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chapter 22
1
Josias
was eight years old when he began to reign: he reigned one and thirty years in
Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia, of
Besecath.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
Lord, and walked in all the ways of David his father: he turned not aside to
the right hand, or to the left.
3 And in the eighteenth year of b king Josias, the king
sent Saphan the son of Assia, the son of Messulam, the scribe of the temple of
the Lord, saying to him:
4 Go to Helcias the high priest, that the money may be
put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the
doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people.
5 And let it be given to the workmen by the overseers
of the house of the Lord: and lot them distribute it to those that work in the
temple of the Lord, to repair the temple:
6 That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as
mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries,
to repair the temple of the Lord.
7 But let there be no reckoning made with them of the
money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their
trust.
8 And Helcias the high priest said to Saphan the
scribe: I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord: and Helcias
gave the book to Saphan, and he read it.
9 And Saphan the scribe came to the king, and brought
him word again concerning that which he had commanded, and said: Thy servants
have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and
they have given it to be distributed to the workmen, by the overseers of the
works of the temple of the Lord.
10 And Saphan the scribe told the king, saying: Helcias
the priest hath delivered to me a book. And when Saphan had read it before the
king,
11 And the king had heard the words of the law of the
Lord, he rent his garments.
12 And he commanded Helcias the priest, and Ahicam the
son of Saphan, and Achobor the son of Micha, and Saphan the scribe, and Asaia
the king's servant, saying:
13 Go and consult the Lord for me, and for the people,
and for all Juda, concerning the words of this book which is found: for the
great wrath of the Lord is kindled against us, because our fathers have not
hearkened to the words of this book, to do all that is written for us.
14 So Helcias the priest, and Ahicam, and Achobor, and
Saphan, and Asaia went to Holda the prophetess the wife of Sellum the son of
Thecua, the son of Araas keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in Jerusalem in the
Second: and they spoke to her.
15 And she said to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of
Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me:
16 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring evils upon
this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the law which
the king of Juda hath read:
17 Because they have forsaken me, and have sacrificed
to strange gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands: therefore my
indignation shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
18 But to the king of Juda, who sent you to consult the
Lord, thus shall you say: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Forasmuch as
thou hast heard the words of the book,
19 And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and thou hast
humbled thyself before the Lord, hearing the words against this place, and the
inhabitants thereof, to wit, that they should become a wonder and a curse: and
thou hast rent thy garments, and wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith
the Lord:
20 Therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers, and
thou shalt be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace, that thy eyes may not see all
the evils which I will bring; upon this place.
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