Chapter 34

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am 3363-3394, bc 641-610

Josiah 2Chr 33:25; 1Kgs 13:2; 2Kgs 22:1-20; 1Chr 3:14-15; Jer 1:2; Zeph 1:1; Matt 1:10-11, Josias

eight years 2Chr 24:1, 2Chr 26:1, 2Chr 33:1; 1Sam 2:18, 1Sam 2:26; 1Kgs 3:7-9; Eccl 4:13


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right in the sight 2Chr 14:2, 2Chr 17:3, 2Chr 29:2; 1Kgs 14:8, 1Kgs 15:5; 2Kgs 22:2

declined Deut 5:32, Deut 17:11, Deut 17:20, Deut 28:14; Josh 1:7, Josh 23:6; Prov 4:27


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am 3370, bc 634

2Kgs 18:4

while he 1Chr 22:5, 1Chr 29:1; Ps 119:9; Eccl 12:1; 2Tim 3:15

to seek 2Chr 15:2; 1Chr 28:9; Prov 8:17; Matt 6:33

purge 2Chr 33:17, 2Chr 33:22; Lev 26:30; 2Kgs 23:4, 2Kgs 23:14

the high places 2Chr 30:14


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brake down 2Chr 33:3; Exod 23:24; Lev 26:30; Deut 7:5, Deut 7:25

images or, sun images, 2Chr 14:5; 2Kgs 23:4-5, 2Kgs 23:11

made dust 2Chr 34:7; Exod 32:20; Deut 9:21; 2Kgs 23:12; Ps 18:42; Isa 27:9

graves Heb. face of the graves, 2Kgs 10:26-27, 2Kgs 23:4, 2Kgs 23:6


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he 1Kgs 13:2; 2Kgs 23:16; Jer 8:1-2

cleansed 2Chr 34:7; Num 35:33; Jer 3:10, Jer 4:14; Ezek 22:24


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in 2Chr 30:1, 2Chr 30:10-11, 2Chr 31:1; 2Kgs 23:15-20

mattocks or, mauls, 1Sam 13:20-21; Prov 25:18; Isa 7:25


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beaten 2Chr 34:1; Deut 9:21

into powder Heb. to make powder

he returned 2Chr 31:1


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am 3380, bc 624

the eighteenth Jer 1:2-3

sent Shaphan 2Kgs 22:3, 2Kgs 22:12, 2Kgs 22:14; Jer 26:24, Jer 29:3, Jer 36:10, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:11; Ezek 8:11

Maaseiah Jer 21:1, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:25

recorder 2Sam 8:16, 2Sam 20:24; 1Chr 18:15


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Hilkiah 2Chr 34:14-15, 2Chr 34:18, 2Chr 34:20, 2Chr 34:22; 2Kgs 22:4, 2Kgs 23:4

they delivered 2Chr 24:11-14; 2Kgs 22:5-7; Phil 4:8

Manasseh 2Chr 30:10, 2Chr 30:18, 2Chr 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. 2Chr 34:7


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in the hand 2Kgs 12:11-12, 2Kgs 12:14, 2Kgs 22:5-6; Ezra 3:7


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floor or, rafter

the kings 2Chr 33:4-7, 2Chr 33:22


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faithfully 2Chr 31:12; 2Kgs 12:15, 2Kgs 22:7; Neh 7:2; Prov 28:20; 1Cor 4:2

all 1Chr 6:31-48, 1Chr 15:16-22, 1Chr 16:4-5, 1Chr 16:41, 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 25:1-31

skill The verb skill is now obsolete. The meaning is, "every one who is skilful, maiveen, on instruments of music."


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the bearers 2Chr 2:10, 2Chr 2:18, 2Chr 8:10; Neh 4:10

and of the Levites 1Chr 23:4-5

scribes Ezra 7:6; Jer 8:8; Matt 26:3

officers 2Chr 19:11; 1Chr 23:4, 1Chr 26:29-30

porters 2Chr 8:14; 1Chr 9:17, 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 16:38, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 26:1-19; Ezra 7:7


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Hilkiah 2Kgs 22:8-20; Deut 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 2Chr 12:1, 2Chr 31:4, 2Chr 35:26; Deut 17:18-19; Josh 1:8; Ezra 7:10; Ps 1:2; Isa 5:24, Isa 30:9; Jer 8:8; Luke 2:39

Moses Heb. the hand of Moses, Lev 8:36, Lev 10:11, Lev 26:46


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Shaphan 2Kgs 22:9-10; Jer 36:20-21

thy servants Heb. the hand of thy servants


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And they 2Chr 34:8-10

gathered together Heb. poured out, or melted


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And Shaphan read Deut 17:19; Josh 1:8; Ps 119:46, Ps 119:97-99; Jer 36:20-21

it Heb. in it


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the words Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7-11; Gal 2:19, Gal 3:10-13

that he rent 2Kgs 19:1, 2Kgs 22:11, 2Kgs 22:19; Jer 36:22-24; Joel 2:13


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Ahikam 2Kgs 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. 2Kgs 22:12; Achbor, Jer 26:22; Michah, Michaiah, ξιλιδ H4321, as he is named in the parallel passage, is here called ξιλδ H4318, Michah, merely by the omission of ιδ H3050 yah, one of the Divine names.

Asaiah This variation only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Asaiah, or rather, Asayah. 2Kgs 22:12, Asahiah


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inquire Exod 18:15; 1Sam 9:9; 1Kgs 22:5-7; Jer 21:2; Ezek 14:1-11, Ezek 20:1-7

that are left 2Chr 28:6, 2Chr 33:11; 2Kgs 17:6-7, 2Kgs 22:13; Isa 37:2-4; Jer 42:2

great Lev 26:14-46; Deut 28:15, Deut 29:18-28, Deut 30:17-19, Deut 31:16-22, Deut 32:15-25; Rom 1:18, Rom 2:8-12, Rom 4:15


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the prophetess Exod 15:20; Judg 4:4; Luke 1:41-45, Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9

Hasrah Hasrah is most probably a mistake for Harhas; as the Septuagint reads, both here and in the parallel place, Αρας, Aras, 2Kgs 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.


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Tell ye the man 2Kgs 22:15-20; Jer 21:3-7, Jer 37:7-10


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I will bring 2Chr 36:14-20; Josh 23:16; 2Kgs 21:12, 2Kgs 23:26-27; Isa 5:4-6; Jer 6:19; Jer 19:3, Jer 19:15, Jer 35:17, Jer 36:31

all the curses 2Chr 34:21


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Because 2Chr 12:2, 2Chr 15:2, 2Chr 33:3-9; 2Kgs 24:3-4; Isa 2:8-9; Jer 15:1-4

my wrath Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20; Lam 2:4, Lam 4:11; Nah 1:6; Rev 14:10-11

shall not 2Kgs 22:17; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Ezek 20:48; Mark 9:43-48


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as for 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:23


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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 2Chr 32:12-13; 2Kgs 22:18-19; Ps 34:18, Ps 51:17; Isa 57:15, Isa 66:2; Ezek 9:4; Ezek 36:26

humble 2Chr 32:26, 2Chr 33:12, 2Chr 33:19; Jas 4:6-10

didst rend 2Chr 34:19; Jer 36:23-24

I have even Ps 10:17; Isa 65:24


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I will gather 2Chr 35:24; 2Kgs 22:20; Isa 57:1-2; Jer 15:1; Ezek 14:14-21

in peace Ps 37:37

neither 1Kgs 21:29; 2Kgs 20:19; Isa 39:8


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the king 1Sam 12:23; 1Chr 29:2-9; Mark 14:8

gathered 2Chr 30:2; 2Kgs 23:1-3


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great and small Heb. from great even to small, 2Chr 15:12-13, 2Chr 18:30; Deut 1:17; Job 3:19

he read 2Chr 6:1-11, 2Chr 17:7-9; Deut 17:18-20; Neh 8:2-5; Eccl 1:12, Eccl 12:9-10

the book 2Chr 34:15, 2Chr 34:18-19, 2Chr 34:24; Exod 24:7; 2Kgs 23:2, 2Kgs 23:21; Jer 31:31-32


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In his place Instead of al omdo, "in his place," the parallel passage, 2Kgs 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." 2Chr 6:13; 2Kgs 11:4, 2Kgs 23:3; Ezek 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.

2Chr 23:16, 2Chr 29:10; Exod 24:6-8; Deut 29:1, Deut 29:10-15; Josh 24:25; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; Heb 8:6-13

and his testimonies Ps 119:111-112

with all 2Chr 15:12, 2Chr 15:15, 2Chr 31:21; Deut 6:5; Luke 10:27-29

to perform Ps 119:106


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caused 2Chr 14:4, 2Chr 30:12, 2Chr 33:16; Gen 18:19; Eccl 8:2

present Heb. found, 2Chr 29:29

did Jer 3:10


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took away 2Chr 34:3-7; 2Kgs 23:4-20

the abominations 1Kgs 11:5-7

all his days Josh 24:31; Jer 3:10; Hos 6:4

from following Heb. from after


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