Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Kg2 22:1, Josiah's good reign; Kg2 22:3, He takes care for the repair of the temple; Kg2 22:8, Hilkiah having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord; Kg2 22:15, Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time.
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Josiah: This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well. Kg1 13:2; Ch2 34:1, 2-33; Jer 1:2; Zep 1:1; Mat 1:10, Josias
eight years old: Kg2 11:21, Kg2 21:1; Psa 8:2; Ecc 10:16; Isa 3:4
Boscath: This was a city in the plain country of the tribe of Judah; and is mentioned in the parallel passage along with Lachish and Eglon. Jos 15:39, Bozkath
right: Kg2 16:2, Kg2 18:3; Ch2 17:3, Ch2 29:2; Pro 20:11
walked: Kg1 3:6, Kg1 11:38, Kg1 15:5
turned: Deu 5:32; Jos 1:7; Pro 4:27; Eze 18:14-17
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in the: Ch2 34:3-8, 9-33
Hilkiah: Ch1 6:13, Ch1 9:11; Ch2 34:9-18
that he may: Ten years seem to have elapsed since the people began to present the accustomed offerings; yet no one had taken an account of them, nor were they applied to the purpose for which they were given.
sum the silver: Kg2 12:4, Kg2 12:8-11; Ch2 24:8-12; Mar 12:41, Mar 12:42
the keepers: Ch1 9:19, Ch1 26:13-19; Ch2 8:14; Neh 11:19; Psa 84:10
door: Heb. threshold
deliver: Kg2 12:11-14
to repair: Kg2 12:5; Ch2 24:7, Ch2 24:12, Ch2 24:13, Ch2 24:27; Ezr 3:7
carpenters: or, artificers, Exo 28:11, Exo 35:35, Exo 38:23
builders: Kg2 12:11; Gen 4:17; Kg1 5:18, Kg1 6:12
masons: or, repairers of the wall, Kg2 12:12; Isa 58:12; Eze 22:30
they dealt faithfully: Exo 36:5, Exo 36:6; Neh 7:2; Pro 28:20; Luk 16:10-12; Co1 4:2; Co2 8:20, Co2 8:21; Ti2 2:2; Jo3 1:5
I have found: This certainly was a genuine copy of the divine law, and probably the autograph of Moses, as it is said, in the parallel place of Chronicles, to be the book of the law of the Lord by Moses. It is not probable that this was the only copy of the law in the land, or that Josiah had never before seen the book of Moses; but the fact seems to be, that this was the original of the covenant renewed by Moses in the plains of Moab, and now being unexpectedly found, its antiquity, the occasion of its being made, the present circumstances of the people, the imperfect state in which the reformation was as yet, after all that had been done, would all concur to produce the effect here mentioned on the mind of the pious Josiah. Deu 31:24-26; Ch2 34:14, Ch2 34:15-28
Shaphan: Kg2 22:3, Kg2 22:12, Kg2 25:22; Jer 26:24, Jer 29:3, Jer 36:10-12, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:11, Jer 41:2; Eze 8:11
the scribe: Kg2 18:18
gathered: Heb. melted
Shaphan: Deu 31:9-13; Ch2 34:18; Neh 8:1-7, Neh 8:14, Neh 8:15, Neh 8:18, Neh 13:1; Jer 36:6, Jer 36:15, Jer 36:21
the king: Deu 17:18-20; Jer 13:18, Jer 22:1, Jer 22:2
that he rent: Kg2 22:19; Ch2 34:19; Jer 36:24; Joe 2:13; Jon 3:6, Jon 3:7
the king: Kg2 19:2, Kg2 19:3; Ch2 34:19-21; Isa 37:1-4
Ahikam: Kg2 22:9; Jer 26:22, Jer 26:24
Achbor: Ch2 34:20, Abdon
Michaiah: or, Micah
inquire: Kg2 3:11; Kg1 22:7, Kg1 22:8; Ch1 10:13, Ch1 10:14; Psa 25:14; Pro 3:6; Jer 21:1, Jer 21:2, Jer 37:17; Eze 14:3, Eze 14:4, Eze 20:1-3; Amo 3:7
great: Exo 20:5; Deu 4:23-27, Deu 29:23-28, Deu 31:17, Deu 31:18; Neh 8:8, Neh 8:9, Neh 9:3; Psa 76:7; Dan 9:5-7; Nah 1:6; Rom 3:20, Rom 4:15, Rom 7:9; Rev 6:17
because our fathers: Ch2 29:6, Ch2 34:21; Psa 106:6; Jer 16:12, Jer 44:17; Lam 5:7; Dan 9:8, Dan 9:10; Jam 1:22-25
prophetess: Exo 15:20; Jdg 4:4; Mic 6:4; Luke 1:41-56, Luk 2:36; Act 21:9; Co1 11:5
Tikvah: Ch2 34:22, Tikvath, Hasrah
wardrobe: Heb. garments, Kg2 10:22; Neh 7:72
college: or, second part
Behold: Kg2 20:17, Kg2 21:12, Kg2 21:13; Ch2 34:24, Ch2 34:25
all the words: Kg2 25:1-4; Lev. 26:15-46; Deut. 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-23, Deu 30:17, Deu 30:18, Deu 31:16-18; Deu 32:15-26; Jos 23:13, Jos 23:15; Dan 9:11-14
have forsaken: Exo 32:34; Deu 29:24-28, Deu 32:15-19; Jdg 2:12-14, Jdg 3:7, Jdg 3:8, Jdg 10:6, Jdg 10:7, Jdg 10:10-14; Kg1 9:6-9; Neh 9:26, Neh 9:27; Psa 106:35-42; Jer 2:11-13, Jer 2:27, Jer 2:28
the works: Psa 115:4-8; Isa 2:8, Isa 2:9, Isa 44:17-20, Isa 46:5-8; Mic 5:13
therefore: Th1 2:16
shall not be: Deu 32:22; Ch2 36:16; Isa 33:14; Jer 7:20, Jer 17:27; Eze 20:47, Eze 20:48; Zep 1:18
the king: Ch2 34:26-28
thus shall ye: Isa 3:10; Mal 3:16, Mal 3:17
thine heart: Sa1 24:5; Psa 51:17, Psa 119:120; Isa 46:12, Isa 57:15, Isa 66:2, Isa 66:5; Jer 36:24; Jer 36:29-32; Eze 9:4; Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5; Jam 4:6-10
humbled: Exo 10:3; Lev 26:40, Lev 26:41; Kg1 21:29; Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:19, Ch2 33:23; Mic 6:8; Pe1 5:5, Pe1 5:6
a desolation: Lev 26:31, Lev 26:32; Deu 29:23; Jer 26:6, Jer 44:22
hast rent: Kg2 22:17
wept: Num 25:6; Jdg 2:4, Jdg 2:5, Jdg 20:26; Ezr 9:3, Ezr 9:4, Ezr 10:1; Neh 1:4, Neh 8:9; Psa 119:136; Jer 9:1, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17; Luk 19:41; Rom 9:2, Rom 9:3
I also have: Kg2 19:20, Kg2 20:5
I will gather: Gen 25:8; Deu 31:16; Ch1 17:11; Ch2 34:28
thou shalt: During thy life, none of these calamities shall fall upon thee nor thy people; no adversary shall be permitted to disturb the peace of Judea; and thou shalt at last "be gathered into thy grave in peace." Now, though it is stated that Pharaoh-Necho slew him at Megiddo, yet the Assyrians and the Jews were at peace; and though Josiah might feel it his duty to oppose the Egyptian king's going against his friend and ally, and that, in his endeavours to oppose him, he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, yet certainly he was not killed there, but was brought to Jerusalem, where he died in peace.
gathered: Kg2 23:29, Kg2 23:30; Psa 37:37; Isa 57:1, Isa 57:2; Jer 22:10, Jer 22:15, Jer 22:16