15. Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the scroll of the Torah in the Lord’s house.” So Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16. Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, “All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.
17. They have emptied out the money that was found in the Lord’s house, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.”
18. Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book.” Shaphan read from it to the king.
19. When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.