2 Chronicles 34:18

Listen to 2 Chronicles 34:18

18 Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. ” And Shaphan read from it before the king.

2 Chronicles 34:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:18

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 34:14)

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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16 Shaphan brought the book to the king, and further reported to the king, “All that was committed to your servants they are doing.

17 They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have given it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen. ”

18 Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. ” And Shaphan read from it before the king.

19 And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,