2 Chronicles 35:25

“And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, etc.] Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what is said in (<250420>Lamentations 4:20) respects Zedekiah, and not Josiah: and all the singing men, and all the singing women, spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; who were made use of on mournful occasions, as the “preficae” among the Romans, (see <240917>Jeremiah 9:17) these in their mournful ditties used to make mention of his name, and the disaster that befell him: and made them an ordinance in Israel; an annual constitution, as the Targum calls it, appointing a solemn mourning for him once a year, which Jarchi says was on the ninth of Ab or July: and, behold, they are…”

“Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, &c.--The elegy of the prophet has not reached us; but it seems to have been long preserved among his countrymen and chanted on certain public occasions by the professional singers, who probably got the dirges they sang from a collection of funeral odes composed on the death of good and great men of the nation. The spot in the valley of Megiddo where the battle was fought was near the town of Hadad-rimmon; hence the lamentation for the death of Josiah was called "the lamentation of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo," which was so great and so long continued, that the lamentation of Hadad passed afterwards into a proverbial phrase to express any great and…”

“Some find Jeremiah’s lament in the entire Book of Lamentations; others in a part of it Lamentations 4:0. But most critics are of opinion that the lament is lost. Days of calamity were commemorated by lamentations on their anniversaries, and this among the number. The “Book of Dirges” was a collection of such poems which once existed but is now lost. And made them an ordinance - Rather, “and they made them an ordinance,” they i. e. who had authority to do so, not the minstrels. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible".…”

“To this day - In all their succeeding lamentations for their publick calamities, they remembered Josiah's death as their first and fatal blow, which opened the flood - gates to all their following miseries. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 36”

“35:25 Jeremiah held Josiah in high esteem (see Jer 22:15-16; cp. Jer 22:10). The Book of Laments was lost; it is not related to the Book of Lamentations.”

“Jeremiah: Jer 22:10; Lam 4:20 all the singing: Job 3:8; Ecc 12:5; Jer 9:17-21; Mat 9:23 and made them: Jer 22:20 2 Chronicles 35:26”