1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

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Joshua 15:39, Joshua 15:39, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:33, 2 Chronicles 34:1

2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Joshua 1:7, Deuteronomy 5:32, Joshua 1:7, Deuteronomy 5:32, 2 Kings 18:3

3And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

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2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:33, 2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:33

4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:

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2 Kings 12:4, 2 Kings 12:4, 1 Chronicles 6:13, Psalms 84:10, 1 Chronicles 9:11

5and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,

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2 Kings 12:11, 2 Kings 12:14, 2 Kings 12:11, 2 Kings 12:14, 2 Kings 12:5

6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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7Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.

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2 Kings 12:15, 2 Kings 12:15, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Luke 16:10

8And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Deuteronomy 31:24, Deuteronomy 31:26, Deuteronomy 31:24, Deuteronomy 31:26, 2 Chronicles 34:14

9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah.

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2 Kings 25:22, Jeremiah 36:10, Jeremiah 36:12, 2 Kings 18:18, Ezekiel 8:11

10And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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Jeremiah 36:21, Jeremiah 36:21, Jeremiah 36:15, Jeremiah 36:6, 2 Chronicles 34:18

11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

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2 Chronicles 34:19, 2 Chronicles 34:19, Joel 2:13, Joel 2:13, Jeremiah 36:24

12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

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Jeremiah 26:24, Jeremiah 26:24, 2 Kings 25:22, 2 Kings 25:22, Isaiah 37:1

13Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

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Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 29:28, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:18, Deuteronomy 29:23

14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.

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2 Chronicles 34:22, Judges 4:4, 2 Chronicles 34:22, Judges 4:4, Micah 6:4

15And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,

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Jeremiah 23:28, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Kings 1:6, Jeremiah 23:28, 2 Kings 1:16

16Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read.

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Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:14, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:14, Joshua 23:15

17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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2 Kings 21:22, 2 Kings 21:22, Isaiah 46:5, Isaiah 46:8, Deuteronomy 32:22

18But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

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Isaiah 3:10, Malachi 3:16, Malachi 3:17, 2 Chronicles 34:26, 2 Chronicles 34:28

19because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

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Psalms 51:17, Psalms 51:17, 1 Kings 21:29, 1 Kings 21:29, Exodus 10:3

20Therefore, 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 which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

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Psalms 37:37, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2, Isaiah 57:1