| 34:1 | Josiah <02977> [was] eight <08083> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800), and he reigned <04427> (8804) in Jerusalem <03389> one <0259> and thirty <07970> years <08141>. |
| 34:2 | And he did <06213> (8799) [that which was] right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> (8799) in the ways <01870> of David <01732> his father <01>, and declined <05493> (8804) [neither] to the right hand <03225>, nor to the left <08040>. |
| 34:3 | For in the eighth <08083> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800), while he was yet young <05288>, he began <02490> (8689) to seek <01875> (8800) after the God <0430> of David <01732> his father <01>: and in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> he began <02490> (8689) to purge <02891> (8763) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> from the high places <01116>, and the groves <0842>, and the carved images <06456>, and the molten images <04541>. |
| 34:4 | And they brake down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> of Baalim <01168> in his presence <06440>; and the images <02553>, that [were] on high above them <04605>, he cut down <01438> (8765); and the groves <0842>, and the carved images <06456>, and the molten images <04541>, he brake in pieces <07665> (8765), and made dust <01854> (8689) [of them], and strowed <02236> (8799) [it] upon <06440> the graves <06913> of them that had sacrificed <02076> (8802) unto them. {the images: or, the sun images} {graves: Heb. face of the graves} |
| 34:5 | And he burnt <08313> (8804) the bones <06106> of the priests <03548> upon their altars <04196>, and cleansed <02891> (8762) Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>. |
| 34:6 | And [so did he] in the cities <05892> of Manasseh <04519>, and Ephraim <0669>, and Simeon <08095>, even unto Naphtali <05321>, with their mattocks <02719> round about <05439>. {mattocks: or, mauls} |
| 34:7 | And when he had broken down <05422> (8762) the altars <04196> and the groves <0842>, and had beaten <03807> (8765) the graven images <06456> into powder <01854> (8687), and cut down <01438> (8765) all the idols <02553> throughout all the land <0776> of Israel <03478>, he returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>. {into...: Heb. to make powder} |
| 34:8 | Now in the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800), when he had purged <02891> (8763) the land <0776>, and the house <01004>, he sent <07971> (8804) Shaphan <08227> the son <01121> of Azaliah <0683>, and Maaseiah <04641> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>, and Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Joahaz <03099> the recorder <02142> (8688), to repair <02388> (8763) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430>. |
| 34:9 | And when they came <0935> (8799) to Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548>, they delivered <05414> (8799) the money <03701> that was brought <0935> (8716) into the house <01004> of God <0430>, which the Levites <03881> that kept <08104> (8802) the doors <05592> had gathered <0622> (8804) of the hand <03027> of Manasseh <04519> and Ephraim <0669>, and of all the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>, and of all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>; and they returned <07725> (8799) (8675) <03427> (8802) to Jerusalem <03389>. |
| 34:10 | And they put <05414> (8799) [it] in the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that had the oversight <06485> (8716) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and they gave <05414> (8799) it to the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399> that wrought <06213> (8802) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, to repair <0918> (8800) and amend <02388> (8763) the house <01004>: |
| 34:11 | Even to the artificers <02796> and builders <01129> (8802) gave <05414> (8799) they [it], to buy <07069> (8800) hewn <04274> stone <068>, and timber <06086> for couplings <04226>, and to floor <07136> (8763) the houses <01004> which the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had destroyed <07843> (8689). {to floor: or, to rafter} |
| 34:12 | And the men <0582> did <06213> (8802) the work <04399> faithfully <0530>: and the overseers <05329> (8763) of them [were] Jahath <03189> and Obadiah <05662>, the Levites <03881>, of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847>; and Zechariah <02148> and Meshullam <04918>, of the sons of the Kohathites <06956>, to set [it] forward <06485> (8716); and [other of] the Levites <03881>, all that could skill <0995> (8688) of instruments <03627> of musick <07892>. |
| 34:13 | Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens <05449>, and [were] overseers <05329> (8764) of all that wrought <06213> (8802) the work <04399> in any manner of service <05656>: and of the Levites <03881> [there were] scribes <05608> (8802), and officers <07860> (8802), and porters <07778>. |
| 34:14 | And when they brought out <03318> (8687) the money <03701> that was brought into <0935> (8716) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> found <04672> (8804) a book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> [given] by <03027> Moses <04872>. {by: Heb. by the hand of} |
| 34:15 | And Hilkiah <02518> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) to Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802), I have found <04672> (8804) the book <05612> of the law <08451> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And Hilkiah <02518> delivered <05414> (8799) the book <05612> to Shaphan <08227>. |
| 34:16 | And Shaphan <08227> carried <0935> (8686) the book <05612> to the king <04428>, and brought <07725> (0) the king <04428> word <01697> back <07725> (8686) again, saying <0559> (8800), All that was committed <05414> (8738) to <03027> thy servants <05650>, they do <06213> (8802) [it]. {to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc} |
| 34:17 | And they have gathered together <05413> (8686) the money <03701> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and have delivered <05414> (8799) it into the hand <03027> of the overseers <06485> (8716), and to the hand <03027> of the workmen <06213> (8802) <04399>. {gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted} |
| 34:18 | Then Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802) told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>, saying <0559> (8800), Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> hath given <05414> (8804) me a book <05612>. And Shaphan <08227> read <07121> (8799) it before <06440> the king <04428>. {it: Heb. in it} |
| 34:19 | And it came to pass, when the king <04428> had heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the law <08451>, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>. |
| 34:20 | And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Hilkiah <02518>, and Ahikam <0296> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>, and Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Micah <04318>, and Shaphan <08227> the scribe <05608> (8802), and Asaiah <06222> a servant <05650> of the king's <04428>, saying <0559> (8800), {Abdon: or, Achbor} |
| 34:21 | Go <03212> (8798), enquire <01875> (8798) of the LORD <03068> for me, and for them that are left <07604> (8737) in Israel <03478> and in Judah <03063>, concerning the words <01697> of the book <05612> that is found <04672> (8738): for great <01419> [is] the wrath <02534> of the LORD <03068> that is poured out <05413> (8738) upon us, because our fathers <01> have not kept <08104> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, to do <06213> (8800) after all that is written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>. |
| 34:22 | And Hilkiah <02518>, and [they] that the king <04428> [had appointed], went <03212> (8799) to Huldah <02468> the prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Tikvath <08616> (8676) <08445>, the son <01121> of Hasrah <02641>, keeper <08104> (8802) of the wardrobe <0899>; (now she dwelt <03427> (8802) in Jerusalem <03389> in the college <04932>:) and they spake <01696> (8762) to her to that [effect]. {Hasrah: also called, Harhas} {wardrobe: Heb. garments} {in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part} |
| 34:23 | And she answered <0559> (8799) them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Tell <0559> (8798) ye the man <0376> that sent <07971> (8804) you to me, |
| 34:24 | Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Behold, I will bring <0935> (8688) evil <07451> upon this place <04725>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, [even] all the curses <0423> that are written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> which they have read <07121> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>: |
| 34:25 | Because they have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and have burned incense <06999> (8762) (8675) <06999> (8686) unto other <0312> gods <0430>, that they might provoke me to anger <03707> (8687) with all the works <04639> of their hands <03027>; therefore my wrath <02534> shall be poured out <05413> (8799) upon this place <04725>, and shall not be quenched <03518> (8799). |
| 34:26 | And as for <0413> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, who sent <07971> (8802) you to enquire <01875> (8800) of the LORD <03068>, so shall ye say <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> [concerning] the words <01697> which thou hast heard <08085> (8804); |
| 34:27 | Because thine heart <03824> was tender <07401> (8804), and thou didst humble <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> God <0430>, when thou heardest <08085> (8800) his words <01697> against this place <04725>, and against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof, and humbledst <03665> (8735) thyself before <06440> me, and didst rend <07167> (8799) thy clothes <0899>, and weep <01058> (8799) before <06440> me; I have even heard <08085> (8804) [thee] also, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. |
| 34:28 | Behold, I will gather <0622> (8802) thee to thy fathers <01>, and thou shalt be gathered <0622> (8738) to thy grave <06913> in peace <07965>, neither shall thine eyes <05869> see <07200> (8799) all the evil <07451> that I will bring <0935> (8688) upon this place <04725>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the same. So they brought <07725> (0) the king <04428> word <01697> again <07725> (8686). |
| 34:29 | Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) and gathered together <0622> (8799) all the elders <02205> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>. |
| 34:30 | And the king <04428> went up <05927> (8799) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and all the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>, and the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and all the people <05971>, great <01419> and small <06996>: and he read <07121> (8799) in their ears <0241> all the words <01697> of the book <05612> of the covenant <01285> that was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. {great...: Heb. from great even to small} |
| 34:31 | And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) in his place <05977>, and made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, to walk <03212> (8800) after <0310> the LORD <03068>, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687>, and his testimonies <05715>, and his statutes <02706>, with all his heart <03824>, and with all his soul <05315>, to perform <06213> (8800) the words <01697> of the covenant <01285> which are written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>. |
| 34:32 | And he caused all that were present <04672> (8737) in Jerusalem <03389> and Benjamin <01144> to stand <05975> (8686) [to it]. And the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> did <06213> (8799) according to the covenant <01285> of God <0430>, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>. {present: Heb. found} |
| 34:33 | And Josiah <02977> took away <05493> (8686) all the abominations <08441> out of all the countries <0776> that [pertained] to the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and made all that were present <04672> (8737) in Israel <03478> to serve <05647> (8686), [even] to serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>. [And] all his days <03117> they departed <05493> (8804) not from following <0310> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>. {present: Heb. found} {from...: Heb. from after} |
2 Chronicles 34 - AV with Strong Numbers
