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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Kings
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 90,514 words · 402 reading sections
2 Kings 22:8
2 Kings 22:8 Ver. 8. And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe,.... Not at the first time of his message to him, but afterwards that he attended on him upon the same business; after the high priest had examined the temple to know what repairs it wanted, and where: I have found the book of the law in th…
260 wordsSECTION 3622 Kings 22:9
2 Kings 22:9 Ver. 9. And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again,.... Of the delivery of his message to the high priest, and of what had been done upon it: and said, thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house; meaning Hilkiah and himself, who had examined the chest i…
111 wordsSECTION 3632 Kings 22:10
2 Kings 22:10 Ver. 10. And Shaphan showed the king,.... Further related to him what follows: saying, Hilkiah the high priest hath delivered me a book; but did not say what book it was: and Shaphan read it before the king; part of it; and it is thought by Kimchi and Ben Gersom that he particularly read the reproofs a…
93 wordsSECTION 3642 Kings 22:11
2 Kings 22:11 Ver. 11. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law,.... From whence it appears that he had never wrote out a copy of it, as the kings of Israel were ordered to do, when they came to the throne, De 17:18 nor had read it, at least not the whole of it; and yet it seems st…
233 wordsSECTION 3652 Kings 22:12
2 Kings 22:12 Ver. 12. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,.... The high priest, as he is called, 2Ki 22:4 and Ahikam the son of Shaphan; whether the same with Shaphan the scribe, before mentioned, or another of the same name, is not certain: and Achbor the son of Michaiah; who is called Abdon, the son of Mica…
92 wordsSECTION 3662 Kings 22:13
2 Kings 22:13 Ver. 13. Go ye, inquire of the Lord,.... Of some of his prophets, as Jeremiah, who began to prophesy in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign, and had been a prophet five years, Jer 1:1, for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for he observed that …
216 wordsSECTION 3672 Kings 22:14
2 Kings 22:14 Ver. 14. So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went down to Huldah the prophetess,.... Such as were Miriam and Deborah; in imitation of those Satan had very early his women prophetesses, the Sibyls, so called from their being the council and oracle of God, and consulted…
1,087 wordsSECTION 3682 Kings 23:1
2 Kings 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 23 This chapter treats of Josiah's reading the book of the law, and of him and the people renewing the covenant with God, 2Ki 23:1, and of his removing idols and idolatry in every shape, and witchcraft, out of the land, which he did in the sincerity of his heart, 2Ki 23:4, yet the…
141 wordsSECTION 3692 Kings 23:2
2 Kings 23:2 Ver. 2. And the king went up into the house of the Lord,.... To the temple, from his palace: and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him: they met him there: and the priests, and the prophets; the prophets Jeremiah, Zephaniah, and Uriah, who, though they might not be at Jerusa…
170 wordsSECTION 3702 Kings 23:3
2 Kings 23:3 Ver. 3. And the king stood by a pillar,.... As the manner of kings was, 2Ki 11:14 and is thought to be the brasen scaffold erected by Solomon, on which he stood at the dedication of the temple, and now Josiah at the reading of the law, 2Ch 6:13, it is said to be his place, 2Ch 34:31, See Gill on "2Ki 11:1…
191 wordsSECTION 3712 Kings 23:4
2 Kings 23:4 Ver. 4. And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order,.... Or the second course of the priests; the course of Jedaiah, 1Ch 24:7 as some think; or rather, the two chief priests next to the high priest, who were of the line both of Eleazar and Ithamar; though the Targum…
333 wordsSECTION 3722 Kings 23:5
2 Kings 23:5 Ver. 5. And he put down the idolatrous priests,.... The Cemarim, so called, because they wore black clothes, as Kimchi and others, whereas the priests of the Lord were clothed in white linen, See Gill on "Zep 1:4". whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places, in the cities of …
395 wordsSECTION 3732 Kings 23:6
2 Kings 23:6 Ver. 6. And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord,.... Not a real grove of trees, but a carved one, as some think; or rather the image of the grove, 2Ki 21:7 that is, the idol Ashtoreth, or Astarte, which was set up there; so Theodoret says; some interpreters call it Astoreth, the name of Ve…
209 wordsSECTION 3742 Kings 23:7
2 Kings 23:7 Ver. 7. And he brake down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord,.... Near the temple were apartments, in which men, the worshippers of idols, prostituted their bodies to each other; committing that unnatural sin with one another, which has its name from Sodom, and from which those…
280 wordsSECTION 3752 Kings 23:8
2 Kings 23:8 Ver. 8. And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah,.... Who were of the sons of Aaron, and had served in the high places there: and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense; by casting dead carcasses, or the bones of dead men, or dung, or anything that was unclean, into …
198 wordsSECTION 3762 Kings 23:9
2 Kings 23:9 Ver. 9. Nevertheless, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord at Jerusalem,.... To sacrifice there, as the Targum; though they were removed from the high places, they were not admitted to officiate at the altar of the Lord, having offered in forbidden places: but they did eat …
124 wordsSECTION 3772 Kings 23:10
2 Kings 23:10 Ver. 10. And he defiled Topheth,.... A place so called, as is generally thought, from the beating of drums or timbrels in it, that the shrieks of the infants sacrificed here to Molech might not be heard by their parents, and they repent of delivering them to him, and take them away. So the Indians in Ind…
229 wordsSECTION 3782 Kings 23:11
2 Kings 23:11 Ver. 11. And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun,.... Consecrated to it; these were not images of horses, as some have thought, but real living ones; and the kings that gave them for the service of the sun, and for sacrifice to it, very probably were Manasseh and Amon: th…
4,419 wordsSECTION 3792 Kings 24:1
2 Kings 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 24 This chapter relates the rebellion of Jehoiakim against the king of Babylon, which prepared the way for the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, according to the decree of God, and also the death of Jehoiakim, and the conquest the king of Babylon made of part of the land of the king o…
285 wordsSECTION 3802 Kings 24:2
2 Kings 24:2 Ver. 2. And the Lord sent against him,.... By Nebuchadnezzar, against whom he rebelled: bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon; who were all subject to the king of Babylon, or were voluntary troops in his service, and bore an hatred …
159 wordsSECTION 3812 Kings 24:3
2 Kings 24:3 Ver. 3. Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight,.... It was the sure and certain decree of God they should be carried captive, and therefore he stirred up the spirit of Nebuchadnezzar, and gave him orders to go against it: for the sins of Manasseh, acco…
87 wordsSECTION 3822 Kings 24:4
2 Kings 24:4 Ver. 4. And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,.... See 2Ki 21:16 which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see Jer 26:21, which the Lord would not pardon; he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not th…
106 wordsSECTION 3832 Kings 24:5
2 Kings 24:5 Ver. 5. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim,.... In 2Ch 36:8, it is added, "his abominations, and that which was found in him": which besides his rebellion against the king of Babylon, and his shedding innocent blood, is interpreted of marks made in his body for superstitious and idolatrous purposes; so…
59 wordsSECTION 3842 Kings 24:6
2 Kings 24:6 Ver. 6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,.... He died as they did, but was not buried with them, and indeed had no burial at all, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jer 22:18 for, falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, he was bound in chains, in order to be carried to Babylon, but died as s…
159 wordsSECTION 3852 Kings 24:7
2 Kings 24:7 Ver. 7. And the king of Egypt came not any more out of his land,.... To receive the tribute he imposed on the land of Judah, or to help the kings there of, Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin; not till the times of Zedekiah, and then was obliged to retire, without giving any assistance, Jer 37:7 the reason follows, …
113 wordsSECTION 3862 Kings 24:8
2 Kings 24:8 Ver. 8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,.... In 2Ch 36:9 he is said to be but eight years old; which may be reconciled by observing, that he might be made and declared king by his father, in the first year of his reign, who reigned eleven years, so that he was eight years old when…
262 wordsSECTION 3872 Kings 24:9
2 Kings 24:9 Ver. 9. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. Being partner with him in his throne, he was in his sins, and continued therein, see 2Ki 23:37.…
46 wordsSECTION 3882 Kings 24:10
2 Kings 24:10 Ver. 10. At that time,.... When Jehoiachin reigned: when the year was expired; so it is in 2Ch 36:10 or at the revolution of the year; which some take to be autumn, the beginning of the civil year with the Jews; but rather it was the spring, the time when kings went out to battle, 2Sa 11:1 the servants…
98 wordsSECTION 3892 Kings 24:11
2 Kings 24:11 Ver. 11. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city,.... He came in person, following his army: and his servants did besiege it; very closely.…
30 wordsSECTION 3902 Kings 24:12
2 Kings 24:12 Ver. 12. And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,.... Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy: he and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; the royal family, courtiers, and nobles: and the king of…
94 wordsSECTION 3912 Kings 24:13
2 Kings 24:13 Ver. 13. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house,.... The gates of the city being thrown open to him, he entered and plundered the temple, and the royal palace, and took from thence all the riches thereof: and cut in pieces all the vess…
200 wordsSECTION 3922 Kings 24:14
2 Kings 24:14 Ver. 14. And he carried away all Jerusalem,.... The inhabitants of it; not every individual of them, but the chief of them, the more honourable, rich, and useful; for the poorer sort were left, as afterwards expressed: and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives; wh…
163 wordsSECTION 3932 Kings 24:15
2 Kings 24:15 Ver. 15. And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon,.... Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2Ki 25:27 and the king's mother; whose name was Nehushta, 2Ki 24:8and the king's wives; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his "women", who we…
571 wordsSECTION 3942 Kings 25:1
2 Kings 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25 In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2Ki 25:1, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2Ki 25:13 and of the putting to death sever…
157 wordsSECTION 3952 Kings 25:8
2 Kings 25:8 Ver. 8-12. And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,.... In Jer 52:12 it is the tenth day of the month; which, how to be reconciled, See Gill on "Jer 52:12" which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar; who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned forty three years; Metasthenes {u} sa…
96 wordsSECTION 3962 Kings 25:13
2 Kings 25:13 Ver. 13-17. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord,.... The two pillars in the temple, Jachin and Boaz. Benjamin of Tudela says {w}, that in the church of St. Stephen in Rome these pillars now are with the name of Solomon engraved on each; and the Jews at Rome told him, when there, (…
180 wordsSECTION 3972 Kings 25:18
2 Kings 25:18 Ver. 18-21. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,.... The sagan, or deputy priest, who officiated for the high priest, when by any means he was rendered unfit and incapable; so Joseph, the son of Ellem, as Josephus {x} relates, officiated for Matthia…
156 wordsSECTION 3982 Kings 25:22
2 Kings 25:22 Ver. 22-24. And as for the people that remained,.... That were left in the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen; over these the king of Babylon made Gedaliah governor, to whom the captains, with their scattered troops, came, and submitted for a time; of whom, See Gill on "Jer 40:7", See Gill on "Jer 40…
68 wordsSECTION 3992 Kings 25:25
2 Kings 25:25 Ver. 25. And it came to pass in the seventh month,.... Not of Gedaliah's government, but of the year, the month Tisri or September, near two months after the destruction of Jerusalem; the Jews say fifty two days after it; of the death of Gedaliah, and the man that slew him, as here related, See Gill on "…
76 wordsSECTION 4002 Kings 25:26
2 Kings 25:26 Ver. 26. And all the people, both small and great,.... High and low, rich and poor, among whom were the king's daughters, committed to the care of Gedaliah, and also the prophets Jeremiah and Baruch, see…
40 wordsSECTION 401Jer 41:16
Jer 41:16 and the captains of the armies rose, and came to Egypt; contrary to the express command of God; these were Johanan, and the captain of the forces with him, Jer 43:4 for they were afraid of the Chaldees; lest they should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah, appointed governor of Judea, see Jer 41:17.…
60 wordsSECTION 4022 Kings 25:27
2 Kings 25:27 Ver. 27-30. And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,.... Who must then be fifty five years of age: in the twelfth month, on the twenty and seventh day of the month; in Jer 52:31 it is said to be the twenty fifth day; of the reason of which differen…
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