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2 Kings 22:8

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Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

KJV

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 Shaphan, and he read it.

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This verse in 2 Kings 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 22:8 · Written before 850.

The book that was discovered was the Deuteronomy that Moses had placed in the ark as a precaution. It was brought out through a divine action, in order to show the people that it cried and argued against them because of their great iniquity and …

This site's exposition

I have found the book of the law

on 2 Kings 22:8-9

Hilkiah's report lands inside a routine financial errand, the book found rather than sought, surfacing in the middle of an audit and not a search. The commentators differ on what scroll this is, an autograph of Moses to some, the temple copy laid beside the ark at Deut 31:25-26 and lost sometime under Ahaz, Manasseh, or Amon to others, and the text itself does not say which. Shaphan reads it before he ever carries word of it to the king, so the scribe hears Deuteronomy before Josiah does.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I have found the book of the law - Was this the autograph of Moses? It is very probable that it was, for in the parallel place; 2Ch 34:14, it is said to be the book of the law of the Lord by Moses.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on 2 Kings 22:8-11

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

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַ֠יֹּאמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּHilkiah

    chilkiyahuH2518 →34 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֤ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • הַגָּדוֹל֙<the> great

    hagadolH1419 →526 times

  • עַל־to

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שָׁפָ֣ןShaphan

    shafanH8227 →34 times

  • הַסֹּפֵ֔רthe scribe

    hasoferH5608 →159 times

  • סֵ֧פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • הַתּוֹרָ֛הthe law

    hatorahH8451 →219 times

  • מָצָ֖אתִיI found

    matzatiH4672 →455 times

  • בְּבֵ֣יתin [the] house of

    beveitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • חִלְקִיָּ֧הHilkiah

    chilkiyahH2518 →34 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַסֵּ֛פֶרthe scroll

    haseferH5612 →186 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • שָׁפָ֖ןShaphan

    shafanH8227 →34 times

  • וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃and he read it

    vaiyikraehuH7121 →733 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 31:24–26When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,6 works2 Chronicles 34:14–28While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.5 works2 Kings 23:2And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.5 worksDeuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.4 worksEzekiel 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.2 worksEzra 7:1Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 29:3The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:2 worksJoshua 8:31just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.1 works

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 22:8 and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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