These men went to Hilkiah the high priest. They gave him the money that had been brought into God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the gates had collected it. They had received some of the money from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim. They had also received some from the other people who remained in Israel. The rest of the money came from other people. It came from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the people living in Jerusalem.

他们就去见大祭司希勒家，将奉到神殿的银子交给他；这银子是看守殿门的利未人从玛拿西、以法莲，和一切以色列剩下的人，以及犹大、便雅悯众人，并耶路撒冷的居民收来的。

他们去见希勒家大祭司，把奉到上帝殿的银子交给他；这银子是看守殿门的利未人从玛拿西、以法莲，和以色列所有幸存的人，以及犹大、便雅悯众人和耶路撒冷的居民收来的。

他们去见希勒家大祭司，把奉到神殿的银子交给他；这银子是看守殿门的利未人从玛拿西、以法莲，和以色列所有幸存的人，以及犹大、便雅悯众人和耶路撒冷的居民收来的。

他们到希勒迦大祭司那里，把献给上帝殿的银子交给他。这银子是守殿门的利未人从玛拿西人和以法莲人，所有剩下的以色列人，所有的犹大人和便雅悯人，以及耶路撒冷的居民那里收来的。

于是他们来见大祭司希勒家，把献给神的殿的银子交给他。这银子都是守门的利未人，从玛拿西、以法莲和以色列所有的余民，以及犹大、便雅悯和耶路撒冷的居民那里收集来的。

他們就去見大祭司希勒家，將奉到神殿的銀子交給他；這銀子是看守殿門的利未人從瑪拿西、以法蓮，和一切以色列剩下的人，以及猶大、便雅憫眾人，並耶路撒冷的居民收來的。

他們去見希勒家大祭司，把奉到上帝殿的銀子交給他；這銀子是看守殿門的利未人從瑪拿西、以法蓮，和以色列所有倖存的人，以及猶大、便雅憫眾人和耶路撒冷的居民收來的。

他們去見希勒家大祭司，把奉到神殿的銀子交給他；這銀子是看守殿門的利未人從瑪拿西、以法蓮，和以色列所有倖存的人，以及猶大、便雅憫眾人和耶路撒冷的居民收來的。

他們到希勒迦大祭司那裡，把獻給上帝殿的銀子交給他。這銀子是守殿門的利未人從瑪拿西人和以法蓮人，所有剩下的以色列人，所有的猶大人和便雅憫人，以及耶路撒冷的居民那裡收來的。

於是他們來見大祭司希勒家，把獻給神的殿的銀子交給他。這銀子都是守門的利未人，從瑪拿西、以法蓮和以色列所有的餘民，以及猶大、便雅憫和耶路撒冷的居民那裡收集來的。

他們就去見大祭司希勒家，將奉到上帝殿的銀子交給他；這銀子是把守門檻的利未人從瑪拿西以法蓮、從以色列所有餘剩之民、從猶大和便雅憫眾人、以及耶路撒冷居民、手裏收集了來的。

其人遂詣大祭司希勒家、以奉於上帝室之金付之、此金乃司閽之利未人、自瑪拿西人、以法蓮人、以色列遺民、猶大與便雅憫眾、及耶路撒冷居民、所收集者、

昔司閽之利未人、取金於馬拿西族以法蓮族、以色列遺民、猶大族、便雅憫族、耶路撒冷邑、置於上帝殿、沙番等以金饋祭司長希勒家、

至大祭司希勒家所、以奉於主殿之銀付之、此銀乃守門之利未人、捐自瑪拿西人、以法蓮人、以色列餘民、猶大人、便雅憫人、捐畢、乃歸耶路撒冷、捐畢乃歸耶路撒冷又作及耶路撒冷居民

They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the temple of God, which the Levites who were the gatekeepers had collected from the people of Manasseh, Ephraim and the entire remnant of Israel and from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

They gave Hilkiah the high priest the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the Temple of God. The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

So they went to the high priest Hilkiah and gave him the silver brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected it from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the doorkeepers, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

When they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and which they had brought back to Jerusalem.

And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

So they went to Hilkiah the high priest, and gave him the money brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected money from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the residents of Jerusalem.

They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into God’s house, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered from the hands of Manasseh, Ephraim, of all the remnant of Israel, of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

The messengers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh. They went all the way to Zebulun. But people laughed and made fun of them.

Many people came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun. Most of them hadn’t made themselves pure and“ clean.” But they still ate the Passover meal. That was against what was written in the law. But Hezekiah prayed for them. He said,“ The Lord is good. May he forgive everyone

His officials also gave freely. They gave to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel were in charge of God’s temple. They gave the priests 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 oxen.

The chest was brought in by the Levites to the king’s officials. Every time the officials saw there was a large amount of money in the chest, it was emptied out. The royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied it. Then they carried it back to its place. They did it regularly. They collected a great amount of money.The king and Jehoiada gave it to the people who were doing the work on the Lord’ s temple. They hired people who could lay the stones and people who could work with wood. They also hired people who could work with iron and bronze. They hired all of them to repair the temple.The men in charge of the work did their best. The repairs went very well under them. They rebuilt God’s temple. They did it in keeping with its original plans. They made the temple even stronger.So they finished the work. Then they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada. It was used to pay for the objects that were made for the Lord’ s temple. The objects were used for serving at the temple. They were also used for the burnt offerings. The objects included dishes and other things made out of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were sacrificed continually at the Lord’ s temple.

The money that had been taken into the Lord’ s temple was being brought out. At that time Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord. It had been given through Moses.Hilkiah spoke to Shaphan the secretary. Hilkiah said,“ I’ve found the Book of the Law in the Lord’ s temple.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

Certain things in the Lord’ s temple had been made to honor other gods. They were the god named Baal, the female god named Asherah and all the stars in the sky. The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest to remove those things. The king ordered the priests who were next in rank and the men who guarded the doors to help Hilkiah. Josiah took those things that had been in the Lord’ s temple and burned them outside Jerusalem. He burned them in the fields in the Kidron Valley. And he took the ashes to Bethel.

Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.

The Passover Feast came to an end. The people of Israel who were in Jerusalem went out to the towns of Judah. They smashed the sacred stones. They cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They destroyed the high places and the altars. They did those things all through Judah and Benjamin. They also did them in Ephraim and Manasseh. They destroyed all the objects used to worship other gods. Then the Israelites returned to their own towns and property.

“ Go up to Hilkiah the high priest. Have him add up the money that has been brought into the Lord’ s temple. The men who guard the doors have collected it from the people.Have them put all the money in the care of certain men. These men have been put in charge of the work on the Lord’ s temple. Have them pay the workers who repair it.Have them pay the builders and those who work with wood. Have them pay those who lay the stones. Also have them buy lumber and blocks of stone to repair the temple.But they don’t have to report how they use the money that is given to them. That’s because they are completely honest.”

He gave orders to Hilkiah, Ahikam, Abdon, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan. Abdon was the son of Micah. And Asaiah was the king’s attendant. Josiah commanded them,

Shaphan continued,“ Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” Shaphan read some of it to the king.

Hilkiah and the people the king had sent with him went to speak to Huldah the prophet. She was the wife of Shallum. Shallum was the son of Tokhath. Tokhath was the son of Hasrah. Shallum took care of the sacred robes. Huldah lived in the New Quarter of Jerusalem.