2 Kings 22:4

Go up unto Hilkiah, the high priest, that he pour out the silver that hath been brought into the house of Yahweh,—which the keepers of the entrance-hall have gathered from the people,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

In Context

3And it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying—

5that they may give it into the hand of the doers of the work, who have oversight of the house of Yahweh, that they may give it to the doers of the work, who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair the breaches of the house;

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Cross References

2 Kings 12:4And Jehoash said unto the priests,—All the silver of the hallowed things, that is brought into the house of Yahweh—the silver of one who transgresseth, the silver of [their] persons by the estimate of, each one,—all the silver which it cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of Yahweh,

2 Kings 12:8The priests therefore consented, not to take silver from the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

1 Chronicles 6:13and, Shallum, begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah, begat Azariah;

1 Chronicles 9:19And, Shallum, son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his brethren of his ancestral house—the Korahites, were over the business of the service, watchers at the vestibule of the tent,—and, their fathers, had been over the camp of Yahweh, watchers at the entrance.

2 Chronicles 8:14and he caused to stand, according to the regulation of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service and of the Levites over their charges, to offer praise and to minister before the priests, for the duty of each day upon its own day, and the gate-keepers in their courses, at every several gate,—for, such, was the commandment of David the man of God;

2 Chronicles 34:9So they went in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the silver that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the entrance-hall had collected from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin,—and returned to Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 22:2-11

Josiah's Pious Reign; the Book of the Law Read. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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