ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 22
1. Josiah[H2977] was eight[H8083] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] thirty[H7970] and one[H259] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Jedidah[H3040] the daughter[H1323] of Adaiah[H5718] of Bozkath[H1218].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], and walked[H3212] in all the way[H1870] of David[H1732] his father[H1], and turned not aside[H5493] to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040].
3. And it came to pass in the eighteenth[H8083] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Josiah[H2977], that the king[H4428] sent[H7971] Shaphan[H8227], the son[H1121] of Azaliah[H683] the son[H1121] of Meshullam[H4918], the scribe[H5608], to the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559],
4. Go up[H5927] to Hilkiah[H2518] the high[H1419] priest[H3548], that he may sum[H8552] the money[H3701] which is brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], which the keepers[H8104] of the threshold[H5592] have gathered[H622] of the people[H5971]:
5. and let them deliver[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the[H6213] workmen[H4399] that have the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]; and let them give[H5414] it to the[H6213] workmen[H4399] that are in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], to repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004],
6. unto the carpenters[H2796], and to the builders[H1129], and to the masons[H1443], and for buying[H7069] timber[H6086] and hewn[H4274] stone[H68] to repair[H2388] the house[H1004].
7. Howbeit there was no reckoning made[H2803] with them of the money[H3701] that was delivered[H5414] into their hand[H3027]; for they dealt[H6213] faithfully[H530].
8. And Hilkiah[H2518] the high[H1419] priest[H3548] said[H559] unto Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608], I have found[H4672] the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]. And Hilkiah[H2518] delivered[H5414] the book[H5612] to Shaphan[H8227], and he read it[H7121].
9. And Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608] came[H935] to the king[H4428], and brought[H7725] the king[H4428] word[H1697] again[H7725], and said[H559], Thy servants[H5650] have emptied[H5413] out the money[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004], and have delivered[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the[H6213] workmen[H4399] that have the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
10. And Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608] told[H5046] the king[H4428], saying[H559], Hilkiah[H2518] the priest[H3548] hath delivered[H5414] me a book[H5612]. And Shaphan[H8227] read[H7121] it before[H6440] the king[H4428].
11. And it came to pass[H4428], when the king had heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the book[H5612] of the law[H8451], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899].
12. And the king[H4428] commanded[H6680] Hilkiah[H2518] the priest[H3548], and Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], and Achbor[H5907] the son[H1121] of Micaiah[H4320], and Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608], and Asaiah[H6222] the king[H4428]'s servant[H5650], saying[H559],
13. Go[H3212] ye[H1875], inquire of Jehovah[H3068] for me[H5971], and for the people, and for all Judah[H3063], concerning the words[H1697] of this book[H5612] that is found[H4672]; for great[H1419] is the wrath[H2534] of Jehovah[H3068] that is kindled[H3341] against us[H1], because our fathers have not hearkened[H8085] unto the words[H1697] of this book[H5612], to do[H6213] according unto all that which is written concerning us[H3789].
14. So Hilkiah[H2518] the priest[H3548], and Ahikam[H296], and Achbor[H5907], and Shaphan[H8227], and Asaiah[H6222], went[H3212] unto Huldah[H2468] the prophetess[H5031], the wife[H802] of Shallum[H7967] the son[H1121] of Tikvah[H8616], the son[H1121] of Harhas[H2745], keeper[H8104] of the wardrobe[H899] (now she dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] in the second quarter[H4932]); and they communed with her[H1696].
15. And she said[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: Tell[H559] ye the man[H376] that sent you unto me[H7971],
16. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H935], I will bring evil[H7451] upon this place[H4725], and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H1697], even all the words of the book[H5612] which the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] hath read[H7121].
17. Because they have forsaken[H5800] me[H6999], and have burned incense unto other[H312] gods[H430], that they might provoke me to anger[H3707] with all the work[H4639] of their hands[H3027], therefore my wrath[H2534] shall be kindled[H3341] against this place[H4725], and it shall not be quenched[H3518].
18. But unto the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], who sent[H7971] you to inquire[H1875] of Jehovah[H3068], thus shall ye say[H559] to him[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: As touching the words[H1697] which thou hast heard[H8085],
19. because thy heart[H3824] was tender[H7401], and thou didst humble[H3665] thyself before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], when thou heardest[H8085] what I spake[H1696] against this place[H4725], and against the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H8047], that they should become a desolation and a curse[H7045], and hast rent[H7167] thy clothes[H899], and wept[H1058] before[H6440] me[H8085]; I also have heard thee[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
20. Therefore[H622], behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers[H1], and thou shalt be gathered[H622] to thy grave[H6913] in peace[H7965], neither shall thine eyes[H5869] see[H7200] all the evil[H7451] which I will bring[H935] upon this place[H4725]. And they brought[H7725] the king[H4428] word[H1697] again[H7725].
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