2 Kings 12:16

The. — The definite article should be omitted.

Trespass money and sin money. — See Lev. V. 15-18; Numbers 5:8; Leviticus 6:26.

Was not brought. — Was not wont to be brought i.e., put into the chest for the restoration fund.

It was the priests’. — Literally to the priests they (these moneys) used to fall, or continued to accrue. The general sense is that the priests were not deprived of their lawful revenues by the new arrangement. They received their ancient dues from the trespass and sin offerings. The change initiated by Jehoash consisted in this, that henceforth gifts intended for the sanctuary itself were kept apart from the gifts intended for the priesthood.