Common English Bible

2 Kings 22:6-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. the carpenters, the builders, and the masons. It should be used to pay for lumber and quarried stone to repair the temple.

7. But there’s no need to check on them regarding the money they receive, because they are honest workers."

8. The high priest Hilkiah told Shaphan the secretary: "I have found the Instruction scroll in the Lord’s temple." Then Hilkiah turned the scroll over to Shaphan, who read it.