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* Josiah [was ] eight years old when he began to reign . And he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem . And his mother 's name [was ] Jedidah , the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath . * And he did the right in the sight of the LORD , and walked in all the way of David his father , and did not turn aside to the right or to the left . * And it happened in the eighteenth year of Josiah , the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah , the son of Meshullam the scribe , to the house of the LORD , saying , * Go up to Hilkiah the high priest , so that he may count the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD , which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people . * And let them deliver it into the hand of the workers who have the oversight of the house of the Lord . And let them give it to the workers who [are ] in the house of the LORD , in order to repair the breaks of the house , * to carpenters , and builders , and masons , and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house . * Only , the silver that is given into their hand shall not be reckoned with them , for they are dealing in faithfulness . * And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe , I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD . And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan , and he read it . * And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought the king word again , and said , Your servants have gathered the silver that was found in the house , and have delivered it into the hand of the workers , who have the oversight of the house of the LORD . * And Shaphan the scribe showed the king , saying , Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book . And Shaphan read it before the king . * And it happened when the king had heard the words of the Book of the Law , he tore his clothes . * And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest , and Ahikam the son of Shaphan , and Achbor the son of Michaiah , and Shaphan the scribe , and Asahiah a servant of the king , saying , * Go inquire of the LORD for me , and for the people , and for all Judah , concerning the words of this book which is found . For great [is ] the wrath of the LORD which is kindled against us , because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book , to do according to all which is written concerning us . * And Hilkiah the priest , and Ahikam , and Achbor , and Shaphan , and Asahiah , went to Huldah the prophetess , the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah , the son of Harhas , keeper of the wardrobe . And she lived in Jerusalem in the second [part ]. And they talked with her . * And she said to them , So says Jehovah God of Israel , Tell the man who sent you to me , * So says the LORD , Behold , I will bring evil on this place and on the people of it , all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read ; * because they have forsaken Me , and have burned incense to other gods , so that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands , therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place , and it shall not be quenched . * But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD , so you shall say to him , So says the LORD God of Israel , The words which you have heard , * because your heart [was ] tender and you have humbled yourself before the LORD , when you heard what I spoke against this place , and against its people (that they should become a waste and a curse , and have torn your clothes and wept before Me ), I have heard you , says the LORD . * Behold , even so I will gather you to your fathers , and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace . And your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place . And they brought the king [this ] word again .

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