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