10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity¹ that the Lord had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

25 And they captured ^tfortified cities and ^ua rich land, and took possession of ^vhouses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled ^wand became fat and delighted themselves in ^xyour great goodness.