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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 12:10 — And it was [so], when they saw that [there was] much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
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the king's
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2Ki 19:2; 2Ki 22:3,12; 2Sa 8:17; 2Sa 20:25 |
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scribe
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or, secretary |
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put up
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Heb. bound up. 2Ki 5:23 |
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in bags
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"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 2Ki 5:23, amounted to a talent." |
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2Ki 19:2 |
And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. |
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2Ki 22:3 |
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, |
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2Ki 22:12 |
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, |
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2Sa 8:17 |
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe; |
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2Sa 20:25 |
And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: |
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2Ki 5:23 |
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [them] before him. |
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2Ki 5:23 |
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [them] before him. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 12:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/12/10.html>.
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