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Rh given by Moses. and Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the .' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word unto the king, saying: 'All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. And they have poured out the money that was found in the house of the, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.' And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read therein before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Law, that he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying: 'Go ye, inquire of the 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  that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the, to do according unto all that is written in this book.'

So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe—now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter—and they spoke to her to that effect. And she said unto them: 'Thus saith the, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me: Thus saith the : 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; because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the works of their hands; therefore is My wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched. But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the , the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before Me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the. 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 thereof.' And they brought back word unto the king.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of the, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both 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. And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the, to walk after the , 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 that were written in this book. And