2CH 34

2 Chronicles 34:15

WEB

Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” So Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

BSB

And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

KJV

And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

Matthew Henry

Verses 14–28

2 Chronicles 34:14–28

This whole paragraph we had, just as it is here related, Kg2 22:8-20, and have nothing to add here to what was there observed. But, 1. We may hence take occasion to bless God that we have plenty of Bibles, and that they are, or may be, in all hands, - that the book of the law and gospel is not lost, is not scarce, - that, in this sense, the word of the Lord is not precious. Bibles are jewels, but, thanks be to God, they are not rarities. The fountain of the waters of life is not a spring shut up or a fountain sealed, but the streams of it, in all places, make glad the city of our God. Usus communis aquarum - These waters flow for general use. What a great deal shall we have to answer for if the great things of God's law, being thus made common, should be accounted by us as strange things! 2. We may hence learn, whenever we read or hear the word of God, to affect our hearts with it, and to get them possessed with a holy fear of that wrath of God which is there revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, as Josiah's tender heart was. When he heard the words of the law he rent his clothes (Ch2 34:19), and God was well pleased with his doing so, Ch2 34:27. Were the things contained in the scripture new to us, as they were here to Josiah, surely they would make deeper impressions upon us than commonly they do; but they are not the less weighty, and therefore should not be the less considered by us, for their being well known. Rend the heart therefore, not the garments. 3. We are here directed when we are under convictions of sin, and apprehensions of divine wrath, to enquire of the Lord; so Josiah did, Ch2 34:21. It concerns us to ask (as they did, Act 2:37), Men and brethren, what shall we do? and more particularly (as the jailor), What must I do to be saved? Act 16:30. If you will thus enquire, enquire (Isa 21:12); and, blessed be God, we have the lively oracles to which to apply with these enquiries. 4. We are here warned of the ruin that sin brings upon nations and kingdoms. Those that forsake God bring evil upon themselves (Ch2 34:24, Ch2 34:25), and kindle a fire which shall not be quenched. Such will the fire of God's wrath be when the decree has gone forth against those that obstinately and impenitently persist in their wicked ways. 5. We are here encouraged to humble ourselves before God and seek unto him, as Josiah did. If we cannot prevail thereby to turn away God's wrath from our land, yet we shall deliver our own souls, Ch2 34:27, Ch2 34:28. And good people are here taught to be so far from fearing death as to welcome it rather when it takes them away from the evil to come. See how the property of it is altered by making it the matter of a promise: Thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, housed in that ark, as Noah, when a deluge is coming.

Cross-references: 2Kgs 22:8 · 2Chr 34:19 · 2Chr 34:27 · 2Chr 34:21 · Acts 2:37 · Acts 16:30 · Isa 21:12 · 2Chr 34:24 · 2Chr 34:25 · 2Chr 34:28

Hebrew interlinear

H6030

עָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/

v — eye, heed, pay attention, respond, begin to speak, sing, shout, testify, announce

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

KJV: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.

עוּן

vb — dwell

[עוּן] vb. dwell

עָנָה

vb — sing

עָנָה vb. sing

Qal sing, utter tunefully

Pi. sing sweetly of it

עָנָה

vb — answer

עָנָה 316 vb. answer, respond

Qal

1. answer, respond to sthg. said, actual or implied

2.

a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances

b. money meets all demands

3.

a. specif. respond as a witness, testify

b. less oft. make response as one accused (respondent)

Niph.

1. make answer

2. be answered

Hiph. wholly dub.; causes all things to respond in the joy of his heart

H2518

חִלְקִיָּהChilqîyâh/khil-kee-yaw'/

n-pr-m — Chilhijah

Derivation: or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from 2506 and 3050; portion of Jah;

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

KJV: Hillkiah.

חִלְקִיָּהוּ

n.pr.m — Hillkiah

חִלְקִיָּהוּ, חִלְקִיָּה n.pr.m. (my portion is י׳)

1. father of Eliakim, Hezekiah’s officer

2. high priest, Josiah’s time

3. father of Jerem.

4. Levites

5. a priest, contemp. of Ezra

6. father of Gemariah, an ambassador of Zedekiah to Nebuchadrezzar

H559

אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/

v — say

Derivation: a primitive root;

to say (used with great latitude)

KJV: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

אָמַר

vb — utter

אָמַר 5287 vb. utter, say

Qal

1. Say

2. Say in the heart (= think)

3. Promise

4. Command (esp. late)

Niph. be said, told

Hiph. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)

Hithp. act proudly, boast

H413

אֵלʼêl/ale/

prep — near, with, among, to

Derivation: (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.

near, with or among; often in general, to

KJV: about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, × hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

אֶל

prep — motion to

אֶל (nearly always followed by Makkeph), prep. denoting motion to or direction towards (whether physical or mental).

1. of motion to or unto a person or place

2. Where the limit is actually entered, into

3. Of direction towards anything

4. Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, אֶל = against

5. Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to

6. Metaph. in regard to, concerning, on account of

7. Of rule or standard according to (rare)

8. Expressing presence at a spot, against, at, by, not merely after verbs implying motion

9. Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to

H8227

שָׁפָןshâphân/shaw-fawn'/

n-m n-pr-m — rock-rabbit, hiding, hyrax

Derivation: from 8226;

a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax

KJV: coney.

שָׁפָן

n.m — rock-badger

שָׁפָן n.m. rock-badger, hyrax syriacus

שָׁפָן

n.pr.m — Shaphan

שָׁפָן n.pr.m.

1. secretary under Josiah

2. father of אֲחִיקָם, contemp. of 1 (improb. = 1)

3. father of אֶלְעָשָׂה, perh. = 2.

4. father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ, perh. = 1.

5. father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ, possibly = 1.

H5608

סָפַרçâphar/saw-far'/

v n-m — score, inscribe, enumerate, recount, celebrate

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

KJV: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

סָפַר

vb — count

סָפַר 107 vb. count, Pi. recount, relate

Qal 27

1. count things, to learn their number

2. number = take account of, carefully observe and consider, reckon

Niph. be counted, numbered

Pi. 67 recount, rehearse, declare

Pu. be recounted, related, rehearsed

סֹפֵר

n.m — enumerator

סֹפֵר, סוֹפֵר n.m. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe

H5612

סֵפֶרçêpher/say'-fer/

n-m — writing, book

Derivation: or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (9)), from 5608;

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

KJV: bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

סֵ֫פֶר

n.m — missive

סֵ֫פֶר 185 n.m. missive, document, writing, book

1. missive

2. legal document

3. book or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use

סִפְרָה

n.f — book

[סִפְרָה] n.f. book;—sf. ψ 56:9

H8451

תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/

n-f — precept, statute, Decalogue, Pentateuch

Derivation: or תֹּרָה; from 3384;

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

KJV: law.

תּוֹרָה

n.f — direction

תּוֹרָה n.f. direction, instruction, law

1. instruction

2. law (prop. direction)

3. custom, manner

H4672

מָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/

v — come, appear, exist, attain, find, acquire, occur, meet, be present

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV: be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

מָצָא

vb — attain to

מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find

Qal

1. find

2. find out

3. = come upon, light upon

4. noteworthy phrases

Niph. pass. of Qal, be found

Hiph.

1. cause to find, attain

2. cause to light upon, come upon, come

3. cause to encounter

4. present unto

H1004

בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/

n-m — a house

Derivation: probably from 1129 abbreviated;

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

KJV: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).

בֵּית

prep — between

בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between

בַּ֫יִת

n.m — house

בַּ֫יִת 2034 n.m. house

1. house

2. place

3. receptacle

4. of house as containing a family

5. household, family (592 t.)

6. house, including household affairs

7. lit. housewards, hence metaph. inwards

8. מִבַּיִת

a. adv. on the inside

b. prep. within

H3068

יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/

n-pr — Existent, Jeho-vah

Derivation: from 1961;

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.

יהוה

n.pr.dei — God

יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)

I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb

II.

1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D

2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy

3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

H5414

נָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/

v — give, put, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

KJV: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

נָתַן

vb — give

נָתַן 2007 vb. give, put, set

Qal 1917

1. give

2. Put, set

3. Make, constitute

Niph. 82

1. be given

2. Be put, set

Hoph.

1.

a. be given, bestowed

b. = be given to one for wife

2. be put upon

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

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