1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of by the
mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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,
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, of heaven hath given me all the
kingdoms of the earth; and hath charged me to build an house at
Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is there among you of all people? his be with him, and
let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of
YAHUVEH of Israel, (HEis the ELOHIM,) which is in Jerusalem.
4 And whosoever remaineth 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 YAHUVEH that is in
Jerusalem.
5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests,
and the Levites, with all them whose spirit ELOHIM had raised, to go up
to build the house of YAHUVEH which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were 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.
7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of YAHUVEH, which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house
of his Elohims;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the
treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred
and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four
hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the
captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
~ Ezra 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 came again unto Jerusalem and Judah,
every one unto his city;
2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Yeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of
Israel:
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Yeshua and Joab, two
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty
and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred
seventy and three.
37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of Yeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah,
seventy and four.
41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
42 The 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 an hundred thirty and nine.
43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of
Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of
Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth
of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were
three hundred ninety and two.
59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and
their seed, whether they were of Israel:
60 The children of Delaiah, the children 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 of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from
the priesthood.
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.
64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven
thousand 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
hundred forty and five;
67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six
thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of
YAHUVEH which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of YAHUVEH
to set it up in his place:
69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and
one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred
priests' garments.
70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the
singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all
Israel in their cities.
~ Ezra 3 ~
1 And 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.
2 Then stood up Yeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the
ELOHIM of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in
the law of Moses the man of ELOHIM.
3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because
of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto
YAHUVEH, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of
every day required;
5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of YAHUVEH that were consecrated, and of every
one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto YAHUVEH.
6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings
unto YAHUVEH. But the foundation of the temple of YAHUVEH was not yet
laid.
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 of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus
king of Persia.
8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of YAHUVEH at Jerusalem,
in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son
of Jozadak, and the remnant 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 set forward the work of the house
of YAHUVEH.
9 Then stood Yeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his
sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of
YAHUVEH: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the
Levites.
, 310 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of YAHUVEH, they
set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise YAHUVEH, after the ordinance of David king of
Israel.
11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto YAHUVEH;
because HE is good, for HIS mercy endureth for ever toward
Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised
YAHUVEH, because the foundation of the house of YAHUVEH was laid.
12 But 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 laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for
joy:
13 So 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.
~ Ezra 4 ~
1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the
captivity builded the temple unto YAHUVEH of Israel;
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto
them, Let us build with you: for we seek your ELOHIM, as ye do; and we
do sacrifice unto HIM since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought
us up hither.
3 But Zerubbabel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of
Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our
ELOHIM; but we ourselves together will build unto YAHUVEH of Israel, as king
Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and
troubled them in building,
5 And 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.
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.
7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest
of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the
letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian
tongue.
8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem
to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the
rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the
Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and
the Elamites,
10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over,
and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side
the river, and at such a time.
11 This is the copy of the letter that 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 are
come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up
the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls
set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so
thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was
not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and
certified the king;
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 unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved
sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the
walls thereof 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
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions 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 that this city of
old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and
sedition have been made therein.
20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries
beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be
not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
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 YAHUVEH which is at Jerusalem.
So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
~ Ezra 5 ~
1 Then 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 ELOHIM of Israel, even unto them.
2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son of Jozadak,
and began to build the house of YAHUVEH which is at Jerusalem: and with
them were the prophets of ELOHIM helping them.
3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded
you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that
make this building?
5 But the eye of their Elohim was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could
not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned
answer by letter concerning this matter.
6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this
side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king,
all peace.
8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the
house of the great ELOHIM, which is builded with great stones, and timber is
laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded
you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of
the men that were the chief of them.
11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the ELOHIM
of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago,
which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
12 But after that our fathers had provoked the ELOHIM 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.
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of YAHUVEH.
14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of YAHUVEH, 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;
15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is
in Jerusalem, and let the house of YAHUVEH be builded in his place.
16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house
of YAHUVEH which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now
hath it been in building, and yet 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
YAHUVEH at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this
matter.
~ Ezra 6 ~
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the
rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a
decree concerning the house of YAHUVEH at Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place 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 three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the
expenses be given out of the king's house:
5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of YAHUVEH, 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 his place, and place them in the
house of YAHUVEH.
6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and
your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye
far from thence:
7 Let the work of this house of YAHUVEH alone; let the governor of the Jews and
the elders of the Jews build this house of YAHUVEH in his place.
8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the
building of this house of YAHUVEH: 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 ELOHIM of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let
it be given them day by day without fail:
10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the ELOHIM of heaven,
and pray for 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 hanged thereon; and
let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12 And the ELOHIM that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and
people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house
of YAHUVEH which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it
be done with speed.
13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their
companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did
speedily.
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 ELOHIM of
Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes
king of Persia.
15 And 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.
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 YAHUVEH with
joy,
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of YAHUVEH 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.
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their
courses, for the service of ELOHIM, which is at Jerusalem; as it is
written in the book of Moses.
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day
of the first month.
20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for
their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all
such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of
the land, to seek YAHUVEH of Israel, did eat,
22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for YAHUVEH had
made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to
strengthen their hands in the work of the house of YAHUVEH, the ELOHIM of
Israel.
~ Ezra 7 ~
1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the
son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the chief priest:
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law
of Moses, which YAHUVEH of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his
request, according to the hand of YAHUVEH his ELOHIM upon him.
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 Nethinims, 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.
9 For 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 ELOHIM upon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of YAHUVEH, and to do it,
and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave
unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the
commandments of YAHUVEH, and of HIS statutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the
ELOHIM of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13 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 freewill to go
up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to
enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy ELOHIM which
is in thine hand;
15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have
freely offered unto the ELOHIM of Israel, whose habitation 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
willingly for the house of their ELOHIM which is in Jerusalem:
17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with
their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of
the house of your ELOHIM 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 the gold, that do after the will of your ELOHIM.
19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy
ELOHIM, those deliver thou before the ELOHIM of Jerusalem.
20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy ELOHIM, 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 priest,
the scribe of the law of the ELOHIM of heaven, shall require of you, it be done
speedily,
22 Unto 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.
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the ELOHIM of heaven, let it be diligently done
for the house of the ELOHIM of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the
realm of the king and his sons?
24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,
porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of YAHUVEH, it shall not be
lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy ELOHIM, that is in thine
hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are
beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy ELOHIM; and teach ye them
that know them not.
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy ELOHIM, and the law of the king, let
judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to
banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 Blessed beYAHUVEH of our fathers, which hath put such a thing
as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of YAHUVEH which is
in Jerusalem:
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and
before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of
YAHUVEH my ELOHIMwas upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel
chief men to go up with me.
~ Ezra 8 ~
1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes
the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons
of David; Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him
were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two
hundred males.
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.
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and
eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred
and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and
eight males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an
hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there
abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and
found there none of the sons of Levi.
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, men of understanding.
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia,
and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the
Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for
the house of our ELOHIM.
18 And by the good hand of our ELOHIM upon us they brought us a man of
understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and
their sons, twenty;
20 Also of the Nethinims, 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.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict
ourselves before our ELOHIM, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our
little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require 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 ELOHIMis upon all them for good that seek HIM;
but HIS power and HIS wrath is against all them that forsake HIM.
23 So we fasted and besought our ELOHIM for this: and HE was intreated of us.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah,
and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even
the offering of the house of our ELOHIM, which the king, and his counsellors,
and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
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 fine
copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto YAHUVEH; the vessels are
holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto
YAHUVEH 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 of the house of YAHUVEH.
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold,
and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our
ELOHIM.
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 ELOHIM 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 we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in
the house of our ELOHIM 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 Yeshua, 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 burnt offerings unto the ELOHIM 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 YAHUVEH.
36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to
the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the
house of YAHUVEH.
~ Ezra 9 ~
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of
Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the
people 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.
2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so
that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those
lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off
the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the ELOHIM
of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and
I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my
garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto
YAHUVEH my ELOHIM,
6 And said, O my ELOHIM, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to THEE, my
ELOHIM: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our
trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a 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 spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is
this day.
8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from YAHUVEH our
ELOHIM, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in HIS holy
place, that our ELOHIM may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in
our bondage.
9 For we were bondmen; yet our ELOHIM 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 ELOHIM, and to repair the
desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10 And now, O our ELOHIM, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken THY
commandments,
11 Which THOU hast commanded by THY servants the prophets, saying, The land,
unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the
people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end
to another with their uncleanness.
12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their
daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth 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.
13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great
trespass, seeing that THOU our ELOHIM hast punished us less than our iniquities
deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
14 Should we again break THY commandments, and join in affinity with the people
of these abominations? wouldest not THOU be angry with us till THOU hadst
consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
15 O LORD ELOHIM of Israel, THOUart righteous: for we remain yet
escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before THEE in our
trespasses: for we cannot stand before THEE because of this. ~
~ Ezra 10 ~
1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting
himself down before the house of YAHUVEH, there assembled unto him out of Israel
a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept
very sore.
2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered
and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our ELOHIM, and have taken
strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel
concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our ELOHIM to put away all the
wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of YAHUVEH, and of
those that tremble at the commandment of our ELOHIM; and let it be done
according to the law.
4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will
be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to
swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of YAHUVEH, and went into the chamber
of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no
bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that
had been carried away.
7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the
children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto
Jerusalem;
8 And that whosoever would 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 those that had been carried away.
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto
Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day
of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of YAHUVEH,
trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and
have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
11 Now therefore make confession unto YAHUVEH of your fathers, and do HIS
pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the
strange wives.
12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast
said, so must we do.
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 are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have
taken strange wives 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
ELOHIM for this matter be turned from us.
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed
about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with
certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them
by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the
tenth month to examine the matter.
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the
first day of the first month.
18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange
wives: namely, of the sons of Yeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.' ' ');
19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being
guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and
Uzziah.
22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad,
and Elasah.
23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and
Uri.
25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah,
and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and
Jeremoth, and Eliah.
27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and
Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal,
and Ramoth.
30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah,
Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai,
Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel,
Benaiah.
44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by
whom they had children.