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:
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Gill's Exposition
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest,.... Who had an apartment in the temple; there was an Hilkiah, a priest, in those times, who was the father of Jeremiah the prophet, Jer 1:1, whom an Arabic writer (l)…
Barnes' Notes
Hilkiah - Hilkiah was the father (or grandfather) of Seraiah (compare 1Ch 6:13-14, with Neh 11:11), high priest at the time of the captivity 2Ki 25:18. and ancestor of Ezra the scribe Ezr 7:1. It is…
Adam Clarke
That he may sum the silver - As Josiah began to seek the Lord as soon as he began to reign, we may naturally conclude that the worship of God that was neglected and suppressed by his father, was…
Concerning Josiah we are here told,
I. That he was very young when he began to reign (Kg2 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child; but happy art…
Cambridge Bible
Hilkiah the high priest From 1Ch 6:13 it seems that he was the son of Shallum, and judging from Ezr 7:1 he appears to have been an ancestor of Ezra.
that he may sum the silver R.V. money. With a view…
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