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."
10 Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll," and he read it out loud before the king.
11 As soon as the king heard what the Instruction scroll said, he ripped his clothes.
12 The king ordered the priest Hilkiah, Shaphan’s son Ahikam, Micaiah’s son Achbor, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the royal officer as follows: