6. They are to give it to the carpenters, builders, and masons to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the temple.
7. But no accounting is to be required from them for the money put into their hands since they work with integrity.”
8. Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.
9. Then Shaphan the court secretary went to the king and reported, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hand of those doing the work — those who oversee the Lord’s temple.”
10. Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book,” and Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
11. When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
12. Then he commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah: