Overview
2 Kings 22:1, Josiah’s good reign; 2 Kings 22:3, He takes care for the repair of the temple; 2 Kings 22:8, Hilkiah having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord; 2 Kings 22:15, Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah’s time.

am 3363-3394, bc 641-610
Josiah: This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well. 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:2-33, Jeremiah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:1, Matthew 1:10, Josias
eight years old: 2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 21:1, Psalms 8:2, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Isaiah 3:4
Boscath: This was a city in the plain country of the tribe of Judah; and is mentioned in the parallel passage along with Lachish and Eglon. Joshua 15:39, Bozkath
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah

am 3380, bc 642
in the: 2 Chronicles 34:3-8, 9-33
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:10 - the king's 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan 2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan Jeremiah 36:12 - Gemariah Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan

Hilkiah: 1 Chronicles 6:13, 1 Chronicles 9:11, 2 Chronicles 34:9-18
that he may: Ten years seem to have elapsed since the people began to present the accustomed offerings; yet no one had taken an account of them, nor were they applied to the purpose for which they were given.
sum the silver: 2 Kings 12:4, 2 Kings 12:8-11, 2 Chronicles 24:8-12, Mark 12:41, Mark 12:42
the keepers: 1 Chronicles 9:19, 1 Chronicles 26:13-19, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Nehemiah 11:19, Psalms 84:10
door: Heb. threshold
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:9 - the priests 2 Kings 23:4 - the keepers 1 Chronicles 15:23 - General Ezra 7:1 - Hilkiah

carpenters: or, artificers, Exodus 28:11, Exodus 35:35, Exodus 38:23
builders: 2 Kings 12:11, Genesis 4:17, 1 Kings 5:18, 1 Kings 6:12
masons: or, repairers of the wall, 2 Kings 12:12, Isaiah 58:12, Ezekiel 22:30
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:5 - let them repair 1 Chronicles 22:2 - masons 2 Chronicles 34:10 - in the hand Ezra 3:7 - gave money

I have found: This certainly was a genuine copy of the divine law, and probably the autograph of Moses, as it is said, in the parallel place of Chronicles, to be the book of the law of the Lord by Moses. It is not probable that this was the only copy of the law in the land, or that Josiah had never before seen the book of Moses; but the fact seems to be, that this was the original of the covenant renewed by Moses in the plains of Moab, and now being unexpectedly found, its antiquity, the occasion of its being made, the present circumstances of the people, the imperfect state in which the reformation was as yet, after all that had been done, would all concur to produce the effect here mentioned on the mind of the pious Josiah. Deuteronomy 31:24-26, 2 Chronicles 34:14, 2 Chronicles 34:15-28
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:18 - out of that which Deuteronomy 31:26 - in the side Joshua 8:31 - as it is 2 Kings 23:2 - the book 2 Kings 23:24 - the book Ezra 7:1 - Hilkiah Jeremiah 29:3 - Shaphan Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan

that he rent: 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 34:19, Jeremiah 36:24, Joel 2:13, Jonah 3:6, Jonah 3:7
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:37 - with their clothes rent Nehemiah 8:9 - all the people Isaiah 37:1 - he rent Amos 2:4 - because Micah 6:9 - and

the king: 2 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 19:3, 2 Chronicles 34:19-21, Isaiah 37:1-4
Ahikam: 2 Kings 22:9, Jeremiah 26:22, Jeremiah 26:24
Achbor: 2 Chronicles 34:20, Abdon
Michaiah: or, Micah
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:10 - the king's 2 Kings 25:22 - Ahikam 1 Chronicles 6:13 - Hilkiah 2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan Psalms 11:3 - what Isaiah 37:2 - General Jeremiah 29:3 - Gemariah Jeremiah 36:11 - Shaphan Jeremiah 36:12 - Elnathan Jeremiah 40:5 - Ahikam Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan

prophetess: Exodus 15:20, Judges 4:4, Micah 6:4, Luke 1:41-56, Luke 2:36, Acts 21:9, 1 Corinthians 11:5
Tikvah: 2 Chronicles 34:22, Tikvath, Hasrah
wardrobe: Heb. garments, 2 Kings 10:22, Nehemiah 7:72
college: or, second part
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:2 - he sent Eliakim 2 Kings 20:4 - court 2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan Isaiah 8:3 - the prophetess Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire Jeremiah 26:22 - Achbor Jeremiah 36:12 - Elnathan Jeremiah 40:5 - Ahikam Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan Ezekiel 13:17 - prophesy Zephaniah 1:10 - the second Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage

2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 1:16, Jeremiah 23:28
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:23 - Tell ye the man Proverbs 31:26 - openeth Isaiah 37:6 - Thus shall Jeremiah 42:9 - unto

the king: 2 Chronicles 34:26-28
thus shall ye: Isaiah 3:10, Malachi 3:16, Malachi 3:17
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:27 - thine heart Jeremiah 37:7 - Thus Ezekiel 18:20 - soul that 2 Corinthians 9:1 - touching

I will gather: Genesis 25:8, Deuteronomy 31:16, 1 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Chronicles 34:28
thou shalt: During thy life, none of these calamities shall fall upon thee nor thy people; no adversary shall be permitted to disturb the peace of Judea; and thou shalt at last "be gathered into thy grave in peace." Now, though it is stated that Pharaoh-Necho slew him at Megiddo, yet the Assyrians and the Jews were at peace; and though Josiah might feel it his duty to oppose the Egyptian king's going against his friend and ally, and that, in his endeavours to oppose him, he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, yet certainly he was not killed there, but was brought to Jerusalem, where he died in peace.
gathered: 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2, Jeremiah 22:10, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:16
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:6 - in 1 Kings 11:12 - in thy days Job 23:17 - cut off Isaiah 66:2 - to this Jeremiah 23:9 - heart Jeremiah 34:5 - But thou Jeremiah 39:6 - before Ezekiel 9:4 - that sigh Amos 3:7 - but Revelation 13:14 - deceiveth