Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"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:" — 2 Kings 22:4 (ASV)
Hilkiah - Hilkiah was the father (or grandfather) of Seraiah (compare 1 Chronicles 6:13–14 with Nehemiah 11:11), the high priest at the time of the captivity (2 Kings 25:18), and the ancestor of Ezra the scribe (Ezra 7:1).
It is evident from the language of this verse that a collection for the temple's repairs, similar to the one established in the reign of Joash (2 Kings 12:9–10), had been in progress for a considerable time (compare 2 Chronicles 34:3). The king now sent to learn the result.