Sir J. Chardin informs us, "it is a custom of Persia always to seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is not told, but is received by bags sealed up." These are what are called in the East purses; each of which, as Maillet informs us, contains money to the amount of 1,500 livres, or about 63Å“. of our money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the temple, seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it in bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in ch. 5:23, amounted to a talent.

12:11

hand over ... silver <03701 05414> [gave the money.]

22:5,6 2Ch 24:11,12 34:9-11 [All]

hired <03318> [laid it out. Heb. brought it forth.]

12:12

masons <01443> [masons.]

1Ki 5:17,18 Ezr 3:7 5:8 Lu 21:5 [All]

paid <03318> [was laid out. Heb. went forth.]

12:13

used <06213> [there were not.]

That is, there were no vessels made for the service of the temple till all the outward repairs were completed; but, when this was done, "they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels of gold and silver," (2 Ch 24:14,) to replace those which had been taken away by Athaliah and her sons.

2Ch 24:14

bowls <05592> [bowls.]

Nu 7:13,14 1Ki 7:48-50 Ezr 1:9-11 [All]

trumpets <02689> [trumpets.]

Nu 10:2

12:15

audit <02803> [they reckoned.]

22:7

<06213> [for they dealt.]

2Ch 34:12 Ne 7:2 Mt 24:45 Lu 16:1,10,11 1Co 4:2,3 3Jo 1:5 [All]

12:16

silver ...... reparation offerings <03701 0817> [trespass money.]