2 Chronicles 34:14-21

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 

[34:16]  ¹ tn Heb “returned still the king a word, saying.”

[34:17]  ² tn Heb “that was found in the house of the Lord.”

[34:20]  ³ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Acbor son of Micaiah.”

[34:21]  ⁴ tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”