2 Kings 22:3

22:3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: ¹ 

2 Kings 22:5-6

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen ²  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, ³  22:6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work. ⁴ 

[22:3]  ¹ tn Heb “with these orders, saying.”

[22:5]  ² tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[22:5]  ³ tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”

[22:6]  ³ tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”