a22:3-4
b2 Chr 34:3-7
c1 Chr 9:10-11
dJer 1:1
e12:9
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).
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