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2 Chronicles 24:6

in 2 Chronicles 24

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

KJV

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

This verse in 2 Chronicles 24

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The collection - of Moses - This was the poll-tax, fixed by Moses, of half a shekel, which was levied on every man from twenty years old and upward; and which was considered as a ransom for their souls, that there might be no plague among them. See Exo 30:12-14.

This site's exposition

Joash set his heart on repairing

on 2 Chronicles 24:4-7

Chronicles alone explains why the house needed repair: “the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God”. Joash orders the Levites to collect the yearly money, and they do not hurry. Second Kings 12 records the same slow start without naming a cause.

This site's exposition

the Tent of the Testimony

The king grounds the levy in the tax Moses laid on Israel. Barnes adds that Joash had assigned two further kinds of money to the repair fund. Matthew Henry remarks that building temples is easier than being temples to God, a word that fits the king's later fall.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The chief - It is observable, that he is not called the chief priest, or high-priest, but only the chief, or the head, which he might be in many other respects, either by reason of his near relation to the royal family: or because he was the chief of one of the twenty- four families.
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is easier to build temples than to be temples to God. The repairing of churches is a good work, which all in their places should promote, for the decency and conveniency of religious assemblies. The learned tell us that in the Christian church, anciently, part of the tithes were applied that way.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

It appears from 2Ki 12:4 that Joash had assigned to the restoration-fund two other payments also.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he summoned

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • הַמֶּלֶךְ֮the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣ע<to> Jehoiada

    lihoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • הָרֹאשׁ֒the chief

    haroshH7218 →599 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • ל֗וֹto him

    lo

  • מַדּ֙וּעַ֙why?

    madua'H4069 →

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • דָרַ֣שְׁתָּhave you required

    darashtaH1875 →164 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • לְהָבִ֞יאto bring

    lehavi'H935 →2568 times

  • מִֽיהוּדָ֣הfrom Judah

    mihudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םand from Jerusalem

    umirushalimH3389 →643 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מַשְׂאַת֙[the] tax of

    masatH4864 →

  • מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    ʾeved-H5650 →799 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהַקָּהָ֖לand of the assembly

    vehakahalH6951 →123 times

  • לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לof Israel

    leyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לְאֹ֖הֶלto [the] tent of

    leohelH168 →345 times

  • הָעֵדֽוּת׃the testimony

    haedutH5715 →59 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:50

    Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 38:21

      This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Exodus 31:18

      When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

    • Numbers 4:15

      When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

    • 1 Chronicles 23:1–32

      When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

    • Numbers 4:25–33

      They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

  • Through

    Acts 7:44

    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 25:40

      See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

    • Hebrews 8:5

      The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…

  • Through

    Numbers 18:2

    But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 29:34

      Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).