2 Chronicles 34:14-21
1599 Geneva Bible
14 ¶ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the Priest found the [a]book of the Law of the Lord given by the hand of Moses.
15 Therefore Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the chancellor, I have found the book of the Law in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
16 And Shaphan carried the book to [b]the King, and brought the King word again, saying, All that is committed to the hand of thy servants, that do they.
17 For they have gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hands of the overseers, and to the hands of the workmen.
18 Also Shaphan the chancellor declared to the King, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath given me a book, and Shaphan read it before the King.
19 And when the King had heard the words of the Law, he [c]tare his clothes,
20 And the King commanded Hilkiah and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the chancellor, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
21 Go and inquire of the Lord for me, and for the rest in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is fallen upon us, because our [d]fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:14 Read 2 Kings 22:8.
- 2 Chronicles 34:16 For the king was commanded to have continually a copy of this book, and to read therein day and night, Deut. 17:18.
- 2 Chronicles 34:19 For sorrow that the word of God had been so long suppressed and the people kept in ignorance, considering also the curses contained therein against the transgressors.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 Thus the godly do not only lament their own sins, but also that their fathers and predecessors have offended God.
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