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1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
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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 He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left.
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He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
3 Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying,
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In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the LORD. He said:
4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.
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“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
5 "Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD , and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house,
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Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the LORD—
6 to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
7 "Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully."
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But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”
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