2 Kings 22:4 ““Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that ha…”

2 Kings 22:4

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

World English Bible

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into the LORD’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.

American Standard Version

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe vp to Hilkiah the high Priest, that hee may summe the siluer which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the doore haue gathered of the people.

Darby Translation

Go up to Hilkijah the high priest, that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people,

Young's Literal Translation

'Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,

Bible in Basic English

Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

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Cross references

“Hilkiah”

1 Chronicles 6:13 1 Chronicles 9:11 2 Chronicles 34:9–18

1 Chronicles 6:13 · BSB

Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,

1 Chronicles 9:11 · BSB

Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

2 Chronicles 34:9–18 · BSB

So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remn…

“sum the silver”

2 Kings 12:4 2 Kings 12:8–11 2 Chronicles 24:8–12 Mark 12:41 Mark 12:42

2 Kings 12:4 · BSB

Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 12:8–11 · BSB

So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

2 Chronicles 24:8–12 · BSB

At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.

Mark 12:41 · BSB

As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

Mark 12:42 · BSB

Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

“the keepers”

1 Chronicles 9:19 1 Chronicles 26:13–19 2 Chronicles 8:14 Nehemiah 11:19 Psalm 84:10

1 Chronicles 9:19 · BSB

Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwe…

1 Chronicles 26:13–19 · BSB

They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

2 Chronicles 8:14 · BSB

In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the…

Nehemiah 11:19 · BSB

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

5And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—

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