2 Chronicles 35:8 Commentary - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
His princes; not the political, but ecclesiastical princes, or the chief of the priests and Levites, whose names here follow.
To the priests and to the Levites, for the use of any of the families of any of them, as need should be; for they supposed the 30,000 which the king had given were not sufficient for all the families. Or, the king gave his cattle to the people only, or principally, for they only are mentioned for that gift, 2Ch 35:7. And therefore these persons here named give their cattle not only to the people, but also to the priests and to the Levites, as it is here expressed. And the Levites being not yet sufficiently provided for, some of their brethren, named 2Ch 35:9, gave 5000 more peculiarly unto the Levites, as is there said.
Rulers of the house of God; for so they were; Hilkiah being the high priest, and the other the two chief priests, of the two lines of Eleazar and Ithamar, who many times were to officiate in the high priest’s stead, and were in power and dignity next to him, and were in some sort joint commissioners with him in ruling the affairs of the temple.
Consult other comments:
2 Chronicles 35:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2 Chronicles 35:8 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2 Chronicles 35:8 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
2 Chronicles 35:8 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2 Chronicles 35:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
2 Chronicles 35:8 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2 Chronicles 35:8 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2 Chronicles 35:8 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2 Chronicles 35:8 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole (1624–1679) wrote English Annotations on the Holy Bible, completing the chapters as far as Isaiah 58 before his death in 1679. The rest of the Annotations were completed by friends and colleagues among his Nonconformist brethren. The first printing of the completed edition was in 1685, 2 volumes folio, followed by editions in 1688, 1696 (with valuable chapter outlines added by the editors, Samuel Clark and Edward Veale), and the 4th and definitive edition in 1700, the basis of all others.