2 Kings 12:6

In the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash By which time he must have attained the age of thirty and was able to act with decision. According to the Chronicler the first order had been, -See that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not". That account also makes Jehoiada more personally responsible than he is here represented to have been. -The king called for Jehoiada the chief, 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 priests had not repaired the breaches We are not told why this was so, though the king asked the question. They had evidently been receiving the money, for the king's order in the next verse is -Take no more money".