2 Chronicles 24:4-13

4Now it came about after this that Joash 1decided 2to restore the house of the Lord. 5He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all 3Israel to 4repair the house of your God 5annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. 6So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem 6the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the Lord on the congregation of Israel 7for the tent of the testimony?” 7For 8the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even 9used the holy things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.

8So the king commanded, and 10they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the Lord. 911They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord 12the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. 10All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought in their levies and 13dropped them into the chest until they had finished. 11It came about whenever the chest was brought in to the king’s officer by the Levites, and when 14they saw that there was much money, then the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money. 12The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to 15repair the house of the Lord. 13So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they 16restored the house of God 17according to its specifications and strengthened it.