16And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
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And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. …
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-28)This whole paragraph we had, just as it is here related, 2 Kgs. 22:8-20, and have nothing to add here to what was there observed. But, 1. We may hence take occasion to bless God that we have plenty of Bibles, and that they are, or may be, in all hands,—that the book of the law and gospel is not lost, is not scarce,—that, in this sense, the word of the Lord is not precious . Bibles are jewels, but,…
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