2 Kings 22:4
Hilkiah.1Ch 6:13; 9:11; 2Ch 34:9-18that 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.12:4,8-11; 2Ch 24:8-12; Mr 12:41,42the keepers.1Ch 9:19; 26:13-19; 2Ch 8:14; Ne 11:19; Ps 84:10door. Heb. threshold. 2 Kings 22:8
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. De 31:24-26; 2Ch 34:14,15-28 2 Chronicles 34:9
Hilkiah.14,15,18,20,22; 2Ki 22:4; 23:4they delivered.24:11-14; 2Ki 22:5-7; Php 4:8Manasseh.30:10,18; 31:1and 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. 7 2 Chronicles 34:15
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