| bles, and the governours of the people, and all the
lity of the Levites who had no particular ffations a:lotted to them _ s 5 PETER .
as their Brethren had. v. & 5. Lv were tO b2 in tic Prieſts Comrrs Þ people of the land, and brought down the king from
as the Peopic, wha were in the Court of the People: or 2, in the 3N 2 ce
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ſe of the LORD: and they came through? | = ra o into the kings houſe, and ſer the king; the LORD and alſo ſuch as wrought iron and brals to
upon the throne of the land.
o To wit, lace.
21 And all the people of the land rejoyceds and the city was quiet, after that they had ſlain Athaliah
with the ſword. *C H.AiP. XXIV.
Foaſh reigneth well all the days of Jehojada, I = 14, he dieth : is buried honourably : aud Foaſh falleth to Idolatry : flayeth Zechariah the ſon of Jehojada, 15 —==>== 22+ Heis ſpoiled by the Syrians: ſiain by Zabad and Jehozabad. Amaziah ſucceedeth him, 23 ——= 27s
Oaſh * was ſeven years old 4 when he began to reign, |_
and he reigned forty years in Jeruſalem: his mo- thers name alſo was Zibeah of Beer-ſheba. # A great part of this Chapter is explained on 2 Kings I2. 2 And Joaſh did that which was right in the ſight of the LORD, all the days of Jehojada the prieſt. 3 And Jehojada took for him two wives,and he begat
ſons and. daughters. 4 And it cameto paſs after this, 2bat Joaſh was mind- ed
+ to repair the houſe of the LORD.
5 And he gathered together the prieſts and the Le- vites, and ſaid to them, Go out unto the cities of Ju- dah, and gather of all Ifrael 5, money to repair the houſe of your God from year to year c, and ſee that ye
haſte the matter. Howbeit the Levites haftned zr not. b i. e. Of all the Iſraelites that were in the Kingdom of Judah
'See Ch. 15. 17. and 21. 2+ c Either r. repair part ot it every year, ; gather it from year to year
cill you get ſuch a ſum as may ſuffice for the work ; for he ſuppoſed |
till the reparations be perfefted : Or, 2.
one or two years colle&ion would nor ſuffice for the work,whether
\ jt were that colle&ion of half a ſhekel for every man, of which ſee
Exod. 30. 12,13. 2 Kings 12. 14, or a voluntary contribution requi- red for the preſent exigence of the Temple by virtue of the com- mand and example of Moſes, who made ſuch a colleCtion for the building of the Tabernacle, Exod, 35. 5+ See alſo Nehem, 10. 32. which he thought would not be any greatſum, becauſe of the great iniquity and impiety which yet had reigned for many years, and yer continued in the generality of the people of the Land, the Levites not excepted, as the laſt Clauſe of this Verſe ſhews _
6 And the king called for Jehojada the chief d, and
faid unto him, Why haſt thou not required of the Le- Vites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jeruſalem, the colle&ion, according to the commandment of * Moles e
the ſervant of the LORD, and of the congregation of
Iſrael, for the tabernacle of witneſs?
4 It is obſervable, that he is not called the Chief Prieft, or High- Prieff, but only tbe Chief, or the Head, which he might be in many other reſpects, either by reaſon of his near relation to the Royal Fa. mily ; or becauſe he was the Chief of one of the 24 Families, or be: cauſe he had been the chief man in the contriving and bringing about of this great Change, and the General of the Forces employ> ed about it. And the High Prieft ſeems ro be mentioned as a diſtince perſon from Jehvjadah here, 2 Kings 12+ 9, 10. All which make ir queſtionable, whether Jehojsdah was the High-Prieſt or no. e Heb, the Collefien of Moſes, i. e. ſuch an one as he commanded or made
in the like caſe : of which ſee on v. 5. In like manner we read of |
he [ins of Manafſeh, 2 Kings 24. 3: and of the Sin of Feroboam frequently, ; $- For the ſons of Achaliah f, that wicked woman, had broken up the houſe of God g, and alſo all the
dedicate things of the houſe of the LORD did they be-
ſtow upon Baalim. |
f To wit, Ahaziah, and his Brethren before they were carried away captive, c<þ. 21+ i7. who did this by her inſtigarion, as this o_ implies. g Both broken up the Treaſuries, and defaced the
ouſe it ſelf. IF 8 And at the kings commandment they made a
cheſt, and ſet it without at the gate of the houſe of the LORD 5, | h i. e. Of the Court of the People, whither all manner of perſons
might come to offer. | 9 And they made 7 a proclamation through Judah
and Jeruſalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moſes the ſervant of God laid upon Iſrael in the
wilderneſs. 55. e. A Collection anſwerable to it; as they are ſaid to be guilty
of the- errour of Balaam and gainſaying of Core, Jud. v. 11. who fell into fins of the ſame kind. xo And all the princes and all the people rejoyced,
and brought in» and caſt into the cheſt, untiil they had made an end.
11 Now it came to pals, that at what time the cheſt was brought unto the kings office &, by the hand of the Levites, and when they ſaw that zhere was much money, the kings ſcribe, and the high prieſts officer came and emptied the cheſt, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
k From the gate of the Court into one of the Chambers be- longing to the Temple, which was appointed by the King for this office.
12 And the king and Jehojada gave it to ſuch as did the work of the ſervice of the houls of the LORD,
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and hired maſons and carpenters to repeir the houſe of 7 Zeb #, mend the houſe of the LORD. Paaling
12 So the workmen wrought, and | the work was perfeted by them, and they ſer the houſe of Ged in his ſtats, and ſtrengthened it.
14 And when they had finiſhed it, they brought the reſt of the money before the king and Jehoj da, where- of were made veſſels for the houſ: of the LORDY, ever veſſels ro miniſter, and || to offer 2yiz22!, and ipoons, and veſſels of gold and filver : and they offered burnt- offerings in the houſe of the LORD continually, all
the days of Jehojada. { Becauſe Athaliah and her Sons had taken the old ones away,
Hm upon the Work,
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If But Jehojada waxed old, and was full of days when he died, an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, becauſe he had done good in Ifrael mr, both towards God, and towards his houſe.