22 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread ^sseven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful ^tand had turned the heart of ^uthe king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

27 ^rBlessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, ^swho put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,