³⁵ The children of those who had been ^(A)carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, ^(B)offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

³⁶ And they delivered the king’s ^(C)orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond ^[a]the River. So they gave support to the people and the ^[b]house of God.