4. Joash called the priests and ordered them to save up the money paid in connection with the sacrifices in the Temple, both the dues paid for the regular sacrifices and the money given as freewill gifts.
5. Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.
6. But by the 23rd year of Joash's reign the priests still had not made any repairs to the Temple.
7. So he called in Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren't you repairing the Temple? From now on you are not to keep the money you receive; you must hand it over, so that the repairs can be made.”