8 *Now kin the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent lShaphan the son of Azaliah, and mMaaseiah the ngovernor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz othe recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to pHilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of hManasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house: 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for qcouplings, and ||to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of rMerari; and sZechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the rKohathites, tto set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. 13 Also they were over uthe bearers of burdens, and were toverseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were xscribes, and yofficers, and porters.

14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given †by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah zanswered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed †to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have †gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read †it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.