¹⁶ Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the Lord’s service, with 200,000 troops under his command.

⁹ The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord, and King David was filled with joy.

¹² Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have.

³ For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. ⁴ They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.^{[a] 5} They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.