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2 Kings 22:6-11 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

6. the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs.

7. The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds.”

8. Shaphan delivered the king's order to Hilkiah, and Hilkiah told him that he had found the book of the Law in the Temple. Hilkiah gave him the book, and Shaphan read it.

9. Then he went back to the king and reported: “Your servants have taken the money that was in the Temple and have handed it over to the men in charge of the repairs.”

10. And then he said, “I have here a book that Hilkiah gave me.” And he read it aloud to the king.

11. When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes in dismay,

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