But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
Concerning Josiah we are here told, I. That he was very young when he began to reign (Kg2 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child; but happy art thou, O land! when thy king is such a child. Our English Israel had once a king that was such a child, Edward VI.
Commenting on 2 Kings 22:1-10
Howbeit, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand,.... No account was kept between the high priest, and the king's scribe who delivered the money and the overseers of the workmen, who received it from them the latter were not called to any account by the former, nor any audit made of their accounts: because they dealt...
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. (d) So God provided him with faithful servants, seeing he went about so zealously to set forth the work of God.