¹⁵ and to bring the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, ^(A)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

²⁸ and ^(A)has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to ^(B)the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered ^[a]leading men from Israel to go up with me.

²⁵ and I ^(A)weighed out to them ^(B)the silver, the gold and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king and ^(C)his counselors and his princes and all Israel present there had offered.