2 Kings 23:35 - Exposition

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh. Jehoiakim, i.e; paid the tribute, which Nechoh had fixed ( 2 Kings 23:33 ), regularly. He did not, however, pay it out of the state treasury, which was exhausted. But he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-Nechoh ; rather, he had the land valued (comp. Le 27:8), and "exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his valuation ."