2 Kings 22:3

3 anno autem octavodecimo regis Iosiae misit rex Saphan filium Aslia filii Mesullam scribam templi Domini dicens ei

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 octo annorum erat Iosias cum regnare coepisset et triginta uno anno regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris eius Idida filia Phadaia de Besecath

2 fecitque quod placitum erat coram Domino et ambulavit per omnes vias David patris sui non declinavit ad dextram sive ad sinistram

3 anno autem octavodecimo regis Iosiae misit rex Saphan filium Aslia filii Mesullam scribam templi Domini dicens ei

4 vade ad Helciam sacerdotem magnum ut confletur pecunia quae inlata est in templum Domini quam collegerunt ianitores a populo

5 deturque fabris per praepositos in domo Domini qui et distribuent eam his qui operantur in templo Domini ad instauranda sarta tecta templi