2Kings 22:20 - Prayer Tents

22Josiah was an eight year old child when he began to reign, and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.H2977H8083H8141H1121H4427H4427H7970H259H8141H3389H517H8034H3040H1323H5718H1218 2He practiced what the Lord considered to be right, living the way his ancestor David had lived, turning neither to the right nor to the left.H6213H3477H5869H3068H3212H1870H1732H1H5493H3225H8040 3Eighteen years after King Josiah had begun to reign, the king sent Azaliah's son Shaphan, grandson of Meshullam the scribe to the Lord's temple. He told him,H8083H6240H8141H4428H2977H4428H7971H8227H1121H683H1121H4918H5608H1004H3068H559 4"Go to the high priest Hilkiah, so he can count the money that has been brought into the Lord's temple by the doorkeepers who have been gathering it from the people.H5927H2518H1419H3548H8552H3701H935H1004H3068H8104H5592H622H5971 5Have them deliver it to the workmen who are supervising the Lord's temple, so that they may pay it over to the workmen who serve in the Lord's temple to repair its damages,H5414H3027H6213H4399H6485H1004H3068H5414H6213H4399H1004H3068H2388H919H1004 6including paying the carpenters, builders, and masons, as well as buying timber and pre-carved stone to repair the temple.H2796H1129H1443H7069H6086H4274H68H2388H1004 7But you won't need to force them to be accountable for money already paid to them, since they're faithful."H2803H3701H5414H3027H6213H530 8Later on, Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, "I've discovered the Book of the Law in the Lord's temple." Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he began to read it.H2518H1419H3548H559H8227H5608H4672H5612H8451H1004H3068H2518H5414H5612H8227H7121 9Shaphan the scribe reported to king Josiah, he brought up the matter to him and told him, "Your servants have distributed the money that was found in the temple by giving it to the workmen who supervise the Lord's temple."H8227H5608H935H4428H7725H4428H1697H7725H559H5650H5413H3701H4672H1004H5414H3027H6213H4399H6485H1004H3068 10Then Shaphan the scribe informed the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Then Shaphan read from it in the king's presence.H8227H5608H5046H4428H559H2518H3548H5414H5612H8227H7121H6440H4428 11When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothesH4428H8085H1697H5612H8451H7167H899 12and issued these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Shaphan's son Ahikam, Micaiah's son Achbor, Shaphan the scribe, and the king's servant Asaiah:H4428H6680H2518H3548H296H1121H8227H5907H1121H4320H8227H5608H6222H5650H4428H559 13"Go ask the Lord for me, for the people, and for all of Judah about what's written in this book that has been discovered, because the Lord's anger is burning against us, since our ancestors have not listened to the words written in this book and have not lived according to everything that is written concerning us."22H3212H1875H3068H5971H3063H1697H5612H4672H1419H2534H3068H3341H1H8085H1697H5612H6213H3789 14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophet Huldah, the wife of Tikvah's son Shallum, the grandson of Harhas and supervisor of the royal wardrobe, who lived in the Second Quarter in Jerusalem. They spoke with her,H2518H3548H296H5907H8227H6222H3212H2468H5031H802H7967H1121H8616H1121H2745H8104H899H3427H3389H4932H1696 15and she told them, "This is what the Lord says: 'Look! I'm bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants - everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read?H559H559H3068H430H3478H559H376H7971 17because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods, they have provoked me to anger with everything that they have done. Therefore my anger is kindled against this place and it won't be quenched!H5800H6999H312H430H3707H4639H3027H2534H3341H4725H3518 18Nevertheless, tell the king of Judah who sent you to ask the Lord about this: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Now about what you've heard,H4428H3063H7971H1875H3068H559H559H3068H430H3478H1697H8085 19because your heart was sensitive, and you humbled yourself in the Lord's presence when you heard what I had to say against this place and against its inhabitants - that they would become a desolation and a curse - and you have torn your clothes and cried out before me, be assured that I have truly heard you,' declares the Lord.H3824H7401H3665H6440H3068H8085H1696H4725H3427H8047H7045H7167H899H1058H6440H8085H5002H3068 20'Therefore, look! I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be placed in your grave in peace. Your eyes will never see all the evil that I will bring on this place.'"'" 22H622H1H622H6913H7965H5869H7200H7451H935H4725H7725H4428H1697H7725