2 Kings 22:2
22:2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD,
     and {a} walked in all the way of David his father, and
     turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

     (a) His zeal was prophesied of, and his name mentioned by
         Iddo the prophet, more than 300 years before,
         1 Kings 13:2 and being but eight years old, he sought
         the God of his father David, 2 Chronicles 34:3.

2 Kings 22:4
22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the
     silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which
     the keepers of the {b} door have gathered of the people:

     (b) Certain of the priests were appointed to this office,
         as in 2 Kings 12:9.

2 Kings 22:5
22:5 And let {c} them deliver it into the hand of the doers of
     the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD:
     and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in
     the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

     (c) From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the
         temple remained without repairs through the negligence
         of the priests. This shows that they who have a charge
         and do not execute it should have it taken from them.

2 Kings 22:7
22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money
     that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt {d}
     faithfully.

     (d) So God provided him with faithful servants, seeing he
         went about so zealously to set forth the work of God.

2 Kings 22:8
22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I
     have found the {e} book of the law in the house of the
     LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

     (e) This was the copy that Moses left them, as it appears
         in 2 Chronicles 34:14, which either by the negligence of
         the priests had been lost, or else by the wickedness of
         idolatrous kings had been abolished.

2 Kings 22:13
22:13 Go ye, {f} enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people,
      and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that
      is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is
      kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened
      unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that
      which is written concerning us.

      (f) Meaning, to some prophet to whom God reveals the
          knowledge of things, as in Jeremiah 21:8, though at
          other times they enquired the Lord by Urim and
          Thummim.

2 Kings 22:14
22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and
      Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the
      wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas,
      keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the
      {g} college;) and they communed with her.

      (g) Or the house of doctrine, which was near the temple,
          and where the learned assembled to search the
          scriptures and the doctrine of the prophets.

2 Kings 22:17
22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense
      unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with
      all the {h} works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall
      be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

      (h) The works of man's hand here signifies all that man
          invents beside the word of God, which are abominable
          in God's service.

2 Kings 22:19
22:19 Because thine heart was {i} tender, and thou hast humbled
      thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake
      against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof,
      that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast
      rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard
      [thee], saith the LORD.

      (i) Meaning, that he repented as they that do not repent
          are said to harden their heart, Psalm 95:8.

2 Kings 22:20
22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and
      thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in {k} peace; and
      thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring
      upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

      (k) Upon which we may gather that the anger of God is
          ready against the wicked when God takes his servants
          out of this world.