2 Kings 22:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,”

2 Kings 22:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 22:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 22:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to Yahweh’s house, saying,”

2 Kings 22:3 — World English Bible

2 Kings 22:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying, ”

2 Kings 22:3 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 22:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it cometh to pass, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,”

2 Kings 22:3 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 22:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying, ”

2 Kings 22:3 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 22:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And in the eighteenth yeere of King Iosiah, the King sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah the sonne of Meshullam the chanceller to ye house of the Lord, saying,”

2 Kings 22:3 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 22:3 in Context — 2 Kings 22

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,

4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,

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What Does 2 Kings 22:3 Mean?

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