2 Chronicles 34:6-9

6 And in the ¹cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins^[a] all around,

7 he broke down the altars and beat the ²Asherim and the images ³into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

The Book of the Law Found

8 ⁴Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the ⁵governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, ⁶the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

9 They came to ⁷Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had collected from ⁸Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:6-9 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.

Of these two verses, \\see Gill on "2Ki 22:1"\\, \\see Gill on "2Ki 22:2"\\. 19893-950128-2136-2Ch34.2

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 23:15, 19
• 2. [See ver. 3 above]
• 3. [Deuteronomy 9:21]
• 4. For ver. 8-28, see 2 Kings 22:3-20
• 5. 2 Chronicles 18:25
• 6. 2 Samuel 8:16
• 7. 2 Chronicles 35:8
• 8. [See ver. 6 above]

Footnotes

• [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain