"Rediscovering God"
2 Kings 22 (NASB)
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.2 He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left.3 Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying,4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.5 Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.7 Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it.9 Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.10 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.11 When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the kings servant saying,13 Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her.15 She said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man who sent you to me,16 thus says the LORD, Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.17 Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Regarding the words which you have heard,19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you, declares the LORD.20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. So they brought back word to the king.
Jeremiah 36 (NASB)
1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.3 Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.5 Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.6 So you go and read from the scroll which you have written at my dictation the words of the LORD to the people in the LORDS house on a fast day. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.7 Perhaps their supplication will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.8 Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORDS house.9 Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD.10 Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORDS house, to all the people.11 Now when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the LORD from the book,12 he went down to the kings house, into the scribes chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there--Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.13 Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people.14 Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them.15 They said to him, Sit down, please, and read it to us. So Baruch read it to them.16 When they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another and said to Baruch, We will surely report all these words to the king.17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?18 Then Baruch said to them, He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.19 Then the officials said to Baruch, Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.20 So they went to the king in the court, but they had deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they reported all the words to the king.21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it to the king as well as to all the officials who stood beside the king.22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning in the brazier before him.23 When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribes knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.24 Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.25 Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the kings son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written at the dictation of Jeremiah, saying,28 Take again another scroll and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned.29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says the LORD, You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will make man and beast to cease from it?30 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.31 I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to them--but they did not listen.32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.2 He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left.3 Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying,4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.5 Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.7 Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it.9 Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.10 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.11 When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the kings servant saying,13 Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her.15 She said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man who sent you to me,16 thus says the LORD, Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.17 Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Regarding the words which you have heard,19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you, declares the LORD.20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. So they brought back word to the king.
Jeremiah 36 (NASB)
1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.3 Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.5 Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.6 So you go and read from the scroll which you have written at my dictation the words of the LORD to the people in the LORDS house on a fast day. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.7 Perhaps their supplication will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.8 Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORDS house.9 Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD.10 Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORDS house, to all the people.11 Now when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the LORD from the book,12 he went down to the kings house, into the scribes chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there--Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.13 Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people.14 Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them.15 They said to him, Sit down, please, and read it to us. So Baruch read it to them.16 When they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another and said to Baruch, We will surely report all these words to the king.17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?18 Then Baruch said to them, He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.19 Then the officials said to Baruch, Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.20 So they went to the king in the court, but they had deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they reported all the words to the king.21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it to the king as well as to all the officials who stood beside the king.22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning in the brazier before him.23 When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribes knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.24 Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.25 Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the kings son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written at the dictation of Jeremiah, saying,28 Take again another scroll and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned.29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says the LORD, You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will make man and beast to cease from it?30 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.31 I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to them--but they did not listen.32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.