2 Kings 22:9Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012then went back to Josiah and reported, “Your officials collected the money in the temple and gave it to the men supervising the repairs. See the chapter |
Earlier, when the Babylonians had invaded Judah, many of the Jews escaped to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and several other countries. But these Jews heard that the king of Babylonia had appointed Gedaliah as ruler of Judah, and that only a few people were left there. So the Jews in these other countries came back to Judah and helped with the grape and fruit harvest, which was especially large that year.