Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 24:9
And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The king’s administration issues a public decree in Judah and Jerusalem to collect funds for the temple chest placed at the gate.
The words — קֹל (kol) translates literally as “a proclamation” or “voice,” and מַשְׂאֵת (mas'et) means “a tax” or “levy.”
The thread — The text explicitly traces this levy to Moses’ command in the wilderness, a precedent later echoed in the temple tax discussion of Matthew 17:24 and the administrative oversight noted in 2 Chronicles 24:6.
Why it lands — The text states that a formal announcement required the people to bring a specific amount to the LORD, demanding deliberate participation in corporate worship and obedience to established biblical precedent.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
- Matthew 17:24 After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”