Holy Scripture

2 Kings 22:5

A church father on this verse
“"Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord" for the thirty-one years in which he reigned. In the eighteenth year from the beginning of his rule, he began to purify Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In fact, he removed the foreign religions introduced by…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 22:1

Source: Septuagint

Original

5And let them give it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. And he gave it to the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,

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3And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, in the eighth month, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe of the house of the Lord, saying,

4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

— 2 Kings 22:5 —

6even to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, and also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.

7Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully.

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