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2 Kings 22

4 Ioſiáh repaireth the Temple. 8 Helkiáh findeth the boke of the Lawe, and cauſeth it to be preſented to Ioſiáh. 12 Who ſendeth to Huldáh the propheteſſe to inquire the Lords wil.
1.Ioſiáh was eight yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned one and thirtie yere in Ieruſalém. His mothers name alſo was Iedidáh the daughter of Adaiáh of Bozcáth.
2.And he did vprightly in the ſight of the Lord, & walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed nether to the right hand, nor to the left.
3.¶ And in the eightenth yere of King Ioſiáh, the King ſent Shaphán the ſonne of Azaliáh the ſonne of Meſhullám the chãceller to the houſe of the Lord, ſaying,
4.Go vp to Hilkiáh the hie Prieſt, that he may ſumme the ſiluer which is broght into the houſe of the Lord, which the kepers of the dore haue gathered of the people.
5.And let them deliuer it into the hand of them that do the worke, and haue the ouerſight of the houſe of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the houſe of the Lord, to repaire the decayed places of the houſe:
6.To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & maſons, and to bye tymber, and hewed ſtone to repaire the houſe.
7.Howbeit let no rekening be made with them of the money, that is deliuered into their hand: for they deale faithfully.
8.And Hilkiáh the hie Prieſt ſaid vnto Shaphán the chanceller, I haue founde the boke of the Lawe in the houſe of the Lord: and Hilkiáh gaue the boke to Shaphán, and he red it.
9.So Shaphán the chanceller came to the King, and broght him worde againe, & ſaid, Thy ſeruāts haue gathered the money, that was founde in the houſe, and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of them that do the worke, and haue the ouerſight of the houſe of the Lord.
10.Alſo Shaphán the chanceller ſhewed the King, ſaying, Hilkiáh the Prieſt hathe deliuered me a boke. And Shaphán red it before the King.
11.And when the King had heard the wordes of the boke of the Lawe, he rent his clothes.
12.Therefore the King commanded Hilkiáh the Prieſt, and Ahikám the ſonne of Shaphán, and Achbór the ſonne of Michaíah, and Shaphán the chanceller, and Aſahíah the Kings ſeruant, ſaying,
13.Go ye and inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Iudáh, concerning the wordes of this boke that is founde: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled againſt vs, becauſe our fathers haue not obeyed the wordes of this boke, to do according vnto all that which is writen therein for vs.
14.¶ So Hilkiáh the Prieſt and Ahikám, and Achbór and Shaphán, and Aſahíah went vnto Huldáh the Propheteſſe the wife of Shallúm, the ſonne of Tikuáh, the ſonne of Harhás keper of the wardrobe: (and ſhe dwelt in Ieruſalém in the colledge) and they communed with her.
15.And ſhe anſwered them, Thus ſayth the Lord God of Iſraél, Tel the man that ſent you to me,
16.Thus ſayth the Lord, Beholde, I wil bring euil vpon this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, euen all the wordes of ye boke which ye King of Iudáh hathe red,
17.Becauſe they haue forſaken me, and haue burnt incenſe vnto other gods, to anger me with all the workes of their hands: my wrath alſo ſhalbe kindled againſt this place, and ſhal not be quenched.
18.But to the King of Iudáh, who ſent you to inquire of the Lord, ſo ſhal ye ſay vnto him, Thus ſayth the Lord God of Iſraél, The wordes that thou haſt heard, ſhal come to paſſe.
19.But becauſe thine heart did melt, and thou haſt humbled thy ſelfe before the Lord, when thou heardeſt what I ſpake againſt this place, and againſt the inhabitants of the ſame, to wit, that it ſhulde be deſtroyed and accurſed, and haſt rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I haue alſo heard it, ſayth the Lord.
20.Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou ſhalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes ſhal not ſe all the euil, which I wil bring vpon this place. Thus they broght the King worde againe.

Notes

1:a.
His zeale was prophecied of, & his name mencioned by Iddó the Prophet, more then thre hundreth yeres before, 1. King. 13, 2: and being but eight yere olde, he ſought ye God of his father Dauid, 2 Chro. 34, 3.
1:*.
2 Chro. 34, 1.
4:".
Or, coyne, as verſ. 9
4:b.
Certeine of the Prieſtes were appointed to this office, as Chap. 12, 9
5:c.
Frõ the time of Ioáſh for the ſpace of 224 yeres the Temple remained without reparatiõ through the negligence of ye Prieſts this declareth that they that haue a charge and execute it not, oght to haue it taken from them.
7:d.
So God prouided him of faithful ſeruāts, ſeing he went about ſo zealouſly to ſet forthe the worke of God.
8:e.
This was the copie that Moſes left them, as appeareth 2 Chro 34.14 which either by the negligence of the Prieſts had bene loſt, or els by the wickednes of idolatrous Kings had bene aboliſhed.
9:".
Ebr. melted.
13:f.
Meaning to ſome Prophet whome God reueleth the knowledge of things vnto, as Ier 21,1 thogh at other times they inquired the Lord by Vrim & Thummim.
14:".
Or, the houſe of doctrine wc was nere to the Temple, & where the learned aſſembled to intreat the Scriptures, & the doctrine of the Prophetes.
17:h.
The workes of mans hand here ſignifie all that mā inuenteth beſide the worde of God & are abominablē in Gods ſight.
19:i.
Meaning that he did repent as they, that do not repent, are ſaid to harden their heart, Pſal. 95,8.
20:k.
Whereupon we may gather that the angre of God is ready againſt the wicked, when God taketh his ſeruants out of this worlde.