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2 Chronicles 34:8

in 2 Chronicles 34

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 Jehovah his God.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 34

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

in the eighteenth year of his reign

on 2 Chronicles 34:8-9

Kings begins its account of the reform in the eighteenth year, so the two books meet here after Chronicles has told six years. Three officials are sent to repair the temple. Albert Barnes takes the houses needing repair as temple chambers or outbuildings left to decay under Manasseh and Amon.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those that truly love God will love the habitation of his house. 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,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

in the eighteenth year of his reign . . . he sent Shaphan--(See on 2Ki 22:3-9). AND, CAUSING THE LAW TO BE READ, RENEWS THE COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND THE PEOPLE.

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The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּבִשְׁנַ֨תand in year

    uvishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁמוֹנֶ֤הeight-

    shemonehH8083 →109 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵה֙teen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • לְמָלְכ֔וֹof reigning his

    lemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • לְטַהֵ֥רto cleanse

    letaherH2891 →94 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְהַבָּ֑יִתand the house

    vehabayitH1004 →2046 times

  • שָׁ֠לַחhe sent

    shalachH7971 →845 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שָׁפָ֨ןShaphan

    shafanH8227 →34 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲצַלְיָ֜הוּAzaliah

    ʾatzalyahuH683 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הוּMaaseiah

    maaseyahuH4641 →23 times

  • שַׂר־[the] official of

    sar-H8269 →421 times

  • הָעִ֗ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְ֠אֵתand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יוֹאָ֤חJoah

    yoachH3098 →11 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יֽוֹאָחָז֙Joahaz

    yoachazH3099 →4 times

  • הַמַּזְכִּ֔ירthe recorder

    hamazkirH2142 →230 times

  • לְחַזֵּ֕קto repair

    lechazekH2388 →291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֖ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהָֽיו׃God his

    ʾelohavH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:16

    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 4:3

      Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:6

      Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 36:10

    From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 36:11

      When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

    • Jeremiah 26:10

      When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

    • Jeremiah 52:25

      Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the…

  • Through

    2 Samuel 20:24

    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 12:18

      Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

    • 1 Kings 4:6

      Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 18:25

    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 18:8

      So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.