the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe
(now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter);
and they talked with her.
022:015 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you
the man who sent you to me,
022:016 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book
which the king of Judah has read.
022:017 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense
to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all
the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
022:018 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh,
thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
022:019 because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself
before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place,
and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become
a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes,
and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
022:020 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you
shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.
They brought the king word again.
023:001 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem.
023:002 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:
and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
023:003 The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh,
to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart,
and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant
that were written in this book: and all the people stood
to the covenant.
023:004 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring
forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made
for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky,
and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields
of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
023:005 He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah
had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities
of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also
who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon,
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