2Chronicles:34:14-33

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* And when they took out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord , Chilkiyahu the priest found the book of the law of the Lord through the hand of Moses . * Then commenced Chilkiyahu and said to Shaphan the scribe , The book of the law have I found in the house of the Lord . And Chilkiyahu gave the book to Shaphan . * And Shaphan carried the book to the king , and brought the king also word back again , saying , All that was put in the hand of thy servants , have they truly done . * And they have taken out the money that was found in the house of the Lord , and have delivered it into the hand of the appointed overseers , and into the hand of those who overlook the workmen . * Then told Shaphan the scribe the king , saying , A book hath Chilkiyahu the priest given me . And Shaphan read in it before the king . * And it came to pass , when the king heard the words of the law , that he rent his clothes . * And the king commanded Chilkiyahu , and Achikam the son of Shaphan , and ‘Abdon the son of Michah , and Shaphan the scribe , and ‘Assayah a servant of the king ’s , saying , * Go ye , inquire of the Lord in my behalf , and in behalf of those that are left in Israel and in Judah , concerning the words of the book that hath been found ; for great is the fury of the Lord that is poured out against us , because our fathers did not keep the word of the Lord , to do in accordance with all that is written in this book . * Then went Chilkiyahu with those whom the king , to Chuldah the prophetess , the wife of Shallum the son of Thoknath , the son of Chassrah , the keeper of the wardrobe ; ––now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the suburb ; ––and they spoke to her in that wise . * And she said unto them , Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel , Say unto the man that hath sent you to me , * Thus hath said the Lord , Behold , I will bring evil upon this place , and upon its inhabitants , all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah ; * Because they have forsaken me , and have burnt incense unto other gods , in order to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands : therefore is my fury poured out upon this place , and it shall not be quenched . * And with respect to the king of Judah , who sendeth you to inquire of the Lord , thus shall ye say to him , Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel , Concerning the words which thou hast heard ; * Because thy heart was tender , and thou didst humble thyself before God , when thou heardst his words against this place , and against its inhabitants , and didst humble thyself before me , and rend thy clothes , and weep before me : I have also truly heard it , saith the Lord . * Behold , I will gather thee unto thy fathers , and thou shalt be gathered to thy graves in peace , and thy eyes shall not look on all the evil which I am bringing over this place , and over its inhabitants . And they brought the king word again . * And the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem . * And the king went up into the house of the Lord , with all the men of Judah , and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and the priests , and the Levites , and all the people , from the great to the small ; and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord . * And the king stood up on his stand , and he 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 that are written in this book . * And he caused to accede to it every one that was present in Jerusalem and Benjamin . And the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God , the God of their fathers . * And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel , and caused all that were present in Israel to serve , even to serve the Lord their God . All his days did they not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers .

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