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And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.
2 Chronicles 24:5 — KJV
Gather of all Israel money. Compare 2 Kings 12:5: “Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance.” It seems that a general collection was to be taken for the Temple throughout the country, with each Levite taking it locally, of the people of his acquaintance.
From year to year. The repair of the Temple was a major affair, and the collections would cover a number of years.
Hasten the matter. In its state of disrepair the Temple was a reproach to the people and an insult to Jehovah. A devoted priesthood and a consecrated people should have made the repair of the Temple their first business.
Hastened it not. According to 2 Kings 12:6 the Temple had not yet been repaired in the 23d year of the reign of Joash. It is implied here that the Levites were responsible for the delay.
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