6. Use that money for the carpenters, stonemasons, and stonecutters. Also use that money to buy the timber and cut stones that are needed to repair the Temple.
7. Don’t count the money that you give to the workers. They can be trusted.”
8. Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “Look, I found the Book of the Law in the Lord’S Temple!” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and Shaphan read it.
9. He went to King Josiah and told him what happened. Shaphan said, “Your servants have gathered all the money that was in the Temple. They gave it to the men who supervise the work on the Lord’S Temple.”
10. Then he told the king, “And Hilkiah the priest also gave this book to me.” Then Shaphan read the book to the king.