¹¹ So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”^(A) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

¹² All Judah brought the tithes^(B) of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.^{(C) 13} I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zakkur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because they were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.^(D)