Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 34:8-13

"Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God. And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the workmen that wrought in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house; even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music. Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters." — 2 Chronicles 34:8-13 (ASV)

The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Compare to 2 Kings 22:3–7; and the similar account of the restoration by Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:11–13).

When he had purged. —Omit had. (Lĕtah ç r is apparently co-ordinate with lĕmolkû, “in the eighteenth year to his reigning, to purging the land”; as if the work of purification had been co-extensive with the reign. The Septuagint, however, has, “in order to purge the land,” which may be right.)

He sent Shaphan. —Who was secretary of state (2 Kings 22:3, the scribe).

Maaseiah ... Joah. —Kings mentions Shaphan only.

The governor of the city. —Sar ha’îr; praefectus urois. (Compare to 1 Chronicles 11:6).