2 Kings 12:6-21
twenty-third year <06242 08141 07969> [three and twentieth year. Heb. twentieth year and third year. the priests.]
King Jehoash <03060 04428> [king Jehoash.]
Jehoiada <03077> [Jehoiada.]
repaired ... damage ...................... damage <02388 0919> [Why repair ye.]
took ... chest <03947 0259 0727> [took a chest.]
near <0681> [beside.]
priest .............................. priests <03548> [the priests.]
guarded <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
royal <04428> [the king's.]
secretary <05608> [scribe. or, secretary. put up. Heb. bound up.]
bagged <06696> [in bags.]
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.
hand over ... silver <03701 05414> [gave the money.]
hired <03318> [laid it out. Heb. brought it forth.]
masons <01443> [masons.]
paid <03318> [was laid out. Heb. went forth.]
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.
bowls <05592> [bowls.]
trumpets <02689> [trumpets.]
audit <02803> [they reckoned.]
<06213> [for they dealt.]
silver ...... reparation offerings <03701 0817> [trespass money.]
Hazael ......... Hazael <02371> [A.M. 3164. B.C. 840. Hazael.]
Gath <01661> [against Gath.]
it <07760 06440> [set his face.]
Jerusalem <03389> [to Jerusalem.]
collected .... sacred .................... sacred <03947 06944> [took all the hallowed.]
He dearly bought, by such unhallowed means, a peace which was of short duration; for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which he lost, and the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was totally ruined, and Jehoash soon after slain in his bed by his own servants.
withdrew <05927> [went away. Heb. went up.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
servants <05650> [his servants.]
Beth-Millo <04407 01004> [the house of Millo. or, Beth-millo.]
<03108> [Jozachar.]
This person is called Zabad in Chronicles, and Shimeath his mother is said to be an Ammonitess; and Jehozabad is said to be the son, not of Shomer, but of Shimrith, a Moabitess. Who the fathers of these two persons were we know not; they were probably foreigners and aliens. Some suppose that they belonged to the king's chamber, and therefore could have easy access to him.
[Zabad. Shomer.]
[Shimrith. Amaziah his son.]
