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34:22 So Hilkiah <02518> and the others sent by the king <04428> went <01980> to Huldah <02468> the prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Shallum <07967> son <01121> of Tokhath <08445>, the son <01121> of Hasrah <02641>, the supervisor <08104> of the wardrobe <0899>. (She lived in <03427> Jerusalem <03389> in the Mishneh district <04932>.) They stated <01696> their business, 34:23 and she said <0559> to them: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: ‘Say <0559> this to the man <0376> who <0834> sent <07971> you to <0413> me: 34:24 “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: ‘I am about to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <05921> this <02088> place <04725> and its residents <03427>, the details <03605> of which are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> which <0834> they read <07121> before <06440> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>. 34:25 This will happen because <0834> <08478> they have abandoned <05800> me and offered sacrifices <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>, angering <03707> me with all <03605> the idols <04639> they have made <03027>. My anger <02534> will ignite <05413> against this <02088> place <04725> and will not <03808> be extinguished <03518>!’” 34:26 Say this to <0413> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, who sent <07971> you to seek <01875> an oracle from the Lord <03068>: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559> concerning <0413> the words <01697> you have <0834> heard <08085>: 34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive <07401> spirit <03824> and humbled <03665> yourself before <06440> God <0430> when you heard <08085> his words <01697> concerning <05921> this <02088> place <04725> and its residents <03427>. You humbled <03665> yourself before <06440> me, tore <07167> your clothes <0899> and wept <01058> before <06440> me, and <01571> I <0589> have heard <08085> you,’ says <05002> the Lord <03068>. 34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow <0622> you to <0413> die <0622> and be buried <06913> in peace <07965>. You will not <03808> have to <0413> witness <05869> <07200> all <03605> the disaster <07451> I <0589> will bring <0935> on <05921> this <02088> place <04725> and its residents <03427>.’”’” Then they reported back <07725> to the king <04428>. 34:29 The king <04428> summoned <0622> all <03605> the leaders <02205> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>. 34:30 The king <04428> went up <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, accompanied by all <03605> the people <0376> of Judah <03063>, the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>. All <03605> the people <05971> were there, from the oldest <01419> to <05704> the youngest <06996>. He read <07121> aloud <0241> all <03605> the words <01697> of the scroll <05612> of the covenant <01285> that had been discovered <04672> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 34:31 The king <04428> stood <05975> by <05921> his pillar <05977> and renewed <03772> the covenant <01285> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, agreeing <01980> to follow <0310> the Lord <03068> and to obey <08104> his commandments <04687>, laws <05715>, and rules <02706> with all <03605> his heart <03824> and being <05315>, by carrying out <06213> the terms <01697> of this covenant <01285> recorded <03789> on <05921> this <02088> scroll <05612>. 34:32 He made <05975> all <03605> who were <04672> in Jerusalem <03389> and Benjamin <01144> agree to it. The residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> acted <06213> in accordance with the covenant <01285> of God <0430>, the God <0430> of their ancestors <01>. 34:33 Josiah <02977> removed <05493> all <03605> the detestable <08441> idols from all <03605> the areas <0776> belonging to <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> and encouraged <05647> all <03605> who were <04672> in Israel <03478> to worship <05647> the Lord <03068> their God <0430>. Throughout <03605> the rest of his reign <03117> they did not <03808> turn aside <05493> from following <0310> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>.

• 2Ch 34:1-33 -- Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

• Josiah

  [isbe] JOSIAH - jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, "Yahweh supports him"; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic 3. Memorial II. TRAITS OF HIS REIGN 1. Situation at the ...
  [nave] JOSIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:24-26; 22:1; 1 Chr. 3:14; 2 Chr. 33:25. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:10, 11. slain in battle with Pharaoh-neco, 2 Kin. 23:29, 30; 2 Chr. 35:20-24. Lamentations for, 2 Chr. 35:25. Piety of...
  

• Huldah

  [ebd] weasel, a prophetess; the wife of Shallum. She was consulted regarding the "book of the law" discovered by the high priest Hilkiah (2 Kings 22:14-20; 2 Chr. 34:22-28). She resided in that part of Jerusalem called the Mishneh...
  [isbe] HULDAH - hul'-da (chuldah, "weasel"; Holda): A prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah. She was the wife of Shallum, keeper of the wardrobe, and resided in the "Mishneh" or second part or quarter of Jeru...
  [smith] (weasel), a prophetess, whose husband, Shallum, was keeper of the wardrobe in the time of King Josiah. It was to her that Josiah had recourse, when Hilkiah found a book of the law, to procure an authoritative opinion on it. (...
  [nave] HULDAH, a prophetess. Foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 22:14-20; 2 Chr. 34:22-28.
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• MUSIC

  [isbe] MUSIC - mu'-zik: I. IMPORTANCE 1. The Sole Art Cultivated 2. A Wide Vocabulary of Musical Terms 3. Place in Social and Personal Life 4. Universal Language of Emotions 5. Use in Divine Service 6. Part at Religious Reformation...
  

• SHAPHAN

  [isbe] SHAPHAN - sha'-fan (shaphan, "rockbadger," English Versions of the Bible "coney"; Saphphan): An old totem clan name (so W.R. Smith; compare, however, the article TOTEMISM; Gray, Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 103 ff, ...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Word of God

  [nave] WORD OF GOD Called Book, Psa. 40:7; Rev. 22:19; Book of the Lord, Isa. 34:16; Book of the Law, Neh. 8:3; Gal. 3:10; Good Word of God, Heb. 6:5; Holy Scriptures, Rom. 1:2; 2 Tim. 3:15; Law of the Lord, Psa. 1:2; Isa. 30:9; Or...
  

• Covenant

  [ebd] a contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means "to cut," and hence a covenant is a "cutting," with reference to t...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Asahiah

  [nave] ASAHIAH, an officer of King Josiah, 2 Kin. 22:12-20; 2 Chr. 34:20-28.
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• College

  [ebd] Heb. mishneh (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22), rendered in Revised Version "second quarter", the residence of the prophetess Huldah. The Authorized Version followed the Jewish commentators, who, following the Targum, gave the H...
  [isbe] COLLEGE - kol'-ej: This is the rendering of the King James Version for Hebrew Mishneh (mishneh, 2 Ki 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22; compare Zeph 1:10). It is found in the Targum of Jonathan on 2 Ki 22:14 and rests on a faulty combinati...
  [nave] COLLEGE, second quarter of the city of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22. See: School.
  

• HASRAH

  [ebd] poverty, "keeper of the wardrobe," i.e., of the sacerdotal vestments (2 Chr. 34:22); called Harhas 2 Kings 22:14. He was husband of the prophetess Huldah.
  [isbe] HASRAH - haz'-ra, has'-ra (chacrah): Grandfather of Shallum, who was the husband of Huldah the prophetess (2 Ch 34:22). In 2 Ki 22:14, HARHAS (which see).
  [smith] (very poor), the form in which the name Harhas is given in (2 Chronicles 34:22) comp. 2Kin 22:14
  

• Shallum

  [smith] (retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was in his turn ...
  [nave] SHALLUM 1. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:10, 13-15. 2. Husband of Huldah, the prophetess, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22. 3. Son of Sisamai, 1 Chr. 2:40, 41. 4. See: Jehoahaz, 3. 5. Grandson of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:25. 6. Son of Za...
  

• Harhas

  [isbe] HARHAS - har'-has (charchas, "splendor"): Grandfather of Shallum, husband of Huldah (2 Ki 22:14). Name given as "Hasrah" in paralle passage (2 Ch 34:22).
  [nave] HARHAS, grandfather of the husband of Huldah, the prophetess, 2 Kin. 22:14. Called Hasrah, 2 Chr. 34:22.
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• The Book of the Law Found

  

• Josiah's Cultic Reforms

  

• [2Ch 34:30] Book Of Books

  Book of books, our people’s strength Statesman’s, teacher’s, hero’s treasure, Bringing freedom, spreading truth, Shedding light that none can measure; Wisdom comes to those who know thee, All the best we have we owe thee. Thank we those who toiled in thought, Many diverse scrolls completing; Poets, prophets, scholars, saints, Each his word from God repeating; Till they came, who told the story Of the Word, and showed His glory. Praise we God, who hath inspired Those whose wisdom still directs us; Praise Him for the Word made flesh, For the Spirit which protects us. Light of Knowledge, ever burning, Shed on us Thy deathless learning.

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