1 one of his highest officials:
Go to the Lord's temple
4and ask Hilkiah the high priest to collect from the guards all the money that the people have donated.
5Tell Hilkiah to give it to the men supervising the repairs to the temple. They can use some of the money to pay
6the workers, and with the rest of it they can buy wood and stone for the repair work.
7 who was in charge of the king's clothes. Huldah lived in the northern part of Jerusalem, and when they met in her home,
15she said:
You were sent here by King Josiah, and this is what the Lord God of Israel says to him:
16“Josiah, I am the Lord! And I will see to it that this country and everyone living in it will be destroyed. It will happen just as this book says.
17The people of Judah have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshiped their own idols. I cannot stand it any longer. I am furious.
18“Josiah, listen to what I am going to do.
19I noticed how sad you were when you read that this country and its people would be completely wiped out. You even tore your clothes in sorrow, and I heard you cry.
20So I will let you die in peace, before I destroy this place.”
The men left and took Huldah's answer back to Josiah.
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