2 Kings 22:10 “Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has gi…”

2 Kings 22:10

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

World English Bible

Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Then Shaphan read it before the king.

American Standard Version

And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath deliuered me a booke. And Shaphan read it before the King.

Darby Translation

And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

Young's Literal Translation

And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, 'A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth it before the king.

Bible in Basic English

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.

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Cross references

“Shaphan”

Jeremiah 36:21 Deuteronomy 31:9–13 2 Chronicles 34:18 Nehemiah 8:1–7 Nehemiah 8:18 Nehemiah 13:1

Jeremiah 36:21 · BSB

Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

Deuteronomy 31:9–13 · BSB

So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

2 Chronicles 34:18 · BSB

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

Nehemiah 8:1–7 · BSB

At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

Nehemiah 8:18 · BSB

Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.

Nehemiah 13:1 · BSB

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

“the king”

Deuteronomy 17:18–20 Jeremiah 13:18 Jeremiah 22:1 Jeremiah 22:2

Deuteronomy 17:18–20 · BSB

When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Jeremiah 13:18 · BSB

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Jeremiah 22:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

Jeremiah 22:2 · BSB

saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”

11When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

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