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Text -- 2 Kings 22:5-20 (NET)
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22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple . They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,
22:6 including craftsmen , builders , and masons , and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.
22:7 Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver , for they are honest .”
22:8 Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe , “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple .” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.
22:9 Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported , “Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple .”
22:10 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king , “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll .” Shaphan read it out loud before the king .
22:11 When the king heard the words of the law scroll , he tore his clothes .
22:12 The king ordered Hilkiah the priest , Ahikam son of Shaphan , Acbor son of Micaiah , Shaphan the scribe , and Asaiah the king’s servant ,
22:13 “Go , seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people – for all Judah . Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered . For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do.”
22:14 So Hilkiah the priest , Ahikam , Acbor , Shaphan , and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess , the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah , the son of Harhas , the supervisor of the wardrobe . (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district .) They stated their business,
22:15 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says : ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:
22:16 “This is what the Lord says : ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents , the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read .
22:17 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods , angering me with all the idols they have made . My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished !’”
22:18 Say this to the king of Judah , who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord : “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard :
22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord .
22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace . You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place .’”’” Then they reported back to the king .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Josiah |
Shaphan |
Huldah |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
JEREMIAH (2) |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF |
Revivals |
Rulers |
Zeal |
Religion |
Israel |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Influence |
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 22:5 Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 22:7 Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 22:13 Heb “by doing all that is written concerning us.” Perhaps עָלֵינוּ (’alenu), “...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 22:17 Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The translation assumes that this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the pre...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 22:19 Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (...
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