And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
The verse records Josiah setting the priests in their appointed charges and encouraging them to the service of the house of the Lord. It belongs to the account of Josiah's Passover. Josiah was one of Judah's best and most devoted kings. The chapter containing the verse is among those tracing Judah's decline.
Josiah's reign ended in 607 B.C., and he was the last king of Jerusalem who obeyed the Lord's commandments and kept His statutes. His Passover brought a greater revival of hope before a more hopeless apostasy. His actions belong to the religious revival under him, which shows that revival produces missionary effort.
The verse forms part of the historical setting for the teaching that the Jews' observance of release years and jubilees ceased after Josiah's reign. Josiah's Passover recalls a time when God blessed His people, and later faithful worship and conduct can be reminiscent of those Passovers.
The verse records Josiah setting the priests in their appointed charges and encouraging them to the service of the house of the Lord. It belongs to the account of Josiah's Passover. Josiah was one of Judah's best and most devoted kings. The chapter containing the verse is among those tracing Judah's decline.
Josiah's reign ended in 607 B.C., and he was the last king of Jerusalem who obeyed the Lord's commandments and kept His statutes. His Passover brought a greater revival of hope before a more hopeless apostasy. His actions belong to the religious revival under him, which shows that revival produces missionary effort.
The verse forms part of the historical setting for the teaching that the Jews' observance of release years and jubilees ceased after Josiah's reign. Josiah's Passover recalls a time when God blessed His people, and later faithful worship and conduct can be reminiscent of those Passovers.