New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Kings 22:3-14

3Now 1in 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, 4“2Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may 3count the money brought in to the house of the Lord which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. 5 4Let 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 5damages of the house, 6to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7Only 6no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.”

8Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “7I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. 9Shaphan 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.” 10Moreover, 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.

11When the king heard the words of the book of the law, 8he tore his clothes. 12Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, 9Ahikam the son of Shaphan, 10 11Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant saying, 13“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for 12great 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.”

14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of 13 14Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the 15Second Quarter); and they spoke to her.

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Notes

1. 2 Kings 22:3 2 Chr 34:8 ↩
2. 2 Kings 22:4 2 Kin 12:4, 9, 10 ↩
3. 2 Kings 22:4 Or total ↩
4. 2 Kings 22:5 2 Kin 12:11-14 ↩
5. 2 Kings 22:5 Lit breach ↩
6. 2 Kings 22:7 2 Kin 12:15; 1 Cor 4:2 ↩
7. 2 Kings 22:8 Deut 31:24-26; 2 Chr 34:14, 15 ↩
8. 2 Kings 22:11 Gen 37:34; Josh 7:6 ↩
9. 2 Kings 22:12 2 Kin 25:22; Jer 26:24 ↩
10. 2 Kings 22:12 In 2 Chr 34:20, Abdon, son of Micah ↩
11. 2 Kings 22:12 2 Chr 34:20 ↩
12. 2 Kings 22:13 Deut 29:23-28; 31:17, 18 ↩
13. 2 Kings 22:14 In 2 Chr 34:22, Tokhath, son of Hasrah ↩
14. 2 Kings 22:14 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
15. 2 Kings 22:14 Zeph 1:10 ↩

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