Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it back to its place. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 24:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 12:10-12 When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put it in bags and counted the money that was found in Yahweh’s house. They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who worked on Yahweh’s house, and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to Yahweh’s house, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Such as were faithful men, whom the king had…
Such as were faithful men, whom the king had appointed for that matter.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The chest was brought unto the king’s office, from…
The chest was brought unto the king’s office, from the gate of the court into one of the chambers belonging to the temple, which was appointed by the king for this office.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So the workmen wrought,.... The masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and…
So the workmen wrought,.... The masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and brasiers:
and the work was perfected by them; the business of repairs was completely finished:
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and they set the house of God in his state; as it was at first:
and strengthened it; so that it seemed as firm and stable as when first built.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The king’s scribe ... came and emptied ... -…
The king’s scribe ... came and emptied ... - Rather, “the king’s scribe came ... and they emptied” etc. i. e. the Levites who brought the chest from the temple emptied it in the presence of the scribe.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain From day. Literally, "every day," (H.) when the chest…
From day. Literally, "every day," (H.) when the chest was replenished. M.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. at what time … by the hand of…
11. at what time … by the hand of the Levites] This clause is not in Kings.
the chief priest’s officer] According to Kings the high priest was present himself.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Now.—And.
(11) Now.—And.
At what time the chest was brought.—Literally, at the time when one used to bring the chest to the royal inspection (or, to the king’s officers pĕquddâh), by the hand of the Levites; i.e., whenever the chest was brought, &c.
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The chronicler, as usual, is careful to record the participation of the Levites in the business.
The king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest.—Rather, the king’s scribe (or accountant) and the high priest’s officer would come in and empty the chest; and they (i.e., the Levites) would take it up and restore it to its place.
Kings has: “The king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and bound up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.” The substitution of “the high priest’s officer” for “the high priest” seems to be made in the interest of the high priest’s dignity. In the time of the chronicler the high priesthood was invested with all the greater majesty in that the monarchy was a thing of the distant past.
Day by day.—That is, time after time, as often as the chest seemed full (lĕyôm bĕyôm). The Hebrew phrase only occurs here. (Comp. 1Ch_12:22.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Unto the king"s office. Not "office" in the modern…
Unto the king"s office. Not "office" in the modern technical business sense; the meaning is the care, charge, or custody of the king, the Hebrew word being tDqup; nor does this necessitate the supposition of the personal care of the king. The body of this verse leaves it quite open to possibility, in harmony with the usage of the Hebrew language and its idiom, that the process described took place, if necessary, more than once in a day, and, on the other hand, not necessarily every evening. The change of the number of the verb in "they emptied," etc., and the apparent statement that those who emptied also carried back the chest, betoken that while the king"s scribe (1Ki_4:3) and the high priest"s officer stood by, the usual Levite functionaries did the work. The phrase, day by day, is not necessarily equivalent to every evening, but to time after time.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 It happened that whenever
It happened that whenever
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take it and carry it back to its place
"take the chest and carry it back to its place"
stonemasons and carpenters
"men who built with stone and men who built with wood"
those who worked in iron and bronze
"men who made things from iron and bronze"
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