That he may sum the silver, i.e. take an exact account how much it is, and then dispose it in manner following. The keepers of the door were priests or Levites, as appears from 2 Kings 12:9 2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 23:4 34:9.
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2 Kings 22:4
4 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 doora have gathered of the people: