salem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and num- bered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9And this is the num- ber of them: thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, nine and twenty knives; "thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. UA11 the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Shesh- bazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Baby- lon unto Jerusalem, O Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordocai. Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: *The children of Parosh, two thou- sand a hundred seventy and two.
*The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
6The children of Ara/h, seven hun- dred seventy and five.
6The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeehua and Joab, two thou- sand eight hundred and twelve.
27 EZRA 7The children of Elam., a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9The children of Zaccai, seven hun- dred and threescore.
10The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
"The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14The children of Bigvai, two thou- sand fifty and six.
15The children of Adm, four hundred fifty and four.
16The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17The children of Bezai, three hun- dred twenty and three.
18The children' of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.
19The children of Hashum, two hun- dred twenty and three. * 20The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
22The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
^The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25The children of Kiriath-arim, Chcphirah, and Beeroth, seven hun- dred and forty and three. m 2CThe children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
27The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.
2HThe men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
29The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30The children of Magbish, a hun- dred fifty and six.
31The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
^The children of Loci, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35The children of Senziah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36The priests: The children of Jedaiuh, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
37The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38The children of Pashhur, a thou- sand two hundred forty and seven.
39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40The Levites: the children of Je«h- ua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
^The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.
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 Bhobui, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hamipha. the children of Tabbaoth; ^tlio children of Keros, the children of Siahn, the children of Padon; «tlu» children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub; **the children of Hagab, the children of Salmai, the children of Hanan; 47the chikken of EZRA EZRA Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah; 48the children of Rezm, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam; 49the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai; sothe children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephusim; 51the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; S2the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; ^the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; ^he children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
58The children of Solomon's serv- ants: the children of Sotai, the chil- dren of Hassophereth, the children of Poruda; fi6the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel; 67the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
68Ali the Nethinim, and the chil- dren of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
5*And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers7 houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel. 60thc children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61And pi the children of the priests: the chil- dren of Habaiah, the children of Hakkos, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 62These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. ^And the *Tirshatha said unto them, that * That is, governor.
they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 6Bbeside their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. 66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thou- sand seven hundred and twenty.
68And some of the heads of fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place; C9they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' tunics.
70So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. O 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. 3Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Sheaitiel, 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. 3And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries, and they offered burnt- EZRA EZRA offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. 4And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required, 5and afterward the continual burnt- offering, and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the appointed seasons of the LORD that were^ hal- lowed, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering unto the LORD 6From 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. 7They gave money also unto the hewers, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
8Now 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 rest 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 have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD. 9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the over- sight of the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Henadad also, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the^ LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the i Levites the sons of Asaph with cym- bals, to praise the LORD, according to the direction of David king of Israel. uAnd they sang, one to another in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD: 'for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever to- ward 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. 12But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house standing on its foundation, wept with a loud voice, when this house was before their eyes; and many shouted aloud for joy; 13so 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.
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto the LORD, the God of Israel; Hhcn they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, 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 Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither/ 3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them: *Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves to- fcher will build unto the Lom>, the >d of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.1 'Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah. and harried them while they were build- ing, 6and hired counsellors against EZRA them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue. 8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort — 9then wrote Rehum the commander, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinites, and the Apharesattechites, the Tar- pelites, the Apharesites, the Arche- vitcs, the Babylonians, the Shushan- chites, the Dehites, the Elamites, 10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asenappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest that are in the country beyond the River: — 'And now — nthis is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king— thy servants the men be- yond the River — and now 12be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee arev come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations. 13Be it known now unto the king, that, if tlus city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings. 14Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and announced to the king, 15that 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 laid waste. 16We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'
17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the commander, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell m Sa- maria, and unto the rest beyond the River: 'Peace, and now 18the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old tune hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. 20There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all tne country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid un- to them. 21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me. 32And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'
^hen when the copy of king Ar- taxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and inade them to cease by force and power. ^Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
EZRA.
£v Now the prophets, Haggai th prophet, and Zechariah the son Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews tha were in Judah and Jerxisalem; in th name of the God of Israel prophesie they- unto them. 2Then rose Zerubhabel the son of Shealtiel, an Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and bega to build the house of God which i at Jerusalem; and with them wer the prophets of God, helping them 3At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond th River, and Shethar-bozenai, and thei companions, and said thus unto them 'Who gave you a decree to build thi house, and to finish this structure? 4<Then spoke we unto them afte this manner [, Wrote they]: What are the names of the men that builc this building?' 5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews and they did not make them cease till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
6The copy of the letter that Tatte- nai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his com- panions the Apharesachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Danus^ the king; 7they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8Be it^ known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and tim- ber is laid in the walls, and this work ?oeth on with diligence and prospereth n their hands. 9Then asked we those ilders, and said unto them thus- Who gave you a decree to build ;his house, and to finish this wall? °We asked them their names also, •o announce to thec, that we might vrite the names of the men that were at the head of them. "And thus they returned us answer, saying. We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build tjae house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished. 12But because that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who de- stroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. wBut in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. 14And the gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the tem- ple that was in Jerusalem, and brought ihem into the temple of Babylon, ihose 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; 15and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in ;he temple that is in Jerusalem, and et the house of God be builded in its place. 16Then came the same Shosh- •azzar, and laid the foundations of the .ouse^of God which is in Jerusalem; ,nd since that time even until now .ath it been in building, and yet it is tot completed. 17Now therefore, if seem good to the king, let search e made in the king's treasure-house aere, which is at Babylon, whether j be so, that a decree was made of 3yrus the king to build this house of rod at Jerusalem, and let the king end his pleasure to us concerning iis matter.* Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made In the ouse of the archives, where tho easures were laid up, in Babylon, EZRA 6 IS 2And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record. 3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and -let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; %ith three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house; 6and also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth ©ut of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be re- stored, and brought back unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God.'
6<Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesach- ites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence; 7let 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 its place. 8Moreover I make a decree concern- ing what ye shall do to these elders of tho Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9And that which they have need of, both young bul- locks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to tho word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail; 10that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. uAlso I have made a decree, that whoso- ever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this; 12and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there over- throw all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made decree; let it be done with all diligence.'
"Then Tattenai, the governor be- yond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence. 14And the elders of the Jews builded and 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 decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 16And 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.
10And 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. 17And they offered at tho dedication of this house of God a hun- dred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, accord- ing to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18And they sot 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.
EZRA EZRA 19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. 20For the priests and the Levites had purifiec themselves together; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the captiv- ity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. ^And the chil- dren of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat, 22and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had 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.
*7 Now after these things, in the 1 reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, ^he son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Hhe son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest — 6this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. 7And there went up some of the chil- dren of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the Nethinim, unto Jeru- salem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxos the king. 8And he came to Jeru- salem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9For 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. 10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
"Now* this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the command- ments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel: ^Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth. And now 13I make a decree, that all they; of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go with thce to Jeru- salem, go. "Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jeru- salem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand; "and to carry the silver and gold, which tho king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, "and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the^people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the iouse of their God which iw in Jeru- salem; 17therefore thou shalt with ail iiligence buy with this money bul- .ocks, rams, lambs, with their meal- offerings and their drink-offeringn, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the louse of your God which is in Jeru- salem. 18And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, .hat do ye after tho will of your God. 9And tho vessels that are given thee 'or the service of the hou«e of thy God, EZRA deliver thou before the God of Jeru- salem. 20And 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. ^And I, even I Ar- taxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that 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 with all diligence, ^unto a hun- dred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his * sons? 24Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Le- vites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them. 26And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God,* and teach ye him that knowcth them not. 26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to ban- ishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment/