Verse 4
4. Hilkiah the high priest Son of Shallum and grandson of Zadok. 1 Chronicles 6:12-13. His name is immortalized by his discovery of the book of the law.
Sum the silver Ascertain the sum or complete amount of the silver now on hand.
Which the keepers of the door have gathered The arrangement for receiving money was like that in the time of Jehoash, (2 Kings 12:9-12,) when a chest was placed at the door of the temple into which the people put their contributions for repairing the house of the Lord; and “when they saw that there was much money in the chest, 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.” The keepers of the door were Levites, (1 Chronicles 23:5,) sometimes priests. 2 Kings 12:9.
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