Verse 8
2 Kings 22:8
Geneva Bible
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And Hilkiah the high Priest sayde vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue found the booke of the Lawe in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan, and hee reade it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ֠/יֹּאמֶר חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ הַ/כֹּהֵ֤ן הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ עַל שָׁפָ֣ן הַ/סֹּפֵ֔ר סֵ֧פֶר הַ/תּוֹרָ֛ה מָצָ֖אתִי בְּ/בֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן חִלְקִיָּ֧ה אֶת הַ/סֵּ֛פֶר אֶל שָׁפָ֖ן וַ/יִּקְרָאֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and...
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And in the eighteenth yeere of King Iosiah, the King sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah the sonne of...
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Goe vp to Hilkiah the high Priest, that hee may summe the siluer which is brought into the house of...
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And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the hou...
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To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters and masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire...
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Howebeit, let no rekoning bee made with them of the money, that is deliuered into their hand: for th...
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And Hilkiah the high Priest sayde vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue found the booke of the Lawe in...
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So Shaphan the chanceller came to ye King, and brought him word againe, and saide, Thy seruants haue...
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10
Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath deliuered me a booke. An...
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11
And when the King had heard the wordes of the booke of the Law, he rent his clothes.
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12
Therefore the King commanded Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, and Achbor the son...
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Go ye and inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Iudah concerning the wordes of...
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So Hilkiah the Priest and Ahikam, and Achbor and Shaphan, and Asahiah went vnto Huldah the Prophetes...
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And shee answered them, Thus sayth the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, Tel the man that sent you to mee...
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Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I wil bring euill vpon this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, euen...
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Because they haue forsaken mee, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, to anger me with all ye work...
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But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth...
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But because thine heart did melt, and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the Lord, when thou heardes...
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Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, an...
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