2 Chronicles 34:8-13

Josiah Repairs the Temple

8 ¹Now in the eighteenth * year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah ²an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

9 They came to ³Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the doorkeepers, had collected from ⁴Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

10 Then they gave it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and the workmen who were working in the house of the LORD used it to restore and repair the house.

11 They in turn gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses ⁵which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

12 ⁶The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and ⁷the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.

13 They were also over ⁸the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen * from job to job; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.

2 Chronicles 34:8-13 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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Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 22:3-20
• 2. 2 Chronicles 18:25
• 3. 2 Chronicles 35:8
• 4. 2 Chronicles 30:10, 18
• 5. 2 Chronicles 33:4-7
• 6. 2 Kings 12:15
• 7. 1 Chronicles 25:1
• 8. Nehemiah 4:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "guardians of the threshold"
• [b]. Lit "from the hand of"
• [c]. Lit "gave"