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2 Kings 12:4
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 3148, bc 856
said to the priests: 2 Kings 22:4, 2 Chronicles 29:4-11, 2 Chronicles 35:2
the money: 2 Kings 12:18, 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Chronicles 18:11, 2 Chronicles 15:18, 2 Chronicles 31:12
dedicated things: or, holy things, Heb. holiness, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 27:12-27, Leviticus 27:31
even the money: 2 Kings 22:4, Exodus 30:12-16, 2 Chronicles 24:9, 2 Chronicles 24:10
that every man is set at: Heb. of the souls of his estimation, Leviticus 27:2-8
and all the money: Exodus 25:1, Exodus 25:2, Exodus 35:5, Exodus 35:22, Exodus 35:29, Exodus 36:3, 1 Chronicles 29:3-9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Ezra 1:6, Ezra 2:69, Ezra 7:16, Ezra 8:25-28, Luke 21:4
cometh: etc. Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:5 - gather of all Israel 2 Chronicles 24:7 - the dedicated
Cross-References
Now this is the history of the generations of Terach. Terach became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.
This is the family history of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Now these are the records of the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
Nowe these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begate Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.
Here is the genealogy of Terach. Terach fathered Avram, Nachor and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Jehoash said to the priests,.... Being minded or having it in his heart, to repair the temple, as in 2 Chronicles 24:4 not only because it was the sanctuary of the Lord, though that chiefly, but because it had been a sanctuary to him, where he was hid and preserved six years:
all the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord: or rather, "that is to be brought", as De Dieu, and others render it, the particulars of which follow:
even the money of everyone that passeth [the account]; or that passeth among them that are numbered, as in Exodus 30:13 that were upwards of twenty years of age, and bound to pay the half shekel for the ransom of their souls; and it is called the collection or burden Moses laid on them in the wilderness, 2 Chronicles 24:6
the money that every man is set at; the price the priest set upon or estimated a man at, or whomsoever that belonged to him, that he devoted to the Lord, which by the law he was bound to pay for his redemption, and, till that was done, he and they were not his, but the Lord's, of which see Leviticus 27:1 and here the Targum calls it, the money of the redemption of souls, which is the gift of a man for the redemption of his soul:
and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord: vows and freewill offerings made of their own accord.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It is remarkable that the first movement toward restoring the fabric of the temple should have come, not from Jehoiada, but from Jehoash (compare 2 Chronicles 24:4). Jehoiada had, it seems, allowed the mischief done in Athaliahâs time to remain unrepaired during the whole term of his government.
The money of every one ... - Three kinds of sacred money are here distinguished - first, the half shekel required in the Law Exodus 30:13 to be paid by every one above twenty years of age when he passed the numbering; secondly, the money to be paid by such as had devoted themselves, or those belonging to them, by vow to Yahweh, which was a variable sum dependent on age, sex, and property Leviticus 27:2-8; and thirdly, the money offered in the way of free-will offerings.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 12:4. All the money of the dedicated things — From all this account we find that the temple was in a very ruinous state; the walls were falling down, some had perhaps actually fallen, and there was no person so zealous for the pure worship of God, as to exert himself to shore up the falling temple!
The king himself seems to have been the first who noticed these dilapidations, and took measures for the necessary repairs. The repairs were made from the following sources:
1. The things which pious persons had dedicated to the service of God.
2. The free-will offerings of strangers who had visited Jerusalem: the money of every one that passeth.
3. The half-shekel which the males were obliged to pay from the age of twenty years (Exodus 30:12) for the redemption of their souls, that is their lives, which is here called the money that every man is set at. All these sources had ever been in some measure open, but instead of repairing the dilapidations in the Lord's house, the priests and Levites had converted the income to their own use.
