2Ki 22:3-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 22:3-4: 22:3-4 By the eighteenth year of his reign (621 BC ), Josiah had been devoted to the Lord for ten years (see 2 Chr 34:3-7 ). • Hilkiah the high priest was from the line of Zadok (1 Chr 9:10-11 ). Some scholars suggest that this Hilkiah was Jeremiah’s father (Jer 1:1 ). • Apparently the money was collected in a large chest convenient to the people as they came to the Temple (cp. 12:9 ).

a22:3-4►

b2 Chr 34:3-7►

c1 Chr 9:10-11►

dJer 1:1►

f22:5-7►

g12:10-15►

‏ 2 Kings 22:3-7

Summary for 2Kgs 22:3-4: 22:3-4 ^a By the eighteenth year of his reign (621 BC), Josiah had been devoted to the Lord for ten years (see 2 Chr 34:3-7 ^b).

• Hilkiah the high priest was from the line of Zadok (1 Chr 9:10-11 ^c). Some scholars suggest that this Hilkiah was Jeremiah’s father (Jer 1:1 ^d).

• Apparently the money was collected in a large chest convenient to the people as they came to the Temple (cp. 12:9 ^e).
Summary for 2Kgs 22:5-7: 22:5-7 ^f Josiah’s instructions to Shaphan were similar to those given by Joash for restoring the Temple during his reign (12:10-15 ^g).