2 Josiah always obeyed the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.
3 After Josiah had been king for eighteen years, he told Shaphan, one of his highest officials:Go to the Lord's temple
4 and ask Hilkiah the high priest to collect from the guards all the money that the people have donated.
5 Tell Hilkiah to give it to the men supervising the repairs to the temple. They can use some of the money to pay
6 the workers, and with the rest of it they can buy wood and stone for the repair work.
7 They are honest, so we won't ask them to keep track of the money.
8 While Shaphan was at the temple, Hilkiah handed him a book and said, “Look what I found here in the temple—The Book of God's Law.”Shaphan read it,