2 Kings 22

Josiah {was} a son of 8 years when he reigned, and he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother {was} Yedidah, the daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

And he did right in the eyes of God, and he walked in every way of David his father, and he did not turn away, right or left. \*

And it happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of God, saying,

“Go up to Hilkiah, the great priest, and he shall complete the silver having been brought {into} the house of God, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people.

And let them give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the ones appointed over the house of God. And they shall give it to the doers of the work that {is} in the house of God, to strengthen the damage of the house, \*

to the craftsmen and to the builders and to the masons, and to buy wood and stones of hewing to strengthen the house.”

However, the silver given to their hand shall not be reckoned with them, because they are acting in faithfulness. \*

And Hilkiah the great priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the Law in the house of God.” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.

And Shaphan the scribe went to the king, and he brought a word back {to} the king and said, “Your servants have poured out the silver found in the house, and they have given it into the hand of the doers of the work, the ones appointed {over} the house of God.”

And Shaphan the scribe declared to the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given a scroll to me.” And Shaphan read it to the face of the king. \*

And it happened when the king heard the words of the scroll of the Law that he tore his clothes.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Akbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the servant of the king, saying,

“Go, seek God for me and for the people and for all of Judah concerning the words of this scroll having been found. For great {is} the heat of God, that which is kindled against us because our fathers did not listen to the words of this scroll, to act according to everything written concerning us.” \*

And Hilkiah the priest went with Ahikam and Akbor and Shaphan and Asaiah to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the clothes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter), and they spoke to her.

And she said to them, “Thus says God, the God of Israel, ‘Say to the man who sent you to me,

“Thus says God, ‘Behold me, bringing disaster to this place and upon its inhabitants, all of the words of the scroll that the king of Judah has read, \*

because they abandoned me and burned incense to other gods, so that they made me angry by all of the works of their hands. So my heat is kindled against this place, and it will not extinguish.’”’

But to the king of Judah, the one having sent you to seek God, thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says God, the God of Israel, {about} the words that you heard,

“Because your heart is tender and you humbled yourself from the face of God when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its dwellers, that they would become a horror and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept to my face, now I, I have also heard.” The declaration of God. \*

“Therefore, behold me, gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace, and your eyes will not see all of the disaster that I am bringing upon this place.”’” And they brought a word back {to} the king. \*