2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, ^vcovered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

Josiah’s Reforms

1 ^wThen the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.

Abominations in the Temple

1 ^dIn the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, ^eas I sat in my house, with ^fthe elders of Judah sitting before me, ^gthe hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.