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and his mothers name <i>was</i> Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>He did right in the sight of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> to repair the damages of the house, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Lost Book</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the kings servant saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Go, inquire of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Huldah Predicts</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>She said to them, Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font> God of Israel, Tell the man who sent you to me, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, <i>even</i> all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> thus shall you say to him, Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font> God of Israel, <i>Regarding</i> the words which you have heard, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/22-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. 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