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Josiah
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| 2 Kings 22:1 |
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Josiah was eight years old when he became king,
and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah
the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. |
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| 2 Kings 22:2 |
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He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked
in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the
left. |
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| 2 Kings 22:3 |
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Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, 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
count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have
gathered from the people. |
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| 2 Kings 22:5 |
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Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen
who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen
who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house, |
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| 2 Kings 22:6 |
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to the carpenters and the builders and the masons
and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. |
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| 2 Kings 22:7 |
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Only no accounting shall be made with them for
the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully." |
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The
Lost Book |
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| 2 Kings 22:8 |
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Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan
the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah
gave the book to Shaphan who read it. |
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| 2 Kings 22:9 |
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Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought
back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that
was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who
have the oversight of the house of the LORD." |
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| 2 Kings 22:10 |
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Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying,
"Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read it in the presence
of the king. |
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| 2 Kings 22:11 |
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When the king heard the words of the book of
the law, he tore his clothes. |
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| 2 Kings 22:12 |
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Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and
Asaiah the king's servant saying, |
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| 2 Kings 22:13 |
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"Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people
and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great
is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened
to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us." |
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Huldah
Predicts |
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| 2 Kings 22:14 |
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So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan,
and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah,
the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second
Quarter); and they spoke to her. |
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| 2 Kings 22:15 |
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She said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of
Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to me, |
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| 2 Kings 22:16 |
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thus says the LORD, "Behold, I bring evil on
this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king
of Judah has read. |
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| 2 Kings 22:17 |
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Because they have forsaken Me and have burned
incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of
their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be
quenched."' |
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| 2 Kings 22:18 |
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But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire
of the LORD thus shall you say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, " Regarding
the words which you have heard, |
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| 2 Kings 22:19 |
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because your heart was tender and you humbled
yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against
its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have
torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. |
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"Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your
fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not
see all the evil which I will bring on this place."'" So they brought back word
to the king. |
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