2 Chronicles 34

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 34 of 36

¹ Josiah was a son of eight years when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty one years.

² And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father David, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

³ And in the eighth year of his reign, and he was still a boy, he began to seek to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.

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Chapter Summary

Josiah's good reign. He destroys idolatry. Hilkiah finds a book of the law. Josiah sends to Huldah to ask of Jehovah. Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, after Josiah's time.

Key Hebrew Words

תּוֹרָה the Law H8451 · TWOT 910d

בְּרִית covenant H1285 · TWOT 282a

בֶּגֶד garments H899 · TWOT 198a

דָּרַשׁ to seek, inquire H1875 · TWOT 455

כָּנַע be humbled H3665 · TWOT 1001

פָּסִיל graven image H6456 · TWOT 1788b

People & Context

Josiah

King of Judah who purged idolatry, repaired the temple, heard the Law, and led the people into covenant

Hilkiah

The high priest who found the Book of the Law of Jehovah in the temple during the repairs

Shaphan

The scribe who received the book from Hilkiah and read it before King Josiah

Huldah

Prophetess in Jerusalem who prophesied judgment on the place but peace for Josiah before the disaster

Timeline

Josiahs Early Reign and Cleansing of the Land

Josiah seeks God in his eighth year and, in his twelfth year, violently purges Judah, Jerusalem, and northern cities of altars, Asherahs, and idols.

2 Chronicles 34:1-7

Josiah Orders Temple Repairs

In his eighteenth year, Josiah dispatches officials to give collected money to Hilkiah the high priest to pay artisans and builders to repair the temple.

2 Chronicles 34:8-13

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

While transferring the temple funds, Hilkiah the priest discovers the Book of the Law of Jehovah given by Moses and hands it to Shaphan the scribe.

2 Chronicles 34:14-18

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