2 Kings 22:9

9 Then Shaphan the court secretary went to the king and reported,^[a] "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hand of those doing the work-those who oversee the Lord's temple."

2 Kings 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:9

And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king
word again
Of the delivery of his message to the high priest, and of what had been done upon it:

and said, thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the
house;
meaning Hilkiah and himself, who had examined the chest in the temple, into which the money was put for the repairs of it, and had taken it out, and told it:

and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have
the oversight of the house of the Lord;
according to the king's orders.

2 Kings 22:9 In-Context

7 But no accounting is to be required from them for the money put into their hands since they work with integrity."

8 Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the court secretary, "I have found the book of the law in the Lord's temple," and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

9 Then Shaphan the court secretary went to the king and reported, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hand of those doing the work-those who oversee the Lord's temple."

10 Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book," and Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

11 When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit and returned a word to the king and said