2 Kings 22:3

Josiah Repairs the Temple

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord's temple, saying,

2 Kings 22:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:3

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah
Not of his age, but of his reign, as appears from ( 2 Chronicles 34:8 ) nor is what follows the first remarkable act he did in a religious way; for elsewhere we read of what he did in the eighth and twelfth years of his reign, ( 2 Chronicles 34:3-7 ) ,

that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam the
scribe, to the house of the Lord;
the king's secretary; the Septuagint version is, the scribe of the house of the Lord, and so the Vulgate Latin version; that kept the account of the expenses of the temple; with him two others were sent, ( 2 Chronicles 34:8 ) ,

saying:
as follows.

2 Kings 22:3 In-Context

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; [she was] from Bozkath.

2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn to the right or the left.

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord's temple, saying,

4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the Lord's temple-[the money] the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

5 It is to be put into the hands of those doing the work-those who oversee the Lord's temple. They [in turn] are to give it to the workmen in the Lord's temple to repair the damage.