2 Chronicles 34 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Josiah Succeeds Amon in Judah

(2Ki 22:1, 2 )

Josiah^H2977 was eight^H8083 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he became^H4427 king^H4427, and he reigned^H4427 for thirty-one^H7970^H259 years^H8141 in Jerusalem^H3389.

2Ch 34:2

2Ch 34:2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or the left.

2Ch 34:3

2Ch 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the [fn]Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.

2Ch 34:4

2Ch 34:4They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he chopped down the incense altars that were high above them; also he broke in pieces the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images, and ground them to powder, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

2Ch 34:5

2Ch 34:5Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

2Ch 34:6

2Ch 34:6In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding spaces,

2Ch 34:7

2Ch 34:7he also tore down the altars and crushed the [fn]Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Josiah Repairs the Temple

(2Ki 22:3–20 )

2Ch 34:8

Now in the eighteenth^H8083^H6240 year^H8141 of his reign^H4427, when he had purged^H2891 the land^H776 and the house^H1004, he sent^H7971 Shaphan^H8227 the son^H1121 of Azaliah^H683, Maaseiah^H4641 an official^H8269 of the city^H5892, and Joah^H3098 the son^H1121 of Joahaz^H3099 the secretary^H4206, to repair^H2388 the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 his God^H430.

2Ch 34:9

2Ch 34:9They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the [fn]doorkeepers, had collected [fn]from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2Ch 34:10

2Ch 34:10Then they handed it over to the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and the workmen who were working in the house of the LORD [fn]used it to restore and repair the house.

2Ch 34:11

2Ch 34:11They in turn gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

2Ch 34:12

2Ch 34:12The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.

2Ch 34:13

2Ch 34:13They were also in charge of the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen from job to job; and some of the Levites were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.

Hilkiah Discovers the Lost Book of the Law

2Ch 34:14

When they were bringing^H3318 out^H3318 the money^H3701 which had been brought^H935 into the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068, Hilkiah^H2518 the priest^H3548 found^H4672 the Book^H5612 of the Law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068 given by Moses^H4872.

2Ch 34:15

2Ch 34:15Hilkiah responded and 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.

2Ch 34:16

2Ch 34:16Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and [fn]reported further word to the king, saying, “Everything that was [fn]entrusted to your servants, they are doing.

2Ch 34:17

2Ch 34:17“They have also emptied out the money which was found in the house of the LORD, and have handed it over to the supervisors and the workmen.”

2Ch 34:18

2Ch 34:18Moreover, Shaphan the scribe informed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.

2Ch 34:19

When the king^H4428 heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of the Law^H8451, he tore^H7167 his clothes^H899.

2Ch 34:20

2Ch 34:20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [fn]Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

2Ch 34:21

2Ch 34:21“Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for the wrath of the LORD which has poured out on us is great, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to act in accordance with everything that is written in this book.”

Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks

2Ch 34:22

So Hilkiah^H2518 and those [fn]whom^H834 the king^H4428 had told went^H1980 to Huldah^H2468 the prophetess^H5031, the wife^H802 of Shallum^H7967 the son^H1121 of [fn]Tokhath^H8445, the son^H1121 of Hasrah^H2641, the keeper^H8104 of the wardrobe^H899 (she lived^H3427 in Jerusalem^H3389 in the Second^H4932 Quarter); and they spoke^H1696 to her regarding this^H2088.

2Ch 34:23

2Ch 34:23Then she said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,

2Ch 34:24

2Ch 34:24this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am bringing [fn]evil on this place and on its inhabitants, all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah.

2Ch 34:25

2Ch 34:25“Since they have abandoned Me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they may provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.”’

2Ch 34:26

2Ch 34:26“But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: In regard to the words which you have heard,

2Ch 34:27

2Ch 34:27“Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes, and wept before Me, I have indeed heard you,” declares the LORD.

2Ch 34:28

2Ch 34:28“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I am bringing on this place and its inhabitants.”’” And they brought back word to the king.

(2Ki 23:1–20 )

2Ch 34:29

Then the king^H4428 sent^H7971 word and gathered^H622 all^H3605 the elders^H2205 of Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389.

2Ch 34:30

2Ch 34:30The king went up to the house of the LORD [fn]with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their [fn]presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

Josiah’s Good Reign

2Ch 34:31

2Ch 34:31Then the king stood [fn]in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

2Ch 34:32

2Ch 34:32Furthermore, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2Ch 34:33

2Ch 34:33Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. Throughout his [fn]lifetime they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(34:3)

I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

(34:7)

I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

(34:9)

Lit guardians of the threshold

(34:9)

Lit from the hand of

(34:10)

Lit gave

(34:16)

Lit returned

(34:16)

Lit given into the hand of

(34:20)

In 2 Kin 22:12, Achbor, son of Micaiah

(34:22)

As in LXX; MT who were the king’s men

(34:22)

In 2 Kin 22:14, Tikvah, son of Harhas

Or disaster

Lit and

Lit ears

LXX by a pillar

Lit days

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