Parallel Verses English Standard Version Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments. King James Bible And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. American Standard Version And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. Douay-Rheims Bible Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations for Josias all the singing men and singing women repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in Israel: Behold it is found written in the Lamentations. English Revised Version And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations, unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. Webster's Bible Translation And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women have spoken of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations. 2 Chronicles 35:25 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament2 Chronicles 35:18 contains the remark that the Israelites had not held such a passover since the days of the prophet Samuel and all the kings; cf. 2 Kings 23:22, where, instead of the days of Samuel, the days of the judges are mentioned. On the points which distinguished this passover above others, see the remarks on 2 Kings 23:22. In the concluding clause we have a rhetorical enumeration of those who participated in the festival, beginning with the king and ending with the inhabitants of Jerusalem. הנּמצא ישׂראל are the remnant of the kingdom of the ten tribes who had come to the festival; cf. 2 Chronicles 34:33. - In 2 Chronicles 35:19 the year of this passover is mentioned in conclusion. The statement, "in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah," refers back to the same date at the beginning of the account of the cultus reform (2 Chronicles 34:8 and 2 Kings 22:3), and indicates that Josiah's cultus reform culminated in this passover. Now since the passover fell in the middle of the first month of the year, and, according to 2 Chronicles 34 and 2 Kings 22, the book of the law was also found in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, many commentators have imagined that the eighteenth year of the king is dated from the autumn; so that all that is narrated in 2 Chronicles, from 34:8-35:19, happened within a period of six months and a half. This might possibly be the case; since the purification and repair of the temple may have been near their completion when the book of the law was found, so that they might hold the passover six months afterwards. But our passage does not require that the years of the king's reign should be dated from the autumn, and there are not sufficient grounds for believing that such was the case. Neither in our narrative, nor in 2 Kings 22 and 23, is it said that the passover was resolved upon or arrange din consequence of the finding of the book of the law. Josiah may therefore have thought of closing and ratifying the restoration of the Jahve-worship by a solemn passover festival, even before the finding of the book; and the two events need not be widely separated from each other. But from the way in which the account in 2 Kings 22 and 23 is arranged, it is not improbable that the finding of the book of the law may have occurred before the beginning of the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, and that date may have been placed at the beginning and end of the narrative, because the cultus reform was completed with the celebration of the passover in his eighteenth year. (Note: The addition of the lxx to 2 Kings 22:3, "in the eighth month," to which Thenius and Berth. attach some weight, as a proof that the years of Josiah's reign are dated from autumn, is utterly useless for that purpose. For even were that addition more than a worthless gloss, it would only prove the contrary, since the eighth month of the civil year, which is reckoned from autumn, corresponds to the second month of the ecclesiastical year, and would consequently carry us beyond the time of the passover.) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Jeremiah all the singers Job 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. and made them Cross References Matthew 9:23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 2 Samuel 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, 2 Samuel 3:33 And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies? 2 Chronicles 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds according to what is written in the Law of the LORD, Ezra 2:65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers. Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, Jeremiah 9:17 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come; Jump to Previous Chanted Commemorate Female Grief Israel Jeremiah Josiah Lamented Makers Male Ordinance Singers Singing Song Speak Uttered Women WrittenJump to Next Chanted Commemorate Female Grief Israel Jeremiah Josiah Lamented Makers Male Ordinance Singers Singing Song Speak Uttered Women WrittenLinks 2 Chronicles 35:25 NIV2 Chronicles 35:25 NLT 2 Chronicles 35:25 ESV 2 Chronicles 35:25 NASB 2 Chronicles 35:25 KJV 2 Chronicles 35:25 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 35:25 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 35:25 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 35:25 French Bible 2 Chronicles 35:25 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |