2 Chronicles 24:5-6
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7 because the wicked Athaliah’s subjects had broken into the True God’s temple and used its dedicated contents to worship the Baals.[a]
Joash (to the priests and Levites): 5 Collect money from all the Israelites living in the cities of Judah so you can repair your True God’s temple each year. Begin this work quickly.
The Levites did not act quickly as their king had demanded, 6 so Joash rebuked Jehoiada the chief priest for not properly leading them.
Joash (to Jehoiada): Why have you not obeyed my request and required the Levites to collect money from Judah and Jerusalem? Moses, the Eternal’s servant, decided that all Israel should pay this money each year to provide for the tent of the covenant law.
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