Passage
2 Kings 22
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Glossary Term
Altar
Josiah destroys false altars; must be distinguished from Catholic or folk/ancestor altars by context.
2KI.22.1
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Glossary Term
Book Of The Law
The scroll rediscovered in the temple (2 Kings 22:8), prompting Josiah's reforms; standard term.
2KI.22.8-13
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Doctrine
Delayed Judgment
God's promise that judgment on Judah will not fall in Josiah's own lifetime because of his humble response echoes Ahab's earlier partial-repentance pattern in 1 Kings 21 -- worth noting the parallel.
2KI.22.18-20
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Doctrine
Josiah's Reforms
Josiah's sweeping reform, triggered by rediscovering the Book of the Law, is presented as the most thorough religious reform in the book ('there was no king like him' -- 2 Kings 23:25) and yet does not ultimately avert Judah's judgment (23:26-27), already sealed by Manasseh's sins.
2KI.22.1
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Glossary Term
Passover
Josiah's restored Passover observance (2 Kings 23:21-23); in Spanish, 'Pascua' also refers to Easter in Christian usage -- context must make clear this is the Old Testament Passover feast, not the Christian Easter celebration.
2KI.22.1
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Glossary Term
Reform
Josiah's sweeping religious reform (2 Kings 22-23); standard term, though in a Spanish Protestant/Catholic context 'reforma' also evokes the 16th-century Reformation -- context should make the referent clear.
2KI.22.1
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Glossary Term
Repentance
Distinguish from the Catholic sacramental sense of penitencia.
2KI.22.1
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Glossary Term
Word Of The Lord
Standard phrase.
2KI.22.8-13
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Doctrine
Written Word of God's Authority
The rediscovered Book of the Law's immediate, authoritative effect on Josiah (tearing his clothes, urgent inquiry of the LORD) demonstrates Scripture's binding authority even after generations of neglect.
2KI.22.8-13