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2 Kings 22
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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. |
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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. |
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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, |
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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: |
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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, |
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Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn
stone to repair the house. |
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Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was
delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. |
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And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the
law, that he rent his clothes. |
 (22:11) "When the king had heard the words of the book of the
law ... he rent his clothes."
They rent their clothes.
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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, |
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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. |
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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. |
 (22:14) "Huldah ... dwelt in Jerusalem in the college."
The only college mentioned in the Bible.
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And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man
that sent you to me, |
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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: |
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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. |
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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; |
 (22:19) "Because ... thou ... hast rent thy clothes ... I also have heard thee, saith the LORD."
They rent their clothes.
Should we rend our clothes?
(22:20) "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."
God promises Josiah that he will have a
peaceful death. But Josiah's death was anything but peaceful.
(2 Kg.23:29-30, 2 Chr.35:23-24)
How did King Josiah die?
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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.
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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.
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