2Chronicles:34:14-33
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And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD ,
Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses .
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And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe ,
I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD .
And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan .
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And Shaphan carried the book to the king ,
and brought the king word back again ,
saying ,
All that was committed to thy servants ,
they do it .
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And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD ,
and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers ,
and to the hand of the workmen .
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Then Shaphan the scribe told the king ,
saying ,
Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book .
And Shaphan read it before the king .
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And it came to pass ,
when the king had heard the words of the law ,
that he rent his clothes .
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And the king commanded Hilkiah ,
and Ahikam the son of Shaphan ,
and Abdon the son of Micah ,
and Shaphan the scribe ,
and Asaiah a servant of the king '
s ,
saying ,
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Go ,
enquire of the LORD 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 the LORD that is poured out upon us ,
because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD ,
to do after all that is written in this book .
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And Hilkiah ,
and they that the king had appointed ,
went to Huldah the prophetess ,
the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath ,
the son of Hasrah ,
keeper of the wardrobe ; (
now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college :)
and they spake to her to that effect .
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And she answered them ,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel ,
Tell ye the man that sent you to me ,
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Thus saith the LORD ,
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 :
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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 my wrath shall be poured out upon this place ,
and shall not be quenched .
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And as for the king of Judah ,
who sent you to enquire of the LORD ,
so shall ye say unto him ,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard ;
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Because thine heart was tender ,
and thou didst humble thyself before God ,
when thou heardest his words against this place ,
and against the inhabitants thereof ,
and humbledst thyself before me ,
and didst rend thy clothes ,
and weep before me ;
I have even heard thee also ,
saith the LORD .
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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 of the same .
So they brought the king word again .
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Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem .
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And the king went up into the house of the LORD ,
and all the men of Judah ,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and the priests ,
and the Levites ,
and all the people ,
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 the LORD .
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And the king stood in his place ,
and made a covenant before the LORD ,
to walk after the LORD ,
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 which are written in this book .
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And he caused all that were present 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 .
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And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel ,
and made all that were present in Israel to serve ,
even to serve the LORD their God .
And all his days they departed not from following the LORD ,
the God of their fathers .