The Book of Law Found: 34:14–18   This subsection continues the narrative line of 34:1-13 by focusing on the finding of the Book of the Law in the temple during the restoration. The version in Kings just mentions that “Hilkiah the priest” reported to “Shaphan” that he had “found the Book of the Law in the temple.” The Chronicler first describes this event: while they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that had been given through Moses (34:14). The consensus view among scholars is that the book was probably an early form of the book of Deuteronomy and that this find played an influential role in the development of the Deuteronomistic movement that continued over a period, with some ups and dow…