2 Chronicles 34:21-31

21 "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for ¹great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on us because * our fathers have not observed the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book."

Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks

22 So Hilkiah and those whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this.

23 She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me,

24 thus says the LORD, "Behold, ²I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all ³the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah.

25 "⁴Because * they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched."'

26 "But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus you will say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel regarding the words which you have heard,

27 "⁵Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before * God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD.

28 "Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.""' And they brought back word to the king.

29 ⁶Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

30 The king went up to the house of the LORD and ⁷all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

Josiah's Good Reign

31 Then the king ⁸stood in his place and ⁹made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.

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2 Chronicles 34:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 34

This chapter begins with the good reign of Josiah, the reformation he made in the land, purging it from idolatry, 2Ch 34:1-7, relates the orders he gave to repair the house of the Lord, which was accordingly done, 2Ch 34:8-13, when the book of the law was found and brought to him, which greatly affected him, 2Ch 34:12-19, upon which he deputed some persons to inquire of the Lord, who did of Huldah the prophetess, to whom she gave an answer, which they returned to the king, 2Ch 34:20-28 and the chapter is concluded with an account of reading the book in the ears of all the people, and of the king, and then making a covenant with the Lord to serve him, 2Ch 34:27-33.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. 2 Chronicles 29:8
2. 2 Chronicles 36:14-20
3. Deuteronomy 28:15-68
4. 2 Chronicles 33:3
5. 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 12:7; 2 Chronicles 32:26
6. 2 Kings 23:1-3
7. Nehemiah 8:1-3
8. 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 30:16
9. 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10

Footnotes 2

[a]. So with Gr
[b]. In 2 Kin 22:14 "Tikvah, son of Harhas"