2 Kings 22:4

Hilkiah the high priest From 1 Chronicles 6:13 it seems that he was the son of Shallum, and judging from Ezra 7:1 he appears to have been an ancestor of Ezra.

that he may sum the silver R.V. money. With a view to a restoration of the temple, a collection of money like that in the reign of Joash (see above, chap. 12.) had been in progress, and now, acting on the precedent of that previous time, as appears from the great similarity in the language used to describe them both, Josiah sets about the repair of all that had fallen into decay during the seven and fifty years which had passed since the death of Hezekiah.

the keepers of the door have gathered of the people The keepers of the door were the priests (see 2 Kings 12:9) who had charge of the treasury into which the offerings of the devout were put. In Chronicles they are said to be the Levites. It is noted in 2 Chron. that money was not only gathered from Judah and Benjamin, but also from the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel.