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including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.[a] Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.”[b]

Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the scroll of the law in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:6 tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”
  2. 2 Kings 22:7 tn Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”

the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.(A) But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”(B)

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law(C) in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

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