N * the ſeventh year of Jehu,Jehoaſh began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jeruſalem : And his
mothers name was Zibiah of Bcerſheba. 2 And Jehoaſh did bar which was right in the ſight
either formerly or lately vowed or dedicated to the uſe and ſer-
' vice of God and of his Houſe,either by the former Kings; of which 7 Heb.
ſee below, ver. 18. and compare 1 Kings 7. 51. and 15. 15. 2 Kings _ e
12:18. 2 Chron: 15:18. or, by the King or his People. f Or rather,
that ſhall be brought : for though the people might Vow to bring it heart of 8 thither in convenient time, yet it 1s not likely they would bring much money thither in the Tyrannical and Idolatrous Reign of
| Athaliah : or, if they did, that Athaliah would nor ſeize it for her own uſe. .*. 7. e. The half Sheke], which was paid for every one ' that was numbred from :0 Years old and upward ;. of which the ' very ſame Phraſe is uſed, Ex.30-31- compare 2 Chron. 24.c,6,9. g Heb.
the money of ſouls, or perſons, «ccording 30 the taxing. 7. e. the money which every man that had vowed his Perſon to God, paid accor- ding to the rate which the Prieſt put upon him ; Of which ſee Levit, 27.2, &c. hþ All that thall be freely offered. See Exod 25. 2.and 35. 5. ; : :
5 Let the prieſts take is to them 3, every man of his acquaintance, and let them repair the breaches of che houſe, whereſoever any breach ſhall be found &.
: Let them go abroad through all the parts of the Land, as they have acquaintance and intereſt,and gather up the Money,and bring it to Jeruſalem, k Either through decay ; or, by ill accidents ; or, by the malice of Athaliah or her Relations : Of which ſee 2 Chron.
*4. 7: 6 .
6 But it was ſo,that | in the three and twentieth year þ Heb. is of xing Jehoaſh,the prieſt had not repaired the breaches 11, wn. of the houſe /. rieth year,
I Either,becauſe the People were generally corrupt & backward and third to the Worſhip of God, eſpecially where it coſt them any thing : year« or, becauſe the Perſons employed in making the Colle&ions, were negligent, or unfaithful, perverting the Money received, to their own uſes, as may ſeem probable trom the contrary chara&ter of other Perſons, of whom it 1s noted, that they dealt faithfully, below,
V. 15+ Or, becauſe the people did not like this way of Colle&ion,and had no good opinion of the ColleC&ors Faithfulneſs.
7 Then king Jehoaſh called for Jehoiada the prieſt, and the other prieſts,and ſaid unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the houſe ?now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it mz for the || breaches of the houſe, Las
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8And the prieſts conſented to receive no »re money of the people, neicher to repair the breaches of the houſe ».
3 Nor to take the charge of that Work which the king had com- mitted unto them,but freely to reſign it to whom the King thould appoint.
9 But Jehoiada the prieſt « took a cheſt,and bored a hole in the lid of ir, and ſet it beſide the altar y, on the right fide, as one cometh into the houſe of the LORD :
and the prieſt that kept the + door q,put therein all the f _ money that was brought into the houſe of the-LORD: Slarejpal
o By the Kings conſent, 2 Chron. 24. 8. þ In the Prieſts Court. Obj. It was placed wirhour, at the gate of the houſe of the Lord, 2 Chr. 24-8. 4». Either, Firſc, It was firſt placed by the Altar, and after- wards thence removed to the Gate of the Court, for the Peoples greater farisfaCtion,that they might come thirher,& put in their mo- ney with their own hands, Or, Secondly, That place 2 Chron. ſpeaks - of the Gate of the Temple ſrrictly ſo called, nigh unto which the Altar of burnt-offerings was. Or, Thirdly, It was placed near the entrance into the Prieits Court,which was over againſt the Altar, and not far from it, ſo as the People ſtanding in their own Court, might either pur their money into it, or ſee when the Prieſts put it in. q The Door of the Prieſts Court, which, together with the Temple and all its utenſils, was committed to the charge of the Prieſts and Lewites, Numb. 18. 4- 1 Chron.9.26, &c. Io And it was ſo,when they ſaw that there was much | money in the cheſt, that the kings [| ſcribe r, and the | moot high Prieſt came up,and they + pur up in bags,and told ons -PY
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11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the overſight of the Houſe of the LORD /: and they Þ laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the Houſe of the LORD ; :
{ Who were choſen out of the people» not without a refleftion upon the Prieſts for their neglect or unfairhfulneſs.
12 And to maſons, and hewers of ſtone, and to buy timber, and hewed ſtone, to repair the breaches of the Houſe of the LORD, and for all that + was laid out
for the Houſe to repair it 7. : And for all other things which were neceſſary for the ceparation of the Houſe.
' 13 Howbeit, there were not made « for the Houfe of the LORD, bowls of ſilver, ſnutfers, baſons, trumpets, and veſſels of gold, or veſlels of ſilver, of the money that was brought into the Houſe of the LORD.
4 To wit, until all.the breaches ofthe Houſe were repaired ; bur, when that was done, they laid it out for theſe things, as is noted > Chron. 24+ 14+
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the houſe of the LORD.
i5 Moreover, * they reckoned not with the men, into whoſe hand they delivered the money to be be- ſtowed on workmen ; for they dealt faithfully x.
x For they perceived by many experiments that they were Faithful.
16 * The treſpaſs-money, and * fin-money was not brought into the houſe of the LORD y: it * was the prieſts. |