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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.
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And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath*, the son of Hasrah,keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
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Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bringevil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have readbefore the king of Judah:
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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto othergods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
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And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORDGod of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
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Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself beforeGod, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weepbefore me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
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Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyessee all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the kingwordagain.
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And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people,great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
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And the kingstood in his place, and made a covenantbefore the LORD, to walkafter the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.