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2 Könige 22:4

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4 Gehe hinauf zu Hilkija, dem Hohenpriester, daß er das Geld zusammennehme, welches in das Haus Jehovas gebracht worden ist, welches die Hüter der Schwelle von dem Volke eingesammelt haben,

2 Könige 22:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:4

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest
Who had an apartment in the temple; there was an Hilkiah, a priest, in those times, who was the father of Jeremiah the prophet, ( Jeremiah 1:1 Jeremiah 1:2 ) , whom an Arabic writer F12 takes to be the same with this; but it is not likely:

that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord
which the people voluntarily offered for the repairing of it; this he would have the priest take an account of, that the sum total might be known; his meaning is, that he should take it out of the chest in which it was put, and count it, that it might be known what it amounted to; see ( 2 Kings 12:9 2 Kings 12:10 ) , some understand this of melting and coining the silver thus given

which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
who were Levites, ( 2 Chronicles 34:9 ) , either porters of the door, or rather the treasurers, as the Targum; the keepers of the vessels of the sanctuary, that had the care of them, as the Jewish commentators generally interpret it.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 68.
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2 Könige 22:4 In-Context

2 Und er tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas; und er wandelte auf allen Wegen seines Vaters David und wich nicht zur Rechten noch zur Linken.
3 Und es geschah im achtzehnten Jahre des Königs Josia, da sandte der König Schaphan, den Sohn Azaljas, des Sohnes Meschullams, den Schreiber, in das Haus Jehovas und sprach:
4 Gehe hinauf zu Hilkija, dem Hohenpriester, daß er das Geld zusammennehme, welches in das Haus Jehovas gebracht worden ist, welches die Hüter der Schwelle von dem Volke eingesammelt haben,
5 damit man es in die Hand derer gebe, welche das Werk betreiben, die am Hause Jehovas bestellt sind; und sie sollen es denen geben, die das Werk tun im Hause Jehovas, um das Baufällige des Hauses auszubessern:
6 den Zimmerleuten und den Bauleuten und den Maurern, und um Holz zu kaufen und behauene Steine, um das Haus auszubessern.
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