And they made a proclamation. — Literally, uttered a voice (or cry) in Judah. The phrase (nathan qôl) occurs here only in this sense. (Comp. Proverbs 1:20.)
To bring in to the Lord. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 24:6. The meaning is, To bring into the Temple, for the Lord.
The collection. — Tax, or impost.
This verse, and the next one also, are peculiar to the chronicle. The writer is fond of dwelling on the willingness of the people in the good old time to contribute to the cause of religion; doubtless, by way of suggestion to his own contemporaries. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:14.)
In Kings we read: “And the priests, the warders of the threshold, used to put into it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.”
Until they had made an end. — This is correct. The same phrase recurs, 2 Chronicles 31:1. The ancient versions wrongly give “until it was filled.” Killâh does not mean “to make full,” as is asserted in Lange’s Commentary, but to finish any action.