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1 Josi­ah was eight years old when he be­gan to reign, and he reigned thir­ty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Je­di­dah, the daugh­ter of Ada­iah of Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his fa­ther, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in the eigh­teenth year of king Josi­ah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Aza­li­ah, the son of Meshul­lam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, say­ing, 4 Go up to Hilki­ah the high priest, that he may sum the sil­ver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keep­ers of the door have gath­ered of the peo­ple: 5 And let them de­liv­er it into the hand of the do­ers of the work, that have the over­sight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the do­ers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to re­pair the breach­es of the house, 6 Unto car­pen­ters, and builders, and ma­sons, and to buy tim­ber and hewn stone to re­pair the house. 7 How­beit there was no reck­on­ing made with them of the mon­ey that was de­liv­ered into their hand, be­cause they dealt faith­ful­ly. 8 And Hilki­ah the high priest said unto 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. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy ser­vants have gath­ered the mon­ey that was found in the house, and have de­liv­ered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the over­sight of the house of the LORD. 10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, say­ing, Hilki­ah the priest hath de­liv­ered me a book. And Shaphan read it be­fore the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 12 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's, say­ing, 13 Go ye, en­quire of the LORD for me, and for the peo­ple, and for all Ju­dah, con­cern­ing the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kin­dled against us, be­cause our fa­thers have not hear­kened unto the words of this book, to do ac­cord­ing unto all that which is writ­ten con­cern­ing us. 14 So Hilki­ah the priest, and Ahikam, and Ach­bor, and Shaphan, and Asahi­ah, went unto Hul­dah the prophet­ess, the wife of Shal­lum the son of Tik­vah, the son of Harhas, keep­er of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the col­lege; ) and they com­muned with her. 15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Is­rael, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the LORD, Be­hold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the in­hab­i­tants there­of, even all the words of the book which the king of Ju­dah hath read: 17 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 kin­dled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Ju­dah which sent you to en­quire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Is­rael, As touching the words which thou hast heard; 19 Be­cause thine heart was ten­der, and thou hast hum­bled thy­self be­fore the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the in­hab­i­tants there­of, that they should be­come a des­o­la­tion and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept be­fore me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 20 Be­hold there­fore, I will gath­er thee unto thy fa­thers, and thou shalt be gath­ered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.