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2 Chronicles 34:16
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Shaphan the scribe presents the newly discovered scroll to King Josiah immediately after Hilkiah hands it to him, delivering a status update on the temple restoration work.
The words — וַיָּבֵא (va-yavē') means "and he brought," and הַסֵּפֶר (ha-sep̄er) denotes "the scroll," marking the physical transfer of the document from the temple treasury to royal oversight.
The thread — This administrative handover parallels the report in 2 Kings 22:9 regarding the temple funds, and the scroll's subsequent handling aligns with the storage account in Jeremiah 36:20.
Why it lands — The text records a factual progress report on laborers and supervisors, requiring the reader to observe the scribe's function as the administrative link between the discovered text and the king's authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 22:9 And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 36:20 So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.