Ezra
1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying, 1:2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All
the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and
he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
1:3Whosoever there is 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God),
which is in Jerusalem. 1:4And whosoever is 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, besides the freewill-offering
for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. 1:5Then rose up the heads
of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the
Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house
of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem. 1:6And 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, besides all that was willingly
offered. 1:7Also Cyrus the king brought forth the
vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth
out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 1:8even
those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the
treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 1:9And
this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters
of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of
a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 1:11All
the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All
these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up
from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
2:1Now these are the children of the
province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried
away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto
Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his
city; 2:2who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua,
Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum,
Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 2:3The
children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 2:4The
children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 2:5The
children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. 2:6The children of
Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight
hundred and twelve. 2:7The children of Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four. 2:8The children of Zattu, nine hundred
forty and five. 2:9The children of Zaccai, seven hundred
and threescore. 2:10The children of Bani, six hundred
forty and two. 2:11The children of Bebai, six hundred
twenty and three. 2:12The children of Azgad, a thousand two
hundred twenty and two. 2:13The children of Adonikam, six hundred
sixty and six. 2:14The children of Bigvai, two thousand
fifty and six. 2:15The children of Adin, four hundred
fifty and four. 2:16The children of Ater, of Hezekiah,
ninety and eight. 2:17The children of Bezai, three hundred
twenty and three. 2:18The children of Jorah, a hundred and
twelve. 2:19The children of Hashum, two hundred
twenty and three. 2:20The children of Gibbar, ninety and
five. 2:21The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred
twenty and three. 2:22The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 2:23The
men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 2:24The children of
Azmaveth, forty and two. 2:25The children of Kiriath-arim,
Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 2:26The
children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. 2:27The
men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. 2:28The men of Beth-el and
Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 2:29The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
2:30The children of Magbish, a hundred
fifty and six. 2:31The children of the other Elam, a
thousand two hundred fifty and four. 2:32The children of Harim, three hundred
and twenty. 2:33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono,
seven hundred twenty and five. 2:34The children of Jericho, three hundred
forty and five. 2:35The children of Senaah, three thousand
and six hundred and thirty. 2:36The priests: the children of Jedaiah,
of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 2:37The
children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 2:38The children of
Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 2:39The children of Harim,
a thousand and seventeen. 2:40The Levites: the children of Jeshua
and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 2:41The
singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 2:42The
children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater,
the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the
children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine. 2:43The
Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of
Tabbaoth, 2:44the children of Keros, the children of
Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45the children of Lebanah, the children
of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46the children of Hagab, the children of
Shamlai, the children of Hanan, 2:47the children of Giddel, the children
of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 2:48the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 2:49the children of Uzza, the children of
Paseah, the children of Besai, 2:50the children of Asnah, the children of
Meunim, the children of Nephisim, 2:51the children of Bakbuk, the children
of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52the children of Bazluth, the children
of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53the children of Barkos, the children
of Sisera, the children of Temah, 2:54the children of Neziah, the children
of Hatipha. 2:55The children of Solomon's servants:
the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of
Peruda, 2:56the children of Jaalah, the children
of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57the children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of
Ami. 2:58All the Nethinim, and the children of
Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 2:59And
these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan,
and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their
seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60the children of Delaiah, the children
of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 2:61And
of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of
Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 2:62These sought their register
among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not
found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. 2:63And
the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy
things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. 2:64The
whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and
threescore, 2:65besides their men-servants and their
maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and
seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. 2:66Their horses were seven hundred thirty
and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 2:67their camels, four
hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred
and twenty. 2:68And some of the heads of fathers'
houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in
Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its
place: 2:69they gave after their ability into the
treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five
thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 2:70So
the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and
the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in
their cities.
3:1And when the seventh month was come,
and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered
themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 3:2Then stood up Jeshua
the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of
Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of
Moses the man of God. 3:3And they set the altar upon its base;
for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries: and they
offered burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt-offerings morning
and evening. 3:4And they kept the feast of tabernacles,
as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number,
according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; 3:5and
afterward the continual burnt-offering, and the offerings of the
new moons, and of all the set feasts of Jehovah that were consecrated, and
of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering unto Jehovah. 3:6From
the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings
unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet
laid. 3:7They gave money also unto the masons,
and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon,
and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto
Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 3:8Now
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 rest 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 have the
oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah. 3:9Then stood Jeshua with
his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah,
together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the
sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 3:10And
when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set
the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David king of
Israel. 3:11And they sang one to another in
praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good,
for his lovingkindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the
people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the
foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid. 3:12But many of the
priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old 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:
3:13so 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.
4:1Now when the adversaries of Judah and
Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple
unto Jehovah, the God of Israel; 4:2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and
to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them, Let us build
with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since
the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither. 4:3But
Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers'
houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in
building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath
commanded us. 4:4Then the people of the land weakened
the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 4:5and
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. 4:6And
in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an
accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 4:7And
in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest
of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the
letter was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the
Syrian tongue. 4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the
scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this
sort: 4:9then 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 Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, 4:10and
the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over,
and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country
beyond the River, and so forth. 4:11This is the copy of the letter that
they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River,
and so forth. 4:12Be it known unto the king, that the
Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are
building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and
repaired the foundations. 4:13Be it known now unto the king, that,
if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay
tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the
kings. 4:14Now because we eat the salt of the
palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore
have we sent and certified the king; 4:15that 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 laid waste. 4:16We certify the king
that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou
shalt have no portion beyond the River. 4:17Then 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 in the rest
of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth. 4:18The
letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 4:19And
I decreed, 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. 4:20There have been mighty kings also over
Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River;
and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid unto them. 4:21Make ye now a decree
to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a
decree shall be made by me. 4:22And take heed that ye be not slack
herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 4:23Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes'
letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their
companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them
to cease by force and power. 4:24Then ceased the work of the house of
God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the
reign of Darius king of Persia.
5:1Now 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 prophesied they
unto them. 5:2Then 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. 5:3At the same time came to them Tattenai,
the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions,
and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to
finish this wall? 5:4Then we told them after this manner,
what the names of the men were that were making this building. 5:5But
the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not
make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer
should be returned by letter concerning it. 5:6The copy of the letter
that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his
companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius
the king; 5:7they sent a letter unto him, wherein
was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace. 5:8Be it known unto the
king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great
God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls;
and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands. 5:9Then
asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to
build this house, and to finish this wall? 5:10We asked them their
names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that
were at the head of them. 5:11And thus they returned us answer,
saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are
building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great
king of Israel builded and finished. 5:12But after that our fathers had
provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house,
and carried the people away into Babylon. 5:13But in the first year
of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house
of God. 5:14And the gold and silver vessels also
of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was
in Jerusalem, and brought 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; 5:15and
he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is
in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place. 5:16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and
laid the foundations 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
completed. 5:17Now therefore, if it seem good to the
king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is
there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the
king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his
pleasure to us concerning this matter.
6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and
search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were
laid up in Babylon. 6:2And there was found at Achmetha, in the
palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus
written for a record: 6:3In the first year of Cyrus the king,
Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem,
let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let
the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4with three courses of
great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given
out of the king's house. 6:5And also let the gold 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 its
place; and thou shalt put them in the house of God. 6:6Now therefore,
Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions
the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence: 6:7let
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 its place. 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall
do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that
of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be
given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered. 6:9And
that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs,
for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine,
and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let
it be given them day by day without fail; 6:10that they may offer
sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of
the king, and of his sons. 6:11Also I have made a decree, that
whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house,
and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a
dunghill for this: 6:12and the God that hath caused his name
to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their
hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at
Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
6:13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the
River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king
had sent, did accordingly with all diligence. 6:14And the elders of the
Jews builded and 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 decree of
Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 6:15And this house was
finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year
of the reign of Darius the king. 6:16And 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. 6:17And they offered at
the dedication of this house of God a 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. 6:18And
they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses,
for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the
book of Moses. 6:19And the children of the captivity kept
the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. 6:20For
the priests and the Levites had 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. 6:21And
the children of Israel that were come again out of the captivity, and all
such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the
nations of the land, to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, did eat, 6:22and
kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah 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.
7:1Now after these things, in the reign of
Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah,
the son of Hilkiah, 7:2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok,
the son of Ahitub, 7:3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah,
the son of Meraioth, 7:4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi,
the son of Bukki, 7:5the son of Abishua, the son of
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest; 7:6this
Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses,
which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all
his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him. 7:7And
there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto
Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 7:8And
he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of
the king. 7:9For upon the first day of the
first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of
the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his
God upon him. 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the
law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and
ordinances. 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter
that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the
scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to
Israel: 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra
the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so
forth. 7:13I make a decree, that all they of the
people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are
minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee. 7:14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king
and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand, 7:15and
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,
7:16and all the silver and gold that thou
shalt 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; 7:17therefore thou shalt with all
diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their
meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the
altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 7:18And
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. 7:19And
the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God,
deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 7:20And whatsoever more
shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion
to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house. 7:21And
I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that
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 with all
diligence, 7:22unto a hundred talents of silver, and
to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a
hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 7:23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of
heaven, let it be 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? 7:24Also we certify you, that touching any
of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of
this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or
toll, upon them. 7:25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of
thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge
all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy
God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not. 7:26And whosoever will not
do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed
upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment,
or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 7:27Blessed be Jehovah,
the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's
heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem; 7:28and
hath extended lovingkindness unto me before the king, and his counsellors,
and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened according
to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of
Israel chief men to go up with me.
8:1Now these are the heads 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: 8:2Of
the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons
of David, Hattush. 8:3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons
of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males
a hundred and fifty. 8:4Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai
the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. 8:5Of the sons of
Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. 8:6And
of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
8:7And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the
son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. 8:8And of the sons of
Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males. 8:9Of
the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and
eighteen males. 8:10And of the sons of Shelomith, the son
of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and threescore males. 8:11And
of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and
eight males. 8:12And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the
son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males. 8:13And
of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last; and these are their
names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them threescore males. 8:14And
of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males. 8:15And
I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we
encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found
there none of the sons of Levi. 8:16Then 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, who were teachers. 8:17And I sent them forth unto Iddo the
chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto
Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that
they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 8:18And
according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of
discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19and Hashabiah, and
with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons,
twenty; 8:20and of the Nethinim, whom David and
the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and
twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name. 8:21Then I proclaimed a
fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our
God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and
for all our substance. 8:22For I was ashamed to ask 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 that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against
all them that forsake him. 8:23So we fasted and besought our God for
this: and he was entreated of us. 8:24Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs
of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with
them, 8:25and weighed unto them the silver, and
the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God,
which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there
present, had offered: 8:26I weighed into their hand six hundred
and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold
a hundred talents; 8:27and twenty bowls of gold, of a
thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
8:28And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto
Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a
freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers. 8:29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye
weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the
princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the
chambers of the house of Jehovah. 8:30So 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. 8:31Then we departed from
the river 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 the lier-in-wait by the way. 8:32And
we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 8:33And on the fourth day
the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed 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 was Jozabad the son of
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite; 8:34the whole by number
and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time. 8:35The
children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, 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 Jehovah. 8:36And
they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the
governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of
God.
9:1Now when these things were done, the
princes drew 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, even of the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites,
the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 9:2For they have taken of
their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed
have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of
the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 9:3And
when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off
the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. 9:4Then
were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of
Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat
confounded until the evening oblation. 9:5And at the evening
oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe
rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my
God; 9:6and 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 guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. 9:7Since
the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty 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 plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 9:8And
now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah 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. 9:9For we are bondmen; yet our God hath
not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness 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 ruins thereof, and to give us a wall
in Judah and in Jerusalem. 9:10And now, O our God, what shall we say
after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 9:11which thou hast
commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go
to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples
of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one
end to another with their filthiness: 9:12now therefore give not
your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your
sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity 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. 9:13And after all that is come upon us for
our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast
punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a
remnant, 9:14shall we again break thy commandments,
and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest
not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there
should be no remnant, nor any to escape? 9:15O Jehovah, the God of
Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as
it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can
stand before thee because of this.
10:1Now while Ezra prayed and made
confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God,
there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly
of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore. 10:2And
Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said
unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign
women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel
concerning this thing. 10:3Now therefore let us make a covenant
with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them,
according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the
commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 10:4Arise; for the matter belongeth unto
thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 10:5Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs
of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do
according to this word. So they sware. 10:6Then Ezra rose up from
before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of
Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink
water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. 10:7And
they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the
children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together
unto Jerusalem; 10:8and that whosoever came not within
three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all
his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly
of the captivity. 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin
gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was
the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the
people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because
of this matter, and for the great rain. 10:10And Ezra the priest
stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign
women, to increase the guilt of Israel. 10:11Now therefore make
confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and
separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign
women. 10:12Then all the assembly answered and
said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do. 10:13But 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 have greatly transgressed in this matter.
10:14Let now our princes be appointed for
all the assembly, and let all them that are in our cities that have
married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of
every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be
turned from us, until this matter be despatched. 10:15Only Jonathan the son
of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this
matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. 10:16And the children of the captivity did
so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers'
houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their
names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth
month to examine the matter. 10:17And they made an end with all the men
that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. 10:18And among the sons of the priests
there were found that had married foreign women: namely, of the
sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and
Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 10:19And they gave their hand that they
would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of
the flock for their guilt. 10:20And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and
Zebadiah. 10:21And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah,
and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 10:22And of the sons of
Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 10:23And of the Levites: Jozabad, and
Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24And of the singers: Eliashib. And of
the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 10:25And of Israel: Of the
sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and
Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 10:26And of the sons of
Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and
Elijah. 10:27And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai,
Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 10:28And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan,
Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. 10:29And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam,
Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth. 10:30And of the sons of
Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and
Binnui, and Manasseh. 10:31And of the sons of Harim:
Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 10:32Benjamin, Malluch,
Shemariah. 10:33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai,
Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. 10:34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram,
and Uel, 10:35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 10:36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu, 10:38and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and
Adaiah, 10:40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 10:41Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. 10:43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel,
Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. 10:44All these had taken
foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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