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2 Chronicles 34:8

AzaliahJoahJoahazMaaseiahShaphan

6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

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BSB
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
KJV
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
WEB
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder to repair the house of the LORD his God.
ASV
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.
DARBY
And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the chronicler, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.
BLB
And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz the recorder, to strengthen the house of YHWH his God.
ÅB
Og i det attende år av sin regjering, mens han holdt på å rense landet og Herrens hus, sendte han Safan, Asaljas sønn, og byens høvedsmann Ma'aseja og historieskriveren Joah, Jaokas' sønn, avsted for å sette i stand Herrens, hans Guds hus.
OTB
Nå i det attende året av hans regjering, da han hadde renset landet og huset, sendte han Sjafan, sønn av Asalja, Ma'aseja, byens guvernør, og Joah, sønn av Joahaz, skriveren, for å reparere Herrens, hans Guds, hus.
B1930
Og i det attende år av sin regjering, mens han holdt på å rense landet og Herrens hus, sendte han Safan, Asaljas sønn, og byens høvedsmann Ma'aseja og historieskriveren Joah, Jaokas' sønn, avsted for å sette i stand Herrens, hans Guds hus.

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  • 2 Samuel 8:16

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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  • Jeremiah 29:3

    By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

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  • Jeremiah 26:24

    Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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  • Jeremiah 1:2–3

    To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

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  • Jeremiah 40:11

    Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

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  • 2 Samuel 20:24

    And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

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  • Ezekiel 8:11

    And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

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  • Jeremiah 39:14

    Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

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