Please accept this gift which I have brought for you; God has been kind to me and given me everything I need.” Jacob kept on urging him until he accepted.
So I thought it was necessary to urge these believers to go to you ahead of me and get ready in advance the gift you promised to make. Then it will be ready when I arrive, and it will show that you give because you want to, not because you have to.
About the tribe of Judah he said: “Lord, listen to their cry for help; Unite them again with the other tribes. Fight for them, Lord, And help them against their enemies.”