2 Kings 12:4

_AND JEHOASH SAID TO THE PRIESTS, ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS THAT IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, EVEN THE MONEY OF EVERY ONE THAT PASSETH THE ACCOUNT, THE MONEY THAT EVERY MAN IS SET AT, AND ALL THE MONEY THAT COMETH INTO ANY MAN'S HEART TO BRING INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,_ Jehoash said to the priests ... There is here given an account of the measures which the young king took for repairing the temple by the levying of taxes. There are three sorts of money reckoned: (1) "The money of everyone that passeth the account" (our translators have supplemented this word) namely, half a shekel, as an offering to the Lord (Exodus 30:13). This money was destined for the temple as it had been originally for the tabernacle. (2) "The money that every man (Hebrew the souls or persons) is set at"- ie the redemption-price of (2) "The money that every man (Heb

1-16 It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do wisely and well for themselves, when willing to be counselled and ruled. The temple was out of repair; Jehoash orders the repair of the temple. The king was zealous. God requires those who have power, to use it for the support of religion, the redress of grievances, and repairing of decays. The king employed the priests to manage, as most likely to be hearty in the work. But nothing was done effectually till the twenty-third year of his reign. Another method was therefore taken. When public distributions are made faithfully, public contributions will be made cheerfully. While they were getting all they could for the repair of the temple, they did not break in upon the stated maintenance of t...

Verse 2 Kings 12:4. _ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS_] From all this account we find that the temple was in a very ruinous state; the walls were falling down, some had perhaps actually fallen, and there was no person so zealous for the pure worship of God, as to exert himself to shore up the falling temple! The king himself seems to have been the first who noticed these dilapidations, and took measures for the necessary repairs. The repairs were made from the following sources: 1. The _things_ which pious persons _had dedicated_ to the service of God. 2. The _free-will offerings_ of strangers who had visited Jerusalem: _the_ _money of every one that passeth_. 3. The _half-shekel_ which the males were obliged to pay from the age of _twenty_ years ...

It is remarkable that the first movement toward restoring the fabric of the temple should have come, not from Jehoiada, but from Jehoash (compare 2 Chronicles 24:4). Jehoiada had, it seems, allowed the mischief done in Athaliah’s time to remain unrepaired during the whole term of his government. THE MONEY OF EVERY ONE ... - Three kinds of sacred money are here distinguished - first, the half shekel required in the Law Exodus 30:13 to be paid by every one above twenty years of age when he passed the numbering; secondly, the money to be paid by such as had devoted themselves, or those belonging to them, by vow to Yahweh, which was a variable sum dependent on age, sex, and property...

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 12:1 THE REIGN OF JOASH._ _THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND HIS DEATH BY A CONSPIRACY. 2 KINGS 12:1 The writer of Kings is extremely brief and incomplete in his account of the reign of Joash. He seems to have had a great tenderness for him, and to have determined that he would put on record nothing to his discredit. We have to go to Chronicles ...

AND JEHOASH SAID TO THE PRIESTS,.... Being minded or having it in his heart, to repair the temple, as in 2 Chronicles 24:4 not only because it was the sanctuary of the Lord, though that chiefly, but because it had been a sanctuary to him, where he was hid and preserved six years: ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS THAT IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: or rather, "that is to be brought", as De Dieu, and others render it, the particulars of which follow: EVEN THE MONEY OF EVERYONE THAT PASSETH [THE ACCOUNT]; or that passeth among them that are numbered, as in Exodus 30:13 that were upwards of twenty years of age, and bound to pay the half shekel for the ransom of their souls; and it is called the collection or burden Moses laid on them in the wilderness

4. JEHOASH, THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, AND THE DEATH OF JEHOASH CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jehoash's (Joash) Reign (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:2)_ 2. The Failure of the Priests (2 Kings 12:4; 2 Chronicles 24:4) 3. The Temple Repaired (2 Kings 12:9; 2 Chronicles 24:8) 4. Hazael and Jehoash (2 Kings 12:17) 5. The Dea

2 KINGS 12. REIGN OF JOASH AND HIS REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. 2 Kings 12:1 is in the usual annalistic style of the Deuteronomist. It is followed by a curious extract from the Temple records (2 Kings 12:4 ff.), similar to those found in 2 Kings 16:10 and 2 Kings 22:3 to 2 Kings 23:24. This relates to the provision of money for the repair of the Temple. Two things deserve attention (2 Kings 12:4). The first is that the sources of the Temple revenue are given as ...

THE PRIESTS. See note on Libnah, 2 Kings 8:22. DEDICATED. sacred. See note on Exodus 3:5. THE ACCOUNT. These italics are not needed. Hebrew. _'abar_. to pass over. THAT EVERY MAN, &C. Hebrew "of the souls (= persons. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13) of his [the priest's] valuation" (Leviticus 27:2)....

_And Jehoash said to the priests_ Even if we had not the definite statement which stands 2 Chronicles 24:7 of the depredations made on the temple by the sons of Athaliah, we can understand how under her rule the temple would be neglected and allowed to get out of repair. Hence the need which Jehoash recognised. It must have been some years after his accession when he gave these orders to the priests. At seven years old he would not be sensible of what was needed in such a matter. _All the money of the dedicated_[R.V. HALLOWED] things] The change is to the rendering of the same word in verse 18 of this chapter. The money here spoken of is that which was given for the provision of vessels and implements for temple-service. Cf. 1 Kings 7:51 and the verses preceding. even the m