2 Kings 22:1-7

Josiah Succeeds Amon

1 ¹Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one * years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of ²Bozkath.

2 He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he ³turn aside to the right or to the left.

3 Now ⁴in the eighteenth * year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying,

4 "⁵Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

5 "⁶Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,

6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

7 "Only ⁷no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully."

2 Kings 22:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 22

This chapter begins with the age and character of Josiah king of Judah, 2Ki 22:1-2, relates his orders for repairing the temple, 2Ki 22:3-7, his attention to the book of the law, which was found, and read to him, and the effect it had upon him, 2Ki 22:8-11, the command he gave to certain persons to inquire of the Lord about it, who applied to Huldah the prophetess, 2Ki 22:12-14, who returned an answer by them to the king, foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem, and giving the reason of it, and at the same time assuring the king it should not be in his days, 2Ki 22:15-20.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 34:1
• 2. Joshua 15:39
• 3. Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7
• 4. 2 Chronicles 34:8
• 5. 2 Kin 12:4, 9, 10
• 6. 2 Kings 12:11-14
• 7. 2 Kings 12:15; 1 Corinthians 4:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "total"
• [b]. Lit "breach"