Ezra 2:1 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now these were the children of the province who came up from the captivity; from the distant abode to which Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon had sent them away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every chief to his city. G The children of Ater, descendants of Ezekias, ninety eight.

¹⁴ And he carried away captive from Jerusalem all the chiefs and mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, with all the carpenters and mechanics, so that there were none left but the poor of the land. ¹⁵ When he carried away Joachim to Babylon, he carried away also out of Jerusalem in captivity to Babylon, the king's mother and the king's wives, and his officers, ¹⁶ and the mighty men of the country, and all the men of the army, amounting to seven thousand, and the carpenters and mechanics amounting to a thousand. All these were valiant men fit for war. These the king of Babylon carried away captives to Babylon.

¹¹ Then Nabuzardan the marshal, carried away the residue of the people who had been left in the city, and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and what remained of the army.

¹ Then the people of the land took Joachaz son of Josias and anointed him, and made him king over Jerusalem in the room of his father. ² Joachaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Amital. She was a daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him at Deblatha in the land of Aimath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem. ³ And the king carried him with him to Egypt, and imposed on the country a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴ And Pharao Nechao, made Eliakim son of Josias, king over Juda, in the room of his father, and changed his name to Joakim. And as Pharao Nechao took his brother Joachaz, who was carried to Egypt and died there, he paid the silver and the gold to Pharao. Then the land began to be taxed to give the money at the command of Pharao. And every one according to his rank, demanded silver and gold from the people of the land, to pay Pharao Nechao. ⁵ Joakim was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Zechora. She was a daughter of Nerias of Rama. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. In his days Nabuchodonosar, the king of Babylon, came into the land, and he was his servant three years, and then revolted. Now after that, when they revolted, the Lord sent against them the Chaldeans, and predatory bands of Syrians, and predatory bands of Moabites and Ammonites, and of Samaria according to the word of the Lord by the ministry of his servants, the prophets. Moreover the anger of the Lord was against Juda, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses; for all that he had committed and for the innocent blood which Joakim had shed. He had indeed filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, yet the Lord was not willing to destroy them utterly. ⁶ So Nabuchodonosar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and bound him with fetters of brass, and sent him away to Babylon; ⁷ and carried away to Babylon a part of the utensils belonging to the house of the Lord, and put them in his own temple at Babylon, ⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold they are written in the book of the journals of the kings of Juda. When Joakim slept with his fathers, he was buried at Ganozae, with his fathers, and Jechonias his son reigned in his stead. ⁹ Jechonias was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, ¹⁰ and at the return of the year, Nabuchodonosar sent and brought him to Babylon, together with the most precious utensils of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias, his father's brother, king over Juda and Jerusalem. ¹¹ Sedekias was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, ¹² and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and was not brought to a sense of shame by Jeremias, the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the Lord, ¹³ when he violated his engagements with Nabuchodonosar, to the performance of which he had caused him to swear by God; but hardened his neck, and strengthened his heart, not to return to the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁴ Now all the nobles of Juda, and the priests, and the people of the land abounded in the commission of the wicked abominations of the Gentiles, and had polluted the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And the Lord the God of their fathers had sent to them by the ministry of his prophets, rising early, and sending his messengers, because he compassionated his people and his sanctuary. ¹⁶ But they continued to deride his messengers, and to despise his words, and insult his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord ascended against his people; until there was no remedy. ¹⁷ Therefore he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and had no compassion on Sedekias, nor pity for their virgins. And they carried away their elders. He delivered all into their hands; ¹⁸ all the utensils of the house of God, great and small, and all the treasures of the house of the Lord and all the treasures of the king and of the nobles. All these he carried to Babylon. ¹⁹ And he burned the house of the Lord, and demolished the wall of Jerusalem, and burned with fire the palaces thereof, and utterly destroyed every thing that was beautiful, ²⁰ and removed to Babylon the few who were left; and they continued to be servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the Medes; ²¹ that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, That until the land received its sabbaths which it ought to have rested, it should keep a sabbath all the days of its desolation, to the completion of seventy years. ²² In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, after the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias was fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians; and he caused proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, in writing, saying, ²³ Thus saith Cyrus, king of the Persians, to all the kingdoms of the earth, The Lord God of heaven hath given me; and he hath commanded me to build a house for him in Jerusalem, in Judea. Is there any among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up.

⁸ To Darius the king, all peace. Be it known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with choice stones. Timbers are actually laid in the walls, and the work is going on fast and prospereth in their hands;

² and there hath been found in the city, in the royal palace, a roll, in which is written this memorandum,

⁶ Now these are the children of the province who came up from the captivity; from the distant abode to which Nabuchodonosar the king of Babylon had sent them, and who returned, every man to his city, ⁷ with Zorobabel and Jesus, and Nehemias, Azarias and Reelma, Naemani, Mordecai, Balsan, Maspharath, Esdra, Baguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, head men of the people of Israel: ⁸ The children of Pharos, two thousand a hundred and seventy two; ⁹ The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy two; ¹⁰ The children of Era, six hundred and fifty two; ¹¹ The children of Phaath-moab, descendants of Jesu and Joab, two thousand six hundred and eighteen; ¹² The children of Ailam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four; ¹³ The children of Zathuia, eight hundred and forty five; ¹⁴ The children of Zakchu, seven hundred and sixty; ¹⁵ The children of Banui, six hundred and forty eight; ¹⁶ The children of Bebi, six hundred and twenty eight; ¹⁷ The children of Esgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty two; ¹⁸ The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven; ¹⁹ The children of Bagoi, two thousand and sixty seven; ²⁰ The children of Edin, six hundred and fifty five; ²¹ The children of Ater, descendants of Ezekias, ninety eight; ²² The children of Esam, three hundred and twenty eight; ²³ The children of Besei, three hundred and twenty four; ²⁴ The children of Ariph, a hundred and twelve; The children of Asen, two hundred and twenty three; ²⁵ The children of Gabaon, ninety five; ²⁶ The children of Baithalem, a hundred and twenty three; The children of Atopha, fifty six; ²⁷ The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight; ²⁸ The men of Bethasmoth, forty two; ²⁹ The men of Kariathiarim, Kaphira and Beroth, seven hundred and forty three; ³⁰ The men of Arama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty; ³¹ The men of Machemas, a hundred and twenty two; ³² The men of Baithel and Ai, a hundred and twenty three; ³³ The men of Nabia, a hundred and fifty two. ³⁴ The men of Elamaar, a thousand two hundred and fifty two; ³⁵ The children of Eram, three hundred and twenty; ³⁶ The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty five; ³⁷ The children of Lodadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty one: ³⁸ The children of Sanana, three thousand nine hundred and thirty; ³⁹ The Priests. The children of Jodae, for the house of Jesus, nine hundred and seventy three; ⁴⁰ The children of Emmer, a thousand and fifty two; ⁴¹ The children of Phaseur, a thousand two hundred and forty seven; ⁴² The children of Eram, a thousand and seventeen; ⁴³ The Levites. The children of Jesus and Kadmiel, descendants of Ouduia, seventy four. ⁴⁴ The musicians, the children of Asaph, a hundred and eighty eight. ⁴⁵ The keepers of the gates, the Salumites, the Aterites, the Telmonites, the Akubites, the Atites, the Sabites, a hundred and thirty eight. ⁴⁶ The Nathinims, The Seas', the Asphas, the Tabaoths', ⁴⁷ the Kiras, the Asuias, the Phadons', ⁴⁸ the Labanas, the Agabas, the Selmeis', ⁴⁹ the Anans, the Gadels, the Gaars', ⁵⁰ the Raaias, the Rassons, the Nekodas', ⁵¹ the Gersams', the Ozis', the Pheses', ⁵² the Besis', the Meinons', the Nephosasis', ⁵³ the Bakbuks', the Achiphas', the Aroers', ⁵⁴ the Basaloths', the Midas', the Adasons', ⁵⁵ the Barkoues', the Sisaraths', the Themas', ⁵⁶ the Nisias, the Atiphas'. ⁵⁷ The children of Solomon's servants, the Suteis, the Sapharats, the Pheridas, ⁵⁸ the Jelels, the Dorkons, the Gadaels, ⁵⁹ the Saphatias', the Ettels, the Phakaraths, the Sabaims, the Emins, ⁶⁰ all these Nathinims and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety two. ⁶¹ These also came up from Thelmeleth, Thelaresa, Charub, Eron, Jemer, but could not shew the houses of their families, nor their seed, whether they are of Israel, ⁶² namely, the children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two. ⁶³ And of the priests: the children of Ebia, the children of Akos, the children of Berzelli, [for they had married some of the daughters of Berzelli, the Galaadite, and were called by their names]; ⁶⁴ these sought the register of their genealogy, but it could not be found. Though they were related to the priesthood, ⁶⁵ yet the Athersastha ordered, that they should not eat of the most holy meats, until a priest should arise with the Manifestation. ⁶⁶ The whole congregation was about forty two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷ exclusive of their men servants and maid servants, the number of whom was seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven, and the choristers of both sexes, two hundred and forty five. ⁶⁸ [Omitted] ⁶⁹ Their asses were two thousand seven hundred. ⁷⁰ As some of the heads of the families had given for the work; to Nehemias, for the treasury, a thousand pieces of gold, fifty cups, and thirty vestures for the priests; ⁷¹ the other heads of the families gave for the treasures of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three hundred mnas of silver; ⁷² and the rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand two hundred mnas of silver, and sixty seven vestures for the priests. ⁷³ Now the priests and the Levites, and the keepers of the gates and the musicians, and some of the people, and the Nathinims, and all Israel, had taken up their abode in their cities;

¹ After these things, in the days of Artaxerxes the same who reigned from India, over a hundred and twenty seven provinces,

³ in the third year of his reign, he made an entertainment for his friends, both for other nations, and for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the governors.

⁸ Now this entertainment was not according to an established custom; but the king would have it so, and he commanded the stewards to comply with his pleasure, and that of the guests.

¹¹ to bring the queen to him to proclaim her queen, and crown her with a diadem, and shew her to the chiefs, and her beauty to the nations; for she was beautiful.

⁹ So the secretaries were convened in the first month which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day thereof in the same year, and a letter was written to the Jews reciting all that had been given in charge to the lieutenants and to the chief governors of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty seven provinces, to every province as they could read it,

¹ Now it came to pass that in the ninth year and ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon with all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. ² And in the eleventh year of Sedekias in the fourth month on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made into the city; ³ and all the generals of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the middle gate, namely, Marganasar, and Samagoth and Nabusachar and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the generals of the king of Babylon; ⁴ [Omitted] ⁵ [Omitted] ⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ [Omitted] ⁹ [Omitted] ¹⁰ [Omitted] ¹¹ [Omitted] ¹² [Omitted] ¹³ [Omitted] ¹⁴ and they sent and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison and committed him to Godolias son of Achikam son of Saphan. And when they brought him out he sat down among the people. ¹⁵ Now there had come to Jeremias in the court of the prison a word of the Lord, saying, ¹⁶ Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord the God of Israel, Behold I will bring my words on this city for evils and not for good. ¹⁷ But I will save thee on that day and not deliver thee into the hands of those men of whom thou art afraid. ¹⁸ For I will save thee and thou shalt not fall by the sword. And thou shalt have thy life for a spoil, because thou hast trusted in me, said the Lord.

¹ Sedekias was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Ameital. She was a daughter of Jeremias of Lobena. ² [Omitted] ³ [Omitted] ⁴ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon, came with his whole army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it and built a wall around it of square stones, ⁵ and the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedekias. ⁶ On the ninth day of the; month there was a grievous famine in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land. ⁷ When a breach was made into the city, all the men who were warriors went out by night by the way of the gate between the outer and the inner wall, which was along the king's garden, [though the Chaldeans were all around the city;] and took the road to Araba. ⁸ And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him on the borders of Jericho. And all his servants being dispersed from him, ⁹ they took the king and carried him to the king of Babylon at Deblatha, who passed sentence on him. ¹⁰ And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedekias before his eyes. He slew also all the chiefs of Juda at Deblatha. ¹¹ Then he put out the eyes of Sedekias and bound him with chains. And the king of Babylon led him to Babylon and committed him to the slave prison where he continued till the day of his death. ¹² And on the fifth month on the tenth of the month Nabouzardan the chief cook, who stood in the presence of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem ¹³ and burned the house of the Lord and the king's house. He burned also with fire all the public buildings of the city and every stately house. ¹⁴ And the army of the Chaldeans which was with the chief cook demolished all the wall of Jerusalem round about. ¹⁵ [Omitted] ¹⁶ But the chief cook left the remains of the people for vine dressers and husbandmen. ¹⁷ The Chaldeans also broke to pieces the pillars of brass which were in the house of the Lord and the bases and the sea of brass which was in the house of the Lord, and took the brass and carried it to Babylon with the crown, ¹⁸ and the cups and the flesh forks and all the utensils of brass with which they sacrificed; ¹⁹ and the Apphoths and the Masmaroths and the oil vessels and the candlesticks and the censers and the cups: those which were of gold, or gilded, and those which were of silver, or plated, the chief cook took. ²⁰ As for the two pillars and the sea and the twelve oxen of brass under the sea, which king Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, there was no weighing the brass thereof. ²¹ The height of each of the pillars was thirty five cubits and a fillet of twelve cubits encircled it, the thickness of which was four fingers all around. ²² And there was a chapiter of brass on each of them of the height of five cubits with a ball on the top of each and a piece of net work and pomegranates around on each chapiter; all of brass; eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits. ²³ So that there were ninety six pomegranates on the sides and all the pomegranates on the net work round about were one hundred. ²⁴ And the chief cook took the chief priest, and the priest who was second to him, and the three who guarded the way; ²⁵ and a eunuch who was over the men of war, and seven men of renown who attended in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the armies, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty chief men, of the people of the country, who were found in the city. ²⁶ These Nabuzardan the chief cook, took and brought to the king of Babylon at Deblatha. ²⁷ And the king of Babylon slew them at Deblatha in the land of Aimath.

³¹ And it came to pass in the thirty seventh year of the captivity of Jechonias king of Juda, in the twelfth month, on the twenty fourth of the month, Oulaimadachar king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took and raised up the head of Jechonias king of Juda, and caused him to be shaven and released him from the prison, in which he was confined, ³² and spoke kindly to him and set his seat above the kings, who were with him in Babylon. ³³ And changed his prison dress, and caused him to eat in his presence, all the days of his life. ³⁴ And he had a portion continually given to him, day by day, from the king of Babylon, to the day of his death.

³ Judea is forced to emigrate. On account of her humiliation and because of her great servitude, she sat down among the nations; she found no rest. All her persecutors found her among them who were afflicting her.

⁵ They who afflict her are become her head; and her enemies prosper. Because the Lord hath humbled her for the multitude of her transgressions; her children are gone into captivity before the oppressor.

²² O daughter of Sion, thine iniquity is done away. He will no more banish thee. He hath visited thine iniquities, daughter of Edom. He hath exposed thee for thy sins.

⁷ and the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda. They shall feed upon them. In the houses of Ascalon they will lie clown in the evening for fear of the children of Juda. Because the Lord their God hath visited them; therefore he will bring back their captivity.

³⁴ And when the general had read the letter, he asked him of what province he was. And being informed that he was of Cilicia,