| 1:1 |
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilledaccomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, |
| 1:2 |
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, TheAll Lordthe Godkingdoms of heaventhe earth hath giventhe meLord, all the kingdomsGod of theheaven, earthgiven me; and he hath charged me to build him an house atin Jerusalem, which is in Judah. |
| 1:3 |
WhoWhosoever there is there among you of all his people?, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, he is the God, which is in Jerusalem. |
| 1:4 |
And whosoever remainethis left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God thatwhich is in Jerusalem. |
| 1:5 |
Then rose up the chiefheads of the fathers houses of Judah and Benjamin, andtold the priests, and the Levites, witheven all them whose spirit God had raised,stirred to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. |
| 1:6 |
And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. |
| 1:8 |
Eveneven those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. |
| 1:9 |
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,; |
| 1:10 |
Thirtythirty basonsbowls of gold, silver basonsbowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. |
| 1:11 |
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, withwhen themthey of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. |
| 2:1 |
Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and camethat againreturned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; |
| 2:2 |
Whichwhich came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, MizparMispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: |
| 2:4 |
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy and two. |
| 2:6 |
The children of PahathmoabPahath moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. |
| 2:13 |
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. |
| 2:16 |
The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. |
| 2:21 |
The children of BethlehemBeth lehem, an hundred twenty and three. |
| 2:25 |
The children of KirjatharimKiriath arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. |
| 2:26 |
The children of Ramah and GabaGeba, six hundred twenty and one. |
| 2:28 |
The men of BethelBeth el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. |
| 2:38 |
The children of PashurPashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. |
| 2:43 |
The NethinimsNethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,; |
| 2:44 |
Thethe children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,; |
| 2:45 |
Thethe children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,; |
| 2:46 |
Thethe children of Hagab, the children of ShalmaiShamlai, the children of Hanan,; |
| 2:47 |
Thethe children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,; |
| 2:48 |
Thethe children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,; |
| 2:49 |
Thethe children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,; |
| 2:50 |
Thethe children of Asnah, the children of MehunimMeunim, the children of Nephusim,Nephisim; |
| 2:51 |
Thethe children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,; |
| 2:52 |
Thethe children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,; |
| 2:53 |
Thethe children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,Temah; |
| 2:54 |
Thethe children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. |
| 2:55 |
The children of Solomons servants: the children of Sotai, the children of SopherethHassophereth, the children of Peruda,; |
| 2:56 |
Thethe children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,; |
| 2:57 |
Thethe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaimhazzebaim, the children of Ami. |
| 2:58 |
All the NethinimsNethinim, and the children of Solomons servants, were three hundred ninety and two. |
| 2:59 |
And these were they which went up from TelmelahTel melah, TelharsaTel harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their fathers househouses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: |
| 2:60 |
Thethe children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. |
| 2:61 |
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of KozHakkoz, the children of Barzillai;, which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:. |
| 2:62 |
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, asdeemed polluted, and put from the priesthood. |
| 2:63 |
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. |
| 2:65 |
Besidebeside their servantsmenservants and their maidsmaidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and therethey werehad among them two hundred singing men and singing women. |
| 2:67 |
Theirtheir camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. |
| 2:68 |
And some of the chiefheads of thefathers fathershouses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is atin Jerusalem, offered freelywillingly for the house of God to set it up in hisits place: |
| 2:69 |
Theythey gave after their ability untointo the treasuretreasury of the work threescore and one thousand dramsdarics of gold, and five thousand poundpounds of silver, and one hundred priests garments. |
| 2:70 |
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the NethinimsNethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. |
| 3:3 |
And they set the altar upon hisits basesbase; for fear was upon them because of the people of thosethe countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening. |
| 3:4 |
TheyAnd they kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the customordinance, as the duty of every day required; |
| 3:5 |
Andand afterward offered the continual burnt offering, bothand the offerings of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. |
| 3:6 |
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord.: Butbut the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. |
| 3:7 |
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, ofunto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. |
| 3:8 |
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnantrest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to sethave forwardthe oversight of the work of the house of the Lord. |
| 3:9 |
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to sethave forwardthe oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. |
| 3:10 |
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinanceorder of David king of Israel. |
| 3:11 |
And they sang togetherone byto courseanother in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord;, becausesaying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. |
| 3:12 |
But many of the priests and Levites and chiefheads of thefathers fathershouses, whothe wereold ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: |
| 3:13 |
Soso that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. |
| 4:1 |
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded thea temple unto the Lord, the God of Israel; |
| 4:2 |
Thenthen they camedrew near to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefheads of thefathers fathershouses, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of AssurAssyria, which brought us up hither. |
| 4:3 |
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chiefheads of the fathers houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. |
| 4:5 |
Andand hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. |
| 4:6 |
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him 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 theirhis companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tonguecharacter, and interpretedset forth in the Syrian tongue. |
| 4:9 |
Thenthen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the SusanchitesShushanchites, the DehavitesDehaites, and the Elamites, |
| 4:10 |
Andand the rest of the nations whom the great and noble AsnapperOsnappar brought over, and set in the citiescity of Samaria, and in the rest thatof arethe oncountry thisbeyond side the river, and atso such a timeforth. |
| 4:11 |
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men onbeyond this side the river, and atso such a timeforth. |
| 4:12 |
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee are come to us are come unto Jerusalem,; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have setfinished up the walls thereof, and joinedrepaired the foundations. |
| 4:13 |
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up againfinished, thenthey will they not pay tolltribute, tributecustom, andor customtoll, and soin thouthe shaltend endamageit thewill revenueendamage of the kings. |
| 4:14 |
Now because we haveeat maintenancethe fromsalt of the kings palace, and it wasis not meet for us to see the kings dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; |
| 4:15 |
Thatthat search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyedlaid waste. |
| 4:16 |
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set upfinished, by this means thou shalt have no portion onbeyond this side the river. |
| 4:17 |
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and untoin the rest of the country beyond the river, Peace, and atso such a timeforth. |
| 4:19 |
And I commandeddecreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. |
| 4:20 |
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countriesthe country beyond the river; and tolltribute, tributecustom, and customtoll, was paid unto them. |
| 4:21 |
GiveMake ye now commandmenta decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until anothera commandmentdecree shall be givenmade fromby me. |
| 4:22 |
TakeAnd take heed now that ye failbe not toslack do thisherein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? |
| 4:23 |
NowThen when the copy of king Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. |
| 4:24 |
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.; Soand it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. |
| 5:1 |
ThenNow the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel, evenprophesied they unto them. |
| 5:2 |
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them. |
| 5:3 |
At the same time came to them TatnaiTattenai, the governor onbeyond this side the river, and ShetharboznaiShethar bonzenai, and their companions, and said thus untoto them, Who hathgave commanded you a decree to build this house, and to makefinish up this wall? |
| 5:4 |
Then saidspake we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? |
| 5:5 |
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, thatand they coulddid not causemake them to cease, till the matter cameshould come to Darius:, and then theyanswer should be returned answer by letter concerning this matterit. |
| 5:6 |
The copy of the letter that TatnaiTattenai, the governor onbeyond this side the river, and ShetharboznaiShethar bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were onbeyond this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: |
| 5:7 |
Theythey sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. |
| 5:8 |
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of JudeaJudah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, with diligence and prospereth in their hands. |
| 5:9 |
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commandedgave you a decree to build this house, and to makefinish upthis these wallswall? |
| 5:10 |
We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the chiefhead of them. |
| 5:11 |
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set upfinished. |
| 5:12 |
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. |
| 5:13 |
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, Cyrus the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. |
| 5:14 |
And the vesselsgold alsoand ofsliver goldvessels andalso silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; |
| 5:15 |
Andand he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carryput them intoin the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in hisits place. |
| 5:16 |
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundationfoundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finishedcompleted. |
| 6:1 |
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rollsarchives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. |
| 6:2 |
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the MedesMedia, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record thus written:. |
| 6:3 |
In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king made a decree; concerningConcerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Letlet the house be builded, the place where they offeredoffer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; |
| 6:4 |
Withwith three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the kings house: |
| 6:5 |
And also let the goldengold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to hisits place, and placethou shalt put them in the house of God. |
| 6:6 |
Now therefore, TatnaiTattenai, governor beyond the river, ShetharboznaiShethar bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: |
| 6:7 |
Letlet the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in hisits place. |
| 6:8 |
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to thethese elders of thesethe Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the kings goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered. |
| 6:9 |
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings ofto the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointmentword of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: |
| 6:10 |
Thatthat they may offer sacrifices of sweet savourssavour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. |
| 6:11 |
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timbera beam be pulled downout from his house, and being set up, let him be hangedlifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.: |
| 6:12 |
Andand the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroyoverthrow all kings and peoplepeoples, that shall put toforth their hand to alter andthe same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speedall diligence. |
| 6:13 |
Then TatnaiTattenai, the governor onbeyond this side the river,; ShetharboznaiShethar bozenai, and their companions, accordingbecause to that which Darius the king had sent, sodid theyaccordingly didwith speedilyall diligence. |
| 6:14 |
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandmentdecree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. |
| 6:16 |
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. |
| 6:17 |
And they offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. |
| 6:20 |
For the priests and the Levites werehad purified themselves together,; all of them were pure,: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. |
| 6:21 |
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, did eat, |
| 6:22 |
Andand kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. |
| 7:2 |
Thethe son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, |
| 7:3 |
Thethe son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, |
| 7:4 |
Thethe son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, |
| 7:5 |
Thethe 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; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. |
| 7:7 |
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the NethinimsNethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 7:10 |
For Ezra had preparedset his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgmentsjudgements. |
| 7:11 |
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even athe scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel. |
| 7:12 |
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, athe scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and atso such a time.forth, |
| 7:13 |
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and oftheir his priests and the Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewillfree will to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. |
| 7:14 |
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquireinquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; |
| 7:15 |
Andand to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, |
| 7:16 |
Andand all the silver and gold that thou canstshalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:; |
| 7:17 |
Thattherefore thou mayestshalt with all diligence buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meatmeal offerings and their drink offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. |
| 7:18 |
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God. |
| 7:19 |
TheAnd the vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. |
| 7:21 |
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedilywith all diligence, |
| 7:22 |
Untounto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. |
| 7:23 |
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done exactly for the house of the God of heaven:; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? |
| 7:24 |
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, NethinimsNethinim, or ministersservants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tolltribute, tributecustom, or customtoll, upon them. |
| 7:25 |
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, setappoint magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye themhim that knowknoweth them not. |
| 7:26 |
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgmentjudgement be executed speedily upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. |
| 7:27 |
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the kings heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:; |
| 7:28 |
Andand hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the kings mighty princes. And I was strengthened asaccording to the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. |
| 8:1 |
TheseNow these are now the chiefheads of their fathers houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 8:2 |
Of the sons of Phinehas;, Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;, Daniel: of the sons of David;, Hattush. |
| 8:3 |
Of the sons of Shechaniah,Shecaniah; of the sons of Pharosh;Parosh, Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. |
| 8:4 |
Of the sons of Pahathmoab;Pahath Elihoenaimoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah,; and with him two hundred males. |
| 8:5 |
Of the sons of Shechaniah;Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel,; and with him three hundred males. |
| 8:6 |
OfAnd of the sons also of Adin;, Ebed the son of Jonathan,; and with him fifty males. |
| 8:7 |
And of the sons of Elam;, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah,; and with him seventy males. |
| 8:8 |
And of the sons of Shephatiah;, Zebadiah the son of Michael,; and with him fourscore males. |
| 8:9 |
Of the sons of Joab;, Obadiah the son of Jehiel,; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. |
| 8:10 |
And of the sons of Shelomith;, the son of Josiphiah,; and with him an hundred and threescore males. |
| 8:11 |
And of the sons of Bebai;, Zechariah the son of Bebai,; and with him twenty and eight males. |
| 8:12 |
And of the sons of Azgad;, Johanan the son of Hakkatan,; and with him an hundred and ten males. |
| 8:13 |
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whosethat nameswere the last; and these are thesetheir names, Eliphelet, JeielJeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. |
| 8:14 |
OfAnd of the sons also of Bigvai;, Uthai, and Zabbud,; and with them seventy males. |
| 8:15 |
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we inencamped tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. |
| 8:16 |
Then 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, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, menwhich ofwere understandingteachers. |
| 8:17 |
And I sent them withforth commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia,; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the NethinimsNethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. |
| 8:18 |
And byaccording to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understandingdiscretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; |
| 8:19 |
Andand Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; |
| 8:20 |
Alsoand of the NethinimsNethinim, whom David and the princes had appointedgiven for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty NethinimsNethinim: all of them were expressed by name. |
| 8:21 |
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflicthumble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a rightstraight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. |
| 8:22 |
For I was ashamed to requireask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. |
| 8:23 |
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreatedentreated of us. |
| 8:24 |
Then I separated twelve of the chiefchiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, |
| 8:25 |
Andand weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering offor the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his Lordsprinces, and all Israel there present, had offered: |
| 8:26 |
I even weighed untointo their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents,; and of gold an hundred talents; |
| 8:27 |
Alsoand twenty basonsbowls of gold, of a thousand dramsdarics; and two vessels of fine copperbright brass, precious as gold. |
| 8:28 |
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord;, and the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord, the God of your fathers. |
| 8:29 |
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefchiefs of the priests and the Levites, and chiefthe princes of the fathers houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. |
| 8:30 |
So took the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. |
| 8:31 |
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and ofthe suchlier as lay in wait by the way. |
| 8:33 |
NowAnd on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God byinto the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites; |
| 8:34 |
Bythe whole by number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. |
| 8:35 |
AlsoThe the children of thosethe that had been carried awaycaptivity, which were come out of the captivityexile, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord. |
| 8:36 |
And they delivered the kings commissions unto the kings lieutenantssatraps, and to the governors onbeyond this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. |
| 9:1 |
Now when these things were done, the princes camedrew tonear unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoplepeoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. |
| 9:2 |
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons:; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoplepeoples of thosethe lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. |
| 9:4 |
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgressiontrespass of thosethem thatof hadthe been carried awaycaptivity; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrificeoblation. |
| 9:5 |
And at the evening sacrificeoblation I arose up from my heaviness;humiliation, andeven havingwith rent my garment and my mantle, rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,; |
| 9:6 |
Andand I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespassguiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. |
| 9:7 |
Since the days of our fathers we have we been inexceeding aguilty great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoilspoiling, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. |
| 9:8 |
And now for a little spacemoment grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. |
| 9:9 |
For we wereare bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolationsruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. |
| 9:11 |
Whichwhich thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land withthrough the filthinessuncleanness of the peoplepeoples of the lands, withthrough their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.filthiness, |
| 9:12 |
Nownow therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealthprosperity for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. |
| 9:13 |
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespassguilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverancea as this;remnant, |
| 9:14 |
Shouldshall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoplepeoples ofthat do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor escapingany to escape? |
| 9:15 |
O Lord, the God of Israel, thou art righteous:; for we remainare yetleft a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses:guiltiness; for wenone cannotcan stand before thee because of this. |
| 10:1 |
Now whenwhile Ezra had prayed, and whenmade he had confessedconfession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembledwas gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. |
| 10:2 |
And ShechaniahShecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have takenmarried strange wiveswomen of the peoplepeoples of the land: yet now there is hope infor Israel concerning this thing. |
| 10:4 |
Arise; for thisthe matter belongeth unto thee:, and we alsoare will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. |
| 10:5 |
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefchiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they shouldwould do according to this word. AndSo they sware. |
| 10:6 |
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of JohananJehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgressiontrespass of them thatof hadthe been carried awaycaptivity. |
| 10:8 |
Andand that whosoever wouldcame not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of thosethe that had been carried awaycaptivity. |
| 10:9 |
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves 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 streetbroad ofplace before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. |
| 10:10 |
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressedtrespassed, and have takenmarried strange wiveswomen, to increase the trespassguilt of Israel. |
| 10:11 |
Now therefore make confession unto the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the peoplepeoples of the land, and from the strange wiveswomen. |
| 10:12 |
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Asas thou hast said concerning us, so must we do. |
| 10:13 |
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we arehave manygreatly that have transgressed in this thingmatter. |
| 10:14 |
Let now our rulersprinces ofbe appointed for all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities which have takenmarried strange wiveswomen in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God forbe turned from us, until this matter be turned from usdespatched. |
| 10:15 |
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and JahaziahJahzeiah the son of Tikvah werestood employedup aboutagainst this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. |
| 10:16 |
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chiefheads of thefathers fathershouses, after the house of their fathers houses, and all of them by their names, were separated,; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. |
| 10:17 |
And they made an end with all the men that had takenmarried strange wiveswomen by the first day of the first month. |
| 10:18 |
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had takenmarried strange wiveswomen: namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren;, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. |
| 10:19 |
And they gave their handshand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespassguilt. |
| 10:20 |
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. |
| 10:22 |
And of the sons of PashurPashhur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, NethaneelNethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. |
| 10:23 |
AlsoAnd of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, the same is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. |
| 10:24 |
OfAnd of the singers also; Eliashib:; and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. |
| 10:25 |
MoreoverAnd of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and JeziahIzziah, and MalchiahMalchijah, and MiaminMijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. |
| 10:26 |
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and EliahElijah. |
| 10:28 |
OfAnd of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. |
| 10:29 |
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and RamothJeremoth. |
| 10:30 |
And of the sons of PahathmoabPahath moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, BezaleelBezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. |
| 10:31 |
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, IshijahIsshijah, MalchiahMalchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,; |
| 10:32 |
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. |
| 10:33 |
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, MattathahMattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. |
| 10:34 |
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,; |
| 10:35 |
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,Cheluhi; |
| 10:36 |
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,; |
| 10:37 |
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,Jaasu; |
| 10:38 |
Andand Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,; |
| 10:39 |
Andand Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,; |
| 10:40 |
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,; |
| 10:41 |
AzareelAzarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,; |
| 10:42 |
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. |
| 10:43 |
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, JadauIddo, and Joel, Benaiah. |