II. Kines XXII. 1

doers_of the work which is in the_ house_of /the Lorp, to repair -the_ breaches_of the house,
® Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair «the house.”
7 Howbeit there twas no reckoning
made with them of the smoney that|s.
was_delivered into their hand, because thep +dealt faithfully. ;
8 And Hilkiah the high xpriest. said unto Shaphan the scribe, “I shave_ found the_book_of the law in the. house_of /the Lorn.” gave rthe book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought -the king word again, and said, “Thy servants haye_
And Hilkiah|®
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r gathered «the s money that was_found | "34 44—
in the house, and have_delivered it into the_hand_of them_that_do the work, that have_the_oversight of the_ house_of J the Lorp.”
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the Nyala hath delivered me a book.” And Sha- phan read it before the king.
11 And it came_to_pass, when the king had_heard -the_words_of the_
book_of the law, that he rent his| +
clothes.
12 And the king commanded -Hilkiah the priest, and ~Ahikam the_son_of Shaphan, and -Achbor the_son_of Mi- chaiah, and -Shaphan the scribe, and ~Asahiah a servant_of the king’s, saying,
13 “Go ye, sinquire_of J «the Lorp for me, and for the people, and for all Ju- dah, concerning the_words_of xthis xbook x+that is_found : for great is the_ wrath_of Jthe Lorp that -is_kindled against us, because our fathers shave not hearkened unto the_words_of xthis xbook, to do according_unto all *+that_ which is_written concerning us.”
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asa-
hiah, went unto *Huldah the pro-|,
phetess, the_wife_of Shallum the_son_| 99°
of Tikvah, the_son_of Harhas, keeper_ of the g=wardrobe ; (now she +dwelt in
Jerusalem in the scollege;) and they|%°§
communed with her.
15 And she said unto them, “Thus saith J the Lorp =God_of Israél, -Tell the ‘man that sent pou to me,
16 Thus -saith Jthe Lorn, Behold, I
+will_bring evil upon xthis xplace, and Fi
upon the_inhabitants thereof, even
the_words_of the book which the_king_| 29.
of Judah hath read :
17 Because they -have_forsaken Me, and have_burned_incense unto other gods, that_they_might provoke_Me_to_ anger with all the_works_oftheir hands; therefore My wrath -shall_be_kindled against xthis xplace, and shall not be_ quenched.
18 But to the_king_of Judah x+which sent pou to inquire_of 4-the Lorp, thus
shall_ye_say to him, Thus ssaith / the .G. Jeb v
Lorp =God_of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast_heard ;
19 Because thine heart was_tender, and thou hast_humbled_thyself before J the Lorp, when thou heardest what I
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