13 That's why God Most High made King Shalmaneser so pleased with me. Shalmaneser even put me in charge of buying all the supplies for his palace,
14 and I held that position for the rest of his life. I used to travel to Media on business trips, and on one of those trips, I put 120,000 of my own silver coins in bags, then left them for safekeeping with Gabael the brother of Gabri.
15 Later, after Shalmaneser died and his son Sennacherib took his place as king, Media was no longer a safe place to travel. And so, I never went back for my silver coins.
16 While Shalmaneser was king, I often helped my relatives and other Jews when they were in need.
17 I gave them food when they were hungry and clothes when they had none. And whenever I saw the dead body of an Israelite tossed outside Nineveh's city wall, I always buried the body.
18 King Sennacherib had invaded Judah and insulted God, the King of Heaven. So God punished him and his army, forcing him to run for his life. Sennacherib was angry, and he killed many Israelites when he got back to Assyria. But I secretly took the bodies away and buried them, and when Sennacherib looked for them, they were gone.
19 Someone in Nineveh went to the king and told him that I had secretly buried the bodies. And when I found out that the king knew what I had done and wanted me hunted down and killed, I was afraid and ran away.