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2 Kings 22:3

AzaliahJosiahMeshullamShaphan

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

5 And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—

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BSB
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,
KJV
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
WEB
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the LORD’s house, saying,
ASV
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
DARBY
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
BLB
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the King sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of YHWH, saying,
ÅB
I kong Josias' attende år hendte det at kongen sendte statsskriveren Safan, sønn av Asalja, Mesullams sønn, til Herrens hus og sa:
OTB
I det attende året av kong Josjias regjering, sendte kongen Sjafan, sønn av Asalja, sønn av Mesjullam, skriveren, til Herrens hus og sa,
B1930
I kong Josias' attende år hendte det at kongen sendte statsskriveren Safan, sønn av Asalja, Mesullams sønn, til Herrens hus og sa:

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:3–33

    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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