Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 12:4
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" ( :-). 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 ( :-).... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 12:4
2 Kings 12:4. Even the money of every one that passeth the account— "Whether of the money of those that pass by, or the money with which every man will redeem his soul; all the money, in fine, which it shall seem good to any one to bring into the house of the Lord." Houbigant. read more