2 Kings 22

1 son: aged eight year Josiah in/on/with to reign he and thirty and one year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Jedidah daughter Adaiah from Bozkath

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah (she was the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath).

2 and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD and to go: walk in/on/with all way: conduct David father his and not to turn aside: turn aside right and left

He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. He walked in all the way of David his ancestor, and he did not turn away either to the right or to the left.

3 and to be in/on/with eight ten year to/for king Josiah to send: depart [the] king [obj] Shaphan son: child Azaliah son: child Meshullam [the] secretary house: temple LORD to/for to say

It came about that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,

4 to ascend: rise to(wards) Hilkiah [the] priest [the] great: large and to finish [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to come (in): bring house: temple LORD which to gather to keep: guard [the] threshold from with [the] people

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and tell him to count the money that has been brought into the house of Yahweh, which the temple guards have gathered from the people.

5 (and to give: give him *Q(k)*) upon hand to make: [do] [the] work [the] to reckon: overseer (house: home *Q(K)*) LORD and to give: give [obj] him to/for to make: [do] [the] work which in/on/with house: temple LORD to/for to strengthen: strengthen breach [the] house: home

Let it be given into the hand of the workmen who are in charge of the house of Yahweh, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, for them to make repairs to damage in the temple.

6 to/for artificer and to/for to build and to/for to wall up/off and to/for to buy tree: wood and stone hewing to/for to strengthen: strengthen [obj] [the] house: home

Let them give money to the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and also to buy timber and cut stone to repair the temple.”

7 surely not to devise: count with them [the] silver: money [the] to give: give upon hand their for in/on/with faithfulness they(masc.) to make: do

But no accounting was required for the money that was given to them, because they handled it faithfully.

8 and to say Hilkiah [the] priest [the] great: large upon Shaphan [the] secretary scroll: book [the] instruction to find in/on/with house: temple LORD and to give: give Hilkiah [obj] [the] scroll: book to(wards) Shaphan and to call: read out him

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” So Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

9 and to come (in): come Shaphan [the] secretary to(wards) [the] king and to return: reply [obj] [the] king word and to say to pour servant/slave your [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to find in/on/with house: home and to give: give him upon hand to make: [do] [the] work [the] to reckon: overseer house: temple LORD

Shaphan went and took the book to the king, and also reported to him, saying, “Your servants have spent the money that was found in the temple and they have given it into the hand of the workmen who supervise the care for the house of Yahweh.”

10 and to tell Shaphan [the] secretary to/for king to/for to say scroll: book to give: give to/for me Hilkiah [the] priest and to call: read out him Shaphan to/for face: before [the] king

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” Then Shaphan read it to the king.

11 and to be like/as to hear: hear [the] king [obj] word scroll: book [the] instruction and to tear [obj] garment his

It came about that when the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

12 and to command [the] king [obj] Hilkiah [the] priest and [obj] Ahikam son: child Shaphan and [obj] Achbor son: child Micaiah and [obj] Shaphan [the] secretary and [obj] Asaiah servant/slave [the] king to/for to say

The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, his own servant, saying,

13 to go: went to seek [obj] LORD about/through/for me and about/through/for [the] people and about/through/for all Judah upon word [the] scroll: book [the] to find [the] this for great: large rage LORD which he/she/it to kindle in/on/with us upon which not to hear: obey father our upon word [the] scroll: book [the] this to/for to make: do like/as all [the] to write upon us

“Go and consult with Yahweh for me, and for the people and for all Judah, because of the words of this book that has been found. For great is the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us because our ancestors have not listened to the words of this book so as to obey all that was written concerning us.”

14 and to go: went Hilkiah [the] priest and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah to(wards) Huldah [the] prophetess woman: wife Shallum son: child Tikvah son: child Harhas to keep: guard [the] garment and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem in/on/with Second [Quarter] and to speak: speak to(wards) her

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke with her.

15 and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD God Israel to say to/for man which to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) me

She said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'Tell the man who sent you to me,

16 thus to say LORD look! I to come (in): bring distress: harm to(wards) [the] place [the] this and upon to dwell his [obj] all word [the] scroll: book which to call: read out king Judah

“This is what Yahweh says: 'See, I will bring disaster to this place and to its inhabitants, according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read.

17 underneath: because of which to leave: forsake me and to offer: offer to/for God another because to provoke me in/on/with all deed: work hand their and to kindle rage my in/on/with place [the] this and not to quench

Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'”

18 and to(wards) king Judah [the] to send: depart [obj] you to/for to seek [obj] LORD thus to say to(wards) him thus to say LORD God Israel [the] word which to hear: hear

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh's will, this is what you will say to him: “Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: 'About the words that you heard,

19 because be tender heart your and be humble from face: before LORD in/on/with to hear: hear you which to speak: speak upon [the] place [the] this and upon to dwell his to/for to be to/for horror: destroyed and to/for curse and to tear [obj] garment your and to weep to/for face: before my and also I to hear: hear utterance LORD

because your heart was tender, and because you have humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I said against this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is Yahweh's declaration.

20 to/for so look! I to gather you upon father your and to gather to(wards) grave your in/on/with peace and not to see: see eye your in/on/with all [the] distress: harm which I to come (in): bring upon [the] place [the] this and to return: return [obj] [the] king word

See, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.'”'” So the men took this message back to the king.