2 Kings 22:3

Easy To Read Version

During the 18th year that Josiah was king, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the Lord’s temple. [269] Josiah said,

Cross References

2 Kings 12:10

{Then the people began putting money into that box when they went to the temple.} Whenever the king’s secretary and the high priest saw there was a lot of money in the box, they came and took the money from the box. They put the money in bags and counted it.

2 Kings 23:23

They celebrated this Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem during Josiah’s 18th year as king.

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah during the days when Josiah was king of the nation of Judah. Josiah was the son of a man named Amon. The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah in the 13th year that Josiah was king. {\cf2\super [2]}

Jeremiah 36:10

At that time, Baruch read the scroll {\cf2\super [304]} that contained Jeremiah’s words. He read the scroll in the temple of the Lord. Baruch read the scroll to all the people that were in the Lord’s temple. Baruch was in the room of Gemariah in the upper courtyard when he read from the scroll. That room was located at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan. Gemariah was a scribe {\cf2\super [305]} in the temple.

Jeremiah 36:11

A man named Micaiah heard all the messages from the Lord that Baruch read from the scroll. {\cf2\super [306]} Micaiah was the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan.

Jeremiah 36:12

When Micaiah heard the messages from the scroll, he went down to the secretary’s room in the king’s palace. All of the royal officials were sitting there in the king’s palace. These are the names of those officials: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah; and all the other royal officials were there too.