So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
KJV
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
ASV
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.