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2 Kings 22:4
“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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Josiah instructs his scribe Shaphan during the eighteenth year of his reign to address the temple's financial administration.
The words — עֲלֵה ('a.Leh) translates literally as "go up" and וְיַתֵּם (ve./ya.Tem) means "so he may complete" the count.
The thread — The directive mirrors Joash’s temple collection orders in 2 Kings 12:4 and 2 Kings 12:8, while Hilkiah’s priestly lineage is recorded in 1 Chronicles 6:13.
Why it lands — The text states that doorkeepers collected funds and Josiah commands Hilkiah to count them, requiring readers to acknowledge that sacred resources must be documented by authorized officials before distribution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- 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.
- 2 Kings 12:8 So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
- 1 Chronicles 6:13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
- 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;
- 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 26:13 They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 24:8 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 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.
- Nehemiah 11:19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.