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2 Kings 22:1-20 — The Book of the Law Found

2Kgs.22.1-20

¹Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. ²He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of his father David, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. ³Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, 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 count the money brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people. ⁵Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house— ⁶to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house. ⁷However, no accounting shall be required from them for the money delivered into their hand, for they deal faithfully." ⁸Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. ⁹Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word to the king, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.” ¹⁰Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. ¹¹When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes . ¹²The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, ¹³“Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.” ¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter), and they spoke to her. ¹⁵She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Tell the man who sent you to me, ¹⁶Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. ¹⁷Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.' ¹⁸But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus you shall say to him: 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, ¹⁹because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. ²⁰Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers , and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place.'" So they brought back word to the king.

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4/11/2026

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