2 Kings 22:10
in 2 Kings 22Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
KJV
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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This verse in 2 Kings 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Shaphan showed the king,.... Further related to him what follows: saying, Hilkiah the high priest hath delivered me a book; but did not say what book it was: and Shaphan read it before the king; part of it; and it is thought by Kimchi and Ben Gersom that he particularly read the reproofs and threatenings in the book of Deuteronomy; they suppose that Hilkiah read those to Shaphan, and directed him to read them to the king, that he might take into consideration a further reformation.
This site's exposition
hath delivered me a book
on 2 Kings 22:10-11
Shaphan reads the book before the king exactly as Hilkiah had read it before him, and the king's clothes tear at what he hears rather than at who found it. Rending garments answers grief and horror elsewhere in Scripture, as it did for Reuben over Joseph and Job at his loss, and it answers repentance, as it did for Ahab at 1 Ki 21:27, and both senses sit together here. Wesley notes that Josiah may already have known parts of the law, yet the scroll's discovery and its reading in his own hearing strike him with a force his prior knowledge had not carried.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Some think this book was the autograph, or original manuscript, of the five books of Moses, under his own hand; others think it was only an ancient and authentic copy. Most likely it was that which, by the command of Moses, was laid up in the most holy place, Deut. xxxi.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It was the temple copy which, had been laid (De 31:25, 26) beside the ark in the most holy place. During the ungodly reigns of Manasseh and Amon--or perhaps under Ahaz, when the temple itself had been profaned by idols, and the ark also (2Ch 35:3) removed from its site; it was somehow lost, and was now found again during the repair of the temple [KEIL].
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגֵּ֞ד | vaiyaged | and he told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| שָׁפָ֤ן | shafan | Shaphan | H8227 → | 34 times |
| הַסֹּפֵר֙ | hasofer | the scribe | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | lamelekh | to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| סֵ֚פֶר | sefer | a scroll | H5612 → | 186 times |
| נָ֣תַן | natan | he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to me | ||
| חִלְקִיָּ֖ה | chilkiyah | Hilkiah | H2518 → | 34 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֑ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ | vaiyikraehu | and he read aloud it | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שָׁפָ֖ן | shafan | Shaphan | H8227 → | 34 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיַּגֵּ֞דand he told
vaiyagedH5046 →370 times
שָׁפָ֤ןShaphan
shafanH8227 →34 times
הַסֹּפֵר֙the scribe
hasoferH5608 →159 times
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְto the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
סֵ֚פֶרa scroll
seferH5612 →186 times
נָ֣תַןhe gave
natanH5414 →2011 times
לִ֔יto me
li
חִלְקִיָּ֖הHilkiah
chilkiyahH2518 →34 times
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּand he read aloud it
vaiyikraehuH7121 →733 times
שָׁפָ֖ןShaphan
shafanH8227 →34 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they…
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:36
For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to…
- Numbers 29:35
On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- Deuteronomy 31:10–13
Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
- Leviticus 23:36
Through
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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 2:4–5
They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
- 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.
- Jeremiah 36:15
“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
- Ezekiel 2:4–5
Through
2 Chronicles 34:18Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:46
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 36:20–21
So 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.
- Psalms 119:46
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.