2 Reyes 22:4

4 «Ve a ver al sumo sacerdote Hilcías y pídele que cuente el dinero que los porteros han recaudado de la gente en el templo del Señor
.

2 Reyes 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 68.

2 Reyes 22:4 In-Context

2 Él hizo lo que era agradable a los ojos del Señor
y siguió el ejemplo de su antepasado David; no se apartó de lo que era correcto.

3 Durante el año dieciocho de su reinado, el rey Josías envió al templo del Señor
a Safán, hijo de Azalía y nieto de Mesulam, secretario de la corte. Le dijo:

4 «Ve a ver al sumo sacerdote Hilcías y pídele que cuente el dinero que los porteros han recaudado de la gente en el templo del Señor
.

5 Confía este dinero a los hombres que fueron designados para supervisar la restauración del templo. Así ellos podrán usarlo para pagar a los trabajadores que reparan el templo del Señor
.

6 Tendrán que contratar carpinteros, constructores y albañiles. También haz que compren toda la madera y la piedra labrada que se necesite para reparar el templo;