And Hilkiah the high Priest said unto Shaphan the chancellor, I have found the [a]book of the Law in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

So Shaphan the chancellor came to the king, and brought him word again, and said, Thy servants have [b]gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it unto the hands of them that do the work, and have the oversight of the house of the Lord.

10 Also Shaphan the chancellor showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the King.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:8 This was the copy that Moses left them, as appeareth, 2 Chron. 34:14, which either by the negligence of the Priests had been lost, or else by the wickedness of idolatrous kings had been abolished.
  2. 2 Kings 22:9 Hebrew, melted.

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