1   Iosiah was ^note eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and hee reigned one and thirtie yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Iedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.

2   And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, and ^note walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

3   ¶2; And in the eighteenth yeere of King Iosiah, the King sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah the sonne of Meshullam the chanceller to þe; house of the Lord, saying,

4   Goe vp to Hilkiah the high Priest, that hee may ^note summe the siluer which is brought into the house of the Lorde, which the keepers of the ^{note note} doore haue gathered of the people.

5   And let them ^note deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde, to repaire the decayed places of the house:

6   To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire the house. The Law is found.

7   Howebeit, let no rekoning bee made with them of the money, that is deliuered into their hand: for they deale ^note faithfully.

8   And Hilkiah the high Priest sayde vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue found the ^note booke of the Lawe in the house of the Lorde: and Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan, and hee reade it.

9   So Shaphan the chanceller came to þe; King, and brought him word againe, and saide, Thy seruants haue ^note gathered the money, that was found in the house, and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord.

10   Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath deliuered me a booke. And Shaphan read it before the King.

11   And when the King had heard the wordes of the booke of the Law, he rent his clothes.

12   Therefore the King commaunded Hilkiah the Priest, & Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, and Achbor the sonne of Michaiah, and Shaphan the chanceller, and Asahiah the Kings seruant, saying,

13   Go ye and ^note inquire of the Lord for me, & for the people, and for all Iudah concerning the wordes of this booke that is founde: for great is the wrath of the Lorde that is kindled against vs, because our fathers haue not obeyed the wordes of this booke, to doe according vnto all that which is written therein for vs.

14   ¶2; So Hilkiah the Priest and Ahikam, and Achbor & Shaphan, and Asahiah went vnto Huldah the Prophetesse the wife of Shallum, þe; sonne of Tikuah, the sonne of Harhas keeper of the wardrobe: (and she dwelt in Ierusalem in the ^note colledge) and they communed with her.

15   And shee answered them, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Tel the man that sent you to mee,

16   Thus sayth the Lorde, Behold, I wil bring euill vpon this place, & on the inhabitants thereof, euen al the words of the booke which þe; King of Iudah hath read,

17   Because they haue forsaken mee, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, to anger me with all þe; ^note works of their hands: my wrath also shalbe kindled against this place & shal not be qu&ebar;ched:

18   But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, The wordes that thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

19   But because thine heart did ^note melt, & thou hast humbled thy selfe before the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed and accursed, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I hane also heard it, saith the Lord.

20   Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, & thou shalt be put in thy graue in ^note peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euil, which I will bring vpon this place. Thus they brought the King worde againe.

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