2 Chronicles — Chapter 34

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2 Chronicles 34:1 ^RJosiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

2 Chr 33:25; 1 Kgs 13:2

2 Chronicles 34:2 And he did that which was ^Rright in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Chr 14:2; 2 Chr 17:3

2 Chronicles 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, ^Rwhile he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

1 Chr 22:5; 1 Chr 29:1

2 Chronicles 34:4 And they ^Rbrake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and ^Tthe images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the ^Tgraves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

2 Chr 33:3; Exod 23:24

the sun images

face of the graves

2 Chronicles 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and ^Rcleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chr 34:7; Num 35:33

2 Chronicles 34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their ^R^Tmattocks round about.

1 Sam 13:20-21; Prov 25:18

mauls

2 Chronicles 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had ^Rbeaten the graven images ^Tinto powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chr 34:1; Deut 9:21

to make powder

2 Chronicles 34:8 Now in ^Rthe eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

Jer 1:2-3

2 Chronicles 34:9 And when they came to ^RHilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chr 34:14-15,18,20,22; 2 Kgs 22:4

2 Chronicles 34:10 And they put it ^Rin the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

2 Kgs 12:11-12,14; 2 Kgs 22:5-6

2 Chronicles 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and ^Tto floor the houses which ^Rthe kings of Judah had destroyed.

2 Chr 33:4-7,22

to rafter

2 Chronicles 34:12 And the men did the work ^Rfaithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

2 Chr 31:12; 2 Kgs 12:15

2 Chronicles 34:13 Also they were over ^Rthe bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

2 Chr 2:10,18; 2 Chr 8:10

2 Chronicles 34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, ^RHilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given ^Tby Moses.

2 Kgs 22:8-20; Deut 31:24-26

by the hand of

2 Chronicles 34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

2 Chronicles 34:16 And ^RShaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed ^Tto thy servants, they do it.

2 Kgs 22:9-10; Jer 36:20-21

to the hand of, etc

2 Chronicles 34:17 And they have ^Tgathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

poured out, or, melted

2 Chronicles 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. ^RAnd Shaphan read ^Tit before the king.

Deut 17:19; Josh 1:8

in it

2 Chronicles 34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard ^Rthe words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Rom 3:20; Rom 7:7-11

2 Chronicles 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and ^RAhikam the son of Shaphan, and ^TAbdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

2 Kgs 25:22; Jer 26:24

Achbor

2 Chronicles 34:21 Go, ^Renquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

Exod 18:15; 1 Sam 9:9

2 Chronicles 34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah ^Rthe prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of ^THasrah, keeper of the ^Twardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem ^Tin the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

Exod 15:20; Judg 4:4

also called, Harhas

garments

in the school, or, in the second part

2 Chronicles 34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, ^RTell ye the man that sent you to me,

2 Kgs 22:15-20; Jer 21:3-7

2 Chronicles 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, ^RI will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

2 Chr 36:14-20; Josh 23:16

2 Chronicles 34:25 ^RBecause they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

2 Chr 12:2; 2 Chr 15:2

2 Chronicles 34:26 And ^Ras for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

2 Chr 34:21,23

2 Chronicles 34:27 Because ^Rthine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

2 Chr 32:12-13; 2 Kgs 22:18-19

2 Chronicles 34:28 Behold, ^RI will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

2 Chr 35:24; 2 Kgs 22:20

2 Chronicles 34:29 Then ^Rthe king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

1 Sam 12:23; 1 Chr 29:2-9

2 Chronicles 34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, ^R^Tgreat and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

2 Chr 15:12-13; 2 Chr 18:30

from great even to small

2 Chronicles 34:31 And the king stood ^Rin his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

2 Chr 6:13; 2 Kgs 11:4

2 Chronicles 34:32 And he ^Rcaused all that were ^Tpresent in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2 Chr 14:4; 2 Chr 30:12

found

2 Chronicles 34:33 And Josiah ^Rtook away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were ^Tpresent in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not ^Tfrom following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chr 34:3-7; 2 Kgs 23:4-20

found

from after

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Chronicles 34:1–13 — Josiah seeks God and repairs worship

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Josiah begins young, seeks God, removes idolatry, and commissions temple repair. Faithful workers restore what earlier kings damaged. The severe ancient acts of royal reform should be read in their setting, not used as permission for violence today. The chapter emphasizes a new direction in leadership and worship.

Key Truth: Begin seeking God and repair what has been neglected.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Chronicles 34:14–28 — The law heard with humility

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Hilkiah finds the law, Shaphan reads it, and Josiah tears his clothes. Huldah confirms coming judgment but says God has heard the king's humble heart. He will not witness the coming national devastation. Read that promise alongside his later death, rather than assuming it guarantees that he cannot die in battle.

Key Truth: Hear God's word with a tender and responsive heart.

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2 Chronicles 34:29–33 — The covenant publicly renewed

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Josiah gathers the people and reads the covenant book aloud. He commits to obeying with all his heart and soul and leads a renewed response throughout the land. Hearing is followed by public commitment and practical reform. God's word is treated as governing conduct rather than merely as a rediscovered historic object.

Key Truth: Let hearing Scripture shape your commitments and conduct.

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Psalms 119:11 — The psalm connects receiving God's word with turning from sin.

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