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2 Chronicles 34:14
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Temple workers remove deposited funds while Hilkiah the priest locates a scroll during Josiah’s restoration project. This discovery occurs amid supervised labor and Levitical administration of the house of Yahweh.
The words — The Hebrew מָצָא (ma.Tza') means "he found," identifying the priest’s action, while חִלְקִיָּהוּ (chil.ki.Ya.hu) names him. The phrase הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף (ha./Ke.sef) denotes the silver being cleared from the house of Yahweh.
The thread — The recovered scroll is explicitly called the Book of the Law given by Moses, aligning with the statutory traditions cited in Leviticus 8:36, 10:11, and 26:46. Its retrieval immediately leads Hilkiah to deliver it to the scribe Shaphan in 2 Chronicles 34:15.
Why it lands — The text records a physical recovery of written authority during routine temple accounting, showing how covenant documents are stored and retrieved. It requires readers to note that administrative work precedes the discovery that will later drive religious reform.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 8:36 So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Leviticus 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Leviticus 26:46 These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 31:24 When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
- Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- 2 Kings 22:8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
- 2 Chronicles 12:1 After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 31:4 Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 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.