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Joash orders collection for repairs, but the Levites delay.
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2 Chronicles 24:4-5

The King Calls for Temple Repairs

Joash Repairs the Temple, Then Turns Away · 2 Chronicles 24

Story guide: Joash orders collection for repairs, but the Levites delay.

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4After this, it was in the heart of Joash to restore the house of Yahweh.

5So he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect silver from all Israel to repair the house of your God year by year, and you must act quickly in this matter.” But the Levites did not act quickly.

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