2Ki 23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. Ver. 19. And did to them according. ] See on 2 Kings 23:15 . read more
2Ki 23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. Ver. 20. And burnt men’s bones.] Hence Papists would prove the lawfulness of unburying dead heretics, as they call us, and burning their bones; as they dealt here by Grosthead, bishop of Lincoln, Paulus Phagius, Bucer’s wife, &c. But Josiah’s act is justified by the prophecy, whereby he was appointed so to do; and the Lord would have it so... read more
2Ki 23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant. Ver. 21. Keep the passover. ] 2 Chronicles 35:1 . If the passover had been neglected, the law, the sacrifices had been in vain. No true Israelite might want whether this monument of their deliverance past, or this type of the Messiah to come. Rather than fail, Josiah’s bounty shall supply to Judah lambs for their paschal devotion. No alms is so... read more
2Ki 23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; Ver. 22. Surely there was not holden such a passover, ] viz., For concourse of people, and solemnity of the service. Tremellius rendereth it thus: Although there was not holden such a passover as this, viz., with such preparation, devotion, and reformation of religion; yet, 2Ki 23:26 "God turned not away from his wrath,"... read more
2Ki 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [wherein] this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. Ver. 23. But in the eighteenth year, ] viz., Of his reign, but in the twenty-sixth of his age. read more
2Ki 23:24 Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. Ver. 24. Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, ] q.d., Josiah did all that might be done to prevent that utter devastation of his country foretold by the... read more
2Ki 23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there [any] like him. Ver. 25. And like unto him was there no king, &c. ] He was a matchless man, a peerless prince, the world’s paragon, “ Hic regum decus et iuvenum flos, spesque bonorum. Deliciae saecli et gloria gentis erat. ” As Cardan singeth of our Edward VI, a second Josiah,... read more
2Ki 23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. Ver. 26. Notwithstanding the Lord, &c. ] See on 2 Kings 23:22 . Because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. ] His sin was pardoned upon his repentance, but his reproach was not altogether wiped away, as Proverbs 6:33 . The stain of it was like iron mould,... read more
2Ki 23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. Ver. 27. I will remove Judah also out of my sight. ] Who was now grown worse than Israel, Jer 3:11 and was therefore worse, because she should have been better warned by the others’ harms. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 23:17
2Ki 23:17 Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? And the men of the city told him, [It is] the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel. Ver. 17. What title is that that I see? ] This was not the name Jehovah, or the sign of the cross, as some have doted; but either some pillar, orelse gravestone, with a superscription showing who lay there buried: such as was that on Scaliger’s tomb, Scaligeri quod... read more