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Moreover, Shaphan the scribe informed the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, ^(C1)he tore his clothes.

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, ^(C1)Ahikam the son of Shaphan, ^(F1)(C2)Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

"Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for ^(C1)the wrath of the LORD that burns against us is great, because our fathers did not listen to the words of this book, to act in accordance with everything that is written regarding us."

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of ^(F1)(C1)Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (and she lived in Jerusalem in the ^(C2)Second Quarter); and they spoke to her.