Hilkiah Discovers the Lost Book of the Law

14 When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, (A)Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses. 15 Hilkiah responded and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan. 16 Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and [a]reported further word to the king, saying, “Everything that was [b]entrusted to your servants, they are doing.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:16 Lit returned
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:16 Lit given into the hand of

18 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe informed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.

19 When the king heard (A)the words of the Law, (B)he tore his clothes. 20 Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [a]Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, 21 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for (C)the wrath of the Lord which has poured out on us is great, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with everything that is written in this book.”

Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks

22 So Hilkiah and those [b]whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of [c]Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this. 23 Then she said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me, 24 this is what the Lord says: “Behold, (D)I am bringing [d]evil on this place and on its inhabitants, all (E)the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah. 25 (F)Since they have abandoned Me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they may provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.”’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:20 In 2 Kin 22:12, Achbor, son of Micaiah
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:22 As in LXX; MT who were the king’s men
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:22 In 2 Kin 22:14, Tikvah, son of Harhas
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:24 Or disaster

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