Shaphan before Josiah (2 Chronicles 34, 18-19) - stock illustration

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” Shaphan read it out loud before the king. When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. (2 Chronicles, Chapter 34, 18-19). Woodcut engraving after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872), published in 1877.