2 Kings 22 :: New English Translation (NET)

Josiah Succeeds Amon

(2Ch 34:1, 2 )

2Ki 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2Ki 22:2

2Ki 22:2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

(2Ch 34:8–28 )

2Ki 22:3

2Ki 22:3In the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD's temple with these orders:

2Ki 22:4

2Ki 22:4"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the LORD's temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

2Ki 22:5

2Ki 22:5Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD's temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

2Ki 22:6

2Ki 22:6including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

2Ki 22:7

2Ki 22:7Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest."

The Lost Book

2Ki 22:8

2Ki 22:8Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, "I found the law scroll in the LORD's temple." Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.

2Ki 22:9

2Ki 22:9Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, "Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD's temple."

2Ki 22:10

2Ki 22:10Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll." Shaphan read it out loud before the king.

2Ki 22:11

2Ki 22:11When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

2Ki 22:12

2Ki 22:12The king ordered Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant,

2Ki 22:13

2Ki 22:13"Go, seek an oracle from the LORD for me and the people - for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the LORD's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do."

Huldah Predicts

2Ki 22:14

2Ki 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,

2Ki 22:15

2Ki 22:15and she said to them: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'Say this to the man who sent you to me:

2Ki 22:16

2Ki 22:16"This is what the LORD says: 'I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read.

2Ki 22:17

2Ki 22:17This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!'"

2Ki 22:18

2Ki 22:18Say 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:

2Ki 22:19

2Ki 22:19'You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the LORD.

2Ki 22:20

2Ki 22:20'Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.'"'" Then they reported back to the king.

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