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3 In the eighth month of the eighteenth year of King Yoshiyyah’s reign, he sent the scribe Shafan (the son of Atsalyah the son of Meshullam) to the temple, saying 4 “Go to the high priest Hilkiyyah and get him to count the silver that was brought into Yahweh’s temple, which the door-keepers collected from the people. 5 Then have it given to the supervisors of the temple repairs, and then they can pay the workers who are repairing the damage—6 the craftsmen, builders, and masons, as well as buying wood and quarried stones for the repairs.” 7 They won’t need to submit detailed accounts for it because they’re trustworthy people.[ref]
8 During the repairs, the hight priest Hilkiyyah told the scribe Shafan, “I found a scroll in the temple with Yahweh’s instructions written on it.” So Hilkiyyah gave the scroll to Shafan to read. 9 Then Shafan the scribe went to the king with this report, “Your servants handed over the money that had been collected in the temple, and they gave it to the supervisors of the workers doing the repairs.” 10 Then he added, “And the priest Hilkiyyah gave me a scroll.” Then he read it out loud to King Yoshiyyah.
11 When the king heard the contents of the scroll, he tore his clothes 12 and commanded the priest Hilkiyyah, Shafan’s son Ahikam, Mikayah’s son Akbor, the scribe Shafan, and the king’s servant Asayah, 13 “Go and inquire from Yahweh on my behalf and on behalf of the people and all Yehudah, concerning the words of this scroll that was found. Because it sounds like Yahweh must be very angry at us because our predecessors didn’t listen to what’s written on this scroll and didn’t do what was expected of us.”
14 So Hilkiyyah the priest and Ahikam, Akbor, Shafan, and Asayah went to the prophetess Huldah (the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the one in charge of looking after the priests’ uniforms who lived in the newer part of Yerushalem), and they spoke to her. 15 She told them that Yisrael’s God Yahweh had said, “Tell the man who sent you all to me 16 that Yahweh says this: I’m going to bring disaster to this place and its inhabitants, just like it’s written in the scroll that the king read 17 because they abandoned me. They offered sacrifices to other gods in order to make me angry at everything they do, so now my anger will be directed against this place and it’s not stoppable. 18 But to the king of Yehudah who sent you all to seek Yahweh, tell him that Yisrael’s God Yahweh says: The words that you heard from the scroll, 19 because you’re open to learn and because you humbled yourself in front of Yahweh when you heard my promise that this place and its inhabitants would become a horror and a curse, and because you’ve torn your clothes and wept in front of me, then Yahweh said that he’s taken notice of you. 20 Because of that, he’ll allow you to die and be buried peacefully, and you yourself won’t witness the destruction that will come to this place.”
So they relayed those messages back to King Yoshiyyah.
8 In his eighteenth year as king, in order to purify the land and the temple, he sent Atsalyah’s son Shafan, Maaseyah the city official, and Yoahaz’s son Yoah the secretary, to repair the residence of his god Yahweh. 9 They went to Hilkiyah the high priest and handed over the funds that had been donated for God’s house, which had been collected by the Levites as doorkeepers—the money was from the tribes of Menashsheh, Efrayim, and other places in the northern kingdom of Yisrael, as well as from Yerushalem’s inhabitants and across all of Yehudah and Benyamin. 10 The priests then paid the workers who’d been assigned to work in Yahweh’s temple to repair and strengthen it. 11 They also paid the carpenters and builders to buy cut stone and timber for the beams and braces which Yehudah’s kings had allowed to deteriorate, 12 and the workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Yahat and Ovadyah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zekaryah and Meshullam (descendants of Levi’s son Kohat), and all the Levites who were good on their musical instruments. 13 They also supervised the porters and those working on various other tasks. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officials, and guards.
14 When they were bringing the money out of the temple, Hilkiyah the high priest found a scroll containing Yahweh’s instructions that had been given via Mosheh (Moses). 15 Hilkiyah informed the scribe Shafan that he had found a Torah scroll in the temple, and he gave him the scroll. 16 Shafan took the scroll with him to the king and reported to him, “Your servants are doing everything they were assigned to do. 17 They’ve taken the cash that was in Yahweh’s residence, and passed it on to the supervisors of the workers.” 18 Then Shafan told the king, “I’ve brought a scroll that the priest Hilkiyah gave me,” and then he started reading it out to the king.
19 When the king heard the words with God’s instructions, he tore his clothes in grief. 20 Then he commanded Hilkiyah, Shafan’s son Ahikam, Mikah’s son Avdon, Shafan himself, and the king’s special advisor Asayah, 21 “Go and ask Yahweh on my behalf and on behalf of those in Yisrael and Yehudah, what he wants us to do with respect to the instructions on the scroll that has just been found, because it seems that Yahweh will be very angry at us because our ancestors haven’t followed all of Yahweh’s instructions as they’re written on that scroll.”
22 So Hilkiyah and the others went to Yerushalem’s Second District to the prophetess Huldah (wife of Shallum, son of Tokahat, son of Hasrah who took care of the temple robes). They passed on the king’s question 23 and she replied, “Yisrael’s god Yahweh says to tell the king: 24 Yahweh says, ‘Listen, I’m going to bring disaster on this place and its inhabitants as per all the curses written on that scroll that was read to Yehudah’s king 25 because they’ve abandoned me and offered incense to other gods. That’s made me angry and so my rage will be poured out on this place, and it can’t be prevented.’ 26 However, Yehudah’s king sent you all to ask for Yahweh’s direction, so tell him, ‘Yisrael’s god Yahweh says that after hearing the words of the scroll, 27 because you were sincere and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words about this place and its inhabitants. Yes, Yahweh declares that you’ve humbled yourself before me and torn your clothes, and wept in front of me, and I’ve personally heard you. 28 So listen, I will allow you to die and be buried in peace and so your eyes won’t see the disaster that I’ll send to this place and its inhabitants.’ ”