2 Chronicles 34:18-21

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, ¹  Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, 34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ²  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ³  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ⁴  because our ancestors ⁵  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ⁶ 

[34:20]  ¹ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Acbor son of Micaiah.”

[34:21]  ¹ tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ² tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ³ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”