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Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king.
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A Strategic and Sobering Reading
Commentators like Gill and Ellicott suggest Shaphan did not read the entire book to the king. Instead, he likely read specific, impactful sections containing the curses and warnings for disobedience, such as those in Deuteronomy 28. This was a strategic choice to awaken the king to the nation's perilous spiritual state and provoke immediate reform.
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19th Century
Anglican
Read it before the king. —Keil suggests such passages as Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26. If it were meant that Shaphan read t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Shaphan showed the king Further related to him what follows:
saying, Hilkiah the high priest …
Presbyterian
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the person…
