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12-13 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah. Jahath and Obadiah were Levites, and they were descendants of Merari. Other supervisors were Zechariah and Meshullam. They were descendants of Kohath. The Levites who were skilled in playing instruments of music also supervised the laborers and all the other workers. Some Levites worked as secretaries, officials, and doorkeepers.

The Book of the Law Found

14 The Levites brought out the money that was in the Lord’s Temple. At that time Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord that was given through Moses. 15 Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s house.[a]” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:15 the Lord’s house Another name for the Temple in Jerusalem.

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