Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 12
Overview
Kg2 12:1, Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada; Kg2 12:4, He gives order for the repair of the temple; Kg2 12:17, Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures; Kg2 12:19, Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him.
the seventh: Kg2 9:27, Kg2 11:1, Kg2 11:3, Kg2 11:4, Kg2 11:21; Ch2 24:1-14
Jehoash: Kg2 11:2; Ch1 3:11, Joash
Kg2 14:3; Ch2 24:2, Ch2 24:17-22, Ch2 25:2, Ch2 26:4
Kg2 14:4, Kg2 18:4; Kg1 15:14, Kg1 22:43; Ch2 31:4; Jer 2:20
am 3148, bc 856
said to the priests: Kg2 22:4; Ch2 29:4-11, Ch2 35:2
the money: Kg2 12:18; Kg1 7:1; Ch1 18:11; Ch2 15:18, Ch2 31:12
dedicated things: or, holy things, Heb. holiness, Lev 5:15, Lev 5:16, 27:12-27, Lev 27:31
even the money: Kg2 22:4; Exo 30:12-16; Ch2 24:9, Ch2 24:10
that every man is set at: Heb. of the souls of his estimation, Lev 27:2-8
and all the money: Exo 25:1, Exo 25:2, Exo 35:5, Exo 35:22, Exo 35:29, Exo 36:3; Ch1 29:3-9, Ch1 29:17; Ezr 1:6, Ezr 2:69, Ezr 7:16; Ezr 8:25-28; Luk 21:4
cometh: etc. Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man
Let the priests: Ch2 24:5
let them repair: Kg2 12:12, Kg2 22:5, Kg2 22:6; Kg1 11:27; Ch2 24:7; Isa 58:12
three and twentieth year: Heb. twentieth year and third year
the priests: Sa1 2:29, Sa1 2:30; Ch2 29:34; Isa 56:10-12; Mal 1:10; Phi 2:21; Pe1 5:2
king Jehoash: Ch2 24:5, Ch2 24:6-14
Jehoiada: Kg2 12:2, Kg2 11:4; Ch2 23:1, Ch2 24:16
Why repair ye: Ch1 21:3
took a chest: Ch2 24:8-14; Mar 12:41
beside: Ch2 24:10
the priests: Kg2 22:4, Kg2 23:4, Kg2 25:18; Ch1 15:18, Ch1 15:24; Jer 35:4, Jer 52:24
door: Heb. threshold, Psa 84:10 *marg.
the king's: Kg2 19:2, Kg2 22:3, Kg2 22:12; Sa2 8:17, Sa2 20:25
scribe: or, secretary
put up: Heb. bound up, Kg2 5:23
in bags: Sir J. Chardin informs us, "it is a custom of Persia always to seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is not told, but is received by bags sealed up." These are what are called in the East purses; each of which, as Maillet informs us, contains money to the amount of 1,500 livres, or about 63. of our money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the temple, seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it in bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in Kg2 5:23, amounted to a talent.
gave the money: Kg2 22:5, Kg2 22:6; Ch2 24:11, Ch2 24:12, Ch2 34:9-11
laid it out: Heb. brought it forth
masons: Kg1 5:17, Kg1 5:18; Ezr 3:7, Ezr 5:8; Luk 21:5
was laid out: Heb. went forth
there were not: That is, there were no vessels made for the service of the temple till all the outward repairs were completed; but, when this was done, "they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels of gold and silver," (Ch2 24:14), to replace those which had been taken away by Athaliah and her sons. Ch2 24:14
bowls: Num 7:13, Num 7:14; Kg1 7:48-50; Ezr 1:9-11
trumpets: Num 10:2
they reckoned: Kg2 22:7
for they dealt: Ch2 34:12; Neh 7:2; Mat 24:45; Luk 16:1, Luk 16:10, Luk 16:11; Co1 4:2, Co1 4:3; Jo3 1:5
trespass money: Lev 5:15-18, Lev 7:7; Num 5:8-10, Num 18:8, Num 18:9; Hos 4:8
am 3164, bc 840
Hazael: Kg2 8:12-15
against Gath: Sa1 27:2; Kg1 2:39, Kg1 2:40; Ch1 8:13, Ch1 18:1
set his face: Jer 42:15; Luk 9:51, Luk 9:53
to Jerusalem: Ch2 24:23, Ch2 24:24
took all the hallowed: He dearly bought, by such unhallowed means, a peace which was of short duration; for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which he lost, and the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was totally ruined, and Jehoash soon after slain in his bed by his own servants. Kg2 18:15, Kg2 18:16; Kg1 15:18; Ch2 16:2
went away: Heb. went up
the rest: Kg2 8:23; Kg1 11:41, Kg1 14:19, Kg1 14:29
his servants: Kg2 14:5; Ch2 24:24, Ch2 24:25, Ch2 25:27, Ch2 33:24
the house of Millo: or, Beth-millo, Jdg 9:6; Sa2 5:9; Kg1 11:27
Jozachar: This person is called Zabad in Chronicles, and Shimeath his mother is said to be an Ammonitess; and Jehozabad is said to be the son, not of Shomer, but of Shimrith, a Moabitess. Who the fathers of these two persons were we know not; they were probably foreigners and aliens. Some suppose that they belonged to the king's chamber, and therefore could have easy access to him. Ch2 24:26, Zabad
Shomer: Ch2 24:26, Shimrith
Amaziah his son: Ch2 24:27