Chest
Chest
is the rendering in certain passages in the Auth. Vers. of two distinct Hebrew terms: or , aron (from , to gather; Sept. , Vulg. gazophylacium), invariably used for the Ark (q.v.) of the Covenant, and, with two exceptions, for that only. (It is instructive to be reminded that there is no connection whatever between this word and that for the “ark” of Noah, and for the “ark” in which Moses was hid among the flags [both , tebah]). ‘The two exceptions alluded to are (a) the ” coffin” or mummy-case in which the bones of Joseph were carried from Egypt (Gen 1:26; rendered in the Targum of Ps.-Jon. by compare Joh 12:6 in Hebrew letters: the reading of the whole passage is very singular); and (b) the “chest” in which Jehoiada the priest collected the alms for the repairs of the Temple (2Ki 12:9-10; 2Ch 24:8-11). SEE COFFIN. 2. , genazim (only in the plur.; from , to hoard, “chests,” Eze 27:24; “treasures,” Est 3:9; Est 4:7).
Many boxes of various forms have been discovered among the Egyptian monuments. Some of these had lids resembling the curved summit of a royal canopy, and were ornamented with the usual cornice: others had a simple flat cover, and some few a pointed summit, resembling the shelving roof of a house. The sides were secured with wooden nails and glue, and dovetailed together. This last kind of lid was divided into two parts, one of which alone opened, turning on two small pins at the base, on the principle of the doors of their houses and temples; and, when necessary, the two knobs at the top could be tied together and sealed. These boxes were frequently of costly materials, veneered with rare woods, or made of ebony inlaid with ivory, painted with various devices, or stained to imitate materials of a valuable nature; and the mode of fastening the lid, and the curious substitute for a hinge given to some of them, show that the former was entirely removed, and that the box remained open while used. When not veneered, or inlaid with rare wood, the sides and lid were painted, and those intended for the tombs, to be deposited there in honor of the deceased, had usually funereal inscriptions or religious subjects painted upon them, among which were offerings presented by members of their family. (See Wilkinson, Anc. Eg. 1:163; 2:116, abridgment.) SEE BOX.
Chest (ADDENDUM):
Among our English ancestors chests appear to have been very important pieces of furniture, serving as receptacles for every kind of goods: that required to be kept with a degree of care they were also placed in churches for keeping the holy vessels, vestments, etc. SEE CHESTS.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chest
(Heb. _’aron_, generally rendered “ark”), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered “coffin.” In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_ (plur.), is used. It there means “treasure-chests.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Chest
1. ‘Aron, always, except twice (Joseph’s coffin and Jehoiada’s alms chest, Gen 50:26; 2Ki 12:9-10), used for the ark of the covenant; the “ark” (teebah) of Noah, and that of bulrushes in which Moses was put, is quite distinct.
2. Genazim, “chests of rich apparel” (Eze 27:24), from ganaz “to hoard.”
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Chest
chest (, ‘aron, , genazm; , kibotos):
(1) The ark of the covenant in Old Testament is invariably denoted by the word ‘aron, elsewhere rendered the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) chest. See ARK.
(2) ‘Aron is also the word rendered coffin (Gen 50:26 : and he was put in a coffin in E.). See COFFIN.
(3) In Kings and Chronicles (2Ki 12:9, 2Ki 12:10; 2Ch 24:8, 2Ch 24:10, 2Ch 24:11) ‘aron stands uniformly for a money chest. It is the chest that Jehoiada, the priest, placed in the court beside the altar and bored a hole in the lid of that the priests might put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh (2Ki 12:9); and the chest that King Joash commanded to be made and set without at the gate of the house of Yahweh to receive the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel (2Ch 24:8, 2Ch 24:10, 2Ch 24:11). One feature is common to the thing meant in all these applications – the c. was rectangular in shape, and, most probably in every instance, made of wood.
(4) Josephus (Ant., VI, 1, 2) uses the equivalent of the word to denote the coffer (1Sa 6:8 English Versions), or small chest, in which the princes of Philistia deposited the gold mice.
(5) In New Testament times the chests that were provided in the court of the women, in the temple of Herod, to receive the various kinds of money gifts had the exceptional shape of a trumpet (if Shekalm, vi.5 may be trusted) – wide at the bottom and gradually narrowing toward the top, hence, called , shopharoth. It was into these that the Master was watching the multitude casting in their money when He saw the poor widow cast in her two mites (Mar 12:41, Mar 12:42).
(6) In Eze 27:24, where the prophet is giving an inventory of the merchandise of Tyre, another word entirely is used (genazm), and it is rendered in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) chests (chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar). According to Cornill, Davidson, Smend and others this rendering is without sufficient support (see Smith, Dictionary of the Bible and commentary in the place cited.).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Chest
For money
2Ki 12:9; 2Ch 24:8-11
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Chest
Chest. By this word, are translated, in the Authorized Version, two distinct Hebrew terms:
1. Aron; this is invariably used for the Ark of the Covenant, and, with two exceptions, for that only. The two exceptions alluded to are
(a) the “coffin” in which the bones of Joseph were carried from Egypt, Gen 50:26, and
(b) the “chest” in which Jehoiada, the priest, collected the alms for the repairs of the Temple. 2Ki 12:9-10; 2Ch 24:8-11.
2. Genazim, “chests.” In Eze 27:24 only.