2 Kings 22:8

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2 Kings 22:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

7 But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”

8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

9 And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”

10 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

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Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

Deuteronomy 31:25

he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

2 Chronicles 34:14

While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.

2 Chronicles 34:15

And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

2 Chronicles 34:16

Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.

2 Chronicles 34:17

They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”

2 Chronicles 34:18

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

2 Chronicles 34:19

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

2 Chronicles 34:20

and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

2 Chronicles 34:22

So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

2 Chronicles 34:23

And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

2 Chronicles 34:24

that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

2 Chronicles 34:25

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:26

But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:28

‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.