hand of the workmen that had the
6. Unto carpenters, and builders, oversight of the house of Jehovah, and masons, and to buy timber and of the workmen that wrought in and hewn stones to repair the the house of Jehovah to repair house. and amend the house.
7. But let no reckoning be 11. They gave it to the artificersmade with them as to the money and to the builders to buy that is delivered into their hewn stone and timber for roofs hand, because they deal faithfully. and beams of the houses which
the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12. And the men did the work faithfully. And the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the Kohathites, to preside; and all the Levites that had skill in instruments of music
13. Were over the bearers of burdens and overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service; and others of the Levites were scribes and officers and porters.
14. And when they brought out the money that had been brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.
8. And Hilkiah the high priest 15. And Hilkiah answered and said unto Shaphan the scribe: said to Shaphan the scribe: I have found the book of the I have found the book of the law law in the house of Jehovah. in the house of Jehovah. And And Hilkiah gave the book to Hilkiah delivered the book Shaphan, and he read it. to Shaphan.
9. And Shaphan the scribe came 16.
And Shaphan carried the book to the king and brought
the king to the king, and besides brought word
again, and said: Thy word back to the
king, saying: servants have emptied out the
All that was committed to thy money that was
found in the servants they are doing. house
and have delivered it into the hand of them that
17. And they have emptied out do the
work, that have the the money that was found
in the oversight of the house of house of
Jehovah, and have Jehovah.
delivered it into the hand
of
the overseers and into
10. And Shaphan the scribe the hand
of the workmen. told the king, saying: Hilkiah
the priest hath delivered 18. And Shaphan
the scribe to me a book. And Shaphan
told the king, saying: Hilkiah read it before
the king. the priest hath given me a book.
And
Shaphan read out of it
before
the king.