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2 Chronicles 34:20

in 2 Chronicles 34

and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

KJV

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

This verse in 2 Chronicles 34

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

that he rent his clothes

on 2 Chronicles 34:19-21

Torn clothes are Josiah's own response, not a ritual demanded of him, and Wesley reads it as the mark of a heart not yet hardened by long familiarity with words entirely new to his own generation. He does not wait to feel better before acting; the same passage moves straight to commanding an inquiry of the Lord for himself and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, the northern remnant again held together with Judah under one king's care. The wrath he fears is named as already poured out, not merely threatened, because the fathers did not keep the word of the Lord.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיְצַ֣וand he commanded

    vaytzavH6680494 times

  • הַמֶּ֡לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • חִלְקִיָּ֡הוּHilkiah

    chilkiyahuH251834 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • אֲחִיקָ֣םAhikam

    ʾachikamH296

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    benosha-H11214930 times

  • שָׁ֠פָןShaphan

    shafanH822734 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • עַבְדּ֨וֹןAbdon

    avdonH5658

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • מִיכָ֜הMicah

    mikhahH4318

  • וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • שָׁפָ֣ןShaphan

    shafanH822734 times

  • הַסּוֹפֵ֗רthe scribe

    hasoferH5608159 times

  • וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • עֲשָׂיָ֥הAsaiah

    ʾasayahH6222

  • עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    ʾeved-H5650799 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH5595305 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 Kings 25:22

    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 39:14

      had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 22:12

      and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    2 Kings 22:12

    and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 26:24

      Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 25:22

      Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 40:6

    So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

    it leads to

    • Judges 20:1

      Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:24

    Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 18:4

      for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

    • 2 Kings 22:12–14

      and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:22

    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 36:12

      he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.