2 Chronicles 24:1-5 ▼

1 Joash was seven years old when he began his reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah. She was from Beer-sheba.

2 Joash practiced what the LORD considered to be right during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest,

3 who found two wives for him, so he fathered sons and daughters.

4 Later on, Joash decided to rebuild the LORD's Temple,

5 so he assembled the priests and descendants of Levi and ordered them, |Go throughout the cities of Judah and take up a collection from all of Israel for the annual upkeep of the Temple of your God. And make sure that you act quickly.| But the descendants of Levi did not act quickly,