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2 Kings 22:4-6
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2 Kings 22:4-6
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4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down[a] the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door. 5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen[b] assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,[c] 6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.[d]
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- 2 Kings 22:4 tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (veyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hittikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (veyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.
- 2 Kings 22:5 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
- 2 Kings 22:5 tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”
- 2 Kings 22:6 tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”
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