2Ki 22:11-17 | NASB1995 | STEP | When the king heard the words of the book of the law , he tore his clothes .

2 Kings 22:11-17

11 When the king heard the words of the book of the law, ^ahe tore his clothes. 12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, ^bAhikam the son of Shaphan, ^{▼▼ In 2 Chr 34:20, Abdon, son of Micah
,} ^dAchbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant saying, 13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for ^egreat is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

Huldah Predicts

14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of ^{▼▼ In 2 Chr 34:22, Tokhath, son of Hasrah
,} ^gTikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the ^hSecond Quarter); and they spoke to her. 15 She said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 thus says the Lord, “Behold, I ⁱbring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. 17 ^j“Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’