1	Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign# , and he reigned# in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
			2	And he did# that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked# in the ways of David his father, and declined# neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
			3	For in the eighth year of his reign# , while he was yet young, he began# to seek# after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth# year he began# to purge# Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
			4	And they brake down# the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down# ; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces# , and made dust# of them , and strowed# it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed# unto them. [the images: or, the sun images] [graves: Heb. face of the graves]
			5	And he burnt# the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed# Judah and Jerusalem.
			6	And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. [mattocks: or, mauls]
			7	And when he had broken down# the altars and the groves, and had beaten# the graven images into powder# , and cut down# all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned# to Jerusalem. [into...: Heb. to make powder]
			8	Now in the eighteenth# year of his reign# , when he had purged# the land, and the house, he sent# Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder# , to repair# the house of the LORD his God.
			9	And when they came# to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered# the money that was brought# into the house of God, which the Levites that kept# the doors had gathered# of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned# # # # to Jerusalem.
			10	And they put# it in the hand of the workmen# # that had the oversight# of the house of the LORD, and they gave# it to the workmen# # that wrought# in the house of the LORD, to repair# and amend# the house:
			11	Even to the artificers and builders# gave# they it , to buy# hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor# the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed# . [to floor: or, to rafter]
			12	And the men did# the work faithfully: and the overseers# of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward# ; and other of the Levites, all that could skill# of instruments of musick.
			13	Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers# of all that wrought# the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes# , and officers# , and porters.
			14	And when they brought out# the money that was brought into# the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found# a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. [by: Heb. by the hand of]
			15	And Hilkiah answered# and said# to Shaphan the scribe# , I have found# the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered# the book to Shaphan.
			16	And Shaphan carried# the book to the king, and brought# the king word back# again, saying# , All that was committed# to thy servants, they do# it . [to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc]
			17	And they have gathered together# the money that was found# in the house of the LORD, and have delivered# it into the hand of the overseers# , and to the hand of the workmen# # . [gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted]
			18	Then Shaphan the scribe# told# the king, saying# , Hilkiah the priest hath given# me a book. And Shaphan read# it before the king. [it: Heb. in it]
			19	And it came to pass, when the king had heard# the words of the law, that he rent# his clothes.
			20	And the king commanded# Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe# , and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying# , [Abdon: or, Achbor]
			21	Go# , enquire# of the LORD for me, and for them that are left# in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found# : for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out# upon us, because our fathers have not kept# the word of the LORD, to do# after all that is written# in this book.
			22	And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed , went# to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath# # , the son of Hasrah, keeper# of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt# in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake# to her to that effect . [Hasrah: also called, Harhas] [wardrobe: Heb. garments] [in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part]
			23	And she answered# them, Thus saith# the LORD God of Israel, Tell# ye the man that sent# you to me,
			24	Thus saith# the LORD, Behold, I will bring# evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants# thereof, even all the curses that are written# in the book which they have read# before the king of Judah:
			25	Because they have forsaken# me, and have burned incense# # # # unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger# with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out# upon this place, and shall not be quenched# .
			26	And as for the king of Judah, who sent# you to enquire# of the LORD, so shall ye say# unto him, Thus saith# the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard# ;
			27	Because thine heart was tender# , and thou didst humble# thyself before God, when thou heardest# his words against this place, and against the inhabitants# thereof, and humbledst# thyself before me, and didst rend# thy clothes, and weep# before me; I have even heard# thee also, saith# the LORD.
			28	Behold, I will gather# thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered# to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see# all the evil that I will bring# upon this place, and upon the inhabitants# of the same. So they brought# the king word again# .
			29	Then the king sent# and gathered together# all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
			30	And the king went up# into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants# of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read# in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found# in the house of the LORD. [great...: Heb. from great even to small]
			31	And the king stood# in his place, and made# a covenant before the LORD, to walk# after the LORD, and to keep# his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform# the words of the covenant which are written# in this book.
			32	And he caused all that were present# in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand# to it . And the inhabitants# of Jerusalem did# according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. [present: Heb. found]
			33	And Josiah took away# all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present# in Israel to serve# , even to serve# the LORD their God. And all his days they departed# not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. [present: Heb. found] [from...: Heb. from after]