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Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read therein before the king.
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The Word's Convicting Power
Commentators highlight the simple yet profound nature of this event. Shaphan reads the newly discovered Book of the Law to King Josiah, and the immediate effect, as one scholar notes, was the king's horror upon realizing the nation's sin. This demonstrates the powerful, convicting nature of Scripture when it is heard and understood after a period of neglect.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Then. — And. The verse is identical with 2 Kings 22:10, except that it substitutes “read in it” for “read it,…
Baptist
Such was his horror upon discovering how they had all sinned, and how many terrible judgments were to be inflicted upon them because of all that lo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 34:14)
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Presbyterian
Since the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, so that we may not waste any of…
