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2 Kings 22:5-9

2 Kings 22:5

It is to be given to 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.

2 Kings 22:6

They are to give it to the carpenters, builders, and masons to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the temple.

2 Kings 22:7

But no accounting is to be required from them for the silver given to them since they work with integrity.”

2 Kings 22:8

The high priest Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

2 Kings 22:9

Then the court secretary Shaphan went to the king and reported, “Your servants have emptied out the silver that was found in the temple and have given it to those doing the work — those who oversee the Lord’s temple.”