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34:3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">And he did <i>that which was</i> right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined <i>neither</i> to the right hand, nor to the left.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/34.htm" title="Ellicott's 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Josiah is the only king upon whom this encomium is pronounced. It is equivalent to saying that his observance of the law was perfect. Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm" title="You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.">Deuteronomy 5:32</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/17-20.htm" title="That his heart be not lifted up above his brothers, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the middle of Israel.">Deuteronomy 17:20</a> (the law of the king), 28:14.<p><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_chronicles/34.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>34:1-33 Josiah's good reign in Judah. - As the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow-creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, that we may not waste any of the remaining short space of life. Happy and wise are those who seek the Lord and prepare for usefulness at an early age, when others are pursuing sinful pleasures, contracting bad habits, and forming ruinous connexions. Who can express the anguish prevented by early piety, and its blessed effects? Diligent self-examination and watchfulness will convince us of the deceitfulness and wickedness of our own hearts, and the sinfulness of our lives. We are here encouraged to humble ourselves before God, and to seek unto him, as Josiah did. And believers are here taught, not to fear death, but to welcome it, when it takes them away from the evil to come. Nothing hastens the ruin of a people, nor ripens them for it, more than their disregard of the attempts made for their reformation. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. The current and tide of affections only turns at the command of Him who raises up those that are dead in trespasses and sins. We behold peculiar loveliness, in the grace the Lord bestows on those, who in tender years seek to know and to love the Saviour. Hath Jesus, the Day-spring from on high, visited you? Can you trace your knowledge of this light and life of man, like Josiah, from your youth? Oh the unspeakable happiness of becoming acquainted with Jesus from our earliest years!<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_chronicles/34.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Compare the parallel history of <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22.htm">2 Kings 22</a> notes; <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/23-1.htm">2 Kings 23:1-30</a> notes; the writer here being more full on the celebration of the Passover. The only approach to a discrepancy between the two narratives is with respect to the time of the religions reformation, which the writer of Chronicles distinctly places before, the author of Kings after, the repair of the temple. The best explanation seems to be, that the author of Kings has departed from the chronological order, to which he makes no profession of adhering. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_chronicles/34.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>CHAPTER 34<p>2Ch 34:1, 2. Josiah's Good Reign.<p>1. Josiah was eight years old—(See on [473]2Ki 22:1). The testimony borne to the undeviating steadfastness of his adherence to the cause of true religion places his character and reign in honorable contrast with those of many of his royal predecessors.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_chronicles/34.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_chronicles/34.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on <a href="/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1</a>; see Gill on <a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm">2 Kings 22:2</a>. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_chronicles/34.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And he did <i>that which was</i> right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of <span class="cverse3">{a}</span> David his father, and declined <i>neither</i> to the right hand, nor to the left.</span><p>(a) He followed David in all points that he followed the Lord.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_chronicles/34.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">2</span>. <span class="ital">in the sight</span>] R.V. <span class="bld">in the eyes</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">declined neither … nor</span>] R.V. <span class="bld">turned not aside … or</span> (as 2 Kin.).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>2 Chronicles 34:2<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_chronicles/34.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>Duration and spirit of Josiah's reign; agreeing with <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1</a>, <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-2.htm">2 Kings 22:2</a>, only the note as to Josiah's mother being here omitted. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/34-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 34:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 34:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/34-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 34:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 34:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>