The Book of the Law Found

(A)Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the (B)governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, (C)the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

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16 (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and (B)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

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11 And before them stood (A)seventy men of (B)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of (C)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and (D)the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.

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11 Likewise, when all the Judeans who were in (A)Moab and among (B)the Ammonites and in (C)Edom and in other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over them,

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14 sent and took Jeremiah from (A)the court of the guard. They entrusted him to (B)Gedaliah the son of (C)Ahikam, son of (D)Shaphan, that he should take him home. So (E)he lived among the people.

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10 Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in (A)the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house.

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25 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to (A)Zephaniah the son of (B)Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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21 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, (A)who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes.

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The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of (A)Shaphan and Gemariah the son of (B)Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said:

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24 But the hand of (A)Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.

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Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar

21 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him (A)Pashhur the son of Malchiah and (B)Zephaniah the priest, the son of (C)Maaseiah, saying,

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to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of (A)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in (B)the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of (C)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and (D)until the end of the eleventh year of (E)Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, (F)until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

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25 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon (A)the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son,

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15 And (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Josiah Repairs the Temple

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying, “Go up to (A)Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money (B)that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which (C)the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people. (D)And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. But (E)no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found (F)the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “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 Lord.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king.

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, (G)he tore his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and (H)Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and (I)Achbor the son of (J)Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is (K)the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of (L)Tikvah, son of (M)Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in (N)the Second Quarter), and they talked with her. 15 And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 17 (O)Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore (P)my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 19 (Q)because your heart was penitent, and you (R)humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become (S)a desolation and (T)a curse, and you (U)have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and (V)you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.

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24 and (A)Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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