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Berean Standard Bible
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Josiah was eight years old when he became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
thirty -
one years.
Josiah was eight years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned thirty and
one years in
Jerusalem
.
And he did what
was right in the eyes of the
LORD
and walked in the ways of his father David;
he
did
not turn
aside to the right or to the left.
And he did that
which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah,
and walked in the ways of David
his father ,
and
turned
not aside to the right hand
or to the left.
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still
young, Josiah
began to seek the God of his father David,
and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse
Judah and Jerusalem of
the high places, the Asherah
poles
, the carved
idols
, and the cast
images.
For
in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet
young, he
began to seek after
the God of David
his father ;
and in the twelfth year he began to purge
Judah and Jerusalem from
the high places, and
the Asherim
, and
the graven
images
, and the molten
images.
Then
in
his
presence
the altars of the Baals
were
torn
down,
and he
cut
to
pieces
the incense
altars
that were above them .
He shattered
the Asherah
poles
, the carved
idols
, and the cast
images, crushed
them
to
dust
, and scattered
them over
the graves of those
who
had sacrificed to
them.
And
they
brake
down
the altars of the Baalim
in
his
presence;
and the sun-images
that were on
high
above them he hewed
down;
and
the Asherim
, and
the graven
images
, and the molten
images, he
brake
in
pieces
, and made
dust
of
them ,
and
strewed
it
upon
the graves `
of them'
that
had sacrificed unto
them.
Then
he burned
the bones of the priests on
their altars .
So
he
cleansed
Judah and Jerusalem.
And
he burnt
the bones of the priests upon
their altars ,
and
purged
Judah and Jerusalem.
Josiah
did the
same
in the cities of Manasseh ,
Ephraim ,
and Simeon, as
far
as
Naphtali, and
in the
ruins around
them
.
And
`so
did he'
in the cities of Manasseh and
Ephraim and Simeon, even
unto
Naphtali, in their
ruins round
about
.
He tore
down the altars and
Asherah
poles
, crushed
the idols
to
powder, and cut
to
pieces
all the incense
altars
throughout the land of Israel .
Then
he
returned to Jerusalem.
And
he brake
down the altars, and
beat
the Asherim
and
the
graven
images
into
powder, and hewed
down
all the sun-images
throughout all
the land of Israel ,
and
returned to Jerusalem.
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in
order
to
cleanse
the land and the temple
, Josiah
sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz ,
the recorder, to repair the house of the
LORD
his God.
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when
he
had
purged
the land and the house
, he
sent Shaphan the
son of Azaliah, and
Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the
son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah
his God.
So
they went
to Hilkiah the high priest and gave
him
the money that had
been
brought into the house of God, which the Levites at
the doors
had collected
from
the people
of Manasseh and Ephraim, from
all the remnant of Israel, Judah ,
and Benjamin, and from
the people
of Jerusalem.
And
they came
to Hilkiah the high priest ,
and delivered
the money that was
brought into the house of God, which the Levites ,
the keepers
of
the
threshold,
had gathered
of
the hand
of Manasseh and Ephraim, and
of
all the remnant of Israel, and
of
all
Judah and Benjamin, and of
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.
They put
it into the hands
of the supervisors
of
those
doing
the work
of the house of the LORD,
who
in turn
gave it to the
workmen
restoring
and repairing
the house of
the
LORD.
And
they delivered
it into the hand
of the workmen
that
had
the oversight
of the house of Jehovah;
and
the workmen
that
wrought
in the
house
of
Jehovah
gave it to mend
and repair
the house ;
They
also
gave
money
to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed
stone, as
well
as
timbers
for couplings and beams for the buildings
that
the kings of Judah had allowed
to
deteriorate
.
even
to the carpenters and to
the
builders gave
they
it,
to buy hewn
stone, and
timber
for couplings ,
and to
make
beams for the houses
which
the kings of Judah had destroyed
.
And the men did the work faithfully .
The Levites
overseeing
them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants
of Merari ,
and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants
of Kohath.
Other
Levites, all skilled
with musical
instruments ,
And the men did the work faithfully :
and
the overseers
of
them were Jahath and Obadiah, the
Levites,
of the
sons
of
Merari ;
and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the
sons
of
the
Kohathites,
to
set
it
forward;
and
`others
of'
the
Levites, all that
were
skilful
with instruments of
music.
were over the laborers
and supervised
all who
did the work ,
task
by
task.
Some
of the Levites were secretaries
, officers, and gatekeepers
.
Also
they
were over the bearers
of
burdens,
and set
forward
all that
did the work in
every
manner
of service:
and
of
the Levites there
were scribes
, and
officers, and porters
.
While
they were
bringing
out the money that had
been
taken
into the house of the
LORD
, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the
LORD
written
by Moses.
And
when
they brought
out the money that was
brought
into the house of Jehovah
, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah
`given'
by Moses.
And Hilkiah 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.
And Hilkiah answered
and
said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah.
And Hilkiah
delivered
the
book
to Shaphan.
Then
Shaphan brought
the book to the king and reported
, “Your
servants are doing all
that
has
been
placed
in
their
hands
.
And
Shaphan carried
the book to the king ,
and moreover
brought
back
word
to
the
king
, saying,
All
that
was
committed
to
thy
servants ,
they
are doing.
They have paid
out the money that was found in the house of the
LORD
and have put
it into the hands
of the supervisors
and workers
. ”
And
they have emptied
out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah,
and have delivered
it into the hand
of the overseers,
and into
the
hand
of
the
workmen
.
Moreover,
Shaphan the scribe told the king, “
Hilkiah the priest has
given
me a book. ”
And Shaphan read it
in
the
presence
of
the king.
And
Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying,
Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered
me a book. And Shaphan read therein
before
the king.
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore
his clothes
And
it
came
to
pass,
when the king had
heard the words of the law, that
he rent
his clothes .
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of
the
king:
And the
king
commanded Hilkiah, and
Ahikam the
son of Shaphan, and
Abdon the
son of Micah, and
Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's
servant ,
saying,
“
Go and
inquire of the
LORD
for me and for those
remaining
in Israel and Judah concerning the words in
the book that has
been
found .
For great is the wrath of the
LORD
that has
been
poured out on
us because our fathers have not kept the word of the
LORD
by
doing
all that is written in this book. ”
Go ye,
inquire of Jehovah
for me ,
and for them
that
are
left
in Israel and in
Judah ,
concerning the words of
the book that is
found ;
for great is the wrath of Jehovah
that is
poured out upon
us ,
because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah,
to
do
according
unto
all that is written in this book.
So Hilkiah and those
the king had designated
went and
spoke
to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the
keeper of the wardrobe .
She lived
in Jerusalem ,
in the Second District
.
So Hilkiah ,
and they
whom
the king `
had commanded',
went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the
son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe ;
(now
she dwelt
in Jerusalem in the second quarter;)
and
they
spake
to
her
to
that
effect
.
And Huldah
said to
them, “This
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of Israel ,
says
: ‘
Tell the man who
sent you
And she
said unto
them, Thus
saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel: Tell ye
the man that
sent you unto
me,
that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
I am
about
to
bring calamity
on
this place and on
its
people
, according
to
all the curses written in the book that
has
been
read in
the
presence
of
the king of Judah ,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Behold,
I will
bring evil
upon
this place ,
and upon
the
inhabitants
thereof
, even
all the curses that
are
written in the book which
they
have
read before
the king of Judah .
because 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
poured out upon this place and will
not be quenched. ’
Because they have forsaken me ,
and have
burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands ;
therefore
is
my wrath poured out upon this place ,
and it
shall
not be quenched.
But 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,
But unto
the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah
, thus
shall
ye
say
to
him, Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the God of Israel: As touching
the words which
thou
hast
heard,
because your
heart was tender and you
humbled
yourself
before God when you
heard
His words against this place and against its
people
, and because
you
have
humbled yourself
before Me and you
have
torn
your
clothes and wept before Me ,
I have heard you
, ’
declares
the
LORD
.
because thy
heart was tender ,
and thou
didst
humble
thyself
before God ,
when thou
heardest
his words against this place ,
and against the
inhabitants
thereof
, and hast
humbled thyself
before me ,
and hast
rent
thy
clothes ,
and wept before me ;
I also
have heard thee
, saith
Jehovah
.
‘Now
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 and on
its
inhabitants. ’”
So
they brought her
answer
back to the king.
Behold,
I will gather thee
to thy
fathers, and thou
shalt
be gathered to thy
grave in peace ,
neither
shall
thine
eyes see all the evil
that I will bring upon
this place ,
and upon
the
inhabitants thereof
. And
they brought back word
to the king.
Then the king summoned
all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Then the king sent
and
gathered
together
all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
And he
went up to the house of the
LORD
with
all the people
of Judah and Jerusalem, as
well
as
the priests and the Levites —
all the people small
and
great —
and in
their
hearing
he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had
been
found in the house of the
LORD
.
And the
king
went up to the house of Jehovah,
and
all the men
of Judah and the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem, and
the priests ,
and the Levites ,
and
all the people ,
both
great and small:
and
he read in
their
ears
all the words of the book of the covenant that was
found in the house of Jehovah
.
So
the king stood by
the
pillar
and made a covenant before the
LORD
to follow
the
LORD
and to keep His commandments, decrees
, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and
to carry
out
the words of this
covenant that were written in this book.
And
the king stood in
his
place,
and made a covenant before Jehovah,
to walk
after
Jehovah,
and to keep his commandments, and
his
testimonies
, and his
statutes ,
with all his heart ,
and with
all his soul, to perform
the words of the
covenant that were written in this book.
Then
he had
everyone
in Jerusalem and Benjamin take
a
stand in
agreement
to it. So
all
the people
of Jerusalem carried
out
the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
And
he caused
all
that
were
found
in Jerusalem and Benjamin to
stand `
to it '
. And
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem did
according
to
the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
And Josiah removed
all the abominations from
all the lands
belonging
to the Israelites
, and he
required
everyone
in Israel to serve the
LORD
their God. Throughout
his reign
they did
not turn
aside
from following the
LORD
, the God of their fathers.
And Josiah took
away
all the abominations out
of
all the countries
that
pertained
to the children
of
Israel
, and made
all
that
were
found
in Israel to serve ,
even
to
serve
Jehovah
their God. All
his days
they departed
not from following Jehovah
, the God of their fathers.
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