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that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, as well as for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money which is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”

And Hilki′ah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the book of the law[a] in the house of the Lord.” And Hilki′ah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Footnotes

  1. 22.8 book of the law: Probably Deuteronomy, In Deut 12– 26 may be seen details of Josiah’s reform, especially as regards the centralization of worship. The book must have been hidden or lost during the reign of the wicked Manasseh.

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