The interpretation timeline

2Kgs 23:21

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

2Kgs 23:21 · Douay-Rheims
“And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
397
A.D.
Ambrose of Milan Patristic
A.D. 339–397
“Love faith. For by his devotion and faith Josiah won great love for himself from his enemies. For he celebrated the Lord's Passover when he was eighteen years old, as no one had done it before him. As then in zeal he was superior to those who went before him, so do you, my children, show zeal for God. Let zeal for God search you through and devour you, so that each one of you may say, "The zeal of your house has eaten me up." An apostle of Christ was called the zealot. But why do I speak of an apostle? The Lord himself said, "The zeal of your house has eaten me up." Let it then be real zeal for God, not mean earthly zeal, for that causes jealousy.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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