Liturgy for Sukkah 76:7

דילמא בתר דקראנהו שפן קרא יאשיהו אמר רב אחא בר יעקב לא סלקא דעתך דכתיב (מלכים ב כב, יט) יען רך לבבך ותכנע לפני ה' בשמעך (את הדברים האלה) בשמעך ולא בקראך

But perhaps Josiah read it after Shaphan had read it? R. Aha b. Yaakov replied: Do not even think this, since it is written, "Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when thou heard what I said" (II Kings 22:19). "When you heard," not "when you read."

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