2 Kings 22:10
What does 2 Kings 22:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 22:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth it before the king.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saphan, the scribe, told the king, saying: Helcias, the priest, hath delivered to me a book. And when Saphan had read it before the king,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
Context
v.9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah.
v.10This passage
v.11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 36:15
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
- Jeremiah 36:6
therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah’s house upon the fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
- Deuteronomy 31:9
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.
- Jeremiah 22:1
Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
- Jeremiah 36:21
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.
- 2 Chronicles 34:18
And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read therein before the king.