2 Kings 12 · Verse 4

2 Kings 12:4

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,
2 Kings 12:4, King James Version

2 Kings 12:4 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBJehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the LORD’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into the LORD’s house,
ASVAnd 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,
YLTAnd Jehoash saith unto the priests, ‘All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah,
DARBYAnd Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, the money of every one that passes the account, the money at which every man is valued, and all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,
BBEAnd Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things, which comes into the house of the Lord, (the amount fixed for every man's payment,) and all the money given by any man freely from the impulse of his heart,
WebsterAnd 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,

What does 2 Kings 12:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Jehoash said to the priests, &c.--There is here given an account of the measures which the young king took for repairing the temple by the levying of taxes: 1. "The money of every one that passeth the account," namely, half a shekel, as "an offering to the Lord" (Ex 30:13). 2. "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). 3. Free will or voluntary offerings made to the sanctuary. The first two were paid annually (see 2Ch 24:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 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. 2. The free-will offerings of strangers who had visited Jerusalem: the money of every one that passeth. 3. The half-shekel which the males were obliged to pay from the age of twenty years (Exo 30:12) for the redemption of their souls, that is their lives, which is here called the money that every man is set at. All these sources had ever been in some measure open, but instead of repairing the dilapidations in the Lord's house, the priests and Levites had converted the income to their own use.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 12:1-16

It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do wisely and well for themselves, when willing to be counselled and ruled. The temple was out of repair; Jehoash orders the repair of the temple. The king was zealous. God requires those who have power, to use it for the…

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2 Kings 12:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוֹאָ֜שׁye.ho.'AshJehoashH3060
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
כֹּל֩kolallH3605
כֶּ֨סֶףKe.sef[the] money ofH3701
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֜יםha.ko.da.Shimthe holy giftsH6944
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יוּבָ֤אyu.Va'it will be broughtH935
בֵית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
כֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefmoneyH3701
עוֹבֵ֔רo.Verpassing alongH5674
אִ֕ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
כֶּ֥סֶףKe.sef[the] money ofH3701
נַפְשׁ֖וֹתnaf.Shotpersons ofH5315
עֶרְכּ֑וֹer.Kovaluation hisH6187
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
כֶּ֗סֶףKe.sef[the] moneyH3701
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
יַֽעֲלֶה֙ya.'a.Lehit will come upH5927
עַ֣ל'alonH5921
לֶב\־lev-[the] heart ofH3820
אִ֔ישׁ'Isha personH376
לְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'to bringH935
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 12:4

  • 2 Kings 22:4

    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

  • Exodus 30:12-16

    When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. …

  • Exodus 35:5

    Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,

  • Exodus 35:29

    The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:3-9

    Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly, …

  • Exodus 35:22

    And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 27:31

    And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

  • Leviticus 27:2-8

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. …

  • Luke 21:4

    For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:17

    I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

  • Ezra 2:69

    They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:12

    And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3148. B.C. 856. said to the priests.
22:4; 2Ch 29:4-11; 35:2
the money.
18; 1Ki 7:1; 1Ch 18:11; 2Ch 15:18; 31:12
dedicated things. or, holy things. Heb. holiness.
Le 5:15,16; 27:12-27,31
even the money.
22:4; Ex 30:12-16; 2Ch 24:9,10
that every may is set at. Heb. of the souls of hisestimation.
Le 27:2-8
and all the money.
Ex 25:1,2; 35:5,22,29; 36:3; 1Ch 29:3-9,17; Ezr 1:6; 2:69; 7:16
Ezr 8:25-28; Lu 21:4
cometh, etc. Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 12:3

    But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 2 Kings 12:4

    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,

  • 2 Kings 12:5

    Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

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2 Kings 12:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Joas dijo á los sacerdotes: Todo el dinero de las santificaciones que se suele traer á la casa de Jehová, el dinero de los que pasan en cuenta, el dinero por las personas, cada cual según su tasa, y todo el dinero que cada uno de su propia voluntad mete en la casa de Jehová,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Seulement les hauts lieux ne furent pas ôtés; le peuple sacrifiait encore et faisait fumer de l’encens sur les hauts lieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joas sprach zu den Priestern: Alles Geld der geheiligten Dinge, welches in das Haus Jehovas gebracht wird: das Geld eines jeden Gemusterten, das Geld der Seelen, je nach der Schätzung eines jeden, und alles Geld, das jemand ins Herz kommt, in das Haus Jehovas zu bringen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Joas ad sacerdotes: Omnem pecuniam sanctorum, quæ illata fuerit in templum Domini a prætereuntibus, quæ offertur pro pretio animæ, et quam sponte et arbitrio cordis sui inferunt in templum Domini: