12:022:002 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.
12:022:003 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,
12:022:004 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:
12:022:005 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,
12:022:006 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons,
and to buy timber
and
hewn stone to repair the house.
12:022:007 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with
them of the money
that
was delivered into their hand, because they dealt
faithfully.
12:022:008 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.
12:022:009 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.
12:022:010 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king,
saying, Hilkiah the
priest
hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it
before
the
king.
12:022:011 And it came to pass, when the king had
heard the words of the
book
of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12:022:012 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,
12:022:013 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.
12:022:014 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.


