And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
Forsoþe in þe eiytenþe yeer of kyng Josias, þe kyng sente Saphan, sone of Asua, þe sone of Mesulam, scryueyn, ethir doctour, of þe temple of þe Lord,