2 Kings 22:11
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 622-609 BC
- WHO
- Josiah
WHO APPEARS
WHEN
c. 622-609 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
MEANWHILE
-
612 BC Assyria
Fall of Nineveh
The empire that took the northern kingdom captive vanishes within a generation, as Nahum 3 announces.
SOURCES
- date — 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.
- Neco II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
- Fall of Nineveh — Chronicle of Nabopolassar (ABC 3)
SEE ALSO
- 2 Chronicles 34:19 When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
- Joel 2:13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from…
- Jonah 3:6-7 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …
- Joshua 7:6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
- 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation…
- Jeremiah 36:24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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