John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem , etc.] By heralds appointed for the purpose: to bring in to the Lord ; into the house of the Lord, and for the reparation of it; and so for his service, honour, and glory: the collection that Moses the servant of the Lord laid upon Israel in the wilderness ; not to bring in the tabernacle of Moses, as the Targum here and in ( 2 Chronicles 24:6), but such a voluntary gift as Moses moved the children of Israel to bring, when in the wilderness, for the service of the tabernacle.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-14 - Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiad himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repairing of places for public worship is a good work, which all should promote. And many a good work would be done that now lie undone, if active men would put it forward.
Original Hebrew ויתנו5414 קול6963 ביהודה3063 ובירושׁלם3389 להביא935 ליהוה3068 משׂאת4864 משׁה4872 עבד5650 האלהים430 על5921 ישׂראל3478 במדבר׃4057
