10 Then Az·a·riʹah*+ the chief priest of the house of Zaʹdok+ said to him, yes, he said: “From the time they started to bring the contribution+ into the house of Jehovah there has been an eating and getting satisfied+ and having a surplus in abundance;+ for Jehovah himself has blessed his people,+ and what has been left over is this great plenty.”*

25 And they went capturing fortified cities+ and a fat soil+ and taking in possession houses full of all good things,+ cisterns hewn out,+ vineyards and olive groves+ and trees for food in abundance, and they began to eat and to be satisfied+ and to grow fat+ and to luxuriate in your great goodness.+