Verse 21

2 Chronicles 34:21

American Standard Version

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21 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לְכוּ֩ דִרְשׁ֨וּ אֶת יְהוָ֜ה בַּעֲדִ֗/י וּ/בְעַד֙ הַ/נִּשְׁאָר֙ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וּ/בִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה עַל דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ/סֵּ֖פֶר אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א כִּֽי גְדוֹלָ֤ה חֲמַת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִתְּכָ֣ה בָ֔/נוּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא שָׁמְר֤וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֨י/נוּ֙ אֶת דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לַ/עֲשׂ֕וֹת כְּ/כָל הַ/כָּת֖וּב עַל הַ/סֵּ֥פֶר הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the anger of the Lord that has been poured out upon us because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord to do according to all that is written in this book.

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Chapter 34 Context

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father,... Focus ↗

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high a... Focus ↗

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. Focus ↗

6 And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins... Focus ↗

7 And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down... Focus ↗

8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan... Focus ↗

9 And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of... Focus ↗

10 And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; a... Focus ↗

11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings... Focus ↗

12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites,... Focus ↗

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of... Focus ↗

14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest f... Focus ↗

15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house o... Focus ↗

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All th... Focus ↗

17 And they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it in... Focus ↗

18 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaph... Focus ↗

19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. Focus ↗

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaph... Focus ↗

21 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the...

22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shall... Focus ↗

23 And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent yo... Focus ↗

24 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, eve... Focus ↗

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me t... Focus ↗

26 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith... Focus ↗

27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God (Elohim), when thou heardest... Focus ↗

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither... Focus ↗

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. Focus ↗

30 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa... Focus ↗

31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to k... Focus ↗

32 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of... Focus ↗

33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 34 (33 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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