2 Kings 22:3–9

³Now ^ain the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the Lord saying,

⁴“^aGo up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may ¹count the money brought in to the house of the Lord which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

⁵“^aLet them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the Lord to repair the ¹damages of the house,

⁶to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

⁷“Only ^ano accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.”

The Lost Book

⁸Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “^aI have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it.

⁹Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord.”