Let the priests take it] They were not onely to take what was brought, but they were also to go up and down to their severall cities to gather it, 2 Chron. 24. 5. of his acquaintance] Whom he knew to be liable to that tax, or to be willing to contribute, 1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:14. Ezr. 7. 16. and 8. 25. breaches] Which were made, partly by continuance of time, but especially by Athaliah and her childrens violence, 2 Chronicles 24:7.