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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 22:8 — And Hilkiah the high priest said unto 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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I have found
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This certainly was a genuine copy of the divine law, and probably the autograph of Moses, as it is said, in the parallel place of Chronicles, to be the book of the law of the LORD by Moses. It is not probable that this was the only copy of the law in the land, or that Josiah had never before seen the book of Moses; but the fact seems to be, that this was the original of the covenant renewed by Moses in the plains of Moab, and now being unexpectedly found, its antiquity, the occasion of its being made, the present circumstances of the people, the imperfect state in which the reformation was as yet, after all that had been done, would all concur to produce the effect here mentioned on the mind of the pious Josiah. Deu 31:24-26; 2Ch 34:14,15-28 |
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Deu 31:24 |
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, |
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Deu 31:25 |
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, |
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Deu 31:26 |
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. |
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2Ch 34:14 |
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses. |
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2Ch 34:15 |
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. |
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2Ch 34:16 |
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do [it]. |
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2Ch 34:17 |
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. |
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2Ch 34:18 |
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. |
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2Ch 34:19 |
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. |
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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 22:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/22/8.html>.
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