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2 Kings 22 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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preachers & commentators

2 Kings 22 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שָׁפָן shâphân H8227 9 rock-rabbit, hiding
חִלְקִיָּה Chilqîyâh H2518 6 Chilhijah
סֵפֶר çêpher H5612 7 writing, book
סָפַר çâphar H5608 5 score, inscribe
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 7 word, matter
כֹּהֵן kôhên H3548 5 officiating, priest
נָתַן nâthan H5414 6 give, put

How preachers through history handled this text

6 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 1

“The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how they may be saved. Huldah let Josiah know what judgments God had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 22:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Bozkath — 2 Kgs 22:1
  • Jerusalem — 2 Kgs 22:1
  • Second Quarter — 2 Kgs 22:14

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