2 Reis 22 - Bíblia Online

Josias tinha oito anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou trinta e um anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Jedida, filha de Adaias de Bozcate. 
Ele fez o que era reto aos olhos de Jeová, andou em todo o caminho de seu pai Davi e não se desviou nem para a direita nem para a esquerda. 
No ano décimo oitavo do rei Josias enviou o rei o secretário Safã, filho de Azalias, filho de Mesulão, à casa de Jeová, dizendo-lhe: 
Sobe ao sumo sacerdote Hilquias, para que faça a soma do dinheiro que é trazido para a casa de Jeová, coletado do povo pelos guardas da porta. 
Que o dêem aos mestres de obra da casa de Jeová, e que estes o dêem aos que fazem a obra, aos que estão na casa de Jeová, para repararem os estragos da casa, 
aos carpinteiros, aos edificadores e aos pedreiros, para comprarem madeiras e pedras de cantaria a fim de repararem a casa. 
Contudo não se tomava conta a eles do dinheiro que lhes foi entregue nas mãos, porque eles se haviam com fidelidade. 
O sumo sacerdote Hilquias disse ao secretário Safã: Achei o livro da lei na casa de Jeová. Hilquias entregou o livro a Safã, que o leu. 
O secretário Safã veio ter com o rei e deu-lhe conta, dizendo: Teus servos despejaram o dinheiro que se achou na casa e entregaram-no aos mestres de obra da casa de Jeová. 
Contou mais o secretário Safã ao rei, dizendo: O sacerdote Hilquias entregou-me um livro. Safã leu-o diante do rei. 
Tendo o rei ouvido as palavras do livro da lei, rasgou os seus vestidos. 
O rei ordenou ao sacerdote Hilquias, e a Aicão, filho de Safã, e a Acbor, filho de Micaías, e ao secretário Safã, e a Asaías, servo do rei, dizendo-lhes: 
Ide e consultai a Jeová por mim, e pelo povo e por todo o Judá acerca das palavras deste livro que se achou; pois grande é o furor de Jeová que se acendeu contra nós, porque nossos pais não deram ouvidos às palavras deste livro, para fazerem conforme tudo o que de nós está escrito. 
O sacerdote Hilquias e Aicão, e Acbor, e Safã, e Asaías foram ter com a profetisa Hulda, mulher de Salum, filho de Ticvá, filho de Harás, encarregado das vestimentas (ora, ela habitava em Jerusalém no segundo quarteirão), e falaram-lhe. 
Ela lhes respondeu: Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Dizei ao homem que vos enviou a mim: 
Assim diz Jeová: Eis que trarei males sobre este lugar, e sobre os seus habitantes, a saber, todas as palavras do livro que o rei de Judá leu. 
Porque me deixaram, e queimaram incenso a outros deuses, para me provocarem à ira com todas as obras das suas mãos; portanto o meu furor se acenderá contra este lugar, e não se extinguirá. 
Porém ao rei de Judá que vos enviou a consultar a Jeová, assim lhe direis: Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel a respeito das palavras que ouviste: 
Porque se enterneceu o teu coração, e te humilhaste diante de Jeová, ao ouvires o que falei contra este lugar e contra os seus habitantes, a saber, que viriam a ser desolação e maldição, e rasgaste os teus vestidos, e choraste diante de mim; eu também te ouvi, diz Jeová. 
Portanto eis que te recolherei a teus pais, serás recolhido em paz à tua sepultura, e os teus olhos não verão todo o mal que eu trarei sobre este lugar. Tornaram a contar isto ao rei. 

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left. 
Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him, 
Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people; 
And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord; 
To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house. 
They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith. 
Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan; 
Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord. 
Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king. 
And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief; 
And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 
Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it. 
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and they had talk with her. 
And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me, 
These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book; 
Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out. 
But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears, 
Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord. 
For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king. 

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