2 And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3 Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4 After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
5 And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: 'Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.' But the Levites acted negligently.
6 And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: 'Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
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