And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
His princes. They gave to the priests and Levites; as those of Hezekiah's princes (2 Chronicles 30:24). They were ecclesiastical princes-namely, Hilkiah the high priest (2 Chronicles 34:9), Zechariah, probably the second priest of the Eleazar (2 Kings 16:18), and Jehiel, of the Ithamar line. And since the Levitical tribes were not yet sufficiently provided (2 Chronicles 35:9), some of their eminent brethren who had been distinguished in Hezekiah's time (2 Chronicles 31:12-15), gave a large additional contribution for the use of the Levites exclusively.