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Why does the Navi mention telling the king about fixing Bedek ha'Bayis? Does the Navi not come to tell about Yoshiyah's Teshuvah (in the coming verses)?
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'Rashi' (16,18): It teaches that first he reported about the king's Shelichus; the king sent him [to strengthen Beis Hashem ? verse 8]. Afterwards, he did Chilkiyah's Shelichus.
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Malbim (Melachim II, 22:8): This was part of the rebuke ? you engage only in fixing the external. Primarily you must fix the internal decay of Torah!
