11
They
also gave to the craftsmen and builders, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and for the woodwork 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 sons of Kohath, to set
it forward; and
others of the Levites, all those with understanding in instruments of music.
13
Also
they were over the bearers of burdens and
were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service; and of the Levites
there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14
And when they brought out the money that had been brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah, the priest, found the book of the law of the LORD
given by the hand of Moses.
15
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan, the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16
And Shaphan carried the book to the king and brought the king word back again, saying, Thy slaves have fulfilled all that was committed unto them to do.
17
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have delivered it into the hand of those who were commissioned and to the hand of the workmen.
18
Then Shaphan, the scribe, told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest, has given me a book. And Shaphan read in it before the king.
19
And when the king heard the words of the law, he rent his clothes.
20
And the king commanded Hilkiah and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan, the scribe, and Asaiah, a slave of the king’s, saying,
21
Go, enquire of the LORD for me and for the remnant of Israel and of Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great
is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all the things that are written in this book.