Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of YHWH.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH had commanded to Israel.
The king went up to the house of YHWH with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests, the Levites, and all the people, both great and small—and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH.