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And he gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all (A)Israel to [a]repair the house of your God [b]annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem (B)the levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel (C)for the tent of the testimony?” For (D)the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even [c]used the holy things of the house of Yahweh for the Baals.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:5 Lit to strengthen
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:5 Lit from year to year
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:7 Lit made