Shaphanthe scribecameto the kingand broughtbackwordto the kingand said,"Your servantshave emptiedout the moneythat was foundin the house,and have deliveredit into the handof the workmenwho have the oversightof the houseof the LORD."
When they calledto the king,Eliakimthe sonof Hilkiah,whowas overthe household,and Shebnahthe scribeand Joahthe sonof Asaphthe recorder,cameout to them.
Moreover, Shaphanthe scribetoldthe kingsaying,"Hilkiahthe priesthas givenme a book."And Shaphanreadit in the presenceof the king.
Then the kingcommandedHilkiahthe priest,Ahikamthe sonof Shaphan,Achborthe sonof Micaiah,Shaphanthe scribe,and Asaiahthe king'sservantsaying,
Now in the eighteenthyearof KingJosiah,the kingsentShaphan,the sonof Azaliahthe sonof Meshullamthe scribe,to the houseof the LORDsaying,
Then Hilkiahthe highpriestsaidto Shaphanthe scribe,"I have foundthe bookof the lawin the houseof the LORD."And Hilkiahgavethe bookto Shaphanwho readit.
Now [as for] the peoplewho were leftin the landof Judah,whomNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad left,he appointedGedaliahthe sonof Ahikam,the sonof Shaphanoverthem.
But the handof Ahikamthe sonof Shaphanwas with Jeremiah,so that he was not giveninto the handsof the peopleto puthim to death.
[The letter was sent] by the handof Elasahthe sonof Shaphan,and Gemariahthe sonof Hilkiah,whomZedekiahkingof Judahsentto Babylonto Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,saying,
they even sentand tookJeremiahout of the courtof the guardhouseand entrustedhim to Gedaliah,the sonof Ahikam,the sonof Shaphan,to takehim home.So he stayedamongthe people.
Likewise, alsoallthe Jewswhowere in Moaband among the sonsof Ammonand in Edomand whowere in allthe [other] countries,heardthat the kingof Babylonhad lefta remnantfor Judah,and that he had appointedoverthem Gedaliahthe sonof Ahikam,the sonof Shaphan.
Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahand the tenmenwhowere with him aroseand struckdownGedaliahthe sonof Ahikam,the sonof Shaphan,with the swordand putto deaththe one whomthe kingof Babylonhad appointedover the land.
Standingin frontof them were seventyeldersof the houseof Israel,with Jaazaniahthe sonof Shaphanstandingamongthem, eachmanwith his censerin his handand the fragranceof the cloudof incenserising.
