2 Kings 22:4

Translations

Modern

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

Traditional

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:

Literal

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and he will completely count the silver that was brought into the house of YHWH, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people.

Latin

Vade ad Helciam sacerdotem magnum, ut confletur pecunia quæ illata est in templum Domini, quam collegerunt janitores templi a populo:

Original

Hebrew

English

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

Notes

2 Kings 22:3–4

By the eighteenth year of his reign, which was in 621 BC, Josiah had followed the Lord for ten years (see 2 Chronicles 34:3–7).
Hilkiah, the high priest, came from Zadok's family line (1 Chronicles 9:10–11). Some scholars think this Hilkiah was Jeremiah’s father (Jeremiah 1:1).
The money was collected in a large chest placed where people could easily access it as they entered the temple (compare 2 Kings 12:9).

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah

Events

Reign of Josiahc. 641 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 12:4
Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 6:13
Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
Mark 12:41–42
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
1 Chronicles 26:13–19
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 9:11
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
Psalm 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
2 Kings 12:8–11
So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
Nehemiah 11:19
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
2 Chronicles 24:8–12
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:9–18
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 34:8–13

People

Hilkiah: The high priest who discovered the Book of the Law

Glossary

Book of Zephaniah Ezekiel, Book of Hilkiah Judaism Kings, Books of First and Second Kohath, Kohathites Scribe Shaphan Temple

Topics

Hilkiah: High Priest Honesty: The Overseers of the Temple Repairs Josiah: King of Judah: Piety of Exemplified in his Repairing of the Temple Liberality: Josiah Priest: To Have Charge of the Treasury Scribe(s): The King's Secretary (Official Recordist) Secretary (Recordist): General Scriptures Concerning Shaphan: A Scribe of King Josiah Temple: Solomon's by Josiah the First Temple: Repaired by Josiah in the 18Th Year of his Reign The High Priest: Duties of Taking Charge of Money Collected in the Sacred Treasury Treasure-Houses: Solomon's Temple Used For Ushers

2 Kings 22:4

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