2 Kings 12:4
in 2 Kings 12Then 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,
KJV
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
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This verse in 2 Kings 12
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"The money of every one that passeth the account," namely, half a shekel, as "an offering to the Lord" (Ex 30:13). "The money that every man is set at," that is, the redemption price of every one who had devoted himself or any thing belonging to him to the Lord, and the amount of which was estimated according to certain rules (Le 27:1-8).
This site's exposition
cometh into any man’s heart
on 2 Kings 12:4-6
Jehoash names three streams of temple money in one breath, the assessed price of every soul numbered, the valuation price set on a vow, and whatever a man's own heart moves him to bring, the same threefold shape the law gave census money and vow redemption. The priests are told to collect it from their own acquaintance and repair the house wherever a breach is found, a plan built on personal trust rather than any office of accounting. Twenty three years pass and the breaches still stand, the money gathered but the work not done.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"The money for the assessment." [The Scripture] uses [this term] for the money which is voluntarily given by the people for the "assessment" of their own person and whose payment has survived from the time of Moses who, after the [Israelites] were counted in the …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The money - The half shekel, which was paid for every one that was numbered from twenty years old and upward. Is set at - Hebrew. the money of souls, or persons according to his taxing, the money which every man that had vowed his person to God, paid according to the rate which the priest put upon him.
And Jehoash said to the priests,....
This they were to gather every man of his acquaintance, and it was supposed that there was no man but had acquaintance with some or other of the priests. Note, We should take the opportunity that God gives us of exciting those we have a particular acquaintance with to that which is good.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
All the money of the dedicated things - From all this account we find that the temple was in a very ruinous state; the walls were falling down, some had perhaps actually fallen, and there was no person so zealous for the pure worship of God, as to exert himself to shore up the falling temple! The king himself seems to have been the first who noticed these dilapidations, and took measures for the necessary repairs. The repairs were made from the following sources: 1. The things which pious persons had dedicated to the service of God.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
It is remarkable that the first movement toward restoring the fabric of the temple should have come, not from Jehoiada, but from Jehoash (compare 2Ch 24:4). Jehoiada had, it seems, allowed the mischief done in Athaliah’s time to remain unrepaired during the whole term of his government. The money of every one ... - Three kinds of sacred money are here distinguished - first, the half shekel required in the Law Exo 30:13 to be paid by every one above twenty years of age when he passed the numbering; secondly, the money to be paid by such as had devoted themselves, or those belonging to them, by vow to Yahweh, which was a variable sum dependent on age, sex, and property Lev 27:2-8; and thirdly, the money offered in the way of free-will offerings.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ | yehoash | Jehoash | H3060 → | 17 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| כֹּל֩ | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֶּ֨סֶף | kesef | [the] money of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֜ים | hakodashim | the holy gifts | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יוּבָ֤א | yuva' | it will be brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כֶּ֣סֶף | kesef | money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| עוֹבֵ֔ר | over | passing along | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אִ֕ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כֶּ֥סֶף | kesef | [the] money of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| נַפְשׁ֖וֹת | nafshot | persons of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| עֶרְכּ֑וֹ | erko | valuation his | H6187 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֶּ֗סֶף | kesef | [the] money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַֽעֲלֶה֙ | yaaleh | it will come up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עַ֣ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לֶב־ | lev- | [the] heart of | H3820 → | 595 times |
| אִ֔ישׁ | ʾish | a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְהָבִ֖יא | lehavi' | to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹאָ֜שׁJehoash
yehoashH3060 →17 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
כֹּל֩all
kolH3605 →5413 times
כֶּ֨סֶף[the] money of
kesefH3701 →403 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֜יםthe holy gifts
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יוּבָ֤אit will be brought
yuva'H935 →2568 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כֶּ֣סֶףmoney
kesefH3701 →403 times
עוֹבֵ֔רpassing along
overH5674 →556 times
אִ֕ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
כֶּ֥סֶף[the] money of
kesefH3701 →403 times
נַפְשׁ֖וֹתpersons of
nafshotH5315 →754 times
עֶרְכּ֑וֹvaluation his
erkoH6187 →
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כֶּ֗סֶף[the] money
kesefH3701 →403 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יַֽעֲלֶה֙it will come up
yaalehH5927 →890 times
עַ֣לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
לֶב־[the] heart of
lev-H3820 →595 times
אִ֔ישׁa person
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְהָבִ֖יאto bring
lehavi'H935 →2568 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 35:5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Exodus 25:2–7
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Judges 5:9
My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- 2 Corinthians 8:11–12
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Through
Exodus 35:29So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
it leads to
- Exodus 35:21–22
And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the…
- Exodus 35:4
Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Exodus 35:21–22
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 12:4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.