2 Chronicles 35:20-24 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:24

The fate of Josiah was unprecedented. No king of Judah had, up to this time, fallen in battle. None had left his land at the mercy of a foreign conqueror. Hence, the extraordinary character of the mourning (compare Zechariah 12:11-14). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:20

2 Chronicles 35:20. After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple When he and his people hoped that God was reconciled, and the foundation of a lasting happiness laid, their hopes were quickly blasted. So much are men often mistaken in their judgments about the designs of God’s providence. To fight against Charchemish Which the Assyrian had lately taken from the king of Egypt, of which he boasts, Isaiah 10:9. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:21

2 Chronicles 35:21 . I come not against thee, but against the house wherewith I have war Against the house of the king of Assyria, between whom and me there is war. For God commanded me to make haste Therefore, give me no hinderance. Some think he only pretended this, because he knew Josiah had a great reverence for God, and in obedience to him might desist from his purpose. And the Targum, with some of the Jews, thinks he called his own idol by the name of God; though Kimchi thinks, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:22

2 Chronicles 35:22. Josiah would not turn his face from him Being, peradventure, encouraged to go out against him by a misinterpretation of that promise made to him, chap. 2 Chronicles 34:28, Thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace. Thus God overrules the errors and miscarriages of men to the accomplishment of his own counsels. But disguised himself Changed his habit, that he might not give his enemies the advantage of aiming at his person, which he wisely thought they would do,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:24

2 Chronicles 35:24. And put him in the second chariot It was the custom of war, in former times, for great officers to have led horses with them in battle, that if one failed they might mount another. And, in like manner, we may presume, that when it became a fashion to fight in chariots, all great commanders had an empty one following them, to which they might betake themselves, if any mischief befell the other. They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died Bishop Sherlock observes, that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-27

The final reform (34:1-35:27)Another reform swept Judah during the reign of Josiah (34:1-33; see notes on 2 Kings 22:1-23:20). As with the reform of Hezekiah, the climax in the eyes of the Chronicler was a great Passover Feast in Jerusalem.After returning the ark to its rightful place in the temple, the priests and Levites prepared themselves for their duties. Josiah arranged them in divisions as Hezekiah had done earlier, so that the music, singing, sacrifices and other rituals could be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 35:20

After all this. Thirteen years after. temple = house. Necho. Called also Pharaoh-necho. Said to be the founder of the twentyfifth dynasty, about the thirty-fifth year of Manasseh: i.e. in 553 B.C. against = at. Charchemish = the fortress of Chemosh). Pharaohnecho's object was to share the spoils of the falling empire of Assyria. Nineveh was taken 607 B.C. Compare Jeremiah 46:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 35:24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 35:20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 35:21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 35:22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 35:24

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