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2 Chronicles 34:8

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 34:8

Verse 8 of 33

Scripture focus

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.

2 Chronicles 34:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 34:8

Theological / Devotional

The eighteenth year. This year, reckoned back from the fourth year of Jehoiakim as the first of Nebuchadnezzar and from Josiah’s death in his 31st year, in 609 B.C. (date based on the new Babylonian chronicle; see Vol. II, p. 95), was 623/22.

Purged the land. After cleansing the Temple Josiah was ready to begin his work of repair.

Sent Shaphan. Shaphan was the scribe (2 Kings 22:3, 10), one of the chief officers of the king. The other officers here listed are not mentioned in the parallel account in Kings.

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