2 Kings 22:18 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX Καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Ἰούδα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς ἐπιζητῆσαι τὸν Κύριον, τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς αὐτὸν, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἤκουσας,
(Kai pros basilea Youda ton aposteilanta humas epizaʸtaʸsai ton Kurion, tade ereite pros auton, tade legei Kurios ho Theos Israaʸl, hoi logoi hous aʸkousas,)

BrTr And to the king of Juda that sent you to enquire of the Lord,—thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As for the words which thou hast heard;

ULT But to the king of Judah, the one having sent you to seek Yahweh, thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, about the words that you heard,

UST But there is something further that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh about what the scroll said. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says that

BSB But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,

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WEBBE But to the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, tell him, “The LORD the God of Israel says, ‘Concerning the words which you have heard,

NET Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

LSV And to the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek YHWH, thus you say to him, Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: The words that you have heard—

FBV But tell the king of Judah who sent you to ask the Lord, tell him this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: As for what you heard read to you—

T4T The king of Judah sent you to inquire what I, Yahweh, wanted you to do, so this is what you should say to him: “Because you have heeded what was written in the scroll,

LEB And to the king of Judah who sent all of you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall say to him, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘Concerning the words that you have heard,

BBE But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

Moff No Moff KI2 22:18 book available

JPS But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

ASV But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

DRA But to the king of Juda, who sent you to consult the Lord, thus shall you say: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Forasmuch as thou hast heard the words of the book,

YLT 'And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The words that thou hast heard —

Drby But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the [fn]God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

22.18 Elohim

RV But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,
(But unto the king of Yudah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye/you_all say to him, Thus saith/says the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou/you hast heard,)

SLT To the king of Judah sending you to seek Jehovah, thus shalt thou say to him, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The words which thou heardest;

Wbstr But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, concerning the words which thou hast heard;

KJB-1769 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
(But to the king of Yudah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye/you_all say to him, Thus saith/says the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou/you hast heard;)

KJB-1611 But to the king of Iudah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, Thus shall yee say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, as touching the woordes which thou hast heard:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps But to the king of Iuda whiche sent you to aske counsell of the Lord, so shall ye say: Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, as touching the wordes whiche ye haue hearde:
(But to the king of Yudah which sent you to ask council/counsel of the Lord, so shall ye/you_all say: Thus saith/says the Lord God of Israel, as touching the words which ye/you_all have heard:)

Gnva But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, The wordes that thou hast heard, shall come to passe.
(But to the King of Yudah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye/you_all say unto him, Thus saith/says the Lord God of Israel, The words that thou/you hast heard, shall come to pass.)

Cvdl But tell this vnto the kynge of Iuda, which hath sent you to axe councell at the LORDE: Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: Because thine hert is not departed fro the wordes which thou hast herde,
(But tell this unto the king of Yuda, which hath/has sent you to ask council/counsel at the LORD: Thus saith/says the LORD God of Israel: Because thine/your heart is not departed from the words which thou/you hast herd/heard,)

Wycl Sotheli to the kyng of Juda, that sente you, that ye schulen `counsele the Lord, ye schulen seie thus, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, For thou herdist the wordis of the book,
(Truly to the king of Yuda, that sent you, that ye/you_all should council/counsel the Lord, ye/you_all should say thus, The Lord God of Israel saith/says these things, For thou/you heardest/heard the words of the book,)

Luth Aber dem Könige Judas, der euch gesandt hat, den HErr’s zu fragen, sollt ihr so sagen: So spricht der HErr, der GOtt Israels:
(But to_him king(s) Yudas, the/of_the you sent has, the LORD’s to/for asks, should you(pl)/their/her so say: So speaks/says the/of_the LORD, the/of_the God Israel’s:)

ClVg Regi autem Juda, qui misit vos ut consuleretis Dominum, sic dicetis: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Pro eo quod audisti verba voluminis,
(To_rule/king_of however Yuda, who/which he_sent you(pl) as you(pl)_would_consult the_Master, so you_will_say: These he_says Master God Israel: For by_him that you_heard words of_book,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה הַ⁠שֹּׁלֵ֤חַ אֶתְ⁠כֶם֙ לִ⁠דְרֹ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑י⁠ו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַ⁠דְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתָּ

and=near/to king Yehuda (Some words not found in UHB: and=near/to king Yehuda [who],sent ,you(pl) to,consult DOM YHWH thus say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael the,words which/who heard )

If you have decided to translate all of this long quotation in such a way that there will not be quotations within quotations, you can continue doing that in this verse. Alternate translation: [But tell the king of Judah, the one having sent you to seek Yahweh, that Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to him regarding the words that he heard]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠דְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתָּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=near/to king Yehuda [who],sent ,you(pl) to,consult DOM YHWH thus say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael the,words which/who heard )

Huldah is referring to the words that Josiah heard when Shaphan read to him from the scroll. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [regarding what the scroll said would happen if the Israelites forsook him]

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles

If ever there was a point in biblical history when the worship of Yahweh seemed all but extinguished, it was during the years leading up to King Josiah’s birth. Yet it was against this incredibly dark backdrop that the Lord raised up Josiah of Judah to bring about one of the greatest spiritual reforms his nation had ever seen. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most wicked and idolatrous kings of Judah (2 Kings 21:1-9; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9), though Manasseh later repented (2 Chronicles 33:12-19), and the son of Amon, another wicked, idolatrous king (2 Kings 21:18-22; 2 Chronicles 33:20-23). After his father’s death, Josiah became king at the young age of eight, so perhaps it was this lack of influence from his wicked father during some of his most formative years as a leader that enabled him to become such a force for spiritual renewal throughout Judah. Whatever the reason for his spiritual fervor, Josiah’s passion also coincided with a period of Assyrian decline, which allowed him to expand his renewal even to the lands once ruled by the northern kingdom of Israel. Josiah began his reforms by commissioning repairs to be made to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. During these repairs, the book of the law, likely the book of Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple and brought to Josiah. When Josiah read the book, he tore his clothes in anguish over the punishment that surely awaited the nation for their disobedience to the laws of Moses. He called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to gather by the pillar of the Temple, and he read the law to them as well and led them to establish a new covenant to follow the laws of Moses. Josiah then began a great purge of idolatry throughout Jerusalem, Judah, and even Israel. Utensils used for pagan worship were removed from the Temple in Jerusalem and burned in the Kidron Valley, and their ashes were carried to Bethel. The image of Asherah was also removed and burned in the Kidron Valley, and the remains were ground to dust and spread over graves of the common people. The houses of the male prostitutes in the Temple area were also broken down. The horses and chariots dedicated to the sun by the kings of Judah were removed, and the chariots were burned. The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in Temple courtyard were pulled down and broken in pieces, and the rubble was thrown into the Kidron Valley. A place called Topheth in the Hinnom Valley was defiled so that no one would make a son or daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. Just east of Jerusalem the high places built by King Solomon for his pagan wives on the Mount of Corruption (also called the Mount of Olives; 1 Kings 11:7-8) were defiled. Josiah’s reforms throughout Judah included putting away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land. At Bethel he tore down the altar and the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust, and burned the sacred pole. There he also saw tombs of people who must have been associated with the pagan rituals there, so he removed the bones and burned them on the altar, thus defiling it, as was prophesied years earlier (1 Kings 13:1-10). Josiah then extended his reforms to lands that formerly belonged to Israel but were now directly governed by Assyria. Throughout the towns of Samaria all the shrines of the high places were removed, the priests of the high places were slaughtered on the pagan altars, and their bones were burned on them. Throughout the rest of the land of Israel and Judah–in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali–Josiah also broke down the altars, ground the sacred poles and images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars. When Josiah returned to Jerusalem, he celebrated the Passover in a way that exceeded all the Passover celebrations since the time of the Judges.

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

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