3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s rule, he sent the secretary Shaphan, Azaliah’s son and Meshullam’s grandson, to the Lord’s temple with the following orders:
4 "Go to the high priest Hilkiah. Have him carefully count the money that has been brought to the Lord’s temple and that has been collected from the people by the doorkeepers.
5 It should be given to the supervisors in charge of the Lord’s temple, who in turn should pay it to those who are in the Lord’s temple, repairing the temple—
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.
9 Shaphan the secretary then went to the king and reported this to him: "Your officials have released the money that was found in the temple and have handed it over to those who supervise the work in the Lord’s temple."