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ENQUIRY OF JEHOVAH.
22. 11-13. Isa: 57. 15; 66.1, 2
HULDAH THE PRO- PHETESS.
22. 2 KIN. 22. 14.
s. second_ part.
house_of=God, which the Levites +that_ kept the doors. had_gathered of the_ hand_of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the_remnant-of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they re- turned to Jerusalem.
10 And they put zt in the_hand_of the workmen x-that had_the_oversight_of the_house_of J the Lorb, and they gave it to the workmen +that_wrought in the_house_of J the Lorn, to repair and amend the house:
ll Even to the artificers and xbuilders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for xcouplings, and / to floor «the houses which the_kings_of Judah had_destroyed. .
12 And the « men +did the work faith- fully : and the_oyerseers_of them were Jahath and- Obadiah, the Levites, of the_sons_of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the_sons_of the Koha- thites, to set_it_forward ; and other of the Leyites, all +that_h could_skill of instruments_of music.
13 Also they were over the bearers_ of_burdens, and were overseers of all 4that_wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 And when they brought_out «the simoney that was_brought into the_ house_of J the Lorp, Hilkiah the priest found a “book of the_law_of 4 the Lorp given by »t Moses.
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I -have_found the_ book_of the law in the_house-of / the Lorp.” And. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16 And Shaphan carried -the book to the king, and brought -the king word
‘6. | back again, saying, “ All that. was_com- ‘| mitted to .¢ thy servants, thep «do it.
17 And they have_v gathered_together -the simoney that was_found in the_ house_of J the Lorn, and haye_delivered it into the_hand_of the overseers, and to the_hand_of the workmen.”
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “ Hilkiah the priest -hath_ given ,¢me a book.” And Shaphan read ai it before the king.
19 And it came_to_pass, when the king had_heard -the_words-_of the law,
,,|that he rent his -clothes.
2 And the king commanded -Hil- kiah, and -Ahikam the_son_of -Sha- phan, and -Abdon the_son_of Micah, and -Shaphan. the scribe, and ~Asaiah a servant_of the king’s, saying,
21 “-Go, sinquire of J the Lorp for me, and for them that_are_left in Israél and in Judah, concerning the_words_ of the book that -is_found : for great is the_wrath_of/ the Lorp that -is_poured_ out upon us, because our fathers have not kept -the-word_of 4 the Lorn, to do after all xbook,”
22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the_wife_of Shallum, the_son_of Tikvath, the_son_of Hasrah, keeper _of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the s college :) and they spake to her to that effect.
book which they have_read before the_ king_of Judah :
25 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_poured_ out upon xthis xplace, and shall not be_quenched.
26 And as_for the_king-_of Judah, xzwho sent you to inquire of / the Lorn, so shall_ye_say unto him, Thus -saith Jthe Lor =God_of Israél concerning the werds which thou shast_heard ;
27 Because thine heart was_tender, and thou didst-humble_thyself before =God, when thou heardest His -words against xthis xplace, and against the_ inhabitants thereof, and humbledst_ thyself before Me, and didst_rend thy | «clothes, and weep before Me; £ have even heard thee also, +saith J the Lorp. .
28 Behold, I will_gather thee to thy ; fathers, and thou sshalt_be_gathered to ’ thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that € -will_bring upon xthis xplace, and upon the_in- habitants_of the same.” So _ they brought -the king word again.
2 Then the king sent and gathered_ together ~all the_elders_of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 And the king went_up into the_ house_of J the Lorp, and all the_imen_ of Judah, and the_inhabitants_of Jeru- salem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and heread in their ears ~all the_words_ of the_book_of the covenant that was_ found in the_house_of Jthe Lorp. z
31 And the king stood in his place,| _ THE and «made @ %covenant before /the| COVENA Lorp, to walk after Jthe Lorp, and to| praxy keep His -commandments, and His/3) 32 2% testimonies, and His statutes, with all| 23.3; an his heart, and with all his soul, to| 1.14 perform sthe_words_of the covenant] congrmed xiwhich are_written in xthis xbook.
82 And he caused present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the_inhabitants_of Jerusalem did according_to the_cove- nant_of=God, the_=God_of their fathers.
33 And Josiah took_away all the| Ipouatry abominations out_of all the countries| PU?D0¥ that pertained to the_s children _of|*}-25™ Israél, and made -all xsthat were_pre-|s. sons. sent in Israél to_serve, even to serve , Jethe Lorp their =God. And all his days they departed not from following 4 the Lorn, the_=God_of their fathers.
3 5 MOREOVER Josiah kept a pass-|~ Jostan over unto ‘the Lorp in Jerusa-| Passo lem: and they killed the passover on} about 623 the_fourteenth_day_of the first xmonth. | 1-19. 2 Ku
2 And he set the priests in their] ,":2y3 charges, and encouraged them to the_ service_of the_house_of 4 the Lorn,
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3 And said unto the Levites, that taught all Israel, which were_holy unto J the Lorn, “*Put the holy -ark in the house which Solomon the_son_of David king_of Israél did_build ; it shalZ not be a burden upon your x-shoulders : *serve
4.6.Jehovah|now J+the LorD your =God, and His
eae te Israél,
+ And «prepare yourselves by the_ houses _of your ak or ele co according to the_writing_o Dawid king. of Israél, and according_ to the_writing_of Solomon his son.
5 And «stand in the holy place accord- ing_to the_divisions_of the_ families_of
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’ families_of the Levites.
6 So -kill the passover, and -sanctify_ yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may_do acco to the_ word _ of ‘the Lorp by the_hand_of oses.”
7 And Josiah gave to ~¢the ae of the flock, lambs and kids, xall for the passover_offerings, for all that were_ present, to the_number_of thirty thou- sand, and three thousand bullocks:
Hilkiab, | these were of the king’s substance.
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Levites : 4 Hilkiah and = Zechariah and Jehiél, rulers_of the_house_of x=God,
+.Conaniah,| gave unto the priests for the passover_
offerings two_thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9¢ Conaniah also, and s Shemaiah and
"| » Nethaneél, his brethren, and ha Hash-
abiah and Jj Jeiél and jo Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for
Given-of | passover_offerings five thousand smal/
cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was_prepared, and
Es- teemed_of | the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their moat according_to |
the king’s commandment.
il And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites «flayed them.
12 And they sremoved the «burnt_ offerings, that they might_give accord- ing_to the_divisions_ofthe_/ families_of
tthe people, to > offer unto / the Lorp, as
it ig swritten in the_book_of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
13 And they roasted the passover with
16.| «fire according_to the ordinance: but
the other holy offerings cosod they in xpots, and in xcaldrons, and in “pane, and divided_them_speedily among all the people.
14 And afterward they made_ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the_sons_of Aaron were busied in xoffering « of ¢xburnt_ offerings and the fat until night ; there- forethe Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the_sons_of Aaron.
15 And the singers the_sons_of Asaph were in their place, according_to the_ commandment_of David, and Asapb, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their Service ; for their brethren the Levites
Il. CHRONICLES XXXVI. 3. 16 So all the_service_of /the Lorp = abet
was_prepared the same xday, to keep the passover, and to offer « « burnt_ offerings upon the_altar_of / the Lorn, C —— the _commandment _ of
osiah. Wv And the_s children_of Israél xsthat were _present -kept «the passover at xthat xtime, and «the_feast_of x=unlea- vened_bread seven days.
18 And there was no passover like_to that kept in Israél from the_days_of Samuél the prophet; neither did all the_ Pot _of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israél xthat were_present, and the_inhabitants_of Jerusalem.
12 Tn the_eighteenth year of the_reign_ of Josiah was xthis xpassover kept.
20 After all this when Josiah had_)
prepared -the ’ temple, » Necho king_ of Egypt came_up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Jo- siah went_out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him,/2 saying, “ What have I to do with thee, I come not};;
thou king_of Judah? against thee this day, but against the_ house wherewith_I_have_war : for =God commanded me to make_haste: -for- bear thee from meddling with =God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.”
= Nevertheless Josiah would not turn | | JOSIAH.
his face from him, but disguised_him- self, that he might_fight with him, and hearkened notunto the_words_of Necho from the_mouth_of =God, and came to fight in the_valley_of Megiddo.
23 And the archers shot at xking Jo- siah; and the king said to his ser- vants, “Have_me_away ; for I am sore wounded.”
2t His servants therefore took him}
out_of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to J ee and he died, and was_buried in one of the_ sepul-| chres_of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
% And j Jeremiah lamented for Jo-| siah : and all the singing_men and the) singing_women spake of Josiah in their |.
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DEATH OF
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lamentations to this day, and made) 2.
them an ordinance in Israél: and, be- hold, they are written in the lamenta- tions.
26 Now the_rest_ofthe_acts_of_Josiah,
|. Jeremiah, Elevated_of Jehovah.
ACTS and his *=goodness, according_to that | OF Josiax.
which was x+written in the_law_of! the |
Lorn,
27 And his deeds, «first and ~last, be- hold, they are written in the_book_of the_kings_of Israél and Judah.
36 THEN the_people_of the land took J-Jehoahaz the_son_of Jo- siah, and made_him_king in his father’s|
stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began_to_reign, and e reigned three months in Jerusalem. | 3 And the_king_of Egypt put_him_
adown at Jerusalem, and condemned |”; =the land in a hundred talents_ofsilver
Boece 2KIn. 2B. 23.
| k. kind- nesses.
JEHOAHAZ'S REIGN.
1, 2.2 Kr.
J. JSehoal
Jehovah
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CARRIED TO EeyYPr.
369
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