2Ki 12:10 | TSK | e4.org | the king's , , ; , scribe or, secretary put up Heb. bound up, in bags Sir J. Chardin informs us, "it is a custom of Persia always to seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is not told, but is received by bags sealed up." These are what are called in the East purses; each of which, as Maillet informs us, contains money to the amount of 1,500 livres, or about 63£. of our money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the temple, seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it in bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in , amounted to a talent.

‏ 2 Kings 12:10

the king's 2Kgs 19:2, 2Kgs 22:3, 2Kgs 22:12; 2Sam 8:17, 2Sam 20:25

scribe or, secretary

put up Heb. bound up, 2Kgs 5:23

in bags Sir J. Chardin informs us, "it is a custom of Persia always to seal up bags of money; and the money of the king's treasure is not told, but is received by bags sealed up." These are what are called in the East purses; each of which, as Maillet informs us, contains money to the amount of 1,500 livres, or about 63£. of our money. The money thus collected for the reparation of the temple, seems, in like manner, to have been reckoned in bags of equal value to each other; as we can scarcely imagine the placing it in bags would otherwise have been mentioned. The value of a Jewish purse is unknown; but the bags mentioned in 2Kgs 5:23, amounted to a talent.