Ezra 2 Cross References - LITV

¹ Now these are the sons of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those who had been exiled, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled to Babylon. And they came again to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his own city; ² who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel: ³ The sons of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy two; ⁴ the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two. ⁵ The sons of Arah, seven hundred and seventy five. ⁶ The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve. ⁷ The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four. ⁸ The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty five. ⁹ The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁰ The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty two. ¹¹ The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty three. ¹² The sons of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred and twenty two. ¹³ The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty six. ¹⁴ The sons of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty six. ¹⁵ The sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty four. ¹⁶ The sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight. ¹⁷ The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty three. ¹⁸ The sons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. ¹⁹ The sons of Hashum, two hundred and twenty three. ²⁰ The sons of Gibbar, ninety five. ²¹ The sons of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty three. ²² The men of Netophah, fifty six. ²³ The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight. ²⁴ The sons of Azmaveth, forty two. ²⁵ The sons of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty three. ²⁶ The sons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty one. ²⁷ The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty two. ²⁸ The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty three. ²⁹ The men of Nebo, fifty two. ³⁰ The men of Magbish, a hundred and fifty six. ³¹ The sons of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty four. ³² The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³³ The sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty five. ³⁴ he sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty five. ³⁵ The sons of Senaah, three thousand, six hundred and thirty. ³⁶ The priests: The sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy three. ³⁷ The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty two. ³⁸ The sons of Pashur, a thousand, two hundred and forty seven. ³⁹ The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. ⁴⁰ The Levites: The sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy four. ⁴¹ The singers: The sons of Asaph, a hundred and twenty eight. ⁴² The sons of the porters: The sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, a hundred and thirty nine. ⁴³ The temple-slaves: The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴ the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁵ the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, ⁴⁶ the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, ⁴⁸ the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, ⁴⁹ the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, ⁵⁰ the sons of Asnah, the sons of Mehunim, the sons of Nephusim, ⁵¹ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵² the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵³ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Thamah, ⁵⁴ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The sons of Solomon's servants: The sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety two. ⁵⁹ And these were they who went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan and Immer (but they were not able to declare their father's house and their seed, whether they were of Israel): ⁶⁰ the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty two. ⁶¹ And of the sons of the priests were the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. ⁶² These looked for their register among those who were counted by genealogy, but they were not found. And they were polluted from the priesthood. ⁶³ And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁴ The whole congregation together was forty two thousand, three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁵ besides their male slaves and their slave-girls, these were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty seven; and among them two hundred singing men and singing women. ⁶⁶ Their horses were seven hundred and thirty six, their mules two hundred and forty five, ⁶⁷ their camels four hundred and thirty five, their asses six thousand, seven hundred and twenty. ⁶⁸ And some of the heads of the fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place. ⁶⁹ They gave according to their ability to the treasury of the ministry, sixty one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred garments for the priests. ⁷⁰ And the priests, and the Levites, and many of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple-slaves lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land. ¹⁵ And he exiled Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land; he caused a captivity to go from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ And all the men of valor were seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand; all were mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon brought them in a captivity to Babylon.

¹¹ And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those that had fallen away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the chief of the executioners exiled.

¹ And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem. ² Jehoahaz was a son of twenty three years when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ³ And the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. ⁴ And the king of Egypt made his brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned about his name to Jehoiakim; and Necho took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt. ⁵ Jehoiakim was a son of twenty five years when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God. ⁶ Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to take him away to Babylon. ⁷ And Nebuchadnezzar brought some of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple in Babylon. ⁸ And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his evil deeds that he did, and that which was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place. ⁹ Jehoiachin was a son of eight years when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days; and he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁰ And at the turn of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was a son of twenty one years when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹² And he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God; he was not humbled before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Jehovah. ¹³ And also he rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; and he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to Jehovah the God of Israel. ¹⁴ Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people were continually acting treacherously according to all the abominable idols of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah that He had sanctified in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by the hand of His messengers, rising early and sending, for He had pity on his people and on His dwelling place. ¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Jehovah went up against His people, until there was no healing. ¹⁷ And He caused the king of the Chaldeans to go up against them; and he killed their choice ones by the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity on the young man and the virgin, the old man and the very aged; He gave all into his hand. ¹⁸ And all the vessels of the house of God, the large and the small, and treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and his leaders, he brought all to Babylon. ¹⁹ And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; and they burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its beautiful vessels. ²⁰ And he removed to Babylon those who were left of the sword; and they were slaves to him and to his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia; ²¹ in order to fulfill the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept the sabbath, to the full measure of seventy years. ²² And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, in order to accomplish the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, Jehovah awakened the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia, and he caused a voice to pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, ²³ So says Cyrus the king of Persia, Jehovah the God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has laid a charge on me to build a house in Jerusalem to Him, that is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, and it is being built with rolling stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and that work is being done perfectly, and is prospering in their hands.

² And there was found in Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a scroll. And in it was a record written thus:

⁶ These are the sons of the province who went up of the exiles, of the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had removed. And they came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his city. ⁷ The ones coming with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was: ⁸ the sons of Parosh were two thousand, one hundred and seventy two. ⁹ The sons of Shephatiah were three hundred and seventy two. ¹⁰ The sons of Arah were six hundred and fifty two. ¹¹ The sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, were two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen. ¹² The sons of Elam were a thousand, two hundred and fifty four. ¹³ The sons of Zattu were eight hundred and forty five. ¹⁴ The sons of Zaccai were seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁵ The sons of Binnui were six hundred and forty eight. ¹⁶ The sons of Bebai were six hundred and twenty eight. ¹⁷ The sons of Azgad were two thousand, three hundred and twenty two. ¹⁸ The sons of Adonikam were six hundred and sixty seven. ¹⁹ The sons of Bigvai were two thousand and sixty seven. ²⁰ The sons of Adin were six hundred and fifty five. ²¹ The sons of Ater of Hezekiah were ninety eight. ²² The sons of Hashum were three hundred and twenty eight. ²³ The sons of Bezai were three hundred and twenty four. ²⁴ The sons of Hariph were a hundred and twelve. ²⁵ The sons of Gibeon were ninety five. ²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah were a hundred and eighty eight. ²⁷ The men of Anathoth were a hundred and twenty eight. ²⁸ The men of Beth-azmaveth were forty two. ²⁹ The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth were seven hundred and forty three. ³⁰ The men of Ramah and Gaba were six hundred and twenty one. ³¹ The men of Michmas were a hundred and twenty two. ³² The men of Bethel and Ai were a hundred and twenty three. ³³ The men of the other Nebo were fifty two. ³⁴ The sons of the other Elam were a thousand, two hundred and fifty four. ³⁵ The sons of Harim were three hundred and twenty. ³⁶ The sons of Jericho were three hundred and forty five. ³⁷ The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono were seven hundred and twenty one. ³⁸ The sons of Senaah were three thousand, nine hundred and thirty. ³⁹ The priests: The sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy three. ⁴⁰ The sons of Immer were a thousand and fifty two. ⁴¹ The sons of Pashur were a thousand, two hundred and forty seven. ⁴² The sons of Harim were a thousand and seventeen. ⁴³ The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodevah, were seventy four. ⁴⁴ The singers: the sons of Asaph were a hundred and forty eight. ⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: The sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai were a hundred and thirty eight. ⁴⁶ The temple-slaves: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, ⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim, ⁵³ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah, ⁵⁶ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha; ⁵⁷ of the sons of Solomon's servants, the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, ⁵⁸ the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Amon. ⁶⁰ All the temple slaves and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety two. ⁶¹ And these were they who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they were not able to manifest their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel: ⁶² The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two; ⁶³ and of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. ⁶⁴ These sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. And they were polluted from the priesthood. ⁶⁵ And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁶ All the congregation together was forty thousand, three hundred and sixty. ⁶⁷ Besides the male slaves and their slave-girls, these were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. And they had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women. ⁶⁸ Their horses were seven hundred and thirty six. Their mules were two hundred and forty five; ⁶⁹ their camels, four hundred and thirty five; their asses, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty. ⁷⁰ And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty, basins, five hundred and thirty priests garments. ⁷¹ And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pieces of silver. ⁷² And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pieces of silver, and sixty seven priests' garments. ⁷³ So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple-slaves, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

¹ And it happened, in the days of Ahasuerus (he is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty seven provinces)

³ in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his princes and his servants. The power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces, were before him,

⁸ And the drinking was according to the law, no one compelling; for so the king had ordered every first one of his house that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

¹¹ to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, in order to make known to the people and the princes her beauty. For she was beautiful to look upon.

⁹ And the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the twenty third of it. And it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which were from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews; according to their writing and according to their language.

¹ In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. ² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth of the month, the city was breached. ³ And all the rulers of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, chief of the eunuchs, Nergal-sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the rest of the rulers of the king of Babylon. ⁴ And it happened when Zedekiah, king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out from the city by night, the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went the way of the Arabah. ⁵ But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the Arabah of Jericho. And they took him and brought him up to Nebu-chadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he spoke judgment on him. ⁶ And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah. Also the king of Babylon slaughtered all the rulers of Judah. ⁷ And he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in bronze fetters, to make him go to Babylon. ⁸ And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people with fire. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹ Then the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to him, even the rest of the people who remained, Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, exiled to Babylon. ¹⁰ But Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor people, who had not a thing to themselves, in the land of Judah. And he gave to them vineyards and fields on that day. ¹¹ And Nebu-chadnezzar king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremiah by the hand of Nebu-zaradan the chief of the executioners, saying: ¹² Take him and set your eyes on him. But do not do anything evil to him. But do with him even as he shall say to you. ¹³ And Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, and Nebu-shasban the chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal-sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the rulers of the king of Babylon, sent, ¹⁴ even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse. And they gave him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to cause him to go out to the house. And he lived among the people. ¹⁵ And the word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guardhouse, saying, ¹⁶ Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing My words on this city for evil, and not for good. And they shall be before you in that day. ¹⁷ But I will deliver you in that day, states Jehovah, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men, of those whom you fear. ¹⁸ For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be a prize to you, because you have trusted in Me, states Jehovah.

¹ Zedekiah was a son of twenty one years when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ² And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ³ For it was because of the anger of Jehovah in Jerusalem and Judah that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon, until Jehovah had cast them out from His face. ⁴ And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, king Nebu-chadnezzar of Babylon came, he and all his army against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built a siege wall against it all around. ⁵ And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. ⁶ And in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no food for the people of the land. ⁷ Then the city was breached, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden. And the Chaldeans lay all around the city. And they went by the way of the Arabah. ⁸ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the Arabah of Jericho. And all his army was scattered from him. ⁹ And they took the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgments against him. ¹⁰ And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also slaughtered all the rulers of Judah in Riblah. ¹¹ And he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah. And the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters and carried him to Babylon. And he put him in prison until the day of his death. ¹² And in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebu-chadnezzar of Babylon, Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem. ¹³ And he burned the house of Jehovah and the king's house. And he burned all the houses of Jerusalem with fire, and all the houses of the great ones. ¹⁴ And all the army of the Chaldeans with the chief of the executioners broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. ¹⁵ Then Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, exiled some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. ¹⁶ But Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers. ¹⁷ Also the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the bronze sea in the house of Jehovah, and carried all the bronze from them to Babylon. ¹⁸ They also took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they served. ¹⁹ And the chief of the executioners took away the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the pots, the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups; what was gold, in gold, and what was silver, in silver, ²⁰ the two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of Jehovah. The weight of the bronze of all these vessels was not known . ²¹ And the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits went around it, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow. ²² And a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates on the capitals all around, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar, and the pomegranates. ²³ And there were ninety six pomegranates on a side; all the pomegranates on the net-work were a hundred all around. ²⁴ And the chief of the executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. ²⁵ He also took out of the city one eunuch who was in charge of the men of war, and seven men who saw the king's face, who were found in the city, and the commander of the army's scribe who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the middle of the city. ²⁶ And Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, took them and led them to the king of Babylon, to Riblah. ²⁷ And the king of Babylon struck them and slaughtered them in Riblah in the land of Hamath. And Judah was exiled from off his land. ²⁸ This is the people whom Nebu-chadnezzar exiled: In the seventh year, three thousand and twenty three Jews; ²⁹ in the eighteenth year of Nebu-chadnezzar, eight hundred thirty souls from Jerusalem; ³⁰ in the twenty third year of Nebu-chadnezzar, Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, exiled seven hundred forty five souls of the Jews. All the souls were four thousand and six hundred. ³¹ And it happened in the thirty seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty fifth of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and brought him from the prison house. ³² And he spoke good to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. ³³ And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread before his face continually all the days of his life. ³⁴ And his allowance in continual allowance was given to him from the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

³ Judah went captive from affliction, and from great slavery. She dwells among the nations; She finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.

⁵ Her foes have become as chief; her haters are at ease. For Jehovah has afflicted her for the multitude of her trespasses. Her children have gone, captive before the foe.

²² Your perversity is complete, daughter of Zion; He will not continue to exile you. He will visit your perversity, daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

⁷ And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed on them. In the houses of Ashkelon, they shall lie down in the evening, for Jehovah their God shall visit them and return their captivity.

³⁴ And reading it, the governor asked from what province he is. And having learned that he was from Cilicia,

¹¹ All the vessels of gold and of silver (five thousand and four hundred) Sheshbazzar made to go up all when the exiled were caused to go up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

⁸ Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests, and the Levites, and all they who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began. And they made to stand the Levites from a son of twenty years and over, to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah. ⁹ Then Jeshua stood up together with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, to oversee the workmen in the house of God, the sons of Henadad with their sons, and their brothers the Levites.

³ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel said to them, It is not for you and for us to build a house to our God. But we ourselves will together build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

⁸ Rehum, the master of counsel in charge, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

² Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem. And with them were the prophets of God helping them.

⁷ The ones coming with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was:

¹ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah; and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:

¹² Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him. And the people feared before Jehovah.

¹⁴ And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

² Now speak to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

⁴ Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says Jehovah. And be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong and work, all people of the land, says Jehovah. For I am with you, declares Jehovah of hosts,

²¹ Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth.

¹ And he made me see Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

³ And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and he stood before the Angel.

⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your associates who are sitting before you; for they are men of symbol. ⁹ For, behold, I will bring forth My Servant, the BRANCH. For behold, the stone which I have given before Joshua, on the one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

⁶ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts: Grace! Grace to it! ⁸ And the word of Jehovah was to me, saying, ⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it . And you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you. ¹⁰ For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of Jehovah; they run to and fro through all the earth.

¹² And after the deportation of Babylon, Jehoiachin fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor,

³ From the sons of Shechaniah, from the sons of Parosh, Zechariah. And with him were counted by genealogy a hundred and fifty of the males.

²⁵ And from Israel: From the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

⁸ the sons of Parosh were two thousand, one hundred and seventy two.

⁸ And from the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and eighty males with him.

⁹ The sons of Shephatiah were three hundred and seventy two.

¹⁸ For many in Judah were sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

¹⁰ The sons of Arah were six hundred and fifty two.

⁴ From the sons of Pahathmoab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred males with him.

⁹ From the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and two hundred and eighteen males with him.

¹⁴ Please let our rulers for all the congregation stand, and let all those who have dwelt with foreign women in our cities come at a set time, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter has turned from us.

³⁰ And from the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

¹¹ The sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, were two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.

³¹ The sons of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty four.

⁷ And from the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and seventy males with him.

²⁶ And from the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

¹² The sons of Elam were a thousand, two hundred and fifty four.

²⁷ And from the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

¹³ The sons of Zattu were eight hundred and forty five. ¹⁴ The sons of Zaccai were seven hundred and sixty.

³⁴ From the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

¹⁵ The sons of Binnui were six hundred and forty eight.

¹¹ And from the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and twenty eight males with him.

²⁸ And from the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

¹⁶ The sons of Bebai were six hundred and twenty eight.

¹² And from the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and a hundred and ten males with him.

¹⁷ The sons of Azgad were two thousand, three hundred and twenty two.

¹³ And from the last sons of Adonikam, these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and sixty males with them.

¹⁸ The sons of Adonikam were six hundred and sixty seven.

¹⁴ And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai, Zabbud, and seventy males with them.

¹⁹ The sons of Bigvai were two thousand and sixty seven.

⁶ And from the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

²⁰ The sons of Adin were six hundred and fifty five. ²¹ The sons of Ater of Hezekiah were ninety eight.

²³ The sons of Bezai were three hundred and twenty four. ²⁴ The sons of Hariph were a hundred and twelve.

³³ From the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

²² The sons of Hashum were three hundred and twenty eight.

²⁵ The sons of Gibeon were ninety five.

⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur: the first-born of Ephratah was Shobal, the father of Kirjath-jearim; ⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem; Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵² And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

²⁸ Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab; and half the Manahethites; the Zorites.

²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah were a hundred and eighty eight.

⁸ then they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai of Netopha, and Jezaniah the son of the Maachathite, they and their men.

¹⁸ Anathoth and its open lands, and Almon and its open lands; four cities.

²⁷ The men of Anathoth were a hundred and twenty eight.

³⁰ Shriek with your voice, daughter of ruins; bow, Laish, afflicted of Anathoth.

¹ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who resided in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

²¹ For this reason, so says Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that you do not die by our hand.

²⁸ The men of Beth-azmaveth were forty two.

¹⁷ And the sons of Israel pulled up and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

²⁹ The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth were seven hundred and forty three.

²⁴ and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages; ²⁵ Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

³⁰ The men of Ramah and Gaba were six hundred and twenty one.

⁵ And the Philistines gathered to fight with Israel, with thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the lip of the sea for multitude. And they came up and pitched in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

²³ And the fort of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

³¹ The men of Michmas were a hundred and twenty two.

²⁸ He has come to Aiath; he has passed to Migron; he has left his baggage at Michmash.

⁸ And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and stretched his tent with Bethel toward the sea, and Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

⁹ And Joshua sent them away, and they went to the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua remained that night in the midst of the people.

¹⁷ And there was not a man left in Ai and Bethel who had not gone out after Israel. And they left the city open, and chased Israel.

³³ The men of the other Nebo were fifty two.

³ Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

⁴⁹ Go up into this Mount Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;

² One goes up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo and over Medeba; all its heads shall be bald, every beard shorn.

¹ So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, against Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is ravaged! Kiriath-aim is put to shame and captured. The fortress is put to shame and razed.

²² and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,

⁷ The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.

³⁴ The sons of the other Elam were a thousand, two hundred and fifty four.

³¹ And from the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

³⁵ The sons of Harim were three hundred and twenty.

¹² The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod, with their towns.

² Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me.

³⁷ The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono were seven hundred and twenty one.

³⁴ Hadid; Zeboim; Neballat; ³⁵ Lod and Ono, the Valley of Craftsmen.

³⁴ In his days Hiel the man of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundation in his firstborn Abiram, and he set up its doors in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah that He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

¹⁵ And the men who had been called by name rose and took the captives, and they clothed all the naked ones from the spoil; yea, they clothed them and shod them, and made them eat and drink, and anointed them, and led them out on asses, even every feeble one, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palms, near their brothers, and returned to Samaria.

³⁶ The sons of Jericho were three hundred and forty five.

³⁸ The sons of Senaah were three thousand, nine hundred and thirty.

¹⁰ And the priests, Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

⁷ And the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸ the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹ the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰ the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹ the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹² the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³ the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴ the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵ the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, ¹⁶ the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, ¹⁷ the twenty first to Jachin, the twenty second to Gamul, ¹⁸ the twenty third to Delaiah, the twenty fourth to Maaziah.

⁹ Then Jeshua stood up together with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, to oversee the workmen in the house of God, the sons of Henadad with their sons, and their brothers the Levites.

³⁹ The priests: The sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy three.

¹⁴ the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

²⁰ And from the sons of Immer were Hanani and Zebadiah.

⁴⁰ The sons of Immer were a thousand and fifty two.

¹² and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

²² And from the sons of Pashur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

⁴¹ The sons of Pashur were a thousand, two hundred and forty seven.

⁸ the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

²¹ And from the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

⁴² The sons of Harim were a thousand and seventeen. ⁴³ The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodevah, were seventy four.

³⁹ And his kinsman Asaph who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

¹ And David and the commanders of the army separated some to the service of the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with lyres and with cymbals. And their number, of the workmen according to their service, was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king.

⁴⁴ The singers: the sons of Asaph were a hundred and forty eight.

¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader of the beginning, he gave thanks with prayer. And Bakbukiah the second from his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head.

¹ For the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ² And to Meshelemiah were sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴ And to Obededom were sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth (for God blessed him). ⁶ Also sons were born to Shemaiah, who ruled for the house of their father; for they were mighty warriors. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers, mighty sons, were Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸ All these were the sons of Obed-edom. They and their sons and their brothers were mighty men with strength for service. Sixty two were of Obededom. ⁹ And to Meshelemiah were sons and brothers, mighty sons: eighteen. ¹⁰ Also to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, were sons: Simri the head, though not the first-born, yet his father made him the head; ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah: thirteen. ¹² To these were the divisions of the gatekeepers for the heads of the men, having charges like their brothers, to minister in the house of Jehovah. ¹³ And he made fall lots; as the small, as the great, for the house of their fathers, for gate and gate. ¹⁴ And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, they made fall lots; and his lot came out northward; ¹⁵ and to Obededom, southward; and to his sons the house of the stores; ¹⁶ Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate of Shallecheth, going up by the highway, guard corresponding to guard. ¹⁷ Eastward were six Levites, northward, four a day; southward, four a day, and toward the storehouse, two by two. ¹⁸ At the Parbar, westward, four at the highway; two at the Parbar. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.

⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: The sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai were a hundred and thirty eight.

² And the first dwellers who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.

⁵⁸ All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety two.

⁴⁶ The temple-slaves: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, ⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim, ⁵³ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah, ⁵⁶ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha;

²⁸ And the rest of the people the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple-slaves, and all those who separated from the people of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all knowing and discerning ones,

⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, ⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim,

⁵⁴ the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah,

²¹ their sons left behind them in the land, whom the sons of Israel had not been able to exterminate, Solomon even caused to go on them a burden of forced labor to this day.

⁵⁷ of the sons of Solomon's servants, the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, ⁵⁸ the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Amon.

²¹ And the leaders said to them, They shall live and be woodcutters, and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders spoke to them.

²³ And now, you are cursed, and none of you shall fail to be slaves, and woodcutters, and drawers of water for the house of my God.

²⁷ And on that day Joshua made them woodcutters, and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah at the place which He should choose, to this day.

⁷ And of the sons of Israel went up some of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple-slaves to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

²⁶ And the temple-slaves lived in Ophel, across from the Water Gate toward the east, and the tower that sticks out.

⁶⁰ All the temple slaves and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety two. ⁶¹ And these were they who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they were not able to manifest their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel: ⁶² The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two;

²⁷ And it happened as David came into Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

³¹ And Barzillai the Gileadite had gone down from Rogelim and had crossed over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan. ³² And Barzillai was very old, a son of eighty years, and he had sustained the king as he abode in Mahanaim, for he was a very great man. ³³ And the king said to Barzillai, You pass over with me and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem. ³⁴ And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am a son of eighty years today. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? Can I any more listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? And why should your servant be any more as a burden to my lord the king? ³⁶ Just a little way your servant shall cross over the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with this reward? ³⁷ Please let your servant return, and I shall die in my own city, near the burying place of my father and my mother. And, behold your servant Chimham! Let him cross over with my lord the king, and you do to him the good in your eyes. ³⁸ And the king said, Chimham shall go over with me, and I shall do to him that which is good in your eyes. Yea, all that you shall choose of me I will do for you. ³⁹ And all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed over. And the king gave a kiss to Barzillai and blessed him. And he returned to his place.

⁷ You shall be merciful to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they shall be among those eating at your table, for so they drew near to me when I fled from the face of your brother Absalom.

⁶³ and of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. ⁶⁴ These sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. And they were polluted from the priesthood.

²¹ No man of the seed of Aaron the priest in whom there is a blemish shall come near to offer the fire offerings of Jehovah; a blemish is in him; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. ²² He shall eat of the bread of his God, of the most holy things, and of the holy things. ²³ But he shall not enter into the veil, and he shall not draw near to the altar; for a blemish is in him; and he shall not pollute My sanctuary; for I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.

¹⁰ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the bronze fire-pans, which they who were burned had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar, ⁴⁰ a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that an alien who is not of the seed of Aaron shall not draw near to offer incense before Jehovah, and shall not be as Korah, and as his company; as Jehovah had spoken by the hand of Moses to him.

⁷ And you, and your sons with you, shall keep your priesthood, in everything that pertains to the altar, and to that inside the veil. And you shall serve; I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁰ But the Levites who have gone far from Me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me, going after their idols, even they shall bear their iniquity. ¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them, to minister to them. ¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling-block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand against them, declares the Lord Jehovah. And they shall bear their iniquity. ¹³ And they shall not come near to Me to serve as priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the holiest of the holy things, but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have done. ¹⁴ But I will give them to be keepers of the charge of the house for all its service, and for all that shall be done in it.

³⁰ And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast pocket of judgment; and they shall be on the heart of Aaron in his going before the face of Jehovah. And Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before the face of Jehovah continually.

³ And the rest of the food offering is for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire offerings of Jehovah.

¹⁰ And the rest of the food offering is for Aaron and his sons, most holy, of the offerings of Jehovah.

¹⁷ It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion out of My fire offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering, and like the guilt offering.

²⁹ Every male among the priests shall eat of it. It is most holy.

¹⁶ And if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or freewill offering, in the day he brings his sacrifice near, it shall be eaten. And on the morrow the rest of it shall also be eaten.

⁸ and put the breast pocket on him, and put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast pocket,

¹⁷ Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, for it is most holy, and He has given it to you to take away the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah? ¹⁸ Behold, its blood has not been brought into the holy place inside. You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I have commanded.

² Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, that they set themselves apart from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name in what they devote to Me; I am Jehovah. ³ Say to them, Out of all your seed throughout your generations, any man who draws near to the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart to Jehovah, and his uncleanness being upon him, that person shall be cut off from before me; I am Jehovah.

¹⁰ And no stranger shall eat of the holy things, a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant; these shall not eat of the holy thing.

¹⁴ And if a man shall eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he shall add the fifth part of it, and shall give it to the priest along with the holy thing. ¹⁵ And they shall not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel, that which they lift up to Jehovah; ¹⁶ and so cause them to bear the iniquity of the guilt offering in their eating their holy things. For I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.

⁹ This shall be yours of the most holy things, from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every food offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they may render to Me; it shall be most holy to you, and to your sons. ¹⁰ You shall eat it in the Holy of Holies; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you. ¹¹ And this is yours, the heave offering of their gift with all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a never ending statute; every clean one in your house shall eat it.

¹⁹ All the heave offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel shall lift up to Jehovah, I have given to you and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a never ending statute, a covenant of salt, it shall be forever before Jehovah to you and to your seed with you.

³² And you shall bear no sin because of it, since you have lifted up from it the best of it. And you shall not profaned the holy things of the sons of Israel so that you may not die.

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask for him according to the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah. At his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

⁸ And of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are for your devout man whom You tested at Massah; You contended with him at the Waters of Strife;

⁶ And Saul asked of Jehovah, but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

⁶⁵ And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

⁹ And Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep, For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.

¹ And the ones being sealed were Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

⁸ And now, for a little time grace has been shown from Jehovah our God to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

⁶⁶ All the congregation together was forty thousand, three hundred and sixty. ⁶⁷ Besides the male slaves and their slave-girls, these were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. And they had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women. ⁶⁸ Their horses were seven hundred and thirty six. Their mules were two hundred and forty five; ⁶⁹ their camels, four hundred and thirty five; their asses, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty.

²⁰ And it shall be in that day, the remnant of Israel, and the escaped ones from the house of Jacob, shall not any more lean on him who struck him. But they will truly lean on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel. ²¹ The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. ²² For though Your people Israel is like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it shall return; a determined end, overflowing with righteousness.

³ And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the lands where I have driven them there, and will bring them again to their fold. And they shall be fruitful and multiply.

²⁰ And the sister of Aaron, Miriam the prophetess took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered to them, Sing to Jehovah, for surely He has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea.

³⁵ I am a son of eighty years today. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? Can I any more listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? And why should your servant be any more as a burden to my lord the king?

²⁵ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah to this day, and set them as a statute in Israel; and behold, they are written in the Lamentations.

⁶⁷ Besides the male slaves and their slave-girls, these were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. And they had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women.

²⁵ The singers went before, then the musicians came; among them were the virgins playing the timbrels.

¹² young men and virgins too, old men and youths. ¹³ Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heavens.

⁸ I also gathered to me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of provinces. I made ready male singers and female singers for myself; and the delights of the sons of men, a concubine, and concubines.

¹ For Jehovah will have pity on Jacob, and will yet choose among Israel, and set them in their own land. And the stranger shall be joined to them; and they shall cling to the house of Jacob. ² And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their own place. And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for slaves and slave girls. And they shall be captives of their captors; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

¹⁷ So says Jehovah of Hosts, Consider and call for the wailers, that they may come. And send for the wise women, that they may come. ¹⁸ And let them make haste and take up a lament over us, so that our eyes may run down with tears, and waters flow from our eyelids.

²³ And coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the flute-players and the crowd causing a tumult,

⁵ Take from among you an offering to Jehovah. Everyone willing of heart shall bring it, the offering of Jehovah: gold and silver and bronze, ⁶ and blue, and purple, and crimson, and bleached linen, and goats' hair, ⁷ and rams' skins dyed red, and dugong skins, and acacia wood, ⁸ and oil for the light, and spices for the oil of anointing, and for the incense of perfumes; ⁹ and onyx stones, and stones of settings, for the ephod and for the breast pocket. ¹⁰ And every wise-hearted one among you, let them come and make all which Jehovah has commanded; ¹¹ the tabernacle, its tent, and its cover, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; ¹² the ark, and its poles, the mercyseat and the veil of the covering, ¹³ the table and its poles, and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; ¹⁴ and the lampstand of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of the light; ¹⁵ and the incense altar and its poles, and the oil of anointing, and the incense of perfumes, and the screen of the door, at the door of the tabernacle; ¹⁶ the altar of burnt offering, and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; ¹⁷ the screens of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; ¹⁸ the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; ¹⁹ the woven garments to minister in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests.

²⁹ And every man and woman whose hearts made them willing to bring for all the work which Jehovah commanded to be done by the hand of Moses; the sons of Israel brought a willing offering to Jehovah.

³ And they took every offering before Moses which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service in the holy place, to do it. And they brought to him still more willing offerings morning by morning.

³ And they brought their offerings before Jehovah, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the rulers, for each one an ox. And they presented them before the tabernacle. ⁴ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵ Take it from them, that they may be used to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service. ⁶ And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. ⁷ He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service. ⁸ And he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service under Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because the service of the holy things belonged to them. They bore them on their shoulders. ¹⁰ And the rulers brought the dedication offering of the altar in the day it was anointed. And the rulers brought near their offering before the altar. ¹¹ And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall present their offering, one to the day, one ruler to the day, for the dedication of the altar. ¹² And he who brought his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; ¹³ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ¹⁴ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ¹⁵ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ¹⁶ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ¹⁷ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ In the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar, offered; ¹⁹ he brought for his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering, ²⁰ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ²¹ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ²² one male of the goats for a sin offering; ²³ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon ruler of the sons of Zebulun: ²⁵ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ²⁶ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ²⁷ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ²⁸ one male of the goats for a sin offering. ²⁹ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the ruler of the sons of Reuben offered . ³¹ His offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ³² one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ³³ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ³⁴ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ³⁵ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ruler of the sons of Simeon: ³⁷ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ³⁸ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ³⁹ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁴⁰ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, ruler of the sons of Gad: ⁴³ his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁴⁴ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁴⁵ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁴⁶ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, ruler of the sons of Ephraim offered; ⁴⁹ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁵⁰ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁵¹ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁵² one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁵³ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Elishama, the son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ruler of the sons of Manasseh offered; ⁵⁵ his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁵⁶ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁵⁷ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁵⁸ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, ruler of the sons of Benjamin offered : ⁶¹ his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁶² one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁶³ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁶⁴ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ruler of the sons of Dan offered : ⁶⁷ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁶⁸ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁶⁹ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁷⁰ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, ruler of the sons of Asher offered; ⁷³ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁷⁴ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁷⁵ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁷⁶ one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, ruler of the sons of Naphtali offered; ⁷⁹ his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering; ⁸⁰ one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense; ⁸¹ one young bullock, one ram, one he lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; ⁸² one male of the goats for a sin offering; ⁸³ and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five yearling he lambs. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. ⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hand of the rulers of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; ⁸⁵ each silver dish a hundred and thirty in weight, and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels by the sanctuary shekel; ⁸⁶ twelve golden pans full of incense, ten to this and ten to that pan, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans was a hundred and twenty. ⁸⁷ All the animals for the burnt offering, twelve bullocks, twelve rams, twelve yearling he lambs, and their food offering; and the twelve males of the goats for a sin offering; ⁸⁸ and all the animals for the sacrifice of the peace offering, twenty four bullocks, sixty rams, sixty he goats, sixty yearling he lambs. This was the dedication of the altar after it was anointed. ⁸⁹ And when Moses went into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from the mercy-seat which is on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs; and He spoke to him.

¹⁸ And the angel of Jehovah spoke to Gad, saying to David, Surely David shall go up to raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

¹ And David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this altar for burnt offering for Israel.

⁵ even gold for things of gold, and silver for silver, and for all the work of the hands of the skilled workers. And who is he that will willingly offer to consecrate his hand today to Jehovah? ⁶ And the chiefs of the fathers, and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands, and the hundreds, even the chiefs of the king's work, offered willingly, ⁷ and gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents, and a myriad of darics; and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And he having stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Jehovah, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ And the people rejoiced because of their willing offering, for they offered willingly to Jehovah with a perfect heart; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. ¹⁰ And David blessed Jehovah before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed are You, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, our father, for ever and ever. ¹¹ To you, O Jehovah, be the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all in the heavens and in the earth belongs to You, O Jehovah; Yours is the kingdom, and You lift up Yourself to all as Head; ¹² and the riches, and the honor come from before You, and You rule over all; and in Your hand is power and might; and it is in Your hand to make great, and to give strength to all. ¹³ And now, our God, we are giving thanks to You, and giving praise to Your glorious name; ¹⁴ yea, for who am I, and who my people, that we should be able to offer willingly in this way? For all is of You, and we have given to You out of Your hand; ¹⁵ for we are strangers before You, and settlers, like all our fathers; our days on the land are like a shadow, and there is none abiding. ¹⁶ O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build a house to You, for Your holy name, is out of Your hand, and all is of You. ¹⁷ And I know, my God, that You try the heart and are pleased with uprightness; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have offered willingly all these things; and now I have watched with joy Your people who are present here offering willingly to You.

¹ And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where He appeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared, in the grain floor of Ornan the Jebusite;

³ And they set the altar on its bases, for fear was on them because of the people of those countries. And he offered burnt offerings on it to Jehovah, burnt offerings morning and evening.

³ Your people shall be willing in the day of Your power; in holy adornment from the womb of the dawn, to You is the dew of Your youth.

¹ And looking up, He saw the rich ones putting their gifts into the treasury. ² And He also saw a certain poor widow putting two lepta there. ³ And He said, Truly I say to you this poor widow put in more than all. ⁴ For all these out of their abundance put into the gifts to God, but she out of her poverty put in all the living which she had.

³ For I testify that according to their ability and beyond their ability, they willingly gave,

¹² For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

⁷ Each one as he purposes in his heart, not out of grief or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. Prov. 22:8

⁵¹ And it was complete, all the work that king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the sanctified things of his father David: the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he had put into the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

¹⁴ And, behold, in my affliction I have prepared a hundred thousand gold talents for the house of Jehovah, and a million talents of silver; and there is no weighing of the bronze and iron, for it is in abundance; and I have prepared wood and stones, and you shall add to them.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵ And his brothers by Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. ²⁶ Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ They dedicated from the battles and the plunder, to maintain the house of Jehovah, ²⁸ and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, all who dedicated, was at the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

²⁵ And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God, which the king and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel who were there had lifted up. ²⁶ I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of a hundred talents, a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ also twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels of shining copper as precious as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them, You are holy to Jehovah, and the articles also are holy. And the silver and the gold are a free gift to Jehovah, the God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them until you weigh before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of Jehovah. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the articles, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God. ³¹ And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was on us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and ambushers along the way. ³² And we came to Jerusalem, and remained there three days. ³³ And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were 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, the Levites. ³⁴ By number, or by weight of all, and all the weight was written at that time.

⁷¹ And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pieces of silver. ⁷² And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pieces of silver, and sixty seven priests' garments.

² And also in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel. And Jehovah your God said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over My people Israel.

¹⁶ And the sons of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. ¹⁷ And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats, for a sin offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

⁷³ So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple-slaves, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

³ And these are the rulers of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah, a man lived in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And in Jerusalem lived some of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. From the sons of Judah were Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Jolarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. ⁶ All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty eight mighty men. ⁷ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. ⁸ And after him were Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty eight. ⁹ And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer. And Judah the son of Hassenaah was second over the city. ¹⁰ From the priests were Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraiah, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God. ¹² And their brothers who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty two. And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, ¹³ and his brothers, rulers of the fathers, two hundred and forty two. And Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, ¹⁴ and their brothers, mighty men, were a hundred and twenty eight. And their overseer was Zabdiel, a son of one of the great men. ¹⁵ Also from the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni. ¹⁶ And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the rulers of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. ¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader of the beginning, he gave thanks with prayer. And Bakbukiah the second from his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty four. ¹⁹ And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept the gates, a hundred and seventy two. ²⁰ And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each one in his inheritance. ²¹ But the temple-slaves lived in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the temple-slaves. ²² And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. ²³ For it was the king's command concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, the matter of the day in his day. ²⁴ And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. ²⁵ And for the villages, with their fields some of the sons of Judah lived at Kirjath-arba, and in its villages; and at Dibon, and in its villages; and at Jekabzeel, and its villages; ²⁶ and at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-palet; ²⁷ and at Hazar-shual, and at Beersheba, and its villages; ²⁸ and at Ziklag; and at Mekonah, and in its villages; ²⁹ and at Enrimmon; and at Zareah; and at Jarmuth; ³⁰ Zanoah; Adullam, and their villages; at Lachish, and its fields; at Azekah, and its villages. And they camped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. ³¹ And the sons of Benjamin from Geba were at Michmash; and Aija; and Bethel, and their villages; ³² and at Anathoth; Nob; Ananiah; ³³ Hazor; Ramah; Gittaim; ³⁴ Hadid; Zeboim; Neballat; ³⁵ Lod and Ono, the Valley of Craftsmen. ³⁶ And of the Levites, the divisions of Judah were for Benjamin.