The Levites Did Not Act Quickly

⁴ Now it happened afterwards, that Joash ^[a]had in his heart ^(A)to restore the house of Yahweh. ⁵ And he gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all ^(B)Israel to ^[b]repair the house of your God ^[c]annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. ⁶ 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 ^(C)the levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel ^(D)for the tent of the testimony?”