2 Kings

2 Kings 22:8–20

8Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

9And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”

10Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

11When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes 12and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbora son of Micaiah,b Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king: 13“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”

14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah,c the son of Harhas,d the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.e

15And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you 16that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read, 17because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

18But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard, 19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

20‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’”

So they brought her answer back to the king.

Footnotes

  • a 22:12 Achbor is another name for Abdon; see 2 Chronicles 34:20|2CH 34:20.
  • b 22:12 Micaiah is a variant of Micah; see 2 Chronicles 34:20|2CH 34:20.
  • c 22:14 Tikvah is a variant of Tokhath; see 2 Chronicles 34:22|2CH 34:22.
  • d 22:14 Harhas is a variant of Hasrah; see 2 Chronicles 34:22|2CH 34:22.
  • e 22:14 Or the Second Quarter, a newer section of Jerusalem; Hebrew the Mishneh

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2 Kings 22:8 Deuteronomy 31:24–26 · 2 Chronicles 34:14–28

2 Kings 22:10 Jeremiah 36:21

2 Kings 22:11 2 Chronicles 34:19 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 3:6–7 · Joshua 7:6 · Jeremiah 36:24 · 2 Kings 22:19

2 Kings 22:12 Jeremiah 26:24 · 2 Kings 25:22

2 Kings 22:13 Nehemiah 9:3 · Exodus 20:5 · James 1:22–25 · Deuteronomy 4:23–27 · Deuteronomy 31:17–18 · Deuteronomy 29:23–28 · Jeremiah 37:17

2 Kings 22:14 Judges 4:4 · 2 Chronicles 34:22

2 Kings 22:15 Jeremiah 23:28 · 2 Kings 1:16 · 2 Kings 1:6

2 Kings 22:16 Daniel 9:11–14 · Joshua 23:15

2 Kings 22:17 2 Kings 21:22

2 Kings 22:19 Psalm 51:17 · 1 Kings 21:29 · Isaiah 57:15 · Exodus 10:3 · 1 Samuel 24:5 · 1 Peter 5:5–6 · Micah 6:8 · Luke 19:41 · Jeremiah 44:22 · Isaiah 66:5 · James 4:6–10 · Isaiah 66:2

2 Kings 22:20 Psalm 37:37 · Isaiah 57:1–2 · 1 Chronicles 17:11 · Genesis 25:8 · Jeremiah 22:15–16 · Jeremiah 22:10 · 2 Kings 23:29–30

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.