2 Kings 22:9

“And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, etc.] Of the delivery of his message to the high priest, and of what had been done upon it: and said, thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house; meaning Hilkiah and himself, who had examined the chest in the temple, into which the money was put for the repairs of it, and had taken it out, and told it: and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord; according to the king’s orders.”

“Have gathered - Rather, “have poured out” or “emptied out.” The allusion probably is to the emptying of the chest in which all the money collected had been placed 2 Kings 12:9. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Shaphan: Kg2 22:3, Kg2 22:12, Kg2 25:22; Jer 26:24, Jer 29:3, Jer 36:10-12, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:11, Jer 41:2; Eze 8:11 the scribe: Kg2 18:18 gathered: Heb. melted 4 Kings (2 Kings) 22:10”

“The reading of the book of the law to the king, and the inquiry made of the prophetess Huldah concerning it. - Kg2 22:9, Kg2 22:10. When Shaphan informed the king of the execution of his command, he also told him that Hilkiah had given him a book, and read it to the king. דּבר השׁיב, to bring an answer, to give a report as to a commission that has been received. התּיכוּ, they poured out the money, i.e., out of the chest in which it was collected, into bags. ויּקראהוּ, "he read it to the king," is simplified in the Chronicles ( Kg2 22:18) by בו יקרא, "he read therein." That יקראהו does not signify that the whole was read, is evident from a comparison of Kg2 23:2, where the reading of the…”