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2 Kings 22:4

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Hilkiah: 1 Chronicles 6:13, 1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 34:9-18

that he may: Ten years seem to have elapsed since the people began to present the accustomed offerings; yet no one had taken an account of them, nor were they applied to the purpose for which they were given.

sum the silver: 2 Kings 12:4, 2 Kings 12:8-11; 2 Chronicles 24:8-12; Mark 12:41-42

the keepers: 1 Chronicles 9:19, 1 Chronicles 26:13-19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 11:19; Psalms 84:10

door: Heb. threshold

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