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.

9 Then the scribe Shaphan went to the king and reported, "Your servants have smelted down the silver deposited in the temple and have turned it over to the master workers in the house of the Lord."

10 The scribe Shaphan also informed the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book," and then Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.