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2 Chronicles 34:18

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

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ASV

And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read therein before the king.

KJV

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּגֵּ֞דvai.ya.Gedand he toldH5046 →
שָׁפָ֤ןsha.FanShaphanH8227 →
הַסּוֹפֵר֙ha.so.Ferthe scribeH5608 →
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhto the kingH4428 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
סֵ֚פֶרSe.fera scrollH5612 →
נָ֣תַןNa.tanhe has givenH5414 →
לִ֔יLito me
חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huHilkiahH2518 →
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
וַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-and he read aloudH7121 →
ב֥וֹvoin it
שָׁפָ֖ןsha.FanShaphanH8227 →
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →

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Jeremiah 36:21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.Psalms 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.Jeremiah 36:20–21So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.Deuteronomy 17:19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.2 Chronicles 16:11Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.2 Chronicles 34:9So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.2 Kings 22:10Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.Psalms 119:97–99Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

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