But no accounting is to be required from them for the silver given to them since they work with integrity.”(A)

The Book of the Law Found

The high priest Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law(B) in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

Then the court secretary Shaphan went to the king and reported,[a] “Your servants have emptied out the silver that was found in the temple and have given it to those doing the work—those who oversee the Lord’s temple.”

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Footnotes

  1. 22:9 Lit and returned a word to the king and said

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