2 Kings 22:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 22:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 22:4 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keep..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 22:4 — KJV
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: door: Heb. threshold”
— 2 Kings 22:4 (KJV)
2 Kings 22:4 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 22:4
“And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 22:4: hilkiah, high, priest
“But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. door: Heb. threshold”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 22:4: priest, brought, into
“And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 22:4: hilkiah, priest, brought
“And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 22:4: brought, into, house
“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. Put: Heb. Join one of...: or, somewhat about the priesthood”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 22:4: priest, may, silver
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