What Does 2 Kings 12:10 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And it was so when they saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that there was much”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

“money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

“in the chest”

a box

“came up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“scribe”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

“that the king's”

a king

“priest”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

“and the high”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

“and they put up in bags”

to cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

“and told”

properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

“that was found”

properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

“in the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god