3 I read the book to King Jehoiachin of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and to everyone who came to listen:
4 the government officials and the religious leaders, together with all the people of Israel, both young and old, who lived in Babylon near the Sud River.
5 After they had listened to me read the book, everyone cried and prayed to the Lord, then went without eating to show their sorrow.
6 They collected as much money as they could
7 and sent it to Jerusalem for Priest Jehoiakim and the other priests, as well as for the people living there.
8 On the tenth day of the month of Sivan, I got together all the sacred things that had been taken from the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and took them back to Judah. These included the silver things that King Zedekiah of Judah had made
9 and that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had taken from Jerusalem. He brought these to Babylon, along with King Jehoiachin, the important leaders of Judah, the prisoners, and most of the people.