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2 Kings 22:3

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

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ASV

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 of Jehovah, saying,

KJV

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 of the Lord, saying,

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֤הbish.mo.Nehin eight-H8083 →
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehteenH6240 →
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141 →
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428 →
יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977 →
שָׁלַ֣חsha.Lachhe sentH7971 →
הַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שָׁפָ֨ןsha.FanShaphanH8227 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
אֲצַלְיָ֤הוּ'a.tzal.Ya.huAzaliahH683 →
בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121 →
מְשֻׁלָּם֙me.shu.LamMeshullamH4918 →
הַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.Ferthe scribeH5608 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →

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2 Kings 22:9And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”Ezekiel 8:11Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.Jeremiah 36:12he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.2 Chronicles 34:3–33In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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