Dual Panel1Josiah <02977> [was] eight <08083> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and he reigned <04427> (8804) in Jerusalem <03389> one <0259> and thirty <07970> years <08141>_.
2And he did <06213> (8799) [that which was] right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, and walked <03212> (8799) in the ways <01870> of David <01732> his father <01>_, and declined <05493> (8804) [neither] to the right hand <03225>_, nor to the left <08040>_.
3For in the eighth <08083> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800)_, while he was yet young <05288>_, he began <02490> (8689) to seek <01875> (8800) after the God <0430> of David <01732> his father <01>_: and in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> he began <02490> (8689) to purge <02891> (8763) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> from the high places <01116>_, and the groves <0842>_, and the carved images <06456>_, and the molten images <04541>_.
4And they brake down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> of Baalim <01168> in his presence <06440>_; and the images <02553>_, that [were] on high above them <04605>_, he cut down <01438> (8765)_; and the groves <0842>_, and the carved images <06456>_, and the molten images <04541>_, he brake in pieces <07665> (8765)_, and made dust <01854> (8689) [of them], and strowed <02236> (8799) [it] upon <06440> the graves <06913> of them that had sacrificed <02076> (8802) unto them. {the images: or, the sun images} {graves: Heb. face of the graves}
5And he burnt <08313> (8804) the bones <06106> of the priests <03548> upon their altars <04196>_, and cleansed <02891> (8762) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>_.
6And [so did he] in the cities <05892> of Manasseh <04519>_, and Ephraim <0669>_, and Simeon <08095>_, even unto Naphtali <05321>_, with their mattocks <02719> round about <05439>_. {mattocks: or, mauls}
7And when he had broken down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> and the groves <0842>_, and had beaten <03807> (8765) the graven images <06456> into powder <01854> (8687)_, and cut down <01438> (8765) all the idols <02553> throughout all the land <0776> of Israel <03478>_, he returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_. {into...: Heb. to make powder}
8Now in the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800)_, when he had purged <02891> (8763) the land <0776>_, and the house <01004>_, he sent <07971> (8804) Shaphan <08227> the son <01121> of Azaliah <0683>_, and Maaseiah <04641> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>_, and Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Joahaz <03099> the recorder <02142> (8688)_, to repair <02388> (8763) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430>_.
9And when they came <0935> (8799) to Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548>_, they delivered <05414> (8799) the money <03701> that was brought <0935> (8716) into the house <01004> of God <0430>_, which the Levites <03881> that kept <08104> (8802) the doors <05592> had gathered <0622> (8804) of the hand <03027> of Manasseh <04519> and Ephraim <0669>_, and of all the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>_, and of all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>_; and they returned <07725> (8799) (8675) <03427> (8802) to Jerusalem <03389>_.
10And they put <05414> (8799) [it] in the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that had the oversight <06485> (8716) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and they gave <05414> (8799) it to the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that wrought <06213> (8802) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, to repair <0918> (8800) and amend <02388> (8763) the house <01004>_:
11Even to the artificers <02796> and builders <01129> (8802) gave <05414> (8799) they [it], to buy <07069> (8800) hewn <04274> stone <068>_, and timber <06086> for couplings <04226>_, and to floor <07136> (8763) the houses <01004> which the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had destroyed <07843> (8689)_. {to floor: or, to rafter}
12And the men <0582> did <06213> (8802) the work <04399> faithfully <0530>_: and the overseers <05329> (8763) of them [were] Jahath <03189> and Obadiah <05662>_, the Levites <03881>_, of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847>_; and Zechariah <02148> and Meshullam <04918>_, of the sons of the Kohathites <06956>_, to set [it] forward <06485> (8716)_; and [other of] the Levites <03881>_, all that could skill <0995> (8688) of instruments <03627> of musick <07892>_.
13Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens <05449>_, and [were] overseers <05329> (8764) of all that wrought <06213> (8802) the work <04399> in any manner of service <05656>_: and of the Levites <03881> [there were] scribes <05608> (8802)_, and officers <07860> (8802)_, and porters <07778>_.
14And when they brought out <03318> (8687) the money <03701> that was brought into <0935> (8716) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> found <04672> (8804) a book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> [given] by <03027> Moses <04872>_. {by: Heb. by the hand of}
15And Hilkiah <02518> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) to Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, I have found <04672> (8804) the book <05612> of the law <08451> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_. And Hilkiah <02518> delivered <05414> (8799) the book <05612> to Shaphan <08227>_.
16And Shaphan <08227> carried <0935> (8686) the book <05612> to the king <04428>_, and brought <07725> (0) the king <04428> word <01697> back <07725> (8686) again, saying <0559> (8800)_, All that was committed <05414> (8738) to <03027> thy servants <05650>_, they do <06213> (8802) [it]. {to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc}
17And they have gathered together <05413> (8686) the money <03701> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and have delivered <05414> (8799) it into the hand <03027> of the overseers <06485> (8716)_, and to the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399>_. {gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted}
18Then Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802) told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> hath given <05414> (8804) me a book <05612>_. And Shaphan <08227> read <07121> (8799) it before <06440> the king <04428>_. {it: Heb. in it}
19And it came to pass, when the king <04428> had heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the law <08451>_, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>_.
20And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Hilkiah <02518>_, and Ahikam <0296> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>_, and Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Micah <04318>_, and Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, and Asaiah <06222> a servant <05650> of the king's <04428>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, {Abdon: or, Achbor}
21Go <03212> (8798)_, enquire <01875> (8798) of the LORD <03068> for me, and for them that are left <07604> (8737) in Israel <03478> and in Judah <03063>_, concerning the words <01697> of the book <05612> that is found <04672> (8738)_: for great <01419> [is] the wrath <02534> of the LORD <03068> that is poured out <05413> (8738) upon us, because our fathers <01> have not kept <08104> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_, to do <06213> (8800) after all that is written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>_.
22And Hilkiah <02518>_, and [they] that the king <04428> [had appointed], went <03212> (8799) to Huldah <02468> the prophetess <05031>_, the wife <0802> of Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Tikvath <08616> (8676) <08445>_, the son <01121> of Hasrah <02641>_, keeper <08104> (8802) of the wardrobe <0899>_; (now she dwelt <03427> (8802) in Jerusalem <03389> in the college <04932>:) and they spake <01696> (8762) to her to that [effect]. {Hasrah: also called, Harhas} {wardrobe: Heb. garments} {in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part}
23And she answered <0559> (8799) them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, Tell <0559> (8798) ye the man <0376> that sent <07971> (8804) you to me,
24Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Behold, I will bring <0935> (8688) evil <07451> upon this place <04725>_, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, [even] all the curses <0423> that are written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> which they have read <07121> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_:
25Because they have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and have burned incense <06999> (8762) (8675) <06999> (8686) unto other <0312> gods <0430>_, that they might provoke me to anger <03707> (8687) with all the works <04639> of their hands <03027>_; therefore my wrath <02534> shall be poured out <05413> (8799) upon this place <04725>_, and shall not be quenched <03518> (8799)_.
26And as for <0413> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, who sent <07971> (8802) you to enquire <01875> (8800) of the LORD <03068>_, so shall ye say <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> [concerning] the words <01697> which thou hast heard <08085> (8804)_;
27Because thine heart <03824> was tender <07401> (8804)_, and thou didst humble <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> God <0430>_, when thou heardest <08085> (8800) his words <01697> against this place <04725>_, and against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, and humbledst <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> me, and didst rend <07167> (8799) thy clothes <0899>_, and weep <01058> (8799) before <06440> me; I have even heard <08085> (8804) [thee] also, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_.
28Behold, I will gather <0622> (8802) thee to thy fathers <01>_, and thou shalt be gathered <0622> (8738) to thy grave <06913> in peace <07965>_, neither shall thine eyes <05869> see <07200> (8799) all the evil <07451> that I will bring <0935> (8688) upon this place <04725>_, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the same. So they brought <07725> (0) the king <04428> word <01697> again <07725> (8686)_.
29Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) and gathered together <0622> (8799) all the elders <02205> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>_.
30And the king <04428> went up <05927> (8799) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and all the men <0376> of Judah <03063>_, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>_, and the priests <03548>_, and the Levites <03881>_, and all the people <05971>_, great <01419> and small <06996>_: and he read <07121> (8799) in their ears <0241> all the words <01697> of the book <05612> of the covenant <01285> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_. {great...: Heb. from great even to small}
31And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) in his place <05977>_, and made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, to walk <03212> (8800) after <0310> the LORD <03068>_, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687>_, and his testimonies <05715>_, and his statutes <02706>_, with all his heart <03824>_, and with all his soul <05315>_, to perform <06213> (8800) the words <01697> of the covenant <01285> which are written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>_.
32And he caused all that were present <04672> (8737) in Jerusalem <03389> and Benjamin <01144> to stand <05975> (8686) [to it]. And the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> did <06213> (8799) according to the covenant <01285> of God <0430>_, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>_. {present: Heb. found}
33And Josiah <02977> took away <05493> (8686) all the abominations <08441> out of all the countries <0776> that [pertained] to the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, and made all that were present <04672> (8737) in Israel <03478> to serve <05647> (8686)_, [even] to serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_. [And] all his days <03117> they departed <05493> (8804) not from following <0310> the LORD <03068>_, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>_. {present: Heb. found} {from...: Heb. from after}