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So King Joash called for Jehoiada the leading priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you made the Levites bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax money that Moses, the Lord’s servant, and the people of Israel used for the Holy Tent?”

In the past the sons of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God and used its holy things for worshiping the Baal idols.

King Joash commanded that a box for contributions be made. They put it outside, at the gate of the Temple of the Lord.

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