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1:1	Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, thatin order to fulfill the word of Jehovahthe Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, mightthe beLord accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he madesent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it also in writing, saying,
1:2	Thus saithsays Cyrus king of Persia, AllThe Lord, the kingdomsGod of theheaven, earthhas hathgiven Jehovah,me all the Godkingdoms of heaventhe earth, given me; and heHe hathhas chargedappointed me to build himHim a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
1:3	WhosoeverWhoever there is among you of all hisHis people, may his God be with him,! andLet let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and buildrebuild the house of Jehovahthe Lord, the God of Israel; heHe is the God, whichwho is in Jerusalem.
1:4	And whosoeverevery is leftsurvivor, inat anywhatever place where he sojournethmay live, let the men of histhat place helpsupport him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beastscattle, besidestogether thewith a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
1:5	Then rose up the heads of fathers houseshouseholds of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites arose, even alleveryone whose spirit God had stirred to go up toand buildrebuild the house of Jehovahthe Lord which is in Jerusalem.
1:6	And all theythose that were round about them strengthenedencouraged theirthem hands with vesselsarticles of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beastscattle, and with precious thingsvaluables, besidesaside from all that was willinglygiven offeredas a freewill offering.
1:7	Also King Cyrus the king brought forthout the vesselsarticles of the house of Jehovahthe Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had broughtcarried forthaway outfrom of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
1:8	evenand those did Cyrus, king of Persia, bringhad forththem brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numberedhe counted them untoout to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
1:9	AndNow this iswas thetheir number of them: thirty30 plattersgold ofdishes, gold1,000 asilver thousand platters of silverdishes, nine29 and twenty knives,duplicates;
1:10	thirty30 gold bowls, of410 gold, silver bowls of a second sortkind, four hundred and ten1,000 and other vessels a thousandarticles.
1:11	All the vesselsarticles of gold and of silver werenumbered five thousand and four hundred5,400. AllSheshbazzar thesebrought didthem Sheshbazzarall bring up, whenwith they of the captivityexiles werewho broughtwent up from Babylon untoto Jerusalem.
2:1	Now these are the childrenpeople of the province, thatwho wentcame up out of the captivity of thosethe thatexiles had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away untoto Babylon, and that returned untoto Jerusalem and Judah, everyeach oneto unto his city;.
2:2	whoThese came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
2:3	Thethe childrensons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.2,172;
2:4	Thethe childrensons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.372;
2:5	Thethe childrensons of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.775;
2:6	Thethe childrensons of Pahath moab, of the childrensons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.2,812;
2:7	Thethe childrensons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.1,254;
2:8	Thethe childrensons of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.945;
2:9	Thethe childrensons of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.760;
2:10	Thethe childrensons of Bani, six hundred forty and two.642;
2:11	Thethe childrensons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.623;
2:12	Thethe childrensons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.1,222;
2:13	Thethe childrensons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.666;
2:14	Thethe childrensons of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.2,056;
2:15	Thethe childrensons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.454;
2:16	Thethe childrensons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.98;
2:17	Thethe childrensons of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.323;
2:18	Thethe childrensons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.112;
2:19	Thethe childrensons of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.223;
2:20	Thethe childrensons of Gibbar, ninety and five.95;
2:21	Thethe childrenmen of Beth lehemBethlehem, a hundred twenty and three.123;
2:22	Thethe men of Netophah, fifty and six.56;
2:23	Thethe men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.128;
2:24	Thethe childrensons of Azmaveth, forty and two.42;
2:25	Thethe childrensons of Kiriath arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.743;
2:26	Thethe childrensons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.621;
2:27	Thethe men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.122;
2:28	Thethe men of BethBethel el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.223;
2:29	Thethe childrensons of Nebo, fifty and two.52;
2:30	Thethe childrensons of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.156;
2:31	Thethe childrensons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.1,254;
2:32	Thethe childrensons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.320;
2:33	Thethe childrensons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.725;
2:34	Thethe childrenmen of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.345;
2:35	Thethe childrensons of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty3,630.
2:36	The priests: the childrensons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.973;
2:37	Thethe childrensons of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.1,052;
2:38	Thethe childrensons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.1,247;
2:39	Thethe childrensons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen1,017.
2:40	The Levites: the childrensons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the childrensons of Hodaviah, seventy and four74.
2:41	The singers: the childrensons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight128.
2:42	The childrensons of the portersgatekeepers: the childrensons of Shallum, the childrensons of Ater, the childrensons of Talmon, the childrensons of Akkub, the childrensons of Hatita, the childrensons of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine139.
2:43	The Nethinimtemple servants: the childrensons of Ziha, the childrensons of Hasupha, the childrensons of Tabbaoth,
2:44	the childrensons of Keros, the childrensons of Siaha, the childrensons of Padon,
2:45	the childrensons of Lebanah, the childrensons of Hagabah, the childrensons of Akkub,
2:46	the childrensons of Hagab, the childrensons of ShamlaiShalmai, the childrensons of Hanan,
2:47	the childrensons of Giddel, the childrensons of Gahar, the childrensons of Reaiah,
2:48	the childrensons of Rezin, the childrensons of Nekoda, the childrensons of Gazzam,
2:49	the childrensons of Uzza, the childrensons of Paseah, the childrensons of Besai,
2:50	the childrensons of Asnah, the childrensons of Meunim, the childrensons of Nephisim,
2:51	the childrensons of Bakbuk, the childrensons of Hakupha, the childrensons of Harhur,
2:52	the childrensons of Bazluth, the childrensons of Mehida, the childrensons of Harsha,
2:53	the childrensons of Barkos, the childrensons of Sisera, the childrensons of Temah,
2:54	the childrensons of Neziah, the childrensons of Hatipha.
2:55	The childrensons of Solomons servants: the childrensons of Sotai, the childrensons of Hassophereth, the childrensons of Peruda,
2:56	the childrensons of Jaalah, the childrensons of Darkon, the childrensons of Giddel,
2:57	the childrensons of Shephatiah, the childrensons of Hattil, the childrensons of Pochereth hazzebaim, the childrensons of Ami.
2:58	All the Nethinimtemple servants, and the childrensons of Solomons servants, were three hundred ninety and two392.
2:59	AndNow these wereare theythose thatwho wentcame up from Tel melah, Tel harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer;, but they couldwere not showable to give evidence of their fathers houseshouseholds, and their seeddescendants, whether they were of Israel:
2:60	the childrensons of Delaiah, the childrensons of Tobiah, the childrensons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two652.
2:61	And of the childrensons of the priests: the childrensons of Habaiah, the childrensons of Hakkoz, the childrensons of Barzillai, who took a wife offrom the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called afterby their name.
2:62	These soughtsearched their register among thosetheir thatancestral were reckoned by genealogyregistration, but they werecould not found:be located; therefore they were theyconsidered deemedunclean polluted and putexcluded from the priesthood.
2:63	And the governor said untoto them, that they should not eat offrom the most holy things, tilluntil therea priest stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
2:64	The whole assembly togethernumbered was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore42,360,
2:65	besides their menmale servants and theirfemale maid servants, ofwho whomnumbered there7,337; were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two200 hundred singing men and singing women.
2:66	Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six736; their mules, two hundred forty and five245;
2:67	their camels, four hundred thirty and five435; their assesdonkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty6,720.
2:68	And some of the heads of fathers houseshouseholds, when they camearrived toat the house of Jehovahthe Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to setrestore it upon in its place:foundation.
2:69	theyAccording gaveto after their ability intothey gave to the treasury offor the work threescore61,000 andgold one thousand darics of golddrachmas, and five5,000 thousandsilver pounds of silverminas, and one100 hundredpriestly priests garments.
2:70	SoNow the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the portersgatekeepers, and the Nethinim,temple dweltservants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
3:1	AndNow when the seventh month was comecame, and the childrensons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
3:2	Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethrenbrothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren,brothers arose and buildedbuilt the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereonon it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
3:3	AndSo they set up the altar uponon its base;foundation, for fearthey waswere uponterrified them because of the peoples of the countries:lands; and they offered burnt offerings thereonon untoit Jehovahto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
3:4	And they keptcelebrated the feastFeast of tabernaclesBooths, as it is written, and offered the dailyfixed number of burnt offerings by numberdaily, according to the ordinance, as theeach duty of every day required;
3:5	and afterward thethere was a continual burnt offering, andalso thefor offerings of the new moons, and offor all the setfixed feastsfestivals of Jehovahthe Lord that were consecrated, and offrom everyeveryone onewho that willingly offered a freewill offering untoto Jehovahthe Lord.
3:6	From the first day of the seventh month they began they to offer burnt offerings untoto Jehovah:the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of Jehovahthe wasLord had not yetbeen laid.
3:7	TheyThen they gave money alsoto unto the masons, and to the carpenters;, and food, and drink, and oil, untoto themthe ofSidonians Sidon, and to themthe of TyreTyrians, to bring cedar treeswood from Lebanon to the sea, untoat Joppa, according to the grantpermission that they had offrom Cyrus king of Persia.
3:8	Now in the second year of their coming untoto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethrenbrothers the priests and the Levites, and all theywho thatcame werefrom come out of the captivity untoto Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,older to haveoversee the oversightwork of the workhouse of the house of JehovahLord.
3:9	Then stood Jeshua with his sons and hisbrothers brethren,stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together,and to have the oversightsons of theHenadad workmenwith intheir thesons houseand ofbrothers God: the sonsLevites, ofto Henadad,oversee withthe theirworkmen sonsin andthe theirtemple brethrenof the LevitesGod.
3:10	AndNow when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovahthe Lord, they set the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah,the afterLord according to the orderdirections of King David king of Israel.
3:11	And they sang, one to another in praising and giving thanks untoto Jehovahthe Lord, saying, For heHe is good, for hisHis lovingkindness endurethis forupon everIsrael toward Israelforever. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah,the Lord because the foundation of the house of Jehovahthe Lord was laid.
3:12	ButYet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers houseshouseholds, the old men thatwho had seen the first housetemple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, weptwhile with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:;
3:13	so that the people could not discerndistinguish the noisesound of the shout of joy from the noisesound of the weeping of the people;, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noisesound was heard afarfar offaway.
4:1	Now when the adversariesenemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the childrenpeople of the captivityexile were building a temple untoto Jehovah, the Lord God of Israel;,
4:2	then they drewapproached near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers houseshouseholds, and said untoto them, Let us build with you;, for we, like you, seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrificehave untobeen himsacrificing to Him since the days of EsarEsarhaddon haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hitherhere.
4:3	But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers houseshouseholds of Israel, said untoto them, YeYou have nothing toin docommon with us in building a house untoto our God; but we ourselves will together will build untoto Jehovah, the Lord God of Israel, as kingKing Cyrus, the king of Persia hathhas commanded us.
4:4	Then the people of the land weakeneddiscouraged the hands of the people of Judah, and troubledfrightened them infrom building,
4:5	and hired counsellorscounselors against them, to frustrate their purpose,counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
4:6	AndNow in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
4:7	And in the days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companionscolleagues, untowrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writingtext of the letter was written in theAramaic Syrian character, and settranslated forthfrom in the Syrian tongueAramaic.
4:8	Rehum the chancellorcommander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, theas king in this sort:follows
4:9	then wrote Rehum the chancellor,commander and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companionscolleagues, the Dinaites,judges and the Apharsathchiteslesser governors, the Tarpelitesofficials, the Apharsitessecretaries, the Archevitesmen of Erech, the Babylonians, the Shushanchitesmen of Susa, thethat Dehaitesis, the Elamites,
4:10	and the rest of the nations whomwhich the great and noblehonorable Osnappar broughtdeported over, and setsettled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the countryregion beyond the River,. andAnd so forth.now
4:11	Thisthis is the copy of the letter thatwhich they sent untoto Artaxerxeshim: theTo kingKing Artaxerxes: ThyYour servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and so forth.now
4:12	Belet it be known untoto the king, that the Jews thatwho came up from theeyou arehave come to us untoat Jerusalem; they are buildingrebuilding the rebellious and theevil bad city, and haveare finishedfinishing the walls, and repairedrepairing the foundations.
4:13	BeNow let it be known nowto unto the king, that, if thisthat city beis builded,rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will bedamage hurtfulthe untorevenue of the kings.
4:14	Now because we eatare in the saltservice of the palace, and it is not meetfitting for us to see the kings dishonor, therefore we have we sent and certifiedinformed the king;,
4:15	so that a search may be made in the bookrecord ofbooks the records of thyyour fathers:. soAnd shaltyou thouwill finddiscover in the bookrecord of the recordsbooks, and knowlearn that thisthat city is a rebellious city, and hurtfuldamaging untoto kings and provinces, and that they have movedincited seditionrevolt within theit samein ofpast old timedays; fortherefore whichthat causecity was this city laid waste.
4:16	We certifyinform the king that, if thisthat city beis builded,rebuilt and the walls finished, byas thisa meansresult thouyou shaltwill have no portionpossession in the province beyond the River.
4:17	Then sent the king sent an answer untoto Rehum the chancellorcommander, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companionscolleagues thatwho dwelllive in Samaria, and in the rest of the countryprovinces beyond the River: Peace,. andAnd so forth.now
4:18	Thethe letterdocument which yeyou sent untoto us hathhas been plainlytranslated and read before me.
4:19	And Ia decreeddecree has been issued by me, and a search hathhas been made, and it ishas foundbeen discovered that thisthat city ofhas oldrisen timeup hathagainst madethe insurrectionkings againstin kingspast days, and that rebellion and seditionrevolt have been madeperpetrated therein.in it,
4:20	Therethat have been mighty kings alsohave ruled over Jerusalem, whogoverning have ruled over all the countryprovinces beyond the River;, and that tribute, custom, and toll, waswere paid untoto them.
4:21	MakeSo, ye now issue a decree to causemake these men tostop ceasework, and that thisthe city bemay not builded,be rebuilt until a decree shallis beissued made by me.
4:22	And takebeware heedof thatbeing yenegligent bein notcarrying slackout herein:this matter; why should damage growincrease to the hurtdetriment of the kings?
4:23	Then whenas soon as the copy of kingKing Artaxerxes letterdocument was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companionscolleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem untoto the Jews, and madestopped them to cease by force andof powerarms.
4:24	Then ceased the work ofon the house of God whichin isJerusalem atceased, Jerusalem; and it ceasedwas stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
5:1	NowWhen the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied untoto the Jews thatwho were in Judah and Jerusalem;, in the name of the God of Israel, prophesiedwho theywas untoover them.,
5:2	Thenthen rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, arose and began to buildrebuild the house of God which is atin Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helpingwere with them supporting them.
5:3	At thethat same time came to them Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar bozenai, and their companions,colleagues came to them and saidspoke thusto untothem themthus, Who gaveissued you a decree to buildrebuild this house,temple and to finish this wallstructure?
5:4	Then we told them afteraccordingly this manner, what the names of the men were thatwho were makingreconstructing this building.
5:5	But the eye of their God was uponon the elders of the Jews, and they did not makestop them cease,until tilla thereport matter should come to Darius, and then answera shouldwritten reply be returned by letter concerning it.
5:6	TheThis is the copy of the letter thatwhich Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar bozenai, and his companionscolleagues the Apharsachitesofficials, who were beyond the River, sent untoto Darius the king;.
5:7	theyThey sent a letterreport untoto him, whereinin which it was written thus: UntoTo Darius the king, all peace.
5:8	BeLet it be known untoto the king, that we wenthave intogone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is buildedbeing built with greathuge stones, and timberbeams isare being laid in the walls; and this work goethis going on with diligencegreat care and prosperethis succeeding in their hands.
5:9	Then we asked we those elders, and said untoto them thus, Who gaveissued you a decree to buildrebuild this house,temple and to finish this wallstructure?
5:10	We also asked them their names also,so as to certifyinform theeyou, and that we might write down the names of the men thatwho were at thetheir head of them.
5:11	And thus they returnedanswered us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are buildingrebuilding the housetemple that was buildedbuilt these many years ago, which a great king of Israel buildedbuilt and finished.
5:12	But afterbecause that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven untoto wrath, heHe gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house,temple and carrieddeported the people awayto into Babylon.
5:13	ButHowever, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus theissued king made a decree to buildrebuild this house of God.
5:14	And also the gold and silver vesselsutensils also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar tookhad outtaken offrom the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought intothem to the temple of Babylon, thosethese didKing Cyrus thetook kingfrom take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were deliveredgiven untoto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had madeappointed governor;.
5:15	andAnd he said untoto him, Take these vesselsutensils, go, putand deposit them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be buildedrebuilt in its place.
5:16	Then camethat theSheshbazzar samecame Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem:; and sincefrom thatthen time even until now hath it has been inunder buildingconstruction, and yet it is not yet completed.
5:17	NowAnd thereforenow, if it seempleases good to the king, let therea search be searchconducted made in the kings treasure house, which is there atin Babylon, whetherif it be so, that a decree was madeissued ofby King Cyrus the king to buildrebuild this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us his decision concerning this matter.
6:1	Then King Darius theissued king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laidstored up in Babylon.
6:2	And therein wasEcbatana found at Achmetha, in the palacefortress, thatwhich is in the province of Media, a roll,scroll was found and thereinthere was thus written forin ait recordas follows: Memorandum
6:3	In the first year of King Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king madeissued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be buildedtemple, the place where theysacrifices offerare sacrificesoffered, be rebuilt and let theits foundations thereof be stronglyretained, laid;its the height thereofbeing threescore60 cubits, and theits breadthwidth thereof60 threescore cubits;
6:4	with three courseslayers of greathuge stones, and aone courselayer of newtimbers. timber:And and let the expensescost be givenpaid outfrom of the kingsroyal housetreasury.
6:5	And also let the gold and silver vesselsutensils of the housetemple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forthfrom out of the temple whichin is at Jerusalem, and brought untoto Babylon, be restored,returned and brought againto untotheir places in the temple whichin is at Jerusalem, every one to its place; and thouyou shaltshall put them in the house of God.
6:6	Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar bozenai, and your companionscolleagues, the Apharsachites,officials whoof arethe provinces beyond the River, bekeep yeaway far from thence:there.
6:7	letLeave thethis work ofon thisthe house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews buildrebuild this house of God inon its placesite.
6:8	Moreover, I makeissue a decree concerning what yeyou shallare to do tofor these elders of theJudah Jewsin for the buildingrebuilding of this house of God: thatthe offull thecost kingsis goods,to evenbe ofpaid theto tributethese beyondpeople from the River,royal expensestreasury beout givenof withthe alltaxes diligenceof untothe theseprovinces menbeyond the River, and that theywithout be not hindereddelay.
6:9	And thatwhatever whichis they have need ofneeded, both young bullocksbulls, and rams, and lambs, for a burnt offeringsoffering to the God of heaven;, alsoand wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, accordingas to the word of the priests thatin areJerusalem at Jerusalemrequest, let it is to be given to them daydaily by day without fail;,
6:10	that they may offer acceptable sacrifices ofto sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
6:11	AlsoAnd I haveissued made a decree, that whosoeverany shallman alterwho violates this wordedict, let a beamtimber shall be pulleddrawn out from his house, and lethe himshall be liftedimpaled upon andit fastened thereon; and let his house shall be made a dunghillrefuse forheap on account of this:.
6:12	andAnd may the God thatwho hathhas caused hisHis name to dwell there overthrow allany kingsking andor peoplespeople thatwho shallattempts putto forthchange theirit, handso toas alter the same, to destroy this house of God whichin is at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have madeissued athis decree;, let it be donecarried out with all diligence.!
6:13	Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar bozenai, and their companions,colleagues becausecarried thatout Darius the kingdecree hadwith sentall diligence, didjust accordinglyas withKing allDarius diligencehad sent.
6:14	And the elders of the Jews buildedwere andsuccessful prospered,in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it,building according to the commandmentcommand of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
6:15	And this housetemple was finishedcompleted on the third day of the month Adar,; whichit was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius the king.
6:16	And the childrensons of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivityexiles, keptcelebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
6:17	And they offered atfor the dedication of this housetemple of God a100 hundred bullocksbulls, two200 hundred rams, four400 hundred lambs;, and foras a sin offering for all Israel, twelve12 hemale goats, accordingcorresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
6:18	AndThen they setappointed the priests into their divisions, and the Levites in their courses,orders for the service of God, whichin is at Jerusalem;, as it is written in the book of Moses.
6:19	And the childrenexiles ofobserved the captivityPassover kepton the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
6:20	For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure:. andThen they killedslaughtered the passoverPassover lamb for all the children of the captivityexiles, andboth for their brethrenbrothers the priests, and for themselves.
6:21	And the childrensons of Israel thatwho werereturned comefrom againexile out of the captivity, and all suchthose aswho had separated themselves unto them from the filthinessimpurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek Jehovah, the Lord God of Israel, didate eat,the Passover.
6:22	andAnd keptthey observed the feastFeast of unleavenedUnleavened breadBread seven days with joy:, for Jehovahthe Lord had madecaused them joyfulto rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria untotoward them, to strengthenencourage theirthem hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
7:1	Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
7:2	the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
7:3	the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
7:4	the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
7:5	the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—.
7:6	thisThis Ezra went up from Babylon., Andand he was a ready scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the Lord God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all hishe request,requested accordingbecause to the hand of Jehovahthe Lord his God was upon him.
7:7	And there went up some of the childrensons of Israel, and some of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the portersgatekeepers, and the Nethinim,temple untoservants went up to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes the king.
7:9	For uponon the first day of the first month he began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came he to Jerusalem, accordingbecause to the good hand of his God was upon him.
7:10	For Ezra had set his heart to seekstudy the law of Jehovahthe Lord, and to dopractice it, and to teach inHis Israel statutes and ordinances in Israel.
7:11	Now this is the copy of the letterdecree thatwhich theKing king Artaxerxes gave untoto Ezra the priest, the scribe, evenlearned thein scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah,the Lord and ofHis his statutes to Israel:
7:12	Artaxerxes, king of kings, untoto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect andpeace. soAnd forth.now
7:13	I makehave issued a decree, that allany they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm,kingdom thatwho are mindedwilling of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, may go with theeyou.
7:14	Forasmuch as thouyou artare sent ofby the king and his seven counsellors,counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thyyour God which is in thyyour hand,
7:15	and to carrybring the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellorscounselors have freely offered untoto the God of Israel, whose habitationdwelling is in Jerusalem,
7:16	andwith all the silver and gold thatwhich thouyou shaltshall find in all the whole province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offeringwho offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
7:17	thereforewith thouthis shaltmoney, withtherefore, allyou diligenceshall diligently buy with this money bullocksbulls, rams, and lambs, with their mealgrain offerings and their drinklibations offerings, and shalt offer them uponon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
7:18	And whatsoeverwhatever shallseems seem good to theeyou and to thyyour brethrenbrothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, thatyou may do yeaccording afterto the will of your God.
7:19	AndAlso the vesselsutensils thatwhich are given theeto you for the service of the house of thyyour God, deliver thouin full before the God of Jerusalem.
7:20	And whatsoeverthe morerest shallof bethe needfulneeds for the house of thyyour God, for which thouyou shaltmay have occasion to bestowprovide, bestowprovide for it outfrom of the kingsroyal treasure housetreasury.
7:21	And I, even I King Artaxerxes the king, doissue make a decree to all the treasurers thatwho are in the provinces beyond the River, that whatsoeverwhatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shallmay require of you, it shall be done with all diligencediligently,
7:22	untoeven aup hundredto 100 talents of silver, and100 tokors a hundred measures of wheat, and100 to a hundred baths of wine, and100 to a hundred baths of oil, and salt withoutas prescribing how muchneeded.
7:23	WhatsoeverWhatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactlywith zeal for the house of the God of heaven;, forlest why should there be wrath against the realmkingdom of the king and his sons?.
7:24	AlsoWe wealso certifyinform you, that touchingit is not allowed to impose tax, tribute or toll on any of the priests, and Levites, the singers, portersdoorkeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.
7:25	And thouyou, Ezra, afteraccording to the wisdom of thyyour God thatwhich is in thyyour hand, appoint magistrates and judges, whothat they may judge all the people thatwho are in the province beyond the River, even all suchthose aswho know the laws of thyyour God; and you may teach yeanyone himwho thatis knowethignorant of them not.
7:26	And whosoeverwhoever will not doobserve the law of thyyour God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligencestrictly, whether itfor be unto death, or tofor banishment, or tofor confiscation of goods, or tofor imprisonment.
7:27	Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord, the God of our fathers, who hathhas put such a thing as this in the kings heart, to beautifyadorn the house of Jehovahthe Lord which is in Jerusalem;,
7:28	and hathhas extended lovingkindness untoto me before the king, and his counsellors,counselors and before all the kings mighty princes. AndThus I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovahthe Lord my God upon me, and I gathered togetherleading outmen offrom Israel chief men to go up with me.
8:1	Now these are the heads of their fathers houses,households and thisthe isgenealogical theenrollment genealogy of themthose thatwho went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes the king:
8:2	Ofof the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.; Ofof the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.; Ofof the sons of David, Hattush.;
8:3	Ofof the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were150 reckonedmales bywho genealogywere ofin the malesgenealogical a hundred and fifty.list;
8:4	Ofof the sons of Pahath moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and 200 males with him two hundred males.;
8:5	Ofof the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and 300 males with him three hundred males.;
8:6	Andand of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and 50 males with him fifty males.;
8:7	Andand of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and 70 males with him seventy males.;
8:8	Andand of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and 80 males with him fourscore males.;
8:9	Ofof the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and 218 males with him two hundred and eighteen males.;
8:10	Andand of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and 160 males with him a hundred and threescore males.;
8:11	Andand of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and 28 males with him twenty and eight males.;
8:12	Andand of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and 110 males with him a hundred and ten males.;
8:13	Andand of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last; andones, these arebeing their names:, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and 60 males with them threescore males.;
8:14	Andand of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and 70 males with them seventy males.
8:15	AndNow I gatheredassembled them togetherat to the river that runnethruns to Ahava;, andwhere there we encampedcamped for three days:; and when I viewedobserved the people, and the priests, andI founddid therenot nonefind ofany theLevites sons of Levithere.
8:16	ThenSo I sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chiefleading men;, alsoand for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
8:17	And I sent them forthto unto Iddo the chiefleading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what theyto should say untoto Iddo, and his brethrenbrothers, the Nethinim,temple servants at the place Casiphia, that theyis, shouldto bring untoministers to us ministers for the house of our God.
8:18	And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion,insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;, andnamely Sherebiah, withand his sons and his brethrenbrothers, eighteen18 men;
8:19	and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brethrenbrothers and their sons, twenty20 men;
8:20	and 220 of the Nethinimtemple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them weredesignated mentioned by name.
8:21	Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek offrom himHim a straightsafe wayjourney for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substancepossessions.
8:22	For I was ashamed to askrequest offrom the king atroops band of soldiers and horsemen to helpprotect us againstfrom the enemy inon the way, because we had spokensaid untoto the king, saying, The hand of our God is uponfavorably disposed to all themthose thatwho seek himHim, for good; but hisHis power and hisHis wrathanger isare against all themthose thatwho forsake himHim.
8:23	So we fasted and besoughtsought our God forconcerning this: matter, and heHe waslistened entreatedto ofour usentreaty.
8:24	Then I set apart twelve of the chiefsleading of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brethren with them,brothers;
8:25	and I weighed untoout to them the silver, and the gold, and the vesselsutensils, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors,counselors and his princes, and all Israel present there present, had offered:.
8:26	Thus I weighed into their handhands six650 hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vesselsutensils aworth hundred100 talents;, ofand 100 gold a hundred talents;,
8:27	and twenty20 gold bowls, ofworth gold1,000 of a thousand darics; and two vesselsutensils of fine brightshiny brassbronze, precious as gold.
8:28	AndThen I said untoto them, YeYou are holy untoto Jehovahthe Lord, and the vesselsutensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering untoto Jehovah, the Lord God of your fathers.
8:29	Watch ye, and keep them, until yeyou weigh them before the chiefsleading of the priests, and the Levites, and the princesheads of the fathers houseshouseholds of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovahthe Lord.
8:30	So the priests and the Levites receivedaccepted the weightweighed ofout the silver and the gold, and the vesselsutensils, to bring them to Jerusalem untoto the house of our God.
8:31	Then we departedjourneyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go untoto Jerusalem:; and the hand of our God was uponover us, and heHe delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lierambushes in wait by the way.
8:32	AndThus we came to Jerusalem, and aboderemained there three days.
8:33	And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vesselsutensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas:; and with them waswere the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites—.
8:34	theEverything wholewas bynumbered number and byweighed, weight: and all the weight was writtenrecorded at that time.
8:35	The childrenexiles ofwho thehad captivity, that were come outfrom ofthe exile,captivity offered burnt offerings untoto the God of Israel,: twelve12 bullocksbulls for all Israel, ninety96 and six rams, seventy77 and seven lambs, twelve12 hemale goats for a sin offering:, all thisas was a burnt offering untoto Jehovahthe Lord.
8:36	AndThen they delivered the kings commissionsedicts untoto the kings satraps, and to the governors in the provinces beyond the River:, and they furtheredsupported the people and the house of God.
9:1	Now when these things werehad donebeen completed, the princes drewapproached near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, eventhose of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
9:2	For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seedrace havehas mingledintermingled themselves with the peoples of the lands:; yeaindeed, the handhands of the princes and the rulers hathhave been chiefforemost in this trespassunfaithfulness.
9:3	And when I heard about this thingmatter, I renttore my garment and my robe, and pluckedpulled offsome of the hair offrom my head and of my beard, and sat down confoundedappalled.
9:4	Then wereeveryone assembledwho unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, becauseon account of the trespassunfaithfulness of themthe ofexiles thegathered captivity;to me, and I sat confoundedappalled until the evening oblationoffering.
9:5	AndBut at the evening oblationoffering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent;torn, and I fell uponon my knees, and spreadstretched out my hands untoto Jehovahthe Lord my God;
9:6	and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blushembarrassed to lift up my face to theeThee, my God;, for our iniquities arehave increasedrisen overabove our headheads, and our guiltinessguilt ishas grown upeven untoto the heavens.
9:7	Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been exceedingin guiltygreat untoguilt, thisand day;on andaccount forof our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, have been deliveredgiven into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusionopen of faceshame, as it is this day.
9:8	AndBut now for a littlebrief moment grace hathhas been showedshown from Jehovahthe Lord our God, to leave us aan escaped remnant to escape, and to give us a nailpeg in hisHis holy place, that our God may lightenenlighten our eyes, and givegrant us a little reviving in our bondage.
9:9	For we are bondmenslaves; yet in our bondage, our God hathhas not forsaken us in our bondage, but hathhas extended lovingkindness untoto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to setraise up the house of our God, and to repairrestore theits ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
9:10	And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? forFor we have forsaken thyThy commandments,
9:11	which thouThou hast commanded by thyThy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which yeyou goare entering to possess it, is an unclean land throughwith the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, throughwith their abominations, which have filled it from one end to anotherend and with their filthiness:impurity.
9:12	So now thereforedo not give not your daughters untoto their sons, neithernor take their daughters untoto your sons, norand never seek their peace or their prosperity, for ever; that yeyou may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and leave it foras an inheritance to your childrensons for everforever.
9:13	And after all that ishas come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeingsince thatThou thou our God hast punishedrequited us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us suchan aescaped remnant as this,
9:14	shall we again break thyThy commandments, and joinintermarry in affinity with the peoples thatwho docommit these abominations? wouldestWouldst Thou not thou be angry with us tillto thouthe hadstpoint consumedof usdestruction, sountil that there shouldis be no remnant, nor any towho escape?
9:15	O Jehovah,Lord the God of Israel, thouThou art righteous;, for we arehave been left aan escaped remnant that is escaped, as it is this day:; behold, we are before theeThee in our guiltiness;guilt, for noneno one can stand before theeThee because of this.
10:1	Now while Ezra prayedwas praying and mademaking confession, weeping and castingprostrating himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very greatlarge assembly, of men, and women, and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very sorebitterly.
10:2	And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said untoto Ezra, We have trespassedbeen againstunfaithful to our God, and have married foreign women offrom the peoples of the land:; yet now there is hope for Israel concerningin spite of this thing.
10:3	NowSo thereforenow let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and suchtheir as are born of themchildren, according to the counsel of my Lord, and of those thatwho tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
10:4	Arise;! forFor thethis matter belongethis untoyour theeresponsibility, andbut we arewill be with thee:you; be ofcourageous good courage, and do itact.
10:5	Then arose Ezra, rose and made the chiefsleading of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, totake swearoath that they would do according to this word.proposal; Soso they swaretook the oath.
10:6	Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib:. andAlthough when he camewent thitherthere, he did not eat no bread, nor drink water;, for he mournedwas becausemourning ofover the trespassunfaithfulness of them of the captivityexiles.
10:7	And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem untoto all the children of the captivityexiles, that they should gatherassemble themselvesat together unto Jerusalem;,
10:8	and that whosoeverwhoever camewould not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princesleaders and the elders, all his substancepossessions should be forfeited, and he himself separatedexcluded from the assembly of the captivityexiles.
10:9	ThenSo all the men of Judah and Benjamin gatheredassembled themselvesat together unto Jerusalem within the three days. itIt was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month;, and all the people sat in the broadopen placesquare before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the greatheavy rain.
10:10	AndThen Ezra the priest stood up, and said untoto them, YeYou have trespassed,been unfaithful and have married foreign women,wives adding to increase the guilt of Israel.
10:11	Now, therefore, make confession untoto Jehovah, the Lord God of your fathers, and do hisHis pleasurewill; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign womenwives.
10:12	Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, Thats right! As thouyou hasthave said concerning us, so mustit weis our duty to do.
10:13	But thethere people are many people, and it is athe timerainy of much rainseason, and we are not able to stand without:in neitherthe isopen. thisNor acan workthe oftask be done in one day or two; days, for we have transgressed greatly transgressed in this matter.
10:14	Let now our princesleaders berepresent appointedthe forwhole all the assembly, and let all themthose that are in our cities thatwho have married foreign womenwives come at appointed times, andtogether with them the elders and judges of everyeach city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrathanger of our God beon turnedaccount fromof us, until this matter beis despatchedturned away from us.
10:15	Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stoodopposed up against this, matter:with and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helpedsupporting them.
10:16	AndBut the childrenexiles of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, withselected certainmen who were heads of fathers houses,households afterfor each of their fathers houseshouseholds, and all of them by theirname. names,So were set apart; and they satconvened downon in the first day of the tenth month to examineinvestigate the matter.
10:17	And they madefinished aninvestigating end with all the men thatwho had married foreign womenwives by the first day of the first month.
10:18	And among the sons of the priests therewho were found that had married foreign women:wives namely,were found of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren,brothers: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
10:19	And they gavepledged theirto hand that they would put away their wives;, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guiltoffense.
10:20	And of the sons of Immer: there were Hanani and Zebadiah.;
10:21	Andand of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.;
10:22	Andand of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
10:23	And of the Levites: there were Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah thethat same is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24	And of the singers: there was Eliashib.; Andand of the portersgatekeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
10:25	And of Israel:, Ofof the sons of Parosh: there were Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.;
10:26	Andand of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.;
10:27	Andand of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.;
10:28	Andand of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.;
10:29	Andand of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Jeremoth.;
10:30	Andand of the sons of Pahath moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.;
10:31	Andand of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
10:32	Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.;
10:33	Ofof the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.;
10:34	Ofof the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
10:37	Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
10:38	and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
10:39	and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
10:41	Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
10:42	Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
10:43	Of the sons of Nebo: there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, IddoJaddai, and Joel, and Benaiah.
10:44	All these had takenmarried foreign wives;, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.