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.
Ver. 9. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest.] See 2 Kings 22:4 .
They delivered the money, &c.] The like was done. 2Ki 12:10-11 Only things are here more exactly set down.
Which the Levites had gathered.] The Pope, under pretext of repairing St Peter's Church in Rome, gathered great sums of money by his pardon mongers in Germany, and England, and elsewhere, till people grew wiser.