So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven’t you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the Lord, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.”
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It appears from 2 Kings 12:4 that Joash had also assigned two other payments to the restoration fund.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And the king called for Jehoiada. —This is also recorded in 2 Kings 12:7.
The chief. —Literall…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Everyone must give his half shekel as redemption money, and this had not been brought in.
John Gill
JohnGill
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief
Who was either the high priest, or the head of his course, or, however, t…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repai…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes