| 1 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 Bozkath. 2 And he did that which was right in the
eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned
not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 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 Jehovah, saying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may
sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers
of the threshold have gathered of the people: 5 and let them deliver it
into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah;
and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to
repair the breaches of the house, 6 unto the carpenters, and to the
builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair
the house. 7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money
that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book
to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and
brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the
money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the
workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah. 10 And Shaphan
the scribe told 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. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
the king's servant, saying, 13 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Asaiah,
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
second quarter); and they communed with her. 15 And she said unto them,
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,
16 Thus saith Jehovah, 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 work of
their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it
shall not be quenched. 18 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to
inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of
Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, 19 because thy heart
was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, 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 Jehovah. 20 Therefore,
behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy
grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring
upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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