ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 34
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].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], and walked[H3212] in the ways[H1870] of David[H1732] his father[H1], and turned not aside[H5493] to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040].
3. For in the eighth[H8083] year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], while he was yet young[H5288], he began[H2490] to seek[H1875] after the God[H430] of David[H1732] his father[H1]; and in the twelfth[H8147] year[H8141] he began[H2490] to purge[H2891] Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] from the high places[H1116], and the Asherim[H842], and the graven images[H6456], and the molten images[H4541].
4. And they brake down[H5422] the altars[H4196] of the Baalim[H1168] in his presence[H6440]; and the sun-images[H2553] that were on high above them[H4605] he hewed down[H1438]; and the Asherim[H842], and the graven images[H6456], and the molten images[H6456], he brake in pieces[H7665], and made dust[H1854] of them[H2236], and strewed it upon[H6440] the graves[H6913] of them that had sacrificed unto them[H2076].
5. And he burnt[H8313] the bones[H6106] of the priests[H3548] upon their altars[H4196], and purged[H2891] Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389].
6. And so did he in the cities[H5892] of Manasseh[H4519] and Ephraim[H669] and Simeon[H8095], even unto Naphtali[H5321], in their ruins[H2719] round about[H5439].
7. And he brake down[H5422] the altars[H4196], and beat[H3807] the Asherim[H842] and the graven images[H6456] into powder[H1854], and hewed down[H1438] all the sun-images[H6456] throughout all the land[H776] of Israel[H3478], and returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389].
8. Now in the eighteenth[H8083] year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], when he had purged[H2891] the land[H776] and the house[H1004], he sent[H7971] Shaphan[H8227] the son[H1121] of Azaliah[H683], and Maaseiah[H4641] the governor[H8269] of the city[H5892], and Joah[H3098] the son[H1121] of Joahaz[H3099] the recorder[H2142], to repair[H2388] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430].
9. And they came[H935] to Hilkiah[H2518] the high[H1419] priest[H3548], and delivered[H5414] the money[H3701] that was brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of God[H430], which the Levites[H3881], the keepers[H8104] of the threshold[H5592], had gathered[H622] of the hand[H3027] of Manasseh[H4519] and Ephraim[H669], and of all the remnant[H7611] of Israel[H3478], and of all Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and of the inhabitants[H7725] of Jerusalem[H3389].
10. And they delivered[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the workmen[H6213] that had the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]; and the workmen[H6213] that wrought[H6213] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] gave[H5414] it to mend[H2388] and repair[H918] the house[H1004]:
11. even to the carpenters[H2796] and to the builders[H1129] gave[H5414] they it[H7069], to buy hewn[H4274] stone[H68], and timber[H6086] for couplings[H4226], and to make beams[H7136] for the houses[H1004] which the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] had destroyed[H7843].
12. And the men[H582] did[H6213] the work[H4399] faithfully[H530]: and the overseers[H5329] of them were Jahath[H3189] and Obadiah[H5662], the Levites[H3881], of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847]; and Zechariah[H2148] and Meshullam[H4918], of the sons of the Kohathites[H6956], to set it forward[H6485]; and others of the Levites[H3881], all that were skilful[H995] with instruments[H3627] of music[H7892].
13. Also they were over the bearers of burdens[H5449], and set forward[H5329] all that did[H6213] the work[H4399] in every manner of service[H5656]: and of the Levites[H3881] there were scribes[H5608], and officers[H7860], and porters[H7778].
14. And when they brought out[H3318] the money[H3701] that was brought into[H935] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], Hilkiah[H2518] the priest[H3548] found[H4672] the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068] given by[H3027] Moses[H4872].
15. And Hilkiah[H2518] answered[H6030] and said[H559] to 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].
16. And Shaphan[H8227] carried[H935] the book[H5612] to the king[H4428], and moreover brought[H7725] back[H7725] word[H1697] to the king[H4428], saying[H559], All that was committed[H5414] to[H3027] thy servants[H5650], they are doing[H6213].
17. And they have emptied[H5413] out the money[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and have delivered[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the overseers[H6485], and into the hand[H3027] of the workmen[H6213].
18. 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] therein before[H6440] the king[H4428].
19. And it came to pass[H4428], when the king had heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the law[H8451], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899].
20. And the king[H4428] commanded[H6680] Hilkiah[H2518], and Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], and Abdon[H5658] the son[H1121] of Micah[H4318], and Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608], and Asaiah[H6222] the king[H4428]'s servant[H5650], saying[H559],
21. Go[H3212] ye[H1875], inquire of Jehovah[H3068] for me[H7604], and for them that are left in Israel[H3478] and in Judah[H3063], concerning the words[H1697] of the book[H5612] that is found[H4672]; for great[H1419] is the wrath[H2534] of Jehovah[H3068] that is poured out[H5413] upon us[H1], because our fathers have not kept[H8104] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], to do[H6213] according unto all that is written[H3789] in this book[H5612].
22. So Hilkiah[H2518], and they whom the king[H4428] had commanded[H3212], went to Huldah[H2468] the prophetess[H5031], the wife[H802] of Shallum[H7967] the son[H1121] of Tokhath[H8616], the son[H1121] of Hasrah[H2641], keeper[H8104] of the wardrobe[H899]; (now she dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] in the second quarter[H4932]😉 and they spake to her to that effect[H1696].
23. 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],
24. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H935], I will bring evil[H7451] upon this place[H4725], and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H423], even all the curses that are written[H3789] in the book[H5612] which they have read[H7121] before[H6440] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
25. 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 works[H4639] of their hands[H3027]; therefore is my wrath[H2534] poured out[H5413] upon this place[H4725], and it shall not be quenched[H3518].
26. But unto[H413] 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],
27. because thy heart[H3824] was tender[H7401], and thou didst humble[H3665] thyself before[H6440] God[H430], when thou heardest[H8085] his words[H1697] against this place[H4725], and against the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H3665], and hast humbled thyself before[H6440] me[H7167], and hast rent thy clothes[H899], and wept[H1058] before[H6440] me[H8085]; I also have heard thee[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
28. Behold[H622], 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] that I will bring[H935] upon this place[H4725], and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H7725]. And they brought back[H7725] word[H1697] to the king[H4428].
29. Then the king[H4428] sent[H7971] and gathered together[H622] all the elders[H2205] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389].
30. And the king[H4428] went up[H5927] to the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and all the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], and all the people[H5971], both great[H1419] and small[H6996]: and he read[H7121] in their ears[H241] all the words[H1697] of the book[H5612] of the covenant[H1285] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
31. And the king[H4428] stood[H5975] in his place[H5977], and made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], to walk[H3212] after[H310] Jehovah[H3068], and to keep[H8104] his commandments[H4687], and his testimonies[H5715], and his statutes[H2706], with all his heart[H3824], and with all his soul[H5315], to perform[H6213] the words[H1697] of the covenant[H1285] that were written[H3789] in this book[H5612].
32. And he caused all that were found[H4672] in Jerusalem[H3389] and Benjamin[H1144] to stand[H5975] to it[H3427]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem[H3389] did[H6213] according to the covenant[H1285] of God[H430], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
33. And Josiah[H2977] took away[H5493] all the abominations[H8441] out of all the countries[H776] that pertained to the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and made all that were found[H4672] in Israel[H3478] to serve[H5647], even to serve[H5647] Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430]. All his days[H3117] they departed[H5493] not from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
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