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ULT 2KI Chapter 22

22 Josiah was a son of eight years when he became king, and he was king 31 years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Yedidah the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath. 2 And he did what was upright in the eyes of Yahweh. And he walked in every way of David his father, and he did not turn away, right or left.

3 And it happened, in the 18 th year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying, 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and he will completely count the silver that was brought into the house of Yahweh, which the guards of the threshold collected from the people. 5 And let it be given to the hand of the ones doing the work, the ones overseeing the house of Yahweh. And they will give it to the ones doing the work, who are in the house of Yahweh, to strengthen the damage of the house, 6 to the craftsmen and to the builders, and to the masons, and to buy wood and quarried stones to strengthen the house.” 7 However, the silver that is given to their hand will not be accounted for by them, because they are acting with faithfulness.

8 And Hilkiah, the high priest, said to Shaphan, the scribe, “I found the Scroll of the Law in the house of Yahweh.” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe went to the king, and he brought back the king a word. And he said, “Your servants poured out the silver that was found in the house, and they gave it to the hand of the ones doing the work, the ones overseeing the house of Yahweh.” 10 And Shaphan the scribe informed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave to me a scroll.” And Shaphan read it to the face of the king. 11 And it happened, when the king heard the words of the Scroll of the Law, and he tore his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam the son of Shaphan and Akbor the son of Micaiah and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying, 13 “Go, seek Yahweh on my behalf and on behalf of the people and on behalf of all Judah, concerning the words of this scroll that was found. For great is the heat of Yahweh that it is kindled against us on account that our fathers did not listen to the words of this scroll by acting according to all that was written concerning us.”

14 And Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam and Akbor and Shaphan and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the clothes (and she was living in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke to her. 15 And she said to them, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘Say to the man who sent you to me: 16 “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Look at me—bringing disaster to this place and to its inhabitants—all the words of the scroll that the king of Judah read. 17 Because they abandoned me, and they burned incense to other gods, in order to make me angry against all the works of their hands. And my heat is kindled against this place, and it will not extinguish.’ ” 18 But to the king of Judah, the one sending you to seek Yahweh, thus you will say to him: “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘The words that you heard, 19 because your heart is tender, and you have humbled yourself from the face of Yahweh when you heard that which I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, to become a horror and a curse, and you have torn your clothes, and you have wept to my face, and also I myself have heard,’ declares Yahweh. 20 ‘Therefore, look at me—gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace, and your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place.’ ” ’ ” And they brought back the king a word.

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