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2 Chronicles 35:26

in 2 Chronicles 35

As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

KJV

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord,

This verse in 2 Chronicles 35

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the rest of the acts of Josiah

on 2 Chronicles 35:26-27

The closing formula matches every reign Chronicles reports and points to a fuller source, here “the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah”. It closes Josiah's story on his “deeds of loving devotion,” leaving aside his last decision. This Passover is the last the book records before the exile.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

21 ), is very particularly related here. Many were the feasts of the Lord, appointed by the ceremonial law, but the passover was the chief. It began them all in the night wherein Israel came out of Egypt; it concluded them all in the night wherein Christ was betrayed; and in the celebration of it Hezekiah and Josiah, those two great reformers, revived religion in their day.

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His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses; see Gill on 2Ki 23:28.

The words behind it

7 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.

  • וְיֶ֛תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּJosiah

    yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • וַחֲסָדָ֑יוand covenant loyalti<es> his

    vachasadavH2617 →247 times

  • כַּכָּת֖וּבaccording to <the> [what] is written

    kakatuvH3789 →224 times

  • בְּתוֹרַ֥תin [the] law of

    betoratH8451 →219 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 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 Chronicles 31:20

    So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 20:3

      “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

    • 2 Kings 22:2

      And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

    • Acts 24:16

      In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:10

      You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

    • 3 John 1:5

      Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 32:32

    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 18:1–20

      In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

    • Isaiah 36:1–22

      In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

    • 2 Chronicles 31:20–21

      So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.