2 Chronicles 34:21

Guidance and decisions Prayer God's word Repentance

¹⁹ When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

²⁰ and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

²² So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

²³ And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
KJV: Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
WEB: “Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the LORD’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the LORD’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
ASV: Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.
DARBY: Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written in this book.
BLB: “Go, inquire of YHWH for me and on behalf of those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great [is] the wrath of YHWH that is poured out on us, upon that our fathers have kept not the word of YHWH, to do according to all written in this book.”

ÅB: Gå og spør Herren for meg og for dem som er blitt igjen i Israel og Juda, om det som står i den bok som nå er funnet! For stor er Herrens vrede, som er utøst over oss fordi våre fedre ikke har holdt Herrens ord og ikke gjort alt det som skrevet er i denne bok.
OTB: "Gå, spør Herren for meg og for dem som er igjen i Israel og i Juda, angående ordene i boken som er funnet, for Herrens vrede som er utøst over oss er stor, fordi våre fedre ikke har holdt Herrens ord, for å gjøre alt som er skrevet i denne boken."
B1930: Gå og spør Herren for mig og for dem som er blitt igjen i Israel og Juda, om det som står i den bok som nu er funnet! For stor er Herrens vrede, som er utøst over oss fordi våre fedre ikke har holdt Herrens ord og ikke gjort alt det som skrevet er i denne bok.

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2 Chronicles 28:6
For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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Ezekiel 14:1–11
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
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Jeremiah 21:2
“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
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Isaiah 37:2–4
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
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Deuteronomy 29:18–28
Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
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Deuteronomy 30:17–19
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
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2 Kings 22:13
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
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Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
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