6 to the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and to purchase wood and hewn stone.

7 No reckoning shall be asked of them regarding the funds provided to them, because they hold positions of trust."

8 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, "I have found the book of the law [2] in the temple of the Lord." Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.