# 2 Kings 22:13

> “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”

— 2 Kings 22:13, Berean Standard Bible

## Who appears

- **Josiah** (the king who renewed the covenant) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/josiah

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Nehemiah 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/9/3
- Exodus 20:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/20/5
- Deuteronomy 4:23-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/4/23
- Deuteronomy 29:23-28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/29/23
- Deuteronomy 31:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/31/17
- Jeremiah 37:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/37/17
- James 1:22-25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/1/22

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).