John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 22:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, etc.] Not of his age, but of his reign, as appears from (<143408>2 Chronicles 34:8) nor is what follows the first remarkable act he did in a religious way; for elsewhere we read of what he did in the eighth and twelfth years of his reign, (<143403>2 Chronicles 34:3-7), that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the Lord; the king’s secretary; the Septuagint version is, the scribe of the house of the Lord, and so the Vulgate Latin version; that kept the account of the expenses of the temple; with him two others were sent, (<143408>2 Chronicles 34:8), saying: as follows.

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