Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 22:3

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3, 4. in the eighteenth year of king Josiah —Previous to this period, he had commenced the work of national reformation. The preliminary steps had been already taken; not only the builders were employed, but money had been brought by all the people and received by the Levites at the door, and various other preparations had been made. But the course of this narrative turns on one interesting incident which happened in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, and hence that date is specified. In fact the whole land was thoroughly purified from every object and all traces of idolatry. The king now addressed himself to the repair and embellishment of the temple and gave directions to Hilkiah the high priest to take a general survey, in order to ascertain what was necessary to be done (see on :- ). :- . HILKIAH FINDS THE BOOK OF THE LAW. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-2ki-22-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/2ki-22-3

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological