He brought in the kohanim and the Levites and assembled them into the eastern square.
In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the House of Adonai and repaired them.
Then he said to them: “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the House of Adonai, the God of your fathers, and remove the defilement out of the holy place.
He also appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate, and encouraged them saying,
After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
and go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words that I will tell you,
They may then take other stones and put them in the place of those stones. Likewise he can take other mortar, and plaster the house.