2 Kings 22:7
But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 622-609 BC
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 Kings 12:15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the…
- Nehemiah 7:2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
- Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Luke 16:10-12 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. …
- 2 Corinthians 8:20-21 We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift. …
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