John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 35:25

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 written in the lamentations; not of Jeremiah; though the Targum is, “lo, they are written in the book which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah, concerning the lamentations,” but respect a collection of lamentations on various subjects then in being, but since lost. Ver. 26, 27 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, etc.] His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses, (see Gill on “<122328>2 Kings 23:28”).

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