# 2 Kings 22:8

> Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

— 2 Kings 22:8, 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

- Deuteronomy 31:24-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/31/24
- 2 Chronicles 34:14-28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/34/14

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- According to 2 Kings, which high priest found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-7089-9d87-d4cb3f6fd6a5

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).