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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

The eighteenth year is where Kings begins its account of the reform outright, so the two books converge here after Chronicles has already told six years the other book leaves untold. Three officials are sent to repair the temple, and the money comes in from Manasseh and Ephraim and all the remnant of Israel as well as Judah and Benjamin, the same all-Israel reach the purge has already shown. Barnes reads the houses needing repair as the temple's chambers or outbuildings left to decay under Manasseh and Amon, the two reigns this whole chapter answers.

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

    uvishnatH8141877 times

  • שְׁמוֹנֶ֤הeight-

    shemonehH8083109 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵה֙teen

    ʾesrehH6240338 times

  • לְמָלְכ֔וֹof reigning his

    lemalekhoH4427348 times

  • לְטַהֵ֥רto cleanse

    letaherH289194 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe land

    haaretzH7762504 times

  • וְהַבָּ֑יִתand the house

    vehabayitH10042046 times

  • שָׁ֠לַחhe sent

    shalachH7971845 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • שָׁפָ֨ןShaphan

    shafanH822734 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אֲצַלְיָ֜הוּAzaliah

    ʾatzalyahuH683

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הוּMaaseiah

    maaseyahuH464123 times

  • שַׂר־[the] official of

    sar-H8269421 times

  • הָעִ֗ירthe city

    hairH58921090 times

  • וְ֠אֵתand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יוֹאָ֤חJoah

    yoachH309811 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • יֽוֹאָחָז֙Joahaz

    yoachazH30994 times

  • הַמַּזְכִּ֔ירthe recorder

    hamazkirH2142230 times

  • לְחַזֵּ֕קto repair

    lechazekH2388291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • בֵּ֖ית[the] house of

    beitH10042046 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֱלֹהָֽיו׃God his

    ʾelohavH4302601 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

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.