2 Chronicles 34:14-19

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The Recovery of the Book of the Law

¹⁴When they brought out the silver that had been deposited in the Lord’s temple, the priest Hilkiah found the book of the law of the Lord written by the hand of Moses.^(A) ¹⁵Consequently,^(B) Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan.

¹⁶Shaphan took the book to the king, and also reported, “Your servants are doing all that was placed in their hands. ¹⁷They have emptied out the silver that was found in the Lord’s temple and have given it to the overseers and to those doing the work.” ¹⁸Then the court secretary Shaphan told the king, “The priest Hilkiah gave me a book,” and Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.^(C)

¹⁹When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.^(D)

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2 Chronicles 34:29-33

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Affirmation of the Covenant by Josiah and the People

²⁹So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. ³⁰The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from the oldest to the youngest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.^(A) ³¹Then the king stood at his post^(B) and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence^(C) to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul^(D) in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.^(E)

³²He had all those present in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree^[a] to it. So all the inhabitants of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

³³So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites,^(F) and he required all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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Footnotes

34:32 Lit take a stand.

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