SEV Biblia, Chapter 22:3
Y a los dieciocho años del rey Josías, aconteció que envió el rey a Safán hijo de Azalía, hijo de Mesulam, escriba, a la Casa del SEÑOR, diciendo:
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah , etc.] Not of his age, but of his reign, as appears from ( 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, ( 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, ( 2 Chronicles 34:8), saying : as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in producing thi difference. His character was most excellent. Had the people joined in the reformation as heartily as he persevered in it, blessed effect would have followed. But they were wicked, and had become fools in idolatry. We do not obtain full knowledge of the state of Judah from the historical records, unless we refer to the writings of the prophet who lived at the time. In repairing the temple, the book of the law wa found, and brought to the king. It seems, this book of the law was los and missing; carelessly mislaid and neglected, as some throw their Bibles into corners, or maliciously concealed by some of the idolaters God's care of the Bible plainly shows his interest in it. Whether thi was the only copy in being or not, the things contained in it were new both to the king and to the high priest. No summaries, extracts, or collections out of the Bible, can convey and preserve the knowledge of God and his will, like the Bible itself. It was no marvel that the people were so corrupt, when the book of the law was so scarce; the that corrupted them, no doubt, used arts to get that book out of their hands. The abundance of Bibles we possess aggravates our national sins for what greater contempt of God can we show, than to refuse to rea his word when put into our hands, or, reading it, not to believe an obey it? By the holy law is the knowledge of sin, and by the blesse gospel is the knowledge of salvation. When the former is understood in its strictness and excellence, the sinner begins to inquire, What mus I do to be saved? And the ministers of the gospel point out to his Jesus Christ, as the end of the law for righteousness to every one tha believeth.
Original Hebrew
ויהי 1961 בשׁמנה 8083 עשׂרה 6240 שׁנה 8141 למלך 4428 יאשׁיהו 2977 שׁלח 7971 המלך 4428 את 853 שׁפן 8227 בן 1121 אצליהו 683 בן 1121 משׁלם 4918 הספר 5608 בית 1004 יהוה 3068 לאמר׃ 559
