2 Chronicles 24:6

6 So the king called for the chief priest Jehoiada and asked him, "Why didn't you require the Levites to bring the contributions from Judah and Jerusalem? The LORD's servant Moses and the assembly had required Israel to give contributions for the use of the tent containing the words of God's promise."

2 Chronicles 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:6

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief
Who was either the high priest, or the head of his course, or, however, the chief of the priests and Levites concerned in this affair, and, indeed, was the chief or prime minister of state:

and said unto him, why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring
in out of Judah, and out of Jerusalem, the collection;
the money to repair the house they were ordered to collect, ( 2 Chronicles 25:6 ) according to the commandment

of Moses the servant of the Lord and of the congregation of Israel, for
the tabernacle of witness?
for the repair of it, such as Moses required, and the people used to pay, referring to the half shekel; or to a freewill offering of the people, Moses enjoined or directed to.

2 Chronicles 24:6 In-Context

4 After this, Joash wanted to renovate the LORD's temple.

5 He gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, "Go to the cities of Judah, and collect money throughout Israel to repair the temple of your God every year. Do it immediately!" But the Levites didn't do it immediately.

6 So the king called for the chief priest Jehoiada and asked him, "Why didn't you require the Levites to bring the contributions from Judah and Jerusalem? The LORD's servant Moses and the assembly had required Israel to give contributions for the use of the tent containing the words of God's promise."

7 (The sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God's temple and used all the holy things of the LORD's temple [to worship] other gods--the Baals.)

8 The king issued an order, and they made a box and placed it outside the gate of the LORD's temple.