Torah Scroll Found after Many Years signified Punishment to come because, having been led by disobedient kings, the people had strayed from righteousness.
2 Kings 22:8. And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shafan the scribe, I have found the scroll of the Torah (Teaching) in the House of the LORD*. And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shafan and he read it. 9. And Shafan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of those doing the work, who have the oversight of the House of the LORD*. 10. And Shafan the scribe told the king saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered a scroll to me. Then Shafan read it before the king. 11. And it was when the king had heard the words of the scroll of the Torah (Teaching), that he tore his clothes.
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