Now 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 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair Yahweh his God’s house.
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Now 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 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair Yahweh his God’s house.
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Now 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 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
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Now 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 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
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- 2 Samuel 8:16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
- 2 Samuel 20:24 Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
- 2 Kings 22:3-20 In the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to Yahweh’s house, saying, “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into Yahweh’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people. Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and let them give it to the workmen who are in Yahweh’s house, to repair the damage to the house, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house. However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.” Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hands of the workmen who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house.” Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Then Shaphan read it before the king. When the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, “Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.” So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her. She said to them, “Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, “Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’ ” But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, tell him, “Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Concerning the words which you have heard, because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,’ says Yahweh. ‘Therefore behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.’ ” ’ ” So they brought this message back to the king.
- 1 Chronicles 18:15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Chronicles 18:25 The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
- Jeremiah 1:2-3 Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- Jeremiah 21:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
- Jeremiah 26:24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
- Jeremiah 29:3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:
- Jeremiah 29:21 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes.
- Jeremiah 29:25 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:10 Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in Yahweh’s house, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house, in the ears of all the people.
- Jeremiah 39:14 they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home. So he lived among the people.
- Jeremiah 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;
- Ezekiel 8:11 Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood, every man with his censer in his hand; and the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain 2 Kings 33:5
2 Kings 33:5
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his…
2Ch 34:8 Now 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 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
Ver. 8. Now in the eighteenth year.] See on 2Ki 22:3.
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To repair the house of the Lord.] This had been done before by Joash, {2Ki 12:5} but that was two hundred and thirty-four years since: so that now there was need of new reparations. Tempus edax rerum.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The land and the house; the house of God,…
The land and the house; the house of God, called the house by way of eminency.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Here, 1. Orders are given by the king for…
Here, 1. Orders are given by the king for the repair of the temple, Ch2 34:8. When he had purged the house of the corruptions of it he began to fit it up for the services that were to be performed in it. Thus we must do by the spiritual temple of the heart, get it cleansed from the pollutions of sin, and then renewed, so as to be transformed into the image of God. Josiah, in this order, calls God the Lord his God. Those that truly love God will love the habitation of his house. 2. Care is taken about it, effectual care. The Levites went about the country and gathered money towards it, which was returned to the three trustees mentioned, Ch2 34:8. They brought it to Hilkiah the high priest (Ch2 34:9), and he and they put it into the hands of workmen, both overseers and labourers, who undertook to do it by the great, as we say, or in the gross, Ch2 34:10, Ch2 34:11. It is observed that the workmen were industrious and honest: They did the work faithfully (Ch2 34:12); and workmen are not completely faithful if they are not both careful and diligent, for a confidence is reposed in them that they will be so. It is also intimated that the overseers were ingenious; for it is said that all those were employed to inspect this work who were skilful in instruments of music; not that their skill in music could be of any use in architecture, but it was an evidence that they were men of sense and ingenuity, and particularly that their genius lay towards the mathematics, which qualified them very much for this trust. Witty men are then wise men when they employ their wit in doing good, in helping their friends, and, as they have opportunity, in serving the public. Observe, in this work, how God dispenses his gifts variously; here were some that were bearers of burdens, cut out for bodily labour and fit to work. Here were others (made meliori luto - of finer materials) that had skill in music, and they were overseers of those that laboured, and scribes and officers. The former were the hands: these were the heads. They had need of one another, and the work needed both. Let not the overseers of the work despise the bearers of burdens, nor let those that work in the service grudge at those whose office it is to direct; but let each esteem and serve the other in love, and let God have the glory and the church the benefit of the different gifts and dispositions of both.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest,....…
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest,.... To whom they were sent to advise with about the repair of the temple:
they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God; that is, the high priest, and the Levites the doorkeepers, gave it to the king's ministers; which money was either brought to the temple voluntarily, as the free gifts of the people, for the repairs; or rather what was collected by the Levites, sent throughout the land for that purpose, or it may be both:
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which the Levites that kept the doors; of the temple; and received the money as the people brought it:
and also had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah, and Benjamin; they went throughout all the land of Israel and Judah, and collected money for the above purpose:
and they returned to Jerusalem; with it, which the high priest took the sum of, see Kg2 22:4 of whom the king's ministers now received it.
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The house - The house of God, called the house by way of eminency.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:8-11. When he had purged the land and…
2Ch 34:8-11. When he had purged the land and the house — The house of God, called the house, by way of eminence. And they returned to Jerusalem — That is, the Levites, who had gone abroad through all Josiah’s kingdom to gather money for this use, and now came with it to Jerusalem to lodge it in the treasuries of the Lord’s house. To floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed — The chambers adjoining to the temple, or within the courts.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Eselias, or Assia. This man is alone mentioned, 4…
Eselias, or Assia. This man is alone mentioned, 4 K. xxii. 3. C.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain HE REPAIRS THE TEMPLE. (Ch2 34:8-18)
HE REPAIRS THE TEMPLE. (Ch2 34:8-18)
in the eighteenth year of his reign . . . he sent Shaphan--(See on Kg2 22:3-9).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8–28 (= 2Ki_22:3-20). Repair of the Temple. Discovery of…
8–28 (= 2Ki_22:3-20). Repair of the Temple. Discovery of the Book of the Law
8. Shaphan] According to 2 Kin. he was Scribe. See 1Ch_18:16 (note).
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the governor of the city] Render, a ruler of the city; cp. 2Ch_29:20.
the recorder] R.V. mg. the chronicler; cp. 1Ch_18:15 (note). Neither Maaseiah nor Joah is mentioned in 2 Kin.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8-13) The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Comp.…
(8-13) The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Comp. 2Ki_22:3-7; and the similar account of the restoration by Joash in 2Ch_24:11-13).
When he had purged.—Omit had. (Lĕtahçr is apparently co-ordinate with lĕmolkû, “in the eighteenth year to his reigning, to purging the land “; as if the work of purification had been co-extensive with the reign. The LXX., however, has, “in order to purge the land,” which may be right.)
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He sent Shaphan.—Who was secretary of state (2Ki_22:3, “the scribe”).
Maaseiah . . . Joah.—Kings mentions Shaphan only.
The governor of the city.—Sar ha’îr; praefectus urois. (Conp. 1Ch_11:6.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain It is in some sense as though the work…
It is in some sense as though the work of purification, atoning, penitence, must precede that of practical repentance, of repairing, restoring, rebuilding. The original, however, does not warrant the laying of any stress on the when, found again in the Authorized Version. Shaphau. In the parallel (2Ki_22:3) Shaphan is designated "the scribe." His descendants, to the second generation, at all events, did him honor. (Jer_26:24 Jer_29:3 Jer_36:10, Jer_36:12, Jer_36:25; Eze_8:11; see also 2Ki_25:22) The names of Masseiah (Jer_35:4) and Joah (2Ki_18:18) are known, but not marking the present persons.
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The repairing of the temple by Josiah.
I THE COMMISSIONERS.
1. Their names. Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the king"s secretary (ver. 15); Maaseiah the governor of the city; and Josh the son of Joahaz, the recorder or chronicler.
2. Their business. To repair the house of the Lord. This had been done two centuries before by Joash, (2Ch_24:12) and nearly one century before by Hezekiah. (2Ch_29:12-19) During the reigns of Manasseh and Amon it had fallen into such disorder that it a third time demanded renovation. In this respect the temple was a melancholy symbol of all human institutions not excepting such as are religious which constantly exhibit a tendency as they grow old to become degenerate, and, as a consequence stand in need of periodic reformation and rejuvenescence.
3. Their procedure. Along with Hilkiah the priest as Joash had acted in concert with Jehoiada, and the king"s scribe had co-operated with the high priest"s officer (2Ch_24:11, 2Ch_24:12) they received the money which the Levites that kept the temple doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and from the inhabitants of all Judah and Benjamin, who, following the plan in vogue since the days of Joash and Jehoiada, cast in their free-will offerings into a box placed in the temple court for the purpose of receiving the voluntary contributions of the faithful towards the good end the king had in view, the repairing of the temple. Having received this money, the three commissioners, along with the high priest, paid it over to the superintendents who had the oversight of the house of the Lord.
II THE OVERSEERS.
1. Their names.
(1) Jahath and Obadiah, two Levites of the family of Merari;
(2) Zechariah and Meshullam, two Levites of the house of Kohath: and
(3) others unnamed, but specified as "Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music" (ver. 12).
2. Their duties.
(1) To exercise supervision over the workmen, over the bearers of burdens, and all that wrought in any manner of service (ver. 13), over the carpenters, builders, and other artisans engaged in the undertaking (ver. 11).
(2) To set forward the work (ver. 12), or "to preside over it" (margin).
(3) Perhaps also to do both, i.e. incite and cheer the workmen, and so prosper the work, by music and song (Bertheau). "Orpheus and Amphion, by their music, moved the workmen to diligence and activity, and lessened and alleviated their toil. May we not suppose, then, that skilful musicians among the Levites did exercise their art among the workmen who were employed in the repairs of the house of the Lord? "(Adam Clarke).
(4) To distribute the moneys received from the commissioners to the different tradesmen that these might procure the necessary materials for the building (vers. 10, 11).
III THE ARTISANS.
1. Carpenters, or workers in wood, whose business was to prepare timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses, i.e. for the temple and its courts, which the kings of Judah had permitted to fall into decay.
2. Masons, or workers in stone; not to hew, since the stones were already hewn when purchased, but to build in this perhaps designedly following the example given in the building of the temple. (1Ki_6:7)
IV THE ASSISTANTS.
1. Scribes, who kept a record of the progress of, as well as the necessary accounts connected with, the work.
2. Officers, who served in different capacities under superiors.
3. Porters, who watched at the several gates of the temple while the work was going on.
LESSONS.
1. The beauty of order,
2. The efficiency secured by division of labour.
3. The value of co-operation. W.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the eighteenth year
the eighteenth year
"year 18" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
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Josiah had cleansed the land and the temple
This speaks of Josiah causing Judah and Jerusalem to be acceptable to Yahweh as if he made them physically clean. AT: "Josiah had caused the land and the temple to become acceptable again to Yahweh" (See: Metaphor)
Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah ... Joah son of Joahaz ... Hilkiah
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
entrusted to him
"gave to him the responsibility of using the money"
that had been brought into the house of God, that the Levites, the guards of the doors, had gathered
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that the Levites who guarded the doors had brought into the house of God all that they had gathered" (See: Active or Passive)
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Josiah
temple
high priest
house of God
Levi
remnant
kingdom of Judah
Benjamin
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