Hilkiah - Hilkiah was the father (or grandfather) of Seraiah (compare 1 Chronicles 6:13, with Nehemiah 11:11), high priest at the time of the captivity 2 Kings 25:18. and ancestor of Ezra the scribe Ezra 7:1.

It is evident from the expressions of this verse that a collection for the repairs of the temple, similar to that established in the reign of Joash 2 Kings 12:9, had been for some considerable time in progress (compare 2 Chronicles 34:3), and the king now sent to know the result.

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