King James Version
2 Kings 22:10 in the King James Version says “And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.”
2 Kings 22:10 · King James Version
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
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. gathered: Heb. melted
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
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“shewed”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“And Shaphan”
H8227a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e., probably the hyrax
“the scribe”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
“hath delivered”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“read”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“And Shaphan”
H8227a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e., probably the hyrax
“it before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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