2 Kings 22
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1 Josiah was eight
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of
Boscath.
2 And he did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and
turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth
year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the
son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
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 door have gathered of the people:
5 And let 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,
6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and
masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with
them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt
faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king,
and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money
that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do
the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king,
saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before
the king.
11 And it came to pass, when
the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the
priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and
Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
13 Go ye, 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.
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 college;) and they communed with her.
15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all
the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
17 Because they have forsaken me, and have
burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the
works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place,
and shall not be quenched.
18 But to the king of Judah which sent you
to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
19 Because thine heart was 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.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee
unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine
eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they
brought the king word again.
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