5:4-6; Jer 6:19; Jer 19:3, Jer 19:15, Jer 35:17, Jer 36:31
all the curses: Ch2 34:21
Because: Ch2 12:2, Ch2 15:2, Ch2 33:3-9; Kg2 24:3, Kg2 24:4; Isa 2:8, Isa 2:9; Jer 15:1-4
my wrath: Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20; Lam 2:4, Lam 4:11; Nah 1:6; Rev 14:10, Rev 14:11
shall not: Kg2 22:17; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Eze 20:48; Mar 9:43-48
Because: "Because," says the Targumist, "thy heart was melted, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of the word of the Lord, meymra dyya, when thou didst hear His words, yath pithgamoi, against this place." Here meymra, the personal word, is plainly distinguished from pithgam, a word spoken.
thine heart: Ch2 32:12, Ch2 32:13; Kg2 22:18, Kg2 22:19; Psa 34:18, Psa 51:17; Isa 57:15, Isa 66:2; Eze 9:4; Eze 36:26
humble: Ch2 32:26, Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:19; Jam 4:6-10
didst rend: Ch2 34:19; Jer 36:23, Jer 36:24
I have even: Psa 10:17; Isa 65:24
I will gather: Ch2 35:24; Kg2 22:20; Isa 57:1, Isa 57:2; Jer 15:1; Eze 14:14-21
in peace: Psa 37:37
neither: Kg1 21:29; Kg2 20:19; Isa 39:8
the king: Sa1 12:23; Ch1 29:2-9; Mar 14:8
gathered: Ch2 30:2; Kg2 23:1-3
great and small: Heb. from great even to small, Ch2 15:12, Ch2 15:13, Ch2 18:30; Deu 1:17; Job 3:19
he read: Ch2 6:1-11, Ch2 17:7-9; Deu 17:18-20; Neh 8:2-5; Ecc 1:12, Ecc 12:9, Ecc 12:10
the book: Ch2 34:15, Ch2 34:18, Ch2 34:19, Ch2 34:24; Exo 24:7; Kg2 23:2, Kg2 23:21; Jer 31:31, Jer 31:32
In his place: Instead of al omdo, "in his place," the parallel passage, Kg2 23:3, has al haammood, "by the pillar;" which is probably the true reading, as the LXX in both places read τον στυλον, "the pillar." Ch2 6:13; Kg2 11:4, Kg2 23:3; Eze 46:2
made a covenant: This was expressed:
1. In general, to walk after Jehovah; to have no gods beside him.
2. To take this law for the regulation of their conduct.
3. In particular, to bend their whole heart and soul to the performance of it; so that they might not only have religion without, but piety within.
Ch2 23:16, Ch2 29:10; Exo 24:6-8; Deu 29:1, Deu 29:10-15; Jos 24:25; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; Heb 8:6-13
and his testimonies: Psa 119:111, Psa 119:112
with all: Ch2 15:12, Ch2 15:15, Ch2 31:21; Deu 6:5; Luk 10:27-29
to perform: Psa 119:106
caused: Ch2 14:4, Ch2 30:12, Ch2 33:16; Gen 18:19; Ecc 8:2
present: Heb. found, Ch2 29:29
did: Jer 3:10
took away: Ch2 34:3-7; 2Kings 23:4-20
the abominations: Kg1 11:5-7
all his days: Jos 24:31; Jer 3:10; Hos 6:4
from following: Heb. from after