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2 Kings 22:2-4
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2 Kings 22:2-4
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2 Josiah always obeyed the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.
Hilkiah Finds The Book of God's Law
(2 Chronicles 34.8-28)
3 After Josiah had been king for 18 years, he told Shaphan,[a] one of his highest officials:
Go to the Lord's temple 4 and ask Hilkiah the high priest to collect from the guards all the money that the people have donated.
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- 22.3 Shaphan: Hebrew “Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam.”
2 Kings 22:2-4
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2 Kings 22:2-4
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2 He did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right(B) or to the left.
3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan(C) son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: 4 “Go up to Hilkiah(D) the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected(E) from the people.
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