37 The children of Immer, b a thousand b 1Ch.24.14. fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, c a thousand c 1Ch.9.12. two hundred forty and seven. d 1Ch.24.8. or, Judah, c.3.9. called also Hodevah, Ne.7.43. 39 The children of Harim, d a thousand 1 and seventeen. 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, e Ne.7.70,&c. an hundred twenty and eight. f1Ch.26.20. 42 The children of the porters; the chil-g ver.58. dren of Shallum, the children of Ater,the 2 or, Sia. children of Talmon, the children of Ak- 3 or, Shamlai, kub, the children of Hatita, the children or, Joshua, of Shobai, in all,an hundred thirty & nine. Hag.1.1. 43 The Nethinims: g the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of 2 Siaha, the children of Padon, 2.2. 5 called 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 6 called 55 The children of Solomon's k servants: Renewal of Sacrifices. dred and threescore. 65 Besides their servants and thei maids, of whom there were seven thou sand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing-men and singing-women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hun dred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 And e some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place 69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure f of the work,threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, aud the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. CHAP. III. AND when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered them selves together as one inan to Jerusalem 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel 5 the son of 6 Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written h in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; (for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries;) and they offer ed burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings moraing and evening. 4 They i kept also the feast of taberna cles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day 7 56 The children of Jaalah, the children n Jos.9.21,27. required; of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Haltil, the children of Pochereth, of Zebaim, the children of 2 Ami. 58 All the Nethinims, n and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 3 1Ch.9.2. the temple of 59 And these were they which went up from Tel-meiah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Ad-5 or, pedigree. dan, and Immer; but they could not 6or,workmen shew their father's house, and their 5 seed, o 1Ki.5.6,9. whether they were of Israel: p c.6 3. 60 The children of Delaiah, the chil-q 2Sa. 17.27. dren of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children 6 Barzillai; (which took a wife of the daughters of q BarzilJai the Gileadite, and was called after their name ;) ver.2. 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt-offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts m of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offering unto the LORD. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD. But 3 the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the ma sons, 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 o to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant p that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. js Nu.3.10. 62 These sought their register among Ne.8.9. those that were reckoned by genealogy, u Le.22.10.14. but s they were not found; therefore v Ex.28.30. were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Le.8.8. 63 And the 8 Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most wNe.7.66,&c. holy things, till there stood up a priest 9 or, Hoduwith Uria v and with Thummim. viah. 64 The to whole congregation together c.2.40. was forty and two thousand three huu-1 as one. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of 9 Judah, together, to set forw the workmen in the house of God; : Foundation of the Temple laid. sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. EZRA, V. B. C. 535. 10 And when the builders a laid the a Zec.1.10. fcundation 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 ordinance of David king of Israel. Opposition made to the Jews. [they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants, the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews, which came up from thee to us, 1Ch.6.31, &c. are come unto Jerusalem, building the 16.4,&c. rebellious c and the bad city, and have 25.1.&c. 1 set up the walls thereof, and 2 joined Ne.12.24,&c. the foundations. 21. 11 And they sung together by course, c Eze.17.12in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because d he is good, for his mercy1 or, finished. endureth for ever towards Israel. And 2 sewed together. all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because 3 give. the foundation f of the house of the LORD d Ch.16.34, was laid. 41. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be builaed, and the walls set up again, then will they not 3 pay toll, tribute, e and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the 4 revenue of the kings. 14 Now, because we 5 have mainte nance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's disho nour, therefore have we sent and certified 145.1-11. the king, Ps.136. Je.33.11. or, strength. 5 are salted with the 12 But g many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was e c.7.24. laid before their eyes, wept h with a loud voice; and many shouted i aloud for joy; 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping 1 of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. CHAP. IV. NOW when the adversaries n of Judah salt of the f Re.21.10-14. and Benjamin heard that the 8 chili Ps.5.11. dren of the captivity builded the temple k Est.3.8. unto the LORD God of Israel, 25.1,4. 22 ver.7-9. 6 made. 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to in the midst the chief of the fathers, & said unto them, thereof. Let us build with you; for o we seek your 7 Ju.2.5. God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto m 2Ki.24.20. him,since the days of Esar-haddon p king] of Assur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Yer have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king s Cyrus, the king of Persia, hath commanded us. 4 Then the people of the land v weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled w them in building; 5 And hired counsellors x against them, 2 lifted up to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign r of Darius king of Persia. 15 That 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 k unto kings and provinces, and that they have 6 moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. m 16 We certify the king, that it this city be builded again, and the walls therecf set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimsha the scribe, and to the rest of their 9 com panions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found q that this city of old time hath 2 made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which t have ruled over p 2Ki.19.37. by me a de- all countries beyond u the river; and toll, cree is set.tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 2Ki.18.7. 21 Give 3 ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. itself. Ac.8.21. 6 And in the reign of 4 Ahasuerus, in 3Jno.9,10. the beginning of his reign, wrote they s c.1.1-3. into him an accusation against the inha- t 1Ki.4.21,24. Ps.72.S. bitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote ju Ge.15.18. Jos.1.3,4. Bishlam, 5 Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artax-v Ne.6.9. erxes king of Persia; and the writing of 3 Make a decree. the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian w c.3.3. tongue. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 23 Now 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. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased x Ac.24.1,&c. unto the second year of the reign of S Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai Ahashve- Darius king of Persia. the scribe,8 wrote a letter against Jerusa lem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 5 or, in peace.THEN the prophets, Haggai y the pro 9 Then wrote Rehuin the chancellor, 6 societies. and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest arm. of their companions; 9 the a Dinaites, or,secretary. the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the y Hag.1.1. Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylo z Zec.1.1. nians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and 9 societies. the Elamites, a 2Ki.17.30, 10 And the rest of the nations whom 31. the great and noble b Asnapper brought & Ro.13.7. over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the 1 Cheeneth. phet, & Zechariah z the son of lddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 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. 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath com 4 Then said we unto them after this 1 build? manner, What are the names of the men a c.7.6,28. that make this building? Ps.32.8. 33.18. 34.15. 76.10. 5 But the eye a of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not c cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned 12Ch36.22,23 e answer by letter concerning this matter. c Ps. 129.2-5. 6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, d Ps. 122.4. governor on this side the river, and She-e c.6.6. thar-boznai, and his companions the f1Ki.6.36. Apharsachites, which were on this side in the midst the river, sent unto Darius the king: whereof. g c.1.7,8. 7 They sent a letter unto him, 2 wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace. 5.14. Da.5.2. 3 go. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with 4 great stones, and timber is laid in h c.5.3. Favourable decree of Darius. the Medes, a roll, and therein was a re cord thus written: 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king made a decres concerning b the house of God at Jeru salem, Let the house be builded, the place d where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4 With f three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house. 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels g of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem,and 3 brought unto Babylon, be restored and brought again' unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, h governor be the walls, and this work goeth fast on, 5 their socie-yond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your and prospereth in their hands. ties. 9 Then asked i we those elders, and i ver.3,4. aid unto them thus, Who commanded k Ac.5.38,39. you to build this house, and to make up 6 ty me a these walls? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of 1 the men that were the chief of them. decree is made. Da.3.26. Ac.27.23. Ro.6.16. 11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God m 1Ki.6.1. of heaven and earth, and build the house made to that was builded these many years ago, cease. which a great king of Israel m builded n2Ch36.16,17 and set up. o 2Ki 24.2. 12 But after n that our fathers had pro- 25.8.11. voked the God of heaven unto wrath, he p Is.49.23. gave them o into the hand of Nebuchad-q c.1.1-8. nezzar the king of Babylon, the Chal- c.7.23. dean, who destroyed this house, and car- Je.29.7. ried the people away into Babylon. 8 of rest. 13 But q in the first year of Cyrus the s 1Ti.2.1,2. king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus t Je.52. made a decree to build this house of God. 9 destroyed. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silu Da.2.5. ver of the house of God, which Nebu- 3.29. chadnezzar took t out of the temple, that v Hag.1.14. was in Jerusalem, and brought them into! the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus w 1Ki.9.3. the king take out of the temple of Baby-x Ps. 137.8,9. lon, and they were delivered unto one v Ob.10. whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he 1 or, deputy. had made 1 governor ; y c.3.8,10. 2.2.21. 15 And said unto him, Take these ves-z c.5.1,2. sels, go, carry them into the temple that a c.6. 15. is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God & c.6.1,2. be builded in his place. 12 decree. 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, e ver 3. and laid y the foundation of the house of d c.4.24. God which is in Jerusalem: and since e c.7.1. that time,even until now, hath it been in f c.5.17. building, and yet a it is not finished. 17 Now 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. CHAP. VI. THEN Darius the king made a decree, and search f was made in the house! of the 3 rolls, where the treasures were 4 laid up in Babylon. 3 books. made to descend. 5 sons of portation, c.4.1. g 1Ki 8.63. 2Ch.7.5. 6 or, Echa tana, or, in a coffer. h ver.22. Ne.8.10. 2 And there was found at 6 Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Ps. 122.1. companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence; 7 Let k 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 his place. S Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God; that, of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt-offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be p given them day by day without fail; 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for s the life of the king, and of his sons. 11 Also I have made a decree that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and, being set up, let him be 9 hanged thereon; and let his house ube made a dunghill for this. 12 And the God that hath caused his name w to dwell there,destroy all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalein. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. 13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 14 And z 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 commandinent of the God of Israel, and according to the 2 commandment of Cyrus, cand Darius, d and Artaxerxes king e of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the mouth Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 And the children of Israel, th priests and the Levites, and the rest the 5 children of the captivity, kept gt dedication of this house of God with jo Ezra's arrival at Jerusalem. EZRA, VIII. 17 And offered a at the dedication of B. C. 515. this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; a c.8.35. and, for a sin-offering for all Israel, cwelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. from before 76.11. the king. b Est.1.14. 18 And they set the priests c in their di-c 1Ch.24.1. visions, and the Levites e in their courses, d Ps. 68.29. for the service of God which is at Jerusa lem; 2 as it is written g in the book of e 1Ch.23.6. Moses. f2Ch.6.2. 19 And the children of the captivity Ps.9.11. kept the passover upon the fourteenth day i of the first month. to the 26.8. 135.21. 20 For the priests and the Levites were 2 according purified / together. all of them were pure, and killed in the passover for all the chil-writing. dren of the captivity, and for their bre-g Nu.3.6. thren the priests, and for themselves. 8.9. 21 And the children of Israel, which were h c.S.25. come again out of captivity, & all such as i Ex.12.6. had separated themselves unto them from k 1Ch.29.6,9. the filthiness p of the heathen of the land, 7 2Ch.30. 15. to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, m 2Ch.35.11. 22 And kept the feast q of unleavened in Nu.15.4-13. bread seven days with joy for the LORD o De. 12.5-11. had made them joyful, and turned the p c.9.11. heart s of the king of Assyria unto them, q Ex.12.15. to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. CHAP. VII. 13.6. 2Ch.30.21. 35.17. Now these bingof Persia, Ezra r Ep.5.17. TOW after these things, in the reign 1Co.5.7,8. the son of Seraiah, u the son of Azariah, s ver.6. 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Aza-3 cors. riah, the son Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerabiah, the son of Uzzi, he son of Bukki, 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinenas, the son of Eleasar, the son of Aaron to the chief priest: Nu.25.11-13 w He.5.4. cree. y ver. 18. Ps. 119.4. 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe x in the law a ver.9. of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all) his request,according a to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. 7 And b there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, c unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. c.8.22,31. 9 For upon the first day of the first Ro.10.14-17 monta 5 began he to go up from Babylon, f ver.6. and on the first day of the fifth month 2Ch.19.3. came he to Jerusalem, according f to the h Ps. 119.45. good hand of his God upon him. i Da.16.12. 10 For Ezra had prepared g his heart 6 rooting out to seek h the law of the LORD, and to do k De. 33.10. i it, and to teach k in Israei statutes and Mal.2.7. judgments. Tit.2.1,15. The decree of Artaxerxes. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent 1 of the king, and of his seven b counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which d the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation f is in Jerusalem; 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering k willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem; 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money, bullocks, rains, lambs, with their meal-offerings, 2 and their drinkofferings, and offer them upon the o altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do r after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And 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. 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 pr.est, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred 3 measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to Jan hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23 Whatsoever is 4 commanded y by the God of heaven, let it be diligently z done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 21 Also we certify you, that, touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God; it shall not be lawful to im pose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand, set magis. trates d and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach e ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to 6 bauishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 27 Blessed I be the LORD God of our fa. thers, which hath put in such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; 28 And hath extended mercy urto me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as p the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief mea the God of to go up with me. heaven, peace, &c. 11 Now this is the copy of the letter 7 1Ch.29.10. that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra m c.6.22. the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the n c.9.9. words of the commandments of the LORD, o Eze.26.7. and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, kingoof kings, UntoEzra the priest,a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 113 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free-will to go up to Jerusalem go with thee. Da.2.37. CHAP. VIII. are now the chief of their pver.6 .8.18 T fathers, and this is the genealogy of Journey of Ezra and others. EZRA, X them that went upwith ine from Babylon, B. C. 457 in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: a 1Ch.6 4,&c. of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel of the b c.7.6.9,28. sons of Favid; Hattush: d 3 Of the sons of Shechanial, of the sons. of Pharosh; f Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy,of the males an hundred and fifty. c Ps.33.18,19. 34.15,22. La.3.25. Ro.8.28. diCh.3.22. Their Arrival at Jerusalem. neip 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 c him; but his power and his wrath e is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated g of us. 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief 4 Of the sons of Fahath-moab; Eli-e 2Ch.15.2. of the priests, Sherebiah. Hashaliah, and hoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him Zep.1.4, 6. ten of their brethren with them, *wo hundred males. He.10.38.23 And weighed unto them the h silver, c.2.3. and the gold, and the vessels, even the g 1Ch.5.20. offering of the house of our God, which P's.66.18-20. the king, and his counsellors, and his Is.19.22. lords, and all Israel there present, had Je.29.12,13. offered; 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. c.7.15,16. 1 yellow, or, shining brass. 2 desirable. 9 Of the sous of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen inales. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the i Le.21.6-8. son of Josiphiah, and with him an hun- 22.2.3. dred and threescore males. De.33.8. 1! And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah k Nu.4.15. the son of Bebai, and with him twenty Ro.9.23. and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad: Johanan 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of 1 fine copper, 2 precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are i holy unto the LORD; the vessels k are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-cilering unto the LORD God of your fathers: 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers the 3 son of Hakkatan, and with him an 3 or,youngest of the house of the LORD. hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam whose names are these, Eliphalet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with thein threescore mares. son. ver.32. 4 or, Zaccus, as some 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, 4 and with them seventy males. 15 And I gathered them together to the m c.7.28. river that runneth to Ahava; and there 5 or, pitched. abode 5 we in tents three days: and In Ne.2.11. viewed the people and the priests, and o c.7.7. found there none o of the sons of Levi. p ver.26.30. 16 Then sent i for Eliezer, for Ariel, forq Ch.19 52. Shemaiah, and for Einathan, and for Pr.20.5. Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Jolarib, ard for Elnathan, men of understanding. q 28.2. I put words in their mouth, 25a.14.3,19. 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief,at the place Casiphia; r Tit.1.5. and 6 I told them what they should says c.6.17. unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Ne-t Ne.8.7. thinims, at the place Casiphia, that they 9.4,5. should bring unto us ministers for the 'u c.7.21. house of our God. v c.2.43. 18 And,by the good hand of our God up- w Ph.4.3. on us, they brought t us a man of under x 2Ch.20.3. standing, of the sons of Mahl, the son of y Le.16.29. Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hashatiah, and with him Jeshaiah,of the sons of Merari, his brethren z Ps.5.8. and their sons, twenty; 20 Also of the Nethinis, v whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and! twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. to 23.29. Is.59.3,5. Joel 2.13. 143.8,10. Fr.3.6. 1s.30.21. 42.16. Je.10.23. la c.6.21. Ne.9.2. 200.6.17. 21 Then I proclaimed a fast a there at 30 So tock the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusa lem, 7 unto the house of our God. 31 Then we departed from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and m the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And n we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 Now on the fourth day was the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, p weighed in the house of our God by 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, Levites; 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered s burnt-offerings junto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a Isin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering Junto the LORD. 36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, Jaud to the governors on this side the river; jand they furthered the people, and the house of God. N CHAP. IX. TOW when these thingsweredone, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated a themselv from the people of the lands, doing e cording to their abominations, even of t Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzit the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Mca |