2 Kings 22:3–9

³In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan^m son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: ⁴“Go up to Hilkiahⁿ the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected^o from the people. ⁵Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair^p the temple of the Lord—⁶the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.^{q 7}But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”^r

⁸Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law^s in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. ⁹Then 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.”