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2 Kings 22:1
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 22:2 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:3 |
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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, |
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| 2 Kings 22:4 |
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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: |
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| 2 Kings 22:5 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:6 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:7 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:8 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 22:9 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:10 |
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And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying,
Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. |
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| 2 Kings 22:11 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:12 |
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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, |
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| 2 Kings 22:13 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 22:14 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 22:15 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:16 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:17 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:18 |
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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; |
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| 2 Kings 22:19 |
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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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| 2 Kings 22:20 |
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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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