“Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of…

“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…

“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right…

“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house…

“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should…

“Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.” Literary Context The preceding line reads “And let them deliver it into the…

“Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.” Immediate Context The preceding line reads “Unto carpenters, and…

“And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to…

“And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s,…

“Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath…