en_tn/2ki/22/08.md

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Hilkiah

This is the name of a man. See how you translated this in 2 Kings 18:18. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

the book of the law

Most likely these laws were written on a scroll. A scroll was a type of book made of one long, rolled-up sheet of papyrus or leather.

given it into the hand of the workmen

Here "hand" represents the workmen as a whole. AT: "given it to the workmen" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)