Quotations

«And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.»

«And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.»

«And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.»

«And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.»

«Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, / And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, / And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, / Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, / And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, / And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, / And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) / And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, / And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, / And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, / And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, / And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.»

«And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, / Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.»

«Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.»

«And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, / The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, / The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, / The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.»

«And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.»

«And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, / 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.»