Context 19When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. 20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the kings servant, saying, 21Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on us because our fathers have not observed the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book. Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks 22So Hilkiah and those whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this. 23She said to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Tell the man who sent you to Me, 24thus says the LORD, Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah. 25Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched. 26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus you will say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel regarding the words which you have heard, 27Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you, declares the LORD. 28Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants. And they brought back word to the king. 29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. Josiahs Good Reign 31Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book. 32Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his lifetime they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. Douay-Rheims Bible And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent his garments: Darby Bible Translation And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments. English Revised Version And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. World English Bible It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments, Library Josiah'Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Josiah and the Newly Found Law Imprisonment and Death of John The Book of the Law The History Books Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant. Covenanting Performed in Former Ages with Approbation from Above. Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 34:19 NIV • 2 Chronicles 34:19 NLT • 2 Chronicles 34:19 ESV • 2 Chronicles 34:19 NASB • 2 Chronicles 34:19 KJV • 2 Chronicles 34:19 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 34:19 Parallel • Bible Hub |