1Josiah[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's name[H8034] was Jedidah[H3040], the daughter[H1323] of Adaiah[H5718] of Boscath[H1218].
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And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and walked[H3212] in all the way[H1870] of David[H1732] his father[H1], and turned not aside[H5493] to the right[H3477]hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040].
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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 the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
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Go up[H5927] to Hilkiah[H2518] the high[H1419]priest[H3548], that he may sum[H8552] the silver[H3701] which is brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], which the keepers[H8104] of the door[H5592] have gathered[H622] of the people[H5971]:
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And let them deliver[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the doers[H6213] of the work[H4399], that have the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: and let them give[H5414] it to the doers[H6213] of the work[H4399] which is in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], to repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004],
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Unto carpenters[H2796], and builders[H1129], and masons[H1443], and to buy[H7069]timber[H6086] and hewn[H4274]stone[H68] to repair[H2388] the house[H1004].
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Howbeit there was no reckoning made[H2803] with them of the money[H3701] that was delivered[H5414] into their hand[H3027], because they dealt[H6213]faithfully[H530].
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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 the LORD[H3068]. And Hilkiah[H2518]gave[H5414] the book[H5612] to Shaphan[H8227], and he read[H7121] it.
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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 gathered[H5413] the money[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004], and have delivered[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of them that do[H6213] the work[H4399], that have the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608]shewed[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].
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And it came to pass, when the king[H4428] had heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the book[H5612] of the law[H8451], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899].
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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 Michaiah[H4320], and Shaphan[H8227] the scribe[H5608], and Asahiah[H6222] a servant[H5650] of the king[H4428]'s, saying[H559],
13Go[H3212] ye, enquire[H1875] of the LORD[H3068] for me, and for the people[H5971], 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 the LORD[H3068] that is kindled[H3341] against us, because our fathers[H1] have not hearkened[H8085] unto the words[H1697] of this book[H5612], to do[H6213] according unto all that which is written[H3789] concerning us.
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So Hilkiah[H2518] the priest[H3548], and Ahikam[H296], and Achbor[H5907], and Shaphan[H8227], and Asahiah[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;(now she dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] in the college[H4932];) and they communed[H1696] with her.
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And she said[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Tell[H559] the man[H376] that sent[H7971] you to me,
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold, I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon this place[H4725], and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof, even all the words[H1697] of the book[H5612] which the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] hath read[H7121]:
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Because they have forsaken[H5800] me, and have burned incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430], that they might provoke me to anger[H3707] with all the works[H4639] of their hands[H3027]; therefore my wrath[H2534] shall be kindled[H3341] against this place[H4725], and shall not be quenched[H3518].
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But to the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] which sent[H7971] you to enquire[H1875] of the LORD[H3068], thus shall ye say[H559] to him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], As touching the words[H1697] which thou hast heard[H8085];
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Because thine heart[H3824] was tender[H7401], and thou hast humbled[H3665] thyself before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], when thou heardest[H8085] what I spake[H1696] against this place[H4725], and against the inhabitants[H3427] thereof, that they should become a desolation[H8047] and a curse[H7045], and hast rent[H7167] thy clothes[H899], and wept[H1058]before[H6440] me; I also have heard[H8085] thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Behold therefore, I will gather[H622] thee unto thy fathers[H1], and thou shalt be gathered[H622] into thy grave[H6913] in peace[H7965]; and thine eyes[H5869] shall not 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].