“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.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into Yahweh’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
- KJV 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:
- NKJV “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.
- NASB “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and have him count all the money brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
- NLT “Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the Lord’s Temple.
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Quick answer
Josiah instructs Hilkiah the high priest to count the money collected for the temple. The king orders an honest reckoning of the people's gifts.
Overview
The king directs that the offerings gathered by the doorkeepers be tallied by the high priest for temple repairs. The careful handling of the people's gifts reflects integrity in God's service. This concern for restoring the house of worship sets the stage for the discovery of the law and the reformation that follows.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Kgs 12:4Then 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.
- Neh 11:19And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
- 1 Chr 9:19Shallum 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 Chr 6:13Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
- 2 Chr 8:14In 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.
- Ps 84:10For 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.
- 1 Chr 9:11Azariah 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;
- 2 Chr 24:8–12At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chr 26:13–19They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
- 2 Kgs 12:8–11So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
- Mark 12:41–42As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
- 2 Chr 34:9–18So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
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