24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 2 and said to him, “Why have you not made 3 the Levites collect 4 from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 5
1 tn Heb “as it is written in.”
2 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
3 tn Heb “sought.”
4 tn Heb “bring.”
5 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
6 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
7 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
8 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
9 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.