2 Kings 22 Footnotes
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22:1 Josiah reigned “thirty-one years,” from 640–609 BC.
22:8 The “book of the law” is the book of Deuteronomy (Dt 28:61; 29:21; Jos 1:8). How long had the book of the law been out of public view? It certainly was available to Josiah’s great-grandfather Hezekiah (2Kg 18:6). Its proper place was next to the ark of the covenant (Dt 31:26). It mostly likely dropped out of sight during Manasseh’s reorganization of temple worship. Did Hilkiah truly “find” it, or did he bring it out of hiding, convinced that Josiah would accept it? We cannot say for sure.