Verse 18
2 Chronicles 34:18
World English Bible, British Edition
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Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered
me a book.” Shaphan read from it to the king.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּגֵּ֞ד שָׁפָ֤ן הַ/סּוֹפֵר֙ לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר סֵ֚פֶר נָ֣תַן לִ֔/י חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּ הַ/כֹּהֵ֑ן וַ/יִּקְרָא ב֥/וֹ שָׁפָ֖ן לִ/פְנֵ֥י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book," and Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
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Chapter 34 Context
1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one
years in Jerusalem.
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2
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in the ways
of David his father, and didn...
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3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began
to seek after the God (Elohim)...
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4
They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he cut down
the incense altars that wer...
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5
He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and
Jerusalem.
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6
He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali,
around in their ruins.
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7
He broke down the altars, beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images
into powder, and cut down a...
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8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the
land and the house, he sent Shaphan...
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9
They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was
brought into God (Elohim)’s ho...
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10
They delivered it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight
of the LORD’s house; and the w...
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11
They gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy cut stone
and timber for couplings, and to...
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12
The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah
the Levites, of the sons of...
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13
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and directed all who did
the work in every kind of servi...
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14
When they brought out the money that was brought into the LORD’s
house, Hilkiah the priest found the...
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15
Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the
law in the LORD’s house.” So Hilk...
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16
Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back
word to the king, saying, “All that...
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17
They have emptied out the money that was found in the LORD’s house,
and have delivered it into the h...
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18
Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered
me a book.” Shaphan read...
19
When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
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20
The king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son
of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, a...
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21
“Go enquire of the LORD for me, and for those who are left in Israel
and in Judah, concerning the wo...
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22
So Hilkiah and those whom the king had commanded went to Huldah
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum...
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23
She said to them, “The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: ‘Tell the
man who sent you to me,
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24
“The LORD says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place and on its
inhabitants, even all the curses...
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25
Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense to other gods,
that they might provoke me to a...
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26
But to the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, you
shall tell him this, ‘The LORD, t...
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27
because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God (Elohim)
when you heard his words...
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28
“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered
to your grave in peace. Your ey...
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29
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah
and Jerusalem.
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30
The king went up to the LORD’s house with all the men of Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the...
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31
The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to
walk after the LORD, and to keep...
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32
He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The
inhabitants of Jerusalem did ac...
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33
Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that
belonged to the children of Isra...
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