No money had for some time been brought in (marginal reference “g”). Perhaps it was difficult for the priests and Levites to know exactly what proportion of the money paid to them was fairly applicable to the temple service and to their own support; and what, consequently, was the balance which they ought to apply to the repairs.
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2 Kings 12:6
6 But it was so, that in the threeb and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.