The Book of the Law Found

The high priest Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law(A) in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

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Then the king went to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant(A) that had been found in the Lord’s temple.(B) Next, the king stood by the pillar[a](C) and made a covenant(D) in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul(E) in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to[b] the covenant.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform
  2. 23:3 Lit people took a stand in

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