34:14 When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses. 34:15 Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan. 34:16 Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, 1 “Your servants are doing everything assigned to them. 34:17 They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple 2 and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.” 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” Shaphan read it out loud before the king. 34:19 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. 34:20 The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, 3 Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, 34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from 4 the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about 5 the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, 6 because our ancestors 7 have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” 8
1 tn Heb “returned still the king a word, saying.”
2 tn Heb “that was found in the house of the
3 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Acbor son of Micaiah.”
4 tn Or “inquire of.”
5 tn Heb “concerning.”
6 tn Heb “for great is the anger of the
7 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).
8 tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”