<vn='1'><sn="2977">Josiah</s> was <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="3040">Jedidah</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="5718">Adaiah</s> of <sn="4480 1218">Boscath</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1980">walked</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and turned not <sn="3808 5493">aside</s> to the right <sn="3225">hand</s> or to the <sn="8040">left</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="8083 6240">eighteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>, that the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8227">Shaphan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="683">Azaliah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4918">Meshullam</s>, the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='4'>Go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, that he may <sn="8552">sum</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3701">silver</s> which is <sn="935">brought</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="8104">keepers</s> of the <sn="5592">door</s> have <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="4480 854">of</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>And let them <sn="5414">deliver</s> it <sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6213">doers</s> of the <sn="4399">work</s>, that have the <sn="6485">oversight</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and let them <sn="5414">give</s> it to the <sn="6213">doers</s> of the <sn="4399">work</s><sn="834">which</s> is in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="2388">repair</s> the <sn="919">breaches</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>Unto <sn="2796">carpenters</s>, and <sn="1129">builders</s>, and <sn="1443">masons</s>, and to <sn="7069">buy</s><sn="6086">timber</s> and <sn="4274">hewn</s><sn="68">stone</s> to <sn="2388">repair</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="389">Howbeit</s> there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2803">reckoning</s> made <sn="854">with</s> them of the <sn="3701">money</s> that was <sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="5921">into</s> their <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="530">faithfully</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="8227">Shaphan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, I have <sn="4672">found</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5612">book</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, and he <sn="7121">read</s> it. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="8227">Shaphan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and brought the king word <sn="7725 *853 4428 1697">again</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Thy <sn="5650">servants</s> have <sn="5413">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3701">money</s> that was <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s>, and have <sn="5414">delivered</s> it <sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of them that <sn="6213">do</s> the <sn="4399">work</s>, that have the <sn="6485">oversight</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="8227">Shaphan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s><sn="5046">showed</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> me a <sn="5612">book</s>. And <sn="8227">Shaphan</s><sn="7121">read</s> it <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when the <sn="4428">king</s> had <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s>, that he <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="296">Ahikam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, and <sn="5907">Achbor</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4320">Michaiah</s>, and <sn="8227">Shaphan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, and <sn="6222">Asahiah</s> a <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1980">Go</s> ye, <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1157">for</s> me, and <sn="1157">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1157">for</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">book</s> that is <sn="4672">found</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1419">great</s> is the <sn="2534">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="3341">kindled</s> against us, <sn="5921 834">because</s> our <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">book</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s> according unto <sn="3605">all</s> that which is <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> us. </v>
<vn='14'>So <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="296">Ahikam</s>, and <sn="5907">Achbor</s>, and <sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, and <sn="6222">Asahiah</s>, <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2468">Huldah</s> the <sn="5031">prophetess</s>, the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="7967">Shallum</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8616">Tikvah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2745">Harhas</s>, <sn="8104">keeper</s> of the <sn="899">wardrobe</s>; (now <sn="1931">she</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> in the <sn="4932">college</s>;) and they <sn="1696">communed</s><sn="413">with</s> her. </v>
<vn='15'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">Tell</s> the <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7971">sent</s> you <sn="413">to</s> me, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof, even <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5612">book</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> hath <sn="7121">read</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="8478 834">Because</s> they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and have burned <sn="6999">incense</s> unto <sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> they might provoke me to <sn="3707">anger</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">works</s> of their <sn="3027">hands</s>; therefore my <sn="2534">wrath</s> shall be <sn="3341">kindled</s> against <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3518">quenched</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> which <sn="7971">sent</s> you to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, As touching the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="8085">heard</s>; </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3282">Because</s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s> was <sn="7401">tender</s>, and thou hast humbled <sn="3665">thyself</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, when thou <sn="8085">heardest</s><sn="834">what</s> I <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof, that they should <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s> and a <sn="7045">curse</s>, and hast <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="899">clothes</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s><sn="6440">before</s> me; <sn="595">I</s><sn="1571">also</s> have <sn="8085">heard</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="3651">therefore</s>, I will <sn="622">gather</s> thee <sn="5921">unto</s> thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, and thou shalt be <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="413">into</s> thy <sn="6913">grave</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>; and thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. And they <sn="7725">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1697">word</s> again. </v>