Verse 19

2 Kings 22:19

New King James Version

19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, 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 the LORD.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יַ֠עַן רַךְ לְבָ֨בְ/ךָ֜ וַ/תִּכָּנַ֣ע מִ/פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽ/שָׁמְעֲ/ךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ עַל הַ/מָּק֨וֹם הַ/זֶּ֜ה וְ/עַל יֹשְׁבָ֗י/ו לִ/הְי֤וֹת לְ/שַׁמָּה֙ וְ/לִ/קְלָלָ֔ה וַ/תִּקְרַע֙ אֶת בְּגָדֶ֔י/ךָ וַ/תִּבְכֶּ֖ה לְ/פָנָ֑/י וְ/גַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
English Translation
Because your heart was soft and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke concerning this place and concerning its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your garments and wept before me, I also have heard, says the LORD.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 22 Context
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2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his fat... Focus ↗
3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Az... Focus ↗
4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the... Focus ↗
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house... Focus ↗
6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. Focus ↗
7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, becau... Focus ↗
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the ho... Focus ↗
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants hav... Focus ↗
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Sha... Focus ↗
11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clot... Focus ↗
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Mich... Focus ↗
13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of th... Focus ↗
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophe... Focus ↗
15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me... Focus ↗
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, ev... Focus ↗
17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me t... Focus ↗
18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith... Focus ↗
19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest wh...
20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in... Focus ↗