1 Υἱὸς ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν Ἰωσείας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἔτος ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰεδία, θυλάτηρ Ἐδεϊὰ ἐκ Βασουρώθ. 2 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀπέστη δεξιὰ καὶ ἀριστερά. 3 Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰωσείᾳ, ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ὀγδόῳ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Σαπφὰν υἱὸν Ἐζελίου υἱοῦ Μεσολλὰμ τὸν γραμματέα οἴκου Κυρίου, λέγων, 4 ἀνάβηθι πρὸς Χελκίαν τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν, καὶ σφράγισον τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εἰσενεχθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ὃ συνήγαγον οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὸν σταθμὸν παρὰ τοῦ λαοῦ. 5 Καὶ δότωσαν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ χεῖρα ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα τῶν καθεσταμένων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὰ ἔργα τοῖς ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου τοῦ κατισχῦσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου, 6 τοῖς τέκτοσι καὶ τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις καὶ τοῖς τειχισταῖς, καὶ τοῦ κτήσασθαι ξύλα καὶ λίθους λατομητοὺς, τοῦ κραταιῶσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου. 7 Πλὴν οὐκ ἐξελογίζοντο αὐτοὺς τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ διδόμενον αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐν πίστει αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσι. 8 Καὶ εἶπε Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας πρὸς Σαπφὰν τὸν γραμματέα, βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου εὗρον ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου· καὶ ἔδωκε Χελκίας τὸ βιβλίον πρὸς Σαπφὰν, καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτό. 9 Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τῷ βασιλεῖ ῥῆμα, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐχώνευσαν οἱ δοῦλοί σου τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ χεῖρα ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα καθεσταμένων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 10 Καὶ εἶπε Σαπφὰν ὁ γραμματεὺς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, λέγων, βιβλίον ἔδωκέ μοι Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεύς· καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτὸ Σαπφὰν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως. 11 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς λόγους βιβλίου τοῦ νόμου, καὶ διέῤῥηξε τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτοῦ. 12 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Χελκίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ τῷ Ἀχικὰμ υἱῷ Σαπφὰν, καὶ τῷ Ἀχοβὼρ υἱῷ Μιχαίου, καὶ τῷ Σαπφὰν τῷ γραμματεῖ, καὶ τῷ Ἀσαΐᾳ δούλῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, λέγων, 13 δεῦτε, ἐκζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ περὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ περὶ παντὸς τοῦ Ἰούδα, καὶ περὶ τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τοῦ εὑρεθέντος τούτου, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ ὀργὴ Κυρίου ἐκκεκαυμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, ὑπὲρ οὗ οὐκ ἤκουσαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου τοῦ ποιεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα καθʼ ἡμῶν. 14 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς, καὶ Ἀχικὰμ, καὶ Ἀχοβὼρ, καὶ Σαπφὰν, καὶ Ἀσαΐας πρὸς Ὄλδαν τὴν προφῆτιν μητέρα Σελλὴμ υἱοῦ Θεκουαὺ υἱοῦ Ἀρὰς τοῦ ἱματιοφύλακος· καὶ αὕτη κατῴκει ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ Μασενᾷ· καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς αὐτήν. 15 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, εἴπατε τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἀποστείλαντι ὑμᾶς πρὸς μέ, 16 τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω κακὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας αὐτὸν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βιβλίου οὓς ἀνέγνω βασιλεὺς Ἰούδα, 17 ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐγκατέλιπόν με, καὶ ἐθυμίων θεοῖς ἑτέροις, ὅπως παροργίσωσί με ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκκαυθήσεται θυμός μου ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ καὶ οὐ σβεσθήσεται. 18 Καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Ἰούδα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς ἐπιζητῆσαι τὸν Κύριον, τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς αὐτὸν, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἤκουσας, 19 ἀνθʼ ὧν ὅτι ἡπαλύνθη ἡ καρδία σου, καὶ ἐνετράπης ἀπὸ προσώπου, ὡς ἤκουσας ὅσα ἐλάλησα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας αὐτὸν, τοῦ εἶναι εἰς ἀφανισμὸν καὶ εἰς κατάραν, καὶ διέῤῥηξας τὰ ἱμάτιά σου καὶ ἔκλαυσας ἐνώπιόν μου, καί γε ἐγὼ ἤκουσα, λέγει Κύριος. 20 Οὐχ οὕτως· ἰδοὺ προστίθημί σε πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας σου, καὶ συναχθήσῃ εἰς τὸν τάφον σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κακοῖς οἷς ἐγώ εἰμι ἐπάγω ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον.
2 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Kings 22 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Achbor
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
Adaiah
Named as the father of Jedidah, the mother of King Josiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:1
Ahikam
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
Asaiah
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
Azaliah
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
Harhas
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
Hilkiah
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
Huldah
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
Jedidah
Daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath and mother of King Josiah of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:1
Josiah
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
Meshullam
Named as the father of Azaliah and grandfather of Shaphan the scribe.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:3
Micaiah
Named as the father of Achbor, one of Josiah's officials.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Chronicles 34:20
Shallum
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
Shaphan
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
Tikvah
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
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 15:39; 2 Chronicles 34:1–33; Ecclesiastes 10:16; Matthew 1:10; 2 Kings 11:21
- 2 Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; 2 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Chronicles 29:2
- 3 2 Chronicles 34:3–33
- 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 2 Kings 12:11–14; 2 Kings 12:5; 2 Chronicles 24:27; 2 Chronicles 24:12–13; Ezra 3:7
- 7 2 Kings 12:15; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Proverbs 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:14
- 8 Deuteronomy 31:24–26; 2 Chronicles 34:14–28
- 9 2 Kings 18:18; Jeremiah 40:11; Ezekiel 8:11; 2 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 39:14
- 10 Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 36:6; Deuteronomy 31:9–13; Nehemiah 8:18; Jeremiah 13:18
- 11 2 Chronicles 34:19; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:6–7; 2 Kings 22:19; Jeremiah 36:24
- 12 Jeremiah 26:24; 2 Kings 25:22; 2 Kings 19:2–3; 2 Chronicles 34:19–21; Isaiah 37:1–4
- 13 Nehemiah 9:3; Deuteronomy 31:17–18; Jeremiah 37:17; James 1:22–25; Exodus 20:5
- 14 2 Chronicles 34:22; Judges 4:4; Luke 1:41–56; Zephaniah 1:10; Micah 6:4
- 15 Jeremiah 23:28; 2 Kings 1:6; 2 Kings 1:16
- 16 Daniel 9:11–14; Joshua 23:15; Deuteronomy 31:16–18; Deuteronomy 29:18–23; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
- 17 2 Kings 21:22; Isaiah 33:14; Psalm 115:4–8; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 17:27
- 18 Malachi 3:16–17; Isaiah 3:10; 2 Chronicles 34:26–28
- 19 Psalm 51:17; 1 Kings 21:29; Exodus 10:3; Isaiah 57:15; 1 Peter 5:5–6
- 20 Psalm 37:37; Isaiah 57:1–2; 1 Chronicles 17:11; Genesis 25:8; Jeremiah 22:15–16
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