Listen to pastor robert furrow as he continues his commentary on 2 kings picking up today in chapter 22, verse 1. Tremper longman iii gives this commentary 5 stars highest rating in his 5th edition of the old testament commentary survey. Note that 931bc marks the division of the kingdom into southern tribes judah and benjamin and ten. Study resources text commentaries chuck smith 2 kings. According to the narrative in 2 kings 23, josiah attempted to assert monotheism and a centralized shrine by removing all the heterodox cultic paraphernalia and structures in jerusalem and its vicinity vv. And he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which had been. In addition, it gives personal help, teaching notes, and sermon ideas that will address needs, answer questions. This is the part of the story where all the pieces should come together, but instead, and quite literally, its where everything falls apart. The happy continuance of the goodness of josiahs reign, and the progress of the reformation he began, reading the law 2 kings 23.
Until the lord removed israel out of his sight suffered them to be carried captive into the land of assyria. A deeper look, however, reveals 2 kings 17 to be a commentary on gods sovereign will and mercy. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and. A critical and exegetical commentary on the books of chronicles. The reading of the book of the covenant was similar to readings by. Book 15 of 47 in the cambridge bible commentary series. It was the custom then, as it is now, to set up little pillars or stones by or upon the graves of the higher sort of men, upon which the names of the deceased persons, and some remarkable passages relating to them, were engraven. This is one of a series of elisha miracles in chapters 45. By the end of this book, both kingdoms will have been conquered and destroyed. A critical and exegetical commentary on the books of kings. The first book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on the old testament paperback december 29, 1972 by j. By analyzing the narratives in 1 kings and 2 kings 23, this article highlights similarities.
It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the kingdom of judah by babylon in. One would not have believed it possible, that in judah, where god was known, in israel, where his name was great, in salem, in zion, where his dwellingplace was, such abominations should be found. In these four books the history of the nation is traced from the time of its greatest extent, influence, and prosperity under david and solomon to the division and finally the captivity and exile of both kingdoms. King ahabs son ahaziah took the throne of the kingdom after the death of ahab in 1 kings. F2 on the contrary, as stigers truthfully stated it, 2 kings 14. David guzik commentary on 2 kings 23 describes how the covenant is. The first book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on. Read all of 2 kings 23 verse 2 2 and the king went up into the house of the lord, and all the men of judah and all the inhabitants of jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills. Yet, despite his efforts, the fateful words of the prophet huldah, to whom the king sent his trusted. Elisha 2 kings 1 history of the divided kingdom 2 kings 14 17 history of the southern kingdom 2 kings 1825 summary of 2 kings. However, it takes on the name the book of the covenant hebrew root berit because he and all the people of judah the priests, the prophets, and the people, joined in the covenant to obey the commandments of the lord 2 kings 23.
And the men of the city told him, it is the sepulcher of the man of god, which came from judah, and proclaimed these. The multiplication of the widows oil so that she could sell it and pay her debt 4. The jews have some ridiculous fables concerning this matter. The prophet amos is a divisive figure, his book is largely ignored in church circles while. The holy bible book 12 2 kings kjv dramatized audio. The prophecy of amos is concerning israel, but he was born at tekoah in judah. The prophet that came out of samaria see the note on 1 kings xiii. This chapter reports on the behavior of the people placed in israel after israels conquest and deportation by assyria between 722720 bc. We may suppose, agreeably to the text, that the king espied a stone or a pillar more eminent than the rest, with an inscription upon it, not legible. Meaning a drum and identifying the area in the valley of hinnom.