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19 When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. 20 The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah,[a] Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, 21 “Go, ask the Lord[b] for me and for those who remain in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s great fury has been ignited[c] against us, because our ancestors did not obey the word of the Lord by living[d] according to all that is written in this scroll.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:20 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:12 has the variant spelling “Achbor son of Micaiah.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:21 sn The implication is to seek a prophetic oracle.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:21 tc The MT reads נִתְּכָה (nittekah, “has gushed forth”) but the LXX implies נִצְתָה (nitsetah, “has been ignited”).
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:21 tn Heb “doing.”