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And he assembled the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all Israel to repair the House of your God, from year to year. And do so quickly!” But the Levites were not quick.

Therefore, the king called Jehoiada the High Priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the Congregation of Israel, for the Tabernacle of the Testimony?

“For wicked Athaliah and her children broke up the House of God. And they bestowed all the things that were dedicated for the House of the LORD upon Baal!”

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