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2 Kings 22:1-12

22:1

Josiah
<02977>

[was] eight
<08083>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

thirty
<07970>

and one
<0259>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Jedidah
<03040>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Adaiah
<05718>

of Boscath
<01218>_.

22:2

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and walked
<03212> (8799)

in all the way
<01870>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_,

and turned not aside
<05493> (8804)

to the right hand
<03225>

or to the left
<08040>_.

22:3

And it came to pass in the eighteenth
<08083> <06240>

year
<08141>

of king
<04428>

Josiah
<02977>_,

[that] the king
<04428>

sent
<07971> (8804)

Shaphan
<08227>

the son
<01121>

of Azaliah
<0683>_,

the son
<01121>

of Meshullam
<04918>_,

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

to the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

22:4

Go up
<05927> (8798)

to Hilkiah
<02518>

the high
<01419>

priest
<03548>_,

that he may sum
<08552> (8686)

the silver
<03701>

which is brought
<0935> (8716)

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

which the keepers
<08104> (8802)

of the door
<05592>

have gathered
<0622> (8804)

of the people
<05971>_:

{door: Heb. threshold}

22:5

And let them deliver
<05414> (8799)

it into the hand
<03027>

of the doers
<06213> (8802)

of the work
<04399>_,

that have the oversight
<06485> (8716)

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

and let them give
<05414> (8799)

it to the doers
<06213> (8802)

of the work
<04399>

which [is] in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to repair
<02388> (8763)

the breaches
<0919>

of the house
<01004>_,

22:6

Unto carpenters
<02796>_,

and builders
<01129> (8802)_,

and masons
<01443> (8802)_,

and to buy
<07069> (8800)

timber
<06086>

and hewn
<04274>

stone
<068>

to repair
<02388> (8763)

the house
<01004>_.

22:7

Howbeit there was no reckoning made
<02803> (8735)

with them of the money
<03701>

that was delivered
<05414> (8737)

into their hand
<03027>_,

because they dealt
<06213> (8802)

faithfully
<0530>_.

22:8

And Hilkiah
<02518>

the high
<01419>

priest
<03548>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

I have found
<04672> (8804)

the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And Hilkiah
<02518>

gave
<05414> (8799)

the book
<05612>

to Shaphan
<08227>_,

and he read
<07121> (8799)

it.

22:9

And Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)

came
<0935> (8799)

to the king
<04428>_,

and brought
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8686)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servants
<05650>

have gathered
<05413> (8689)

the money
<03701>

that was found
<04672> (8737)

in the house
<01004>_,

and have delivered
<05414> (8799)

it into the hand
<03027>

of them that do
<06213> (8802)

the work
<04399>_,

that have the oversight
<06485> (8716)

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{gathered: Heb. melted}

22:10

And Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)

shewed
<05046> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Hilkiah
<02518>

the priest
<03548>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

me a book
<05612>_.

And Shaphan
<08227>

read
<07121> (8799)

it before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

22:11

And it came to pass, when the king
<04428>

had heard
<08085> (8800)

the words
<01697>

of the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>_,

that he rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_.

22:12

And the king
<04428>

commanded
<06680> (8762)

Hilkiah
<02518>

the priest
<03548>_,

and Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>_,

and Achbor
<05907>

the son
<01121>

of Michaiah
<04320>_,

and Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

and Asahiah
<06222>

a servant
<05650>

of the king's
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{Achbor: or, Abdon} {Michaiah: or, Micah}