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2 Kings 22 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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1 Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.
3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, in the eighth month, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe of the house of the Lord, saying,
3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to Yahweh’s house, saying,
4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.
4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into Yahweh’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
5 And let them give it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. And he gave it to the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,
5 Let them deliver it into the hand of the workers who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and let them give it to the workers who are in Yahweh’s house, to repair the damage to the house,
6 [even] to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, [and] also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.
6 to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.
7 Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully.
7 However, no accounting shall be asked of them for the money delivered into their hand, for they deal faithfully.”
8 And Hilkiah the high priest 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, and he read it.
8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And he went into the house of the Lord to the king, and reported the matter to the king, and said, Thy servants have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have given it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord.
9 Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hands of the workmen who have the oversight of Yahweh’s house.”
10 And Shaphan the scribe spoke to the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
10 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Then Shaphan read it before the king.
11 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.
11 When the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
12 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
13 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for all the people, and for all Judah, and concerning the words of this book that has been found: for the wrath of the Lord that has been kindled against us [is] great, because our fathers hearkened not to the words of this book, to do according to all the things written concerning us.
13 “Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.”
14 So Hilkiah the priest went, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, to Huldah the prophetess, the mother of Shallum the son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the robes; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in Masena; and they spoke to her.
14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
15 And she said to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Say to the man that sent you to me,
15 She said to them, “Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, [even] all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:
16 “Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
17 because they have forsaken me, and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.
17 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’”
18 And to the king of Judah that sent you to inquire of the Lord—thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, [As for] the words which thou hast heard;
18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, tell him, “Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Concerning the words which you have heard,
19 because thy heart was softened, and thou wast humbled before [me], when thou heardest all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and thou didst rend thy garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
19 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you,’ says Yahweh.
20 It shall not be so [therefore]: behold, I [will] add thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy tomb in peace, and thine eyes shall not see [any] among all the evils which I bring upon this place.
20 ‘Therefore behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.’”’” So they brought this message back to the king.

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People

  • Achbor

    Official sent to Huldah

    Son of Micaiah, one of those Josiah sent to inquire of the LORD about the Book of the Law.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:20

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  • Adaiah

    Father of Jedidah

    Named as the father of Jedidah, the mother of King Josiah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:1

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  • Ahikam

    Official, father of Gedaliah

    Son of Shaphan, sent by Josiah with Hilkiah to inquire of the LORD, and named as the father of Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 25:22

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  • Asaiah

    Royal servant sent to Huldah

    The servant of the king, sent with Hilkiah and others to inquire of the LORD about the Book of the Law.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:20

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  • Azaliah

    Father of Shaphan the scribe

    Named as the father of Shaphan the scribe and the son of Meshullam.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8

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  • Harhas

    Father of Tikvah

    Named as the father of Tikvah and grandfather of Shallum, Huldah's husband.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22

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  • Hilkiah

    Priest, son of Shallum

    High priest in Josiah's reign who found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD; 1 Chronicles 6:13 lists him as son of Shallum in Aaron's priestly line.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 22:12

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  • Huldah

    Prophetess consulted by Josiah

    A prophetess living in Jerusalem's Second District, the wife of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, who told Josiah's envoys that calamity would come but that he would be gathered…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 22:15; 2 Chronicles 34:22

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  • Jedidah

    Mother of Josiah

    Daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath and mother of King Josiah of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:1

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  • Josiah

    King of Judah

    The boy king who rediscovered the Law and led Judah's last great reform.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chron. 34-35; Matt. 1:10-11

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  • Meshullam

    Grandfather of Shaphan the scribe

    Named as the father of Azaliah and grandfather of Shaphan the scribe.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:3

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  • Micaiah

    Father of Achbor

    Named as the father of Achbor, one of Josiah's officials.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Chronicles 34:20

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  • Shallum

    Keeper of wardrobe, Huldah's husband

    Son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe and husband of the prophetess Huldah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22

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  • Shaphan

    Scribe of King Josiah

    Son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe whom Josiah sent to Hilkiah and who read the newly found Book of the Law to the king.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 22:10

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  • Tikvah

    Father of Shallum

    Named as the father of Shallum, Huldah's husband, and the son of Harhas.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22

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Cross references (19)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Joshua 15:39; 2 Chronicles 34:1–33; Ecclesiastes 10:16; Matthew 1:10; 2 Kings 11:21
  2. 2 Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; 2 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Chronicles 29:2
  3. 3 2 Chronicles 34:3–33
  4. 4 2 Kings 12:4; 1 Chronicles 26:13–19; 2 Chronicles 24:8–12; 2 Kings 12:8–11; 1 Chronicles 6:13
  5. 5 2 Kings 12:11–14; 2 Kings 12:5; 2 Chronicles 24:27; 2 Chronicles 24:12–13; Ezra 3:7
  6. 7 2 Kings 12:15; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Proverbs 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:14
  7. 8 Deuteronomy 31:24–26; 2 Chronicles 34:14–28
  8. 9 2 Kings 18:18; Jeremiah 40:11; Ezekiel 8:11; 2 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 39:14
  9. 10 Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 36:6; Deuteronomy 31:9–13; Nehemiah 8:18; Jeremiah 13:18
  10. 11 2 Chronicles 34:19; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:6–7; 2 Kings 22:19; Jeremiah 36:24
  11. 12 Jeremiah 26:24; 2 Kings 25:22; 2 Kings 19:2–3; 2 Chronicles 34:19–21; Isaiah 37:1–4
  12. 13 Nehemiah 9:3; Deuteronomy 31:17–18; Jeremiah 37:17; James 1:22–25; Exodus 20:5
  13. 14 2 Chronicles 34:22; Judges 4:4; Luke 1:41–56; Zephaniah 1:10; Micah 6:4
  14. 15 Jeremiah 23:28; 2 Kings 1:6; 2 Kings 1:16
  15. 16 Daniel 9:11–14; Joshua 23:15; Deuteronomy 31:16–18; Deuteronomy 29:18–23; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
  16. 17 2 Kings 21:22; Isaiah 33:14; Psalm 115:4–8; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 17:27
  17. 18 Malachi 3:16–17; Isaiah 3:10; 2 Chronicles 34:26–28
  18. 19 Psalm 51:17; 1 Kings 21:29; Exodus 10:3; Isaiah 57:15; 1 Peter 5:5–6
  19. 20 Psalm 37:37; Isaiah 57:1–2; 1 Chronicles 17:11; Genesis 25:8; Jeremiah 22:15–16

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