2 Chronicles 24:5-6
24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 1 and said to him, “Why have you not made 2 the Levites collect 3 from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 4
2 Chronicles 24:9
24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the
Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.
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1 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
2 tn Heb “sought.”
3 tn Heb “bring.”
4 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
1 tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax of Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.”