^22:9Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported,¹¹ “Your servants melted down the silver in the temple¹² and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple.”

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Footnotes

11 Heb “returned the king a word and said.”
12 Heb “that was found in the house.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the court secretary Shaphan went to the king and reported, “Your servants have emptied out the silver that was found in the temple and have given it to those doing the work—those who oversee the Lord’s temple.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Shaphan went to the king and reported, “Your officials have turned over the money collected at the Temple of the Lord to the workers and supervisors at the Temple.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Shaphan the secretary came to the king and returned the king a word, and he said, “Your servant poured out the money found in the temple, and they have given it into the hand of the doers of the work appointed over the temple of Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord.

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