⁵ Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits ^(A)God ^[a]had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

⁶ And all those who were around them ^[a]encouraged them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was ^(A)willingly offered.