14_2CH_34_01 Josiah [ was ] eight years old when he began to reign , And he reigned in Jerusalem one And thirty years .
14_2CH_34_02 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 .
14_2CH_34_03 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 , And the molten images .
14_2CH_34_04 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence ; And the images , that [ were ] on high above them , he cut down ; And the groves , And the carved images , And the molten images , he brake in pieces , And made dust [ of them ] , And strowed [ it ] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them .
14_2CH_34_05 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars , And cleansed Judah And Jerusalem .
14_2CH_34_06 And [ So did he ] in the cities of Manasseh , And Ephraim , And Simeon , even unto Naphtali , with their mattocks round about .
14_2CH_34_07 And when he had broken down the altars And the groves , And had beaten the graven images into powder , And cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel , he returned to Jerusalem .
14_2CH_34_08 now in the eighteenth year of his reign , when he had purged the land , And the house , he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah , And Maaseiah the governor of the city , And Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder , to repair the house of the LORD his God .
14_2CH_34_09 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest , they delivered the money that was brought into the 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 returned to Jerusalem .
14_2CH_34_10 And they put [ it ] in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD , And they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD , to repair And amend the house :
14_2CH_34_11 even to the artificers And builders gave they [ it ] , to buy hewn stone , And timber for couplings , And to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed .
14_2CH_34_12 And the men did the work faithfully : And the overseers of them [ were ] Jahath And Obadiah , the Levites , of the sons of Merari ; And Zechariah And Meshullam , of the sons of the Kohathites , to set [ it ] forward ; And [ other of ] the Levites , all that could skill of instruments of music .
14_2CH_34_13 also [ they were ] over the bearers of burdens , And [ were ] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service : And of the Levites [ there were ] scribes , And officers , And porters .
14_2CH_34_14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD , Hilkiah the priest found A book of the law of the LORD [ given ] by Moses .
14_2CH_34_15 And Hilkiah answered And said to Shaphan the scribe , I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD . And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan .
14_2CH_34_16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king , And brought the king word back again , saying , all that was committed to thy servants , they do [ it ] .
14_2CH_34_17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD , And have delivered it into the hand of the overseers , And to the hand of the workmen .
14_2CH_34_18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king , saying , Hilkiah the priest hath given me A book . And Shaphan read it before the king .
14_2CH_34_19 And it came to pass , when the king had heard the words of the law , that he rent his clothes .
14_2CH_34_20 And the king commanded Hilkiah , And Ahikam the son of Shaphan , And Abdon the son of Micah , And Shaphan the scribe , And Asaiah A servant of the king's , saying ,
14_2CH_34_21 go , Inquire of the LORD for me , And for them that are left in Israel And in Judah , concerning the words of the book that Is found : for great [ Is ] the wrath of the LORD that Is poured out upon us , because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD , to do after all that Is written in this book .
14_2CH_34_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 college : ] And they spake to her to that [ effect ] .
14_2CH_34_23 And she answered them , thus saith the LORD God of Israel , tell ye the man that sent you to me ,
14_2CH_34_24 thus saith the LORD , behold , I will bring evil upon this place , And upon the inhabitants thereof , [ even ] all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah :
14_2CH_34_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 this place , And shall not be quenched .
14_2CH_34_26 And as for the king of Judah , who sent you to Inquire of the LORD , So shall ye say unto him , thus saith the LORD God of Israel [ concerning ] the words which thou hast heard ;
14_2CH_34_27 because thine heart was tender , And thou didst humble thyself before God , when thou heardest his words against this place , And against the inhabitants thereof , And humbledst thyself before me , And didst rend thy clothes , And weep before me ; I have even heard [ thee ] also , saith the LORD .
14_2CH_34_28 behold , I will gather thee to thy fathers , And thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace , neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place , And upon the inhabitants of the same . So they brought the king word again .
14_2CH_34_29 Then the king sent And gathered together all the elders of Judah And Jerusalem .
14_2CH_34_30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD , And all the men of Judah , And the inhabitants of Jerusalem , And the priests , And the Levites , And all the people , great And small : And he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD .
14_2CH_34_31 And 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 which are written in this book .
14_2CH_34_32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem And Benjamin to stand [ to it ] . And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God , the God of their fathers .
14_2CH_34_33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [ pertained ] to the children of Israel , And made all that were present in Israel to serve , [ even ] to serve the LORD their God . [ And ] all his days they departed not from following the LORD , the God of their fathers .