Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 35:8

8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests and to the Levites : Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God , gave unto the priests for the passoverofferings, two thousand and six hundred small cattel, and five hundred oxen.

Not the Political, but Ecclesiastical Princes, or the Chief of the Priests and Levites, whose Names here follow.

For the use of any of the Families of any of them as need should be. For they supposed the 30000 which the King had given were not sufficient for all the Families, Or, the King gave his Cattel to the People onely or principally, for they onely are mentioned for that Gift, v. 7. And therefore these persons here named give their Cattel not onely to the People, but also to the Priests and to the Levites, as it is here expressed. And the Levites being not yet sufficiently provided for, some of their Brethren named v. 9. gave 5000 more peculiarly unto the Levites, as is there said.

For so they were; Hilkiah being the High-priest, and the other the two Chief Priests of the two Lines of Eleazar and Ithamar, who many times were to officiate in the High-priests stead, and were in Power and Dignity next to him; and were in some sort joynt-commissioners with him in ruling the Affairs of the Temple.

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