2 Kings 22:10

And Sapphan the scribe spoke to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Sapphan read it before the king.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And he went into the house of the Lord to the king, and reported the matter to the king, and said, Thy servants have + 22:9 Gr. melted down.collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have given it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord.

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:19and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances:

2 Chronicles 34:18And Saphan the scribe brought word to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Saphan read it before the king.

Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast in the seventh month:

Nehemiah 13:1In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever;

Isaiah 66:5Hear the words of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak ye, + 66:5 Alex. ἡμῶν, but Heb. and Vat. 'your.'our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear + 66:5 Or, your.their joy; but they shall be ashamed.

Jeremiah 22:1Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 22:2-11

Josiah's Pious Reign; the Book of the Law Read. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah 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 Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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