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1 # Josiah <02977> was eight <08083> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800) , and he reigned <04427> (8804) in Jerusalem <03389> one <0259> and thirty <07970> years <08141>.
2 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> (8799) in the ways <01870> of David <01732> his father <01>, and declined <05493> (8804) neither to the right hand <03225>, nor to the left <08040>.
3 For in the eighth <08083> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800), while he was yet young <05288>, he began <02490> (8689) to seek <01875> (8800) after the God <0430> of David <01732> his father <01>: and in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> he began <02490> (8689) to purge <02891> (8763) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> from the high places <01116>, and the groves <0842>, and the carved images <06456>, and the molten images <04541>.
4 And they brake down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> of Baalim <01168> in his presence <06440>; and the images <02553>, that were on high above them <04605>, he cut down <01438> (8765); and the groves <0842>, and the carved images <06456> , and the molten images <04541>, he brake in pieces <07665> (8765), and made dust <01854> (8689) of them, and strowed <02236> (8799) it upon <06440> the graves <06913> of them that had sacrificed <02076> (8802) unto them.
5 And he burnt <08313> (8804) the bones <06106> of the priests <03548> upon their altars <04196>, and cleansed <02891> (8762) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>.
6 And so did he in the cities <05892> of Manasseh <04519>, and Ephraim <0669>, and Simeon <08095>, even unto Naphtali <05321>, with their mattocks <02719> round about <05439>.
7 And when he had broken down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> and the groves <0842>, and had beaten <03807> (8765) the graven images <06456> into powder <01854> (8687), and cut down <01438> (8765) all the idols <02553> throughout all the land <0776> of Israel <03478>, he returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>.
8 # Now in the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800), when he had purged <02891> (8763) the land <0776>, and the house <01004>, he sent <07971> (8804) Shaphan <08227> the son <01121> of Azaliah <0683>, and Maaseiah <04641> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>, and Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Joahaz <03099> the recorder <02142> (8688), to repair <02388> (8763) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430> .
9 And when they came <0935> (8799) to Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548>, they delivered <05414> (8799) the money <03701> that was brought <0935> (8716) into the house <01004> of God <0430>, which the Levites <03881> that kept <08104> (8802) the doors <05592> had gathered <0622> (8804) of the hand <03027> of Manasseh <04519> and Ephraim <0669>, and of all the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>, and of all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>; and they returned <07725> (8799) (8675) <03427> (8802) to Jerusalem <03389>.
10 And they put <05414> (8799) it in the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that had the oversight <06485> (8716) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and they gave <05414> (8799) it to the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that wrought <06213> (8802) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, to repair <0918> (8800) and amend <02388> (8763) the house <01004>:
11 Even to the artificers <02796> and builders <01129> (8802) gave <05414> (8799) they it, to buy <07069> (8800) hewn <04274> stone <068>, and timber <06086> for couplings <04226>, and to floor <07136> (8763) the houses <01004> which the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had destroyed <07843> (8689).
12 And the men <0582> did <06213> (8802) the work <04399> faithfully <0530>: and the overseers <05329> (8763) of them were Jahath <03189> and Obadiah <05662>, the Levites <03881>, of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847> ; and Zechariah <02148> and Meshullam <04918>, of the sons of the Kohathites <06956>, to set it forward <06485> (8716); and other of the Levites <03881>, all that could skill <0995> (8688) of instruments <03627> of musick <07892>.
13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens <05449>, and were overseers <05329> (8764) of all that wrought <06213> (8802) the work <04399> in any manner of service <05656>: and of the Levites <03881> there were scribes <05608> (8802) , and officers <07860> (8802), and porters <07778>.
14 # And when they brought out <03318> (8687) the money <03701> that was brought into <0935> (8716) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> found <04672> (8804) a book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> given by <03027> Moses <04872>.
15 And Hilkiah <02518> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) to Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802), I have found <04672> (8804) the book <05612> of the law <08451> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And Hilkiah <02518> delivered <05414> (8799) the book <05612> to Shaphan <08227>.
16 And Shaphan <08227> carried <0935> (8686) the book <05612> to the king <04428>, and brought <07725> <00> the king <04428> word <01697> back <07725> (8686) again, saying <0559> (8800), All that was committed <05414> (8738) to <03027> thy servants <05650>, they do <06213> (8802) it.
17 And they have gathered together <05413> (8686) the money <03701> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and have delivered <05414> (8799) it into the hand <03027> of the overseers <06485> (8716) , and to the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399>.
18 Then Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802) told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>, saying <0559> (8800), Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> hath given <05414> (8804) me a book <05612>. And Shaphan <08227> read <07121> (8799) it before <06440> the king <04428>.
19 And it came to pass, when the king <04428> had heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the law <08451>, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>.
20 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Hilkiah <02518>, and Ahikam <0296> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>, and Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Micah <04318>, and Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802) , and Asaiah <06222> a servant <05650> of the king's <04428>, saying <0559> (8800),
21 Go <03212> (8798), enquire <01875> (8798) of the LORD <03068> for me, and for them that are left <07604> (8737) in Israel <03478> and in Judah <03063>, concerning the words <01697> of the book <05612> that is found <04672> (8738): for great <01419> is the wrath <02534> of the LORD <03068> that is poured out <05413> (8738) upon us, because our fathers <01> have not kept <08104> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, to do <06213> (8800) after all that is written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>.
22 And Hilkiah <02518>, and they that the king <04428> had appointed, went <03212> (8799) to Huldah <02468> the prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Tikvath <08616> (8676) <08445> , the son <01121> of Hasrah <02641>, keeper <08104> (8802) of the wardrobe <0899>; (now she dwelt <03427> (8802) in Jerusalem <03389> in the college <04932>:) and they spake <01696> (8762) to her to that effect.
23 And she answered <0559> (8799) them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Tell <0559> (8798) ye the man <0376> that sent <07971> (8804) you to me,
24 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Behold, I will bring <0935> (8688) evil <07451> upon this place <04725>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, even all the curses <0423> that are written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> which they have read <07121> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>:
25 Because they have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and have burned incense <06999> (8762) (8675) <06999> (8686) unto other <0312> gods <0430>, that they might provoke me to anger <03707> (8687) with all the works <04639> of their hands <03027>; therefore my wrath <02534> shall be poured out <05413> (8799) upon this place <04725>, and shall not be quenched <03518> (8799).
26 And as for <0413> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, who sent <07971> (8802) you to enquire <01875> (8800) of the LORD <03068>, so shall ye say <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> concerning the words <01697> which thou hast heard <08085> (8804);
27 Because thine heart <03824> was tender <07401> (8804), and thou didst humble <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> God <0430>, when thou heardest <08085> (8800) his words <01697> against this place <04725>, and against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, and humbledst <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> me, and didst rend <07167> (8799) thy clothes <0899>, and weep <01058> (8799) before <06440> me; I have even heard <08085> (8804) thee also, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
28 Behold, I will gather <0622> (8802) thee to thy fathers <01>, and thou shalt be gathered <0622> (8738) to thy grave <06913> in peace <07965>, neither shall thine eyes <05869> see <07200> (8799) all the evil <07451> that I will bring <0935> (8688) upon this place <04725>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the same. So they brought <07725> <00> the king <04428> word <01697> again <07725> (8686).
29 # Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) and gathered together <0622> (8799) all the elders <02205> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>.
30 And the king <04428> went up <05927> (8799) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and all the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>, and the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881> , and all the people <05971>, great <01419> and small <06996>: and he read <07121> (8799) in their ears <0241> all the words <01697> of the book <05612> of the covenant <01285> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
31 And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) in his place <05977>, and made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, to walk <03212> (8800) after <0310> the LORD <03068>, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687>, and his testimonies <05715>, and his statutes <02706>, with all his heart <03824>, and with all his soul <05315>, to perform <06213> (8800) the words <01697> of the covenant <01285> which are written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>.
32 And he caused all that were present <04672> (8737) in Jerusalem <03389> and Benjamin <01144> to stand <05975> (8686) to it. And the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> did <06213> (8799) according to the covenant <01285> of God <0430>, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>.
33 And Josiah <02977> took away <05493> (8686) all the abominations <08441> out of all the countries <0776> that pertained to the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and made all that were present <04672> (8737) in Israel <03478> to serve <05647> (8686), even to serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>. And all his days <03117> they departed <05493> (8804) not from following <0310> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>.