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C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Kings 12:10

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.

2 Kings12:10

2Ki 12:10 “And when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s writer and the high priest came, and bound up and reckoned the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.” צוּר, to bind up the money in bags (cf. 2Ki 5:23). The binding is mentioned before the reckoning, because the pieces of money were not counted singly, but packed at once into bags, which were then weighed for the purpose of estimating the amount received.

C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, 2 Kings 12:10. Public domain.

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