Dual Panel1Josiah <02977> was eight <08083> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king, and he reigned <04427> for thirty-one <0259> <07970> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Jedidah <03040>, daughter <01323> of Adaiah <05718>, from Bozkath <01218>.
2He did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477> and followed <01980> in his ancestor <01> David’s <01732> footsteps <01870>; he did not <03808> deviate <05493> to the right <03225> or the left <08040>.
3In the eighteenth <06240> <08083> year <08141> of King <04428> Josiah’s <02977> reign, the king <04428> sent <07971> the scribe <05608> Shaphan <08227> son <01121> of Azaliah <0683>, son <01121> of Meshullam <04918>, to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> with these orders:
4“Go up <05927> to <0413> Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548> and have him melt down <08552> the silver <03701> that has been brought <0935> by the people <05971> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and has been collected <0622> by the guards <08104> at the door <05592>.
5Have them hand <05414> it over <05921> to the construction <04399> foremen <06213> assigned <06485> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They in turn should pay <05414> the temple <03068> <01004> workers <04399> <06213> to repair <02388> it,
6including craftsmen <02796>, builders <01129>, and masons <01443>, and should buy <07069> wood <06086> and chiseled <04274> stone <068> for the repair <02388> work.
7Do not <03808> audit <02803> the foremen who disburse <05414> the silver <03701>, for <03588> they <01992> are honest <06213> <0530>.”
8Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548> informed <0559> Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608>, “I found <04672> the law <08451> scroll <05612> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.” Hilkiah <02518> gave <05414> the scroll <05612> to <0413> Shaphan <08227> and he read <07121> it.
9Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> went <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> and reported <07725>, “Your servants <05650> melted down <05413> the silver <03701> in the temple <01004> and handed <03027> <05414> it over <03027> <05414> to <05921> the construction <06213> foremen <04399> assigned <06485> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.”
10Then Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> told <05046> the king <04428>, “Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> has given <05414> me a scroll <05612>.” Shaphan <08227> read <07121> it out loud before <06440> the king <04428>.
11When <01961> the king <04428> heard <08085> the words <01697> of the law <08451> scroll <05612>, he tore <07167> his clothes <0899>.
12The king <04428> ordered <06680> Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548>, Ahikam <0296> son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>, Acbor <05907> son <01121> of Micaiah <04320>, Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608>, and Asaiah <06222> the king’s <04428> servant <05650>,
13“Go <01980>, seek <01875> an oracle from the Lord <03068> for <01157> me and the people <05971>– for <01157> all <03605> Judah <03063>. Find out about <05921> the words <01697> of this <02088> scroll <05612> that has been discovered <04672>. For <03588> the Lord’s <03068> fury <02534> has been ignited <03341> against <05921> us, because <0834> our ancestors <01> have not <03808> obeyed <08085> the words <01697> of this <02088> scroll <05612> by doing <06213> all <03605> that it instructs <03789> us to do.”
14So Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548>, Ahikam <0296>, Acbor <05907>, Shaphan <08227>, and Asaiah <06222> went <01980> to <0413> Huldah <02468> the prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Shullam <07967> son <01121> of Tikvah <08616>, the son <01121> of Harhas <02745>, the supervisor <08104> of the wardrobe <0899>. (She lived in <03427> Jerusalem <03389> in the Mishneh district <04932>.) They stated <01696> their business,
15and she said <0559> to <0413> them: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: ‘Say <0559> this to the man <0376> who <0834> sent <07971> you to <0413> me:
16“This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: ‘I am about to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <0413> this <02088> place <04725> and its residents <03427>, the details <03605> of which are recorded <01697> in the scroll <05612> which <0834> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> has read <07121>.
17This will happen because <0834> <08478> they have abandoned <05800> me and offered sacrifices <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>, angering <03707> me with all <03605> the idols <04639> they have made <03027>. My anger <02534> will ignite <03341> against this <02088> place <04725> and will not <03808> be extinguished <03518>!’”
18Say <0559> this <03541> to <0413> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, who sent <07971> you to seek <01875> an oracle from the Lord <03068>: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559> concerning the words <01697> you have heard <08085>:
19‘You displayed <07401> a sensitive <07401> spirit <03824> and humbled <03665> yourself before <06440> the Lord <03068> when you heard <08085> how <0834> I intended <01696> to make this <02088> place <04725> and its residents <03427> into an appalling <08047> example <07045> of an accursed people. You tore <07167> your clothes <0899> and wept <01058> before <06440> me, and <01571> I <0595> have heard <08085> you,’ says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
20‘Therefore <03651> I will allow <0622> you to <05921> die <0622> and be buried <06913> in peace <07965>. You will not <03808> have to witness <05869> <07200> all <03605> the disaster <07451> I <0589> will bring <0935> on <05921> this <02088> place <04725>.’”’” Then they reported <01697> back <07725> to the king <04428>.