1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
3Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,
4Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;
5And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;
6To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.
7They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.
