⁶ They collected silver from everyone able to give, and ⁷ they sent it to Jerusalem to the priest Jehoiakim, Hilkiah’s son, Shallum’s grandson, and to the other priests, and to all the people who were with Jehoiakim in Jerusalem.

Response to Jerusalem

¹⁰ And the people in exile said:

We have sent you silver. Buy what is needed for entirely burned offerings and sin offerings. Buy incense and prepare grain as well, and offer them on the Lord our God’s altar.