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counted.</span> They put the pieces of silver into bags of a certain size, and then counted the bags, weighed, and sealed them up. These would be paid out as money. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/5-23.htm" title="And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them on two of his servants; and they bore them before him.">2Kings 5:23</a>.) Instead of “they bound up,” Ewald prefers the word used in Chronicles, “they emptied,” which is very similar in Hebrew writing. The royal secretary came, as the king’s representative, to make a record of the amount.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/2_kings/12.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/context/2_kings/12-10.htm" title="And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD....">2 Kings 12:10-11</a></span>. <span class="ital">The king’s scribe and the high-priest came up, </span>&c. — The king’s secretary and the high-priest emptied the chest, and took an account of the money, and then put it up in bags, which, it is likely, they sealed; and then they set the chest in its place again. This they did every day, as we read <a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm" title="Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's 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.">2 Chronicles 24:11</a>. <span class="ital">They gave the money to them that had the oversight, </span>&c. — These bags of money were delivered by the king and Jehoiada, (<a href="/2_chronicles/24-12.htm" title="And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as worked iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.">2 Chronicles 24:12</a>,) not to the priests, whom the king had found tardy, and, perhaps, faulty, (converting the money to their own use,) but to some select persons, who had this peculiar business committed to them, to employ good workmen, pay them their wages, and see the temple properly repaired.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_kings/12.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>12:1-16 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 the priests. Let not the servants of the temple be starved, under colour of repairing the breaches of it. Those that were intrusted did the business carefully and faithfully. They did not lay it out in ornaments for the temple, till the other work was completed; hence we may learn, in all our expenses, to prefer that which is most needful, and, in dealing for the public, to deal as we would for ourselves.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_kings/12.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>The king's scribe - Or "secretary" (<a href="/1_kings/4-3.htm">1 Kings 4:3</a> note). Such persons are often seen in the Assyrian sculptures, with a roll, apparently of parchment, in one hand and a pen in the other, taking account for the king of the spoil brought in from foreign expeditions. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_kings/12.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>7-10. Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?—This mode of collection not proving so productive as was expected (the dilatoriness of the priests was the chief cause of the failure), a new arrangement was proposed. A chest was placed by the high priest at the entrance into the temple, into which the money given by the people for the repairs of the temple was to be put by the Levites who kept the door. The object of this chest was to make a separation between the money to be raised for the building from the other moneys destined for the general use of the priests, in the hope that the people would be more liberal in their contributions when it was known that their offerings would be devoted to the special purpose of making the necessary repairs. The duty of attending to this work was no longer to devolve on the priests, but to be undertaken by the king.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_kings/12.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">The king’s scribe, </span> who kept an exact account hereof in writing. See <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm" title="And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.">2 Kings 19:2</a> 22:3</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_kings/12.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest,.... Which might easily be guessed at by the number of the people which contributed: <p>that the king's and the high priest came up; to the temple; the high priest did not choose to come alone, lest he should be suspected, but to have the king's secretary with him, that the money might be taken out of the chest, and told in the presence of them both: in <a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm">2 Chronicles 24:11</a> instead of the "high priest", it is the "high priest's officer", which the Targum there calls the Sagan of the high priest, or his deputy, who, perhaps, attended when the high priest could not: <p>and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord; that is, they poured the money out of the chest, or emptied it, as in <a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm">2 Chronicles 24:11</a> and counted it, and very likely set down the sum in writing, and put it up in bags, very probably sealed. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_kings/12.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_kings/12.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">10</span>. <span class="ital">when they saw that</span> there was <span class="ital">much money in the chest</span>] They could tell this by lifting, and beside this the priests were eye-witnesses of the liberal contribution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">the king’s scribe</span>] This was the royal secretary, through whom the king would be kept acquainted with the progress of the fund. It appears from <a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm" title="Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's 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.">2 Chronicles 24:11</a> that the chest was carried unopened unto the king’s office by the Levites, and that the examination and disposal of the contents took place there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">the high priest</span>] The Chronicler says ‘the high priest’s officer’. Josephus says the king was present at the opening. What is meant by these varying statements is that these two were always represented and that now and then no doubt both king and high priest were there in person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">came up</span>] To the place whither the chest had been brought for examination and to be emptied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">put up</span> in bags] The literal meaning ‘bound up’ is given on the margins of A.V. and R.V. The verb is used of putting money together in a packet (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm" title="Then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose:">Deuteronomy 14:25</a>). We must understand the proceeding to be in connexion with uncoined gold and silver. First it was tied up in some way into parcels, and then by weighing its value was found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">and told the money</span>] i.e. As we should now say ‘counted’ it. But the total value was found by weighing. The old use of ‘tell’ for ‘count’ occurs several times in the O.T. ‘Cf. <a href="/psalms/147-4.htm" title="He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.">Psalm 147:4</a> ‘He <span class="ital">telleth</span> the number of the stars’. So <a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm" title="In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that tells them, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 33:13</a>, ‘The flocks pass under the hands of him that <span class="ital">telleth them</span>’. Compare Milton, <span class="ital">L’Allegro</span> 67,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>‘And every shepherd tells his tale<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Under the hawthorn in the dale’.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>i.e. he counts the number of his sheep to see that none have been lost during the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest.</span> "When they saw" means "when they perceived." They would not <span class="accented">see</span> that the chest was becoming full, but would know by the weight, and perhaps by the sound which the money made when it was dropped in. <span class="cmt_word">That the king's scribe.</span> "Royal secretaries" were common in ancient Persia, and often acted as the king's commissioners (Herod., 3:128; Xen., 'Cyrop.,' 8:6. § 16; 'AEcouom.,' 4:8). Such persons are seen on the Assyrian sculptured slabs, with a roll of paper or parchment in one hand, and a pen in the other, taking account for the king of the spoil brought in from foreign countries (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. p. 86). <span class="cmt_word">And the high priest.</span> Since the time of Joshua, the high priest had been called simply "the priest." The restoration of the full title (<span class="accented">hae-cohen hag-gadol</span>) marks the increasing power of the priests and the diminishing power of the kings under the later monarchy. <span class="cmt_word">Came up, and they put up in bags, and told, the money that was found in the house of the Lord.</span> Money was ordinarily put up in bags, containing a certain definite amount, the mouth of the bag being then tied round with a string (see <a href="/2_kings/5-23.htm">2 Kings 5:23</a>; and comp. <a href="/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20</a>; <a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6</a>; <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a>). Hence putting money up in bags was sometimes called, as in this place, "binding it." No doubt they "told," or counted, the money first, and put it in the bags afterwards; but <span class="greek">υ}στερον πρότερον ισ α</span> very common figure of speech. 2 Kings 12:10<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_kings/12.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>"And when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's writer and the high priest came, and bound up and reckoned the money that was found in the house of Jehovah." צוּר, to bind up the money in bags (cf. <a href="/2_kings/5-23.htm">2 Kings 5:23</a>). 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