2 Kings 22
The Reign of
Josiah |
2 Chr. 34.1, 2 |
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Josi'ah Jer. 3.6 was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedi'dah, the daughter of Adai'ah of Boscath.
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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.
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The Book of the Law
Discovered |
2 Chr. 34.8-33 |
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And it came to pass in the eighteenth
year of king Josi'ah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of
Azali'ah, the son of Meshul'lam, the scribe, to the house of the
LORD, saying,
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Go up to Hilki'ah 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:
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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,
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unto carpenters, and builders, and
masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the
house.
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Howbeit, there was no reckoning made with
them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they
dealt faithfully.
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And Hilki'ah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of
the LORD. And Hilki'ah gave the book to
Shaphan, and he read it.
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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.
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And Shaphan the scribe showed the king,
saying, Hilki'ah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan
read it before the king.
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And it came to pass, when the king had
heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his
clothes.
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And the king commanded Hilki'ah the
priest, and Ahi'kam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of
Michai'ah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahi'ah a servant of the
king's, saying,
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Go ye, inquire 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.
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So Hilki'ah the priest, and Ahi'kam,
and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahi'ah, 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.
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And she said unto them, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you
to me,
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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:
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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.
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But to the king of Judah which sent you
to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to
him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As
touching the words which thou hast heard;
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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.
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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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