1
H2977
Josiah
H8083
was eight
H8141
years
H1121
old
H4427
when he began to reign
[H8800]
H4427
, and he reigned
[H8804]
H3389
in Jerusalem
H259
one
H7970
and thirty
H8141
years.
2
H6213
And he did
[H8799]
H3477
that which was right
H5869
in the sight
H3068
of the LORD
H3212
, and walked
[H8799]
H1870
in the ways
H1732
of David
H1
his father
H5493
, and declined
[H8804]
H3225
neither to the right hand
H8040
, nor to the left.
3
H8083
For in the eighth
H8141
year
H4427
of his reign
[H8800]
H5288
, while he was yet young
H2490
, he began
[H8689]
H1875
to seek
[H8800]
H430
after the God
H1732
of David
H1
his father
H8147
: and in the twelfth
H6240
H8141
year
H2490
he began
[H8689]
H2891
to purge
[H8763]
H3063
Judah
H3389
and Jerusalem
H1116
from the high places
H842
, and the groves
H6456
, and the carved images
H4541
, and the molten images.
4
H5422
And they brake down
[H8762]
H4196
the altars
H1168
of Baalim
H6440
in his presence
H2553
; and the images
H4605
, that were on high above them
H1438
, he cut down
[H8765]
H842
; and the groves
H6456
, and the carved images
H4541
, and the molten images
H7665
, he brake in pieces
[H8765]
H1854
, and made dust
[H8689]
H2236
of them, and strowed
[H8799]
H6440
it upon
H6913
the graves
H2076
of them that had sacrificed
[H8802]
unto them.
5
H8313
And he burnt
[H8804]
H6106
the bones
H3548
of the priests
H4196
upon their altars
H2891
, and cleansed
[H8762]
H3063
Judah
H3389
and Jerusalem.
6
H5892
And so did he in the cities
H4519
of Manasseh
H669
, and Ephraim
H8095
, and Simeon
H5321
, even unto Naphtali
H2719
, with their mattocks
H5439
round about.
7
H5422
And when he had broken down
[H8762]
H4196
the altars
H842
and the groves
H3807
, and had beaten
[H8765]
H6456
the graven images
H1854
into powder
[H8687]
H1438
, and cut down
[H8765]
H2553
all the idols
H776
throughout all the land
H3478
of Israel
H7725
, he returned
[H8799]
H3389
to Jerusalem.
8
H8083
Now in the eighteenth
H6240
H8141
year
H4427
of his reign
[H8800]
H2891
, when he had purged
[H8763]
H776
the land
H1004
, and the house
H7971
, he sent
[H8804]
H8227
Shaphan
H1121
the son
H683
of Azaliah
H4641
, and Maaseiah
H8269
the governor
H5892
of the city
H3098
, and Joah
H1121
the son
H3099
of Joahaz
H2142
the recorder
[H8688]
H2388
, to repair
[H8763]
H1004
the house
H3068
of the LORD
H430
his God.
9
H935
And when they came
[H8799]
H2518
to Hilkiah
H1419
the high
H3548
priest
H5414
, they delivered
[H8799]
H3701
the money
H935
that was brought
[H8716]
H1004
into the house
H430
of God
H3881
, which the Levites
H8104
that kept
[H8802]
H5592
the doors
H622
had gathered
[H8804]
H3027
of the hand
H4519
of Manasseh
H669
and Ephraim
H7611
, and of all the remnant
H3478
of Israel
H3063
, and of all Judah
H1144
and Benjamin
H7725
; and they returned
[H8799]
[H8675]
H3427
[H8802]
H3389
to Jerusalem.
10
H5414
And they put
[H8799]
H3027
it in the hand
H6213
of the workmen
[H8802]
H4399
H6485
that had the oversight
[H8716]
H1004
of the house
H3068
of the LORD
H5414
, and they gave
[H8799]
H6213
it to the workmen
[H8802]
H4399
H6213
that wrought
[H8802]
H1004
in the house
H3068
of the LORD
H918
, to repair
[H8800]
H2388
and amend
[H8763]
H1004
the house:
11
H2796
Even to the artificers
H1129
and builders
[H8802]
H5414
gave
[H8799]
H7069
they it, to buy
[H8800]
H4274
hewn
H68
stone
H6086
, and timber
H4226
for couplings
H7136
, and to floor
[H8763]
H1004
the houses
H4428
which the kings
H3063
of Judah
H7843
had destroyed
[H8689]
.
12
H582
And the men
H6213
did
[H8802]
H4399
the work
H530
faithfully
H5329
: and the overseers
[H8763]
H3189
of them were Jahath
H5662
and Obadiah
H3881
, the Levites
H1121
, of the sons
H4847
of Merari
H2148
; and Zechariah
H4918
and Meshullam
H6956
, of the sons of the Kohathites
H6485
, to set it forward
[H8716]
H3881
; and other of the Levites
H995
, all that could skill
[H8688]
H3627
of instruments
H7892
of musick.
13
H5449
Also they were over the bearers of burdens
H5329
, and were overseers
[H8764]
H6213
of all that wrought
[H8802]
H4399
the work
H5656
in any manner of service
H3881
: and of the Levites
H5608
there were scribes
[H8802]
H7860
, and officers
[H8802]
H7778
, and porters.
14
H3318
And when they brought out
[H8687]
H3701
the money
H935
that was brought into
[H8716]
H1004
the house
H3068
of the LORD
H2518
, Hilkiah
H3548
the priest
H4672
found
[H8804]
H5612
a book
H8451
of the law
H3068
of the LORD
H3027
given by
H4872
Moses.
15
H2518
And Hilkiah
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H559
and said
[H8799]
H8227
to Shaphan
H5608
the scribe
[H8802]
H4672
, I have found
[H8804]
H5612
the book
H8451
of the law
H1004
in the house
H3068
of the LORD
H2518
. And Hilkiah
H5414
delivered
[H8799]
H5612
the book
H8227
to Shaphan.
16
H8227
And Shaphan
H935
carried
[H8686]
H5612
the book
H4428
to the king
H7725
, and brought
H4428
the king
H1697
word
H7725
back
[H8686]
H559
again, saying
[H8800]
H5414
, All that was committed
[H8738]
H3027
to
H5650
thy servants
H6213
, they do
[H8802]
it .
17
H5413
And they have gathered together
[H8686]
H3701
the money
H4672
that was found
[H8737]
H1004
in the house
H3068
of the LORD
H5414
, and have delivered
[H8799]
H3027
it into the hand
H6485
of the overseers
[H8716]
H3027
, and to the hand
H6213
of the workmen
[H8802]
H4399
.
18
H8227
Then Shaphan
H5608
the scribe
[H8802]
H5046
told
[H8686]
H4428
the king
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H2518
, Hilkiah
H3548
the priest
H5414
hath given
[H8804]
H5612
me a book
H8227
. And Shaphan
H7121
read
[H8799]
H6440
it before
H4428
the king.
19
H4428
And it came to pass, when the king
H8085
had heard
[H8800]
H1697
the words
H8451
of the law
H7167
, that he rent
[H8799]
H899
his clothes.
20
H4428
And the king
H6680
commanded
[H8762]
H2518
Hilkiah
H296
, and Ahikam
H1121
the son
H8227
of Shaphan
H5658
, and Abdon
H1121
the son
H4318
of Micah
H8227
, and Shaphan
H5608
the scribe
[H8802]
H6222
, and Asaiah
H5650
a servant
H4428
of the king's
H559
, saying
[H8800]
,
21
H3212
Go
[H8798]
H1875
, enquire
[H8798]
H3068
of the LORD
H7604
for me, and for them that are left
[H8737]
H3478
in Israel
H3063
and in Judah
H1697
, concerning the words
H5612
of the book
H4672
that is found
[H8738]
H1419
: for great
H2534
is the wrath
H3068
of the LORD
H5413
that is poured out
[H8738]
H1
upon us, because our fathers
H8104
have not kept
[H8804]
H1697
the word
H3068
of the LORD
H6213
, to do
[H8800]
H3789
after all that is written
[H8803]
H5612
in this book.
22
H2518
And Hilkiah
H4428
, and they that the king
H3212
had appointed, went
[H8799]
H2468
to Huldah
H5031
the prophetess
H802
, the wife
H7967
of Shallum
H1121
the son
H8616
of Tikvath
[H8676]
H8445
H1121
, the son
H2641
of Hasrah
H8104
, keeper
[H8802]
H899
of the wardrobe
H3427
; (now she dwelt
[H8802]
H3389
in Jerusalem
H4932
in the college
H1696
:) and they spake
[H8762]
to her to that effect .
23
H559
And she answered
[H8799]
H559
them, Thus saith
[H8804]
H3068
the LORD
H430
God
H3478
of Israel
H559
, Tell
[H8798]
H376
ye the man
H7971
that sent
[H8804]
you to me,
24
H559
Thus saith
[H8804]
H3068
the LORD
H935
, Behold, I will bring
[H8688]
H7451
evil
H4725
upon this place
H3427
, and upon the inhabitants
[H8802]
H423
thereof, even all the curses
H3789
that are written
[H8803]
H5612
in the book
H7121
which they have read
[H8804]
H6440
before
H4428
the king
H3063
of Judah:
25
H5800
Because they have forsaken
[H8804]
H6999
me, and have burned incense
[H8762]
[H8675]
H6999
[H8686]
H312
unto other
H430
gods
H3707
, that they might provoke me to anger
[H8687]
H4639
with all the works
H3027
of their hands
H2534
; therefore my wrath
H5413
shall be poured out
[H8799]
H4725
upon this place
H3518
, and shall not be quenched
[H8799]
.
26
H413
And as for
H4428
the king
H3063
of Judah
H7971
, who sent
[H8802]
H1875
you to enquire
[H8800]
H3068
of the LORD
H559
, so shall ye say
[H8799]
H559
unto him, Thus saith
[H8804]
H3068
the LORD
H430
God
H3478
of Israel
H1697
concerning the words
H8085
which thou hast heard
[H8804]
;
27
H3824
Because thine heart
H7401
was tender
[H8804]
H3665
, and thou didst humble
[H8735]
H6440
thyself before
H430
God
H8085
, when thou heardest
[H8800]
H1697
his words
H4725
against this place
H3427
, and against the inhabitants
[H8802]
H3665
thereof, and humbledst
[H8735]
H6440
thyself before
H7167
me, and didst rend
[H8799]
H899
thy clothes
H1058
, and weep
[H8799]
H6440
before
H8085
me; I have even heard
[H8804]
H5002
thee also, saith
[H8803]
H3068
the LORD.
28
H622
Behold, I will gather
[H8802]
H1
thee to thy fathers
H622
, and thou shalt be gathered
[H8738]
H6913
to thy grave
H7965
in peace
H5869
, neither shall thine eyes
H7200
see
[H8799]
H7451
all the evil
H935
that I will bring
[H8688]
H4725
upon this place
H3427
, and upon the inhabitants
[H8802]
H7725
of the same. So they brought
H4428
the king
H1697
word
H7725
again
[H8686]
.
29
H4428
Then the king
H7971
sent
[H8799]
H622
and gathered together
[H8799]
H2205
all the elders
H3063
of Judah
H3389
and Jerusalem.
30
H4428
And the king
H5927
went up
[H8799]
H1004
into the house
H3068
of the LORD
H376
, and all the men
H3063
of Judah
H3427
, and the inhabitants
[H8802]
H3389
of Jerusalem
H3548
, and the priests
H3881
, and the Levites
H5971
, and all the people
H1419
, great
H6996
and small
H7121
: and he read
[H8799]
H241
in their ears
H1697
all the words
H5612
of the book
H1285
of the covenant
H4672
that was found
[H8737]
H1004
in the house
H3068
of the LORD.
31
H4428
And the king
H5975
stood
[H8799]
H5977
in his place
H3772
, and made
[H8799]
H1285
a covenant
H6440
before
H3068
the LORD
H3212
, to walk
[H8800]
H310
after
H3068
the LORD
H8104
, and to keep
[H8800]
H4687
his commandments
H5715
, and his testimonies
H2706
, and his statutes
H3824
, with all his heart
H5315
, and with all his soul
H6213
, to perform
[H8800]
H1697
the words
H1285
of the covenant
H3789
which are written
[H8803]
H5612
in this book.
32
H4672
And he caused all that were present
[H8737]
H3389
in Jerusalem
H1144
and Benjamin
H5975
to stand
[H8686]
H3427
to it . And the inhabitants
[H8802]
H3389
of Jerusalem
H6213
did
[H8799]
H1285
according to the covenant
H430
of God
H430
, the God
H1
of their fathers.
33
H2977
And Josiah
H5493
took away
[H8686]
H8441
all the abominations
H776
out of all the countries
H1121
that pertained to the children
H3478
of Israel
H4672
, and made all that were present
[H8737]
H3478
in Israel
H5647
to serve
[H8686]
H5647
, even to serve
[H8800]
H3068
the LORD
H430
their God
H3117
. And all his days
H5493
they departed
[H8804]
H310
not from following
H3068
the LORD
H430
, the God
H1
of their fathers.