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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.
02 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.
03 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,
04 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:
05 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,
06 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and
to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
07 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them
of the money that was delivered into their hand,
because they dealt faithfully.
08 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.
09 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.
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king,
saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a
book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
11 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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12 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,
13 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.
14 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.
15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16 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:
17 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.
18 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;
19 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.
20 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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