Evidently a collection for the repair of the Temple had been in progress for some time. In the time of Joash a similar collection was taken up (2 Kings 12:9, 10). The money was gathered from Ephraim and Manasseh as well as from Judah and Benjamin (2 Chron. 34:9).

 Hilkiah was the son of Shallum (1 Chron. 6:13) or Meshullam (1 Chron. 9:11), and his “son,” or grandson (see Neh. 11:11; 1 Chron. 6:13, 14; see on 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Chron. 2:7) was Seraiah, high priest when Jerusalem fell (1 Chron. 6:14, 15; 2 Kings 25:18, 21; Jer. 52:24, 27). Seraiah, in turn was the father of Jehozadak, who was carried into captivity (1 Chron. 6:15). Joshua, the high priest at the time of the return from the captivity in the time of Cyrus, was a son of Jehozadak, or Jozadak (Ezra 3:2, 8; 5:2; 10:18; Neh. 12:26). Ezra was also a descendant of Hilkiah (Ezra 7:1).