Ezra 1
1. Now in the first <0259> year <08141> of Cyrus <03566> king
<04428> of Persia <06539>, that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>
by the mouth <06310> of Jeremiah <03414> might be fulfilled <03615>,
the LORD <03068> stirred <05782> up the spirit <07307> of Cyrus
<03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, that he made a proclamation
throughout all <03605> his kingdom <04438>, and [put it] also
<01571> in writing <04385>, saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia
<06539>, The LORD <03068> God <0430> of heaven <08064> hath given
<05414> me all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>; and
he hath charged <06485> me to build <01129> him an house <01004> at
Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in Judah <03063>.
3 Who <04310> [is there] among you of all <03605> his people
<05971>? his God <0430> be with him, and let him go <05927> up to
Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in Judah <03063>, and build
<01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel
<03478>, (he [is] the God <0430>,) which <0834> [is] in Jerusalem
<03389>.
4 And whosoever <03605> remaineth <07604> in any <03605> place
<04725> where he sojourneth <01481>, let the men <0582> of his place
<04725> help <05375> him with silver <03701>, and with gold <02091>,
and with goods <07399>, and with beasts <0929>, beside <05973> the
freewill <05071> offering for the house <01004> of God <0430> that
[is] in Jerusalem <03389>.
5. Then rose <06965> up the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of
Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and the priests <03548>, and the
Levites <03881>, with all <03605> [them] whose <0853> spirit <07307>
God <0430> had raised <05782>, to go <05927> up to build <01129> the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> [is] in Jerusalem
<03389>.
6 And all <03605> they that [were] about <05439> them strengthened
<02388> their hands <03027> with vessels <03627> of silver <03701>,
with gold <02091>, with goods <07399>, and with beasts <0929>, and
with precious <04030> things, beside all <03605> [that] was
willingly <05068> offered.
7 Also Cyrus <03566> the king <04428> brought <03318> forth
<03318> the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of the LORD
<03068>, which <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> had brought <03318>
forth <03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, and had put <05414> them in
the house <01004> of his gods <0430>;
8 Even those did Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539>
bring <03318> forth <03318> by the hand <03027> of Mithredath
<04990> the treasurer <01489>, and numbered <05608> them unto
Sheshbazzar <08339>, the prince <05387> of Judah <03063>.
9 And this <0428> [is] the number <04557> of them: thirty <07970>
chargers <0105> of gold <02091>, a thousand <0505> chargers <0105>
of silver <03701>, nine <08672> and twenty <06242> knives <04252>,
10 Thirty <07970> basons <03713> of gold <02091>, silver <03701>
basons <03713> of a second <04932> [sort] four <0702> hundred
<03967> and ten <06235>, [and] other <0312> vessels <03627> a
thousand <0505>.
11 All <03605> the vessels <03627> of gold <02091> and of silver
<03701> [were] five <02568> thousand <0505> and four <0702> hundred
<03967>. All <03605> [these] did Sheshbazzar <08339> bring <05927>
up with [them of] the captivity <01473> that were brought <05927> up
from Babylon <0894> unto Jerusalem <03389>.
Ezra 2
1. Now these <0428> [are] the children <01121> of the province
<04082> that went <05927> up out of the captivity <07628>, of those
which had been carried <01540> away <01473>, whom <0834>
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had
carried <01540> away <01540> unto Babylon <0894>, and came <07725>
again <07725> unto Jerusalem <03389> and Judah <03063>, every <0376>
one <0376> unto his city <05892>;
2 Which <0834> came <0935> with Zerubbabel <02216>: Jeshua
<03442>, Nehemiah <05166>, Seraiah <08304>, Reelaiah <07480>,
Mordecai <04782>, Bilshan <01114>, Mispar <04558>, Bigvai <0902>,
Rehum <07348>, Baanah <01195>. The number <04557> of the men <0582>
of the people <05971> of Israel <03478>:
3 The children <01121> of Parosh <06551>, two thousand <0505> an
hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.
4 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, three <07969>
hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two.
5 The children <01121> of Arah <0733>, seven <07651> hundred
<03967> seventy <07657> and five <02568>.
6 The children <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>, of the children
<01121> of Jeshua <03442> [and] Joab <03097>, two thousand <0505>
eight <08083> hundred <03967> and twelve.
7 The children <01121> of Elam <05867>, a thousand <0505> two
hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.
8 The children <01121> of Zattu <02240>, nine <08672> hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.
9 The children <01121> of Zaccai <02140>, seven <07651> hundred
<03967> and threescore <08346>.
10 The children <01121> of Bani <01137>, six <08337> hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and two <08147>.
11 The children <01121> of Bebai <0893>, six <08337> hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.
12 The children <01121> of Azgad <05803>, a thousand <0505> two
<08147> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and two <08147>.
13 The children <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, six <08337> hundred
<03967> sixty <08346> and six <08337>.
14 The children <01121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505>
fifty <02572> and six <08337>.
15 The children <01121> of Adin <05720>, four <0702> hundred
<03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.
16 The children <01121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <02396>, ninety
<08673> and eight <08083>.
17 The children <01121> of Bezai <01209>, three <07969> hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.
18 The children <01121> of Jorah <03139>, an hundred <03967> and
twelve.
19 The children <01121> of Hashum <02828>, two hundred <03967>
twenty <06242> and three <07969>.
20 The children <01121> of Gibbar <01402>, ninety <08673> and five
<02568>.
21 The children <01121> of Bethlehem <01035>, an hundred <03967>
twenty <06242> and three <07969>.
22 The men <0582> of Netophah <05199>, fifty <02572> and six
<08337>.
23 The men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, an hundred <03967> twenty
<06242> and eight <08083>.
24 The children <01121> of Azmaveth <05820>, forty <0705> and two
<08147>.
25 The children <01121> of Kirjatharim <07157>, Chephirah <03716>,
and Beeroth <0881>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> and forty <0705>
and three <07969>.
26 The children <01121> of Ramah <07414> and Gaba <01387>, six
<08337> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one <0259>.
27 The men <0582> of Michmas <04363>, an hundred <03967> twenty
<06242> and two <08147>.
28 The men <0582> of Bethel <01008> and Ai <05857>, two hundred
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.
29 The children <01121> of Nebo <05015>, fifty <02572> and two
<08147>.
30 The children <01121> of Magbish <04019>, an hundred <03967>
fifty <02572> and six <08337>.
31 The children <01121> of the other <0312> Elam <05867>, a
thousand <0505> two hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.
32 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, three <07969> hundred
<03967> and twenty <06242>.
33 The children <01121> of Lod <03850>, Hadid <02307>, and Ono
<0207>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and five
<02568>.
34 The children <01121> of Jericho <03405>, three <07969> hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.
35 The children <01121> of Senaah <05570>, three <07969> thousand
<0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970>.
36. The priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Jedaiah <03048>,
of the house <01004> of Jeshua <03442>, nine <08672> hundred <03967>
seventy <07657> and three <07969>.
37 The children <01121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505> fifty
<02572> and two <08147>.
38 The children <01121> of Pashur <06583>, a thousand <0505> two
hundred <03967> forty <0705> and seven <07651>.
39 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, a thousand <0505> and
seventeen <07651>.
40 The Levites <03881>: the children <01121> of Jeshua <03442> and
Kadmiel <06934>, of the children <01121> of Hodaviah <01938>,
seventy <07657> and four <0702>.
41 The singers <07891>: the children <01121> of Asaph <0623>, an
hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.
42 The children <01121> of the porters <07778>: the children
<01121> of Shallum <07967>, the children <01121> of Ater <0333>, the
children <01121> of Talmon <02929>, the children <01121> of Akkub
<06126>, the children <01121> of Hatita <02410>, the children
<01121> of Shobai <07630>, [in] all <03605> an hundred <03967>
thirty <07970> and nine <08672>.
43 The Nethinims <05411>: the children <01121> of Ziha <06727>,
the children <01121> of Hasupha <02817>, the children <01121> of
Tabbaoth <02884>,
44 The children <01121> of Keros <07026>, the children <01121> of
Siaha <05517>, the children <01121> of Padon <06303>,
45 The children <01121> of Lebanah <03848>, the children <01121>
of Hagabah <02286>, the children <01121> of Akkub <06126>,
46 The children <01121> of Hagab <02285>, the children <01121> of
Shalmai <08073>, the children <01121> of Hanan <02605>,
47 The children <01121> of Giddel <01435>, the children <01121> of
Gahar <01515>, the children <01121> of Reaiah <07211>,
48 The children <01121> of Rezin <07526>, the children <01121> of
Nekoda <05353>, the children <01121> of Gazzam <01502>,
49 The children <01121> of Uzza <05798>, the children <01121> of
Paseah <06454>, the children <01121> of Besai <01153>,
50 The children <01121> of Asnah <0619>, the children <01121> of
Mehunim <04586>, the children <01121> of Nephusim <05304>,
51 The children <01121> of Bakbuk <01227>, the children <01121> of
Hakupha <02709>, the children <01121> of Harhur <02744>,
52 The children <01121> of Bazluth <01213>, the children <01121>
of Mehida <04240>, the children <01121> of Harsha <02797>,
53 The children <01121> of Barkos <01302>, the children <01121> of
Sisera <05516>, the children <01121> of Thamah <08547>,
54 The children <01121> of Neziah <05335>, the children <01121> of
Hatipha <02412>.
55 The children <01121> of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>: the
children <01121> of Sotai <05479>, the children <01121> of Sophereth
<05618>, the children <01121> of Peruda <06514>,
56 The children <01121> of Jaalah <03279>, the children <01121> of
Darkon <01874>, the children <01121> of Giddel <01435>,
57 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the children
<01121> of Hattil <02411>, the children <01121> of Pochereth <06380>
of Zebaim <06380>, the children <01121> of Ami <0532>.
58 All <03605> the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121> of
Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>, [were] three <07969> hundred
<03967> ninety <08673> and two <08147>.
59 And these <0428> [were] they which went <05927> up from
Telmelah <08528>, Telharsa <08521>, Cherub <03743>, Addan <0135>,
[and] Immer <0564>: but they could <03201> not shew <05046> their
father's <01> house <01004>, and their seed <02233>, whether <0518>
they [were] of Israel <03478>:
60 The children <01121> of Delaiah <01806>, the children <01121>
of Tobiah <02900>, the children <01121> of Nekoda <05353>, six
<08337> hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and two <08147>.
61 And of the children <01121> of the priests <03548>: the
children <01121> of Habaiah <02252>, the children <01121> of Koz
<06976>, the children <01121> of Barzillai <01271>; which <0834>
took <03947> a wife <0802> of the daughters <01121> of Barzillai
<01271> the Gileadite <01569>, and was called <07121> after <05921>
their name <08034>:
62 These <0428> sought <01245> their register <03791> [among]
those that were reckoned <03187> by genealogy <03188>, but they were
not found <04672>: therefore were they, as polluted <01351>, put
from the priesthood <03550>.
63 And the Tirshatha <08660> said <0559> unto them, that they
should not eat <0398> of the most <06944> holy <06944> things, till
<05704> there stood <05975> up a priest <03548> with Urim <0224> and
with Thummim <08550>.
64. The whole <03605> congregation <06951> together <0259> [was]
forty and two thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> [and]
threescore <08346>,
65 Beside <0905> their servants <05650> and their maids <0519>, of
whom <0428> [there were] seven <07651> thousand <0505> three <07969>
hundred <03967> thirty <07970> and seven <07651>: and [there were]
among them two hundred <03967> singing <07891> men <0582> and
singing <07891> women.
66 Their horses <05483> [were] seven <07651> hundred <03967>
thirty <07970> and six <08337>; their mules <06505>, two hundred
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>;
67 Their camels <01581>, four <0702> hundred <03967> thirty
<07970> and five <02568>; [their] asses <02543>, six <08337>
thousand <0505> seven <07651> hundred <03967> and twenty <06242>.
68 And [some] of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, when they
came <0935> to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which <0834>
[is] at Jerusalem <03389>, offered freely for the house <01004> of
God <0430> to set <05975> it up in his place <04349>:
69 They gave <05414> after their ability <03581> unto the treasure
<0214> of the work <04399> threescore <07239> and one thousand
<0505> drams <01871> of gold <02091>, and five <02568> thousand
<0505> pound <04488> of silver <03701>, and one hundred <03967>
priests <03548>' garments <03801>.
70 So the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and [some] of
the people <05971>, and the singers <07891>, and the porters
<07778>, and the Nethinims <05411>, dwelt <03427> in their cities
<05892>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> in their cities <05892>.
Ezra 3
1. And when the seventh <07637> month <02320> was come <05060>, and
the children <01121> of Israel <03478> [were] in the cities <05892>,
the people <05971> gathered <0622> themselves together as one <0259>
man <0376> to Jerusalem <03389>.
2 Then stood <06965> up Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of Jozadak
<03136>, and his brethren <0251> the priests <03548>, and Zerubbabel
<02216> the son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and his brethren
<0251>, and builded <01129> the altar <04196> of the God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, to offer <05927> burnt <05930> offerings thereon
<05921>, as [it is] written <03789> in the law <08451> of Moses
<04872> the man <0376> of God <0430>.
3 And they set <03559> the altar <04196> upon his bases <04350>;
for fear <0367> [was] upon them because of the people <05971> of
those countries <0776>: and they offered <05927> burnt <05930>
offerings thereon <05921> unto the LORD <03068>, [even] burnt
<05930> offerings morning <01242> and evening <06153>.
4 They kept <06213> also the feast <02282> of tabernacles <05521>,
as [it is] written <03789>, and [offered] the daily <03117> burnt
<05930> offerings by number <04557>, according to the custom
<04941>, as the duty <01697> of every day <03117> required <03117>;
5 And afterward [offered] the continual <08548> burnt <05930>
offering, both of the new <02320> moons <02320>, and of all <03605>
the set <04150> feasts <04150> of the LORD <03068> that were
consecrated <06942>, and of every <03605> one that willingly <05068>
offered <05068> a freewill <05071> offering unto the LORD <03068>.
6 From the first <0259> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month
<02320> began <02490> they to offer <05927> burnt <05930> offerings
unto the LORD <03068>. But the foundation <03245> of the temple
<01964> of the LORD <03068> was not [yet] laid.
7 They gave <05414> money <03701> also unto the masons <02672>,
and to the carpenters <02796>; and meat <03978>, and drink <04960>,
and oil <08081>, unto them of Zidon <06722>, and to them of Tyre
<06876>, to bring <0935> cedar <0730> trees <06086> from Lebanon
<03844> to the sea <03220> of Joppa <03305>, according to the grant
<07558> that they had of Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia
<06539>.
8. Now in the second <08145> year <08141> of their coming <0935>
unto the house <01004> of God <0430> at Jerusalem <03389>, in the
second <08145> month <02320>, began <02490> Zerubbabel <02216> the
son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03442> the son <01121>
of Jozadak <03136>, and the remnant <07605> of their brethren <0251>
the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>, and all <03605> they
that were come <0935> out of the captivity <07628> unto Jerusalem
<03389>; and appointed <05975> the Levites <03881>, from twenty
<06242> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605>, to set <05329>
forward <05921> the work <04399> of the house <01004> of the LORD
<03068>.
9 Then stood <05975> Jeshua <03442> [with] his sons <01121> and
his brethren <0251>, Kadmiel <06934> and his sons <01121>, the sons
<01121> of Judah <03063>, together <0259>, to set <05329> forward
<05921> the workmen in the house <01004> of God <0430>: the sons
<01121> of Henadad <02582>, [with] their sons <01121> and their
brethren <0251> the Levites <03881>.
10 And when the builders <01129> laid the foundation <03245> of
the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, they set <05975> the priests
<03548> in their apparel <03847> with trumpets <02689>, and the
Levites <03881> the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623> with cymbals
<04700>, to praise <01984> the LORD <03068>, after <05921> the
ordinance <03027> of David <01732> king <04428> of Israel <03478>.
11 And they sang <06030> together by course in praising <01984>
and giving thanks <03034> unto the LORD <03068>; because <03588> [he
is] good <02896>, for his mercy <02617> [endureth] for ever <05769>
toward <05921> Israel <03478>. And all <03605> the people <05971>
shouted <07321> with a great <01419> shout <08643>, when they
praised <01984> the LORD <03068>, because <05921> the foundation
<03245> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> was laid.
12 But many <07227> of the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> and
chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, [who were] ancient <02204> men,
that had seen <07200> the first <07223> house <01004>, when <03588>
the foundation <03245> of this <02088> house <01004> was laid before
<06440> their eyes <05870>, wept <01058> with a loud <01419> voice
<06963>; and many <07227> shouted <08643> aloud for joy <08057>:
13 So that the people <05971> could not discern <05234> the noise
<06963> of the shout <08643> of joy <08057> from the noise <06963>
of the weeping <01065> of the people <05971>: for the people <05971>
shouted <07321> with a loud <01419> shout <08643>, and the noise
<06963> was heard <08085> afar <07350> off.
Ezra 4
1. Now when the adversaries <06862> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin
<01144> heard <08085> that the children <01121> of the captivity
<01473> builded <01129> the temple <01964> unto the LORD <03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>;
2 Then they came <05066> to Zerubbabel <02216>, and to the chief
<07218> of the fathers <01>, and said <0559> unto them, Let us build
<01129> with you: for we seek <01875> your God <0430>, as ye [do];
and we do sacrifice <02076> unto him since the days <03117> of
Esarhaddon <0634> king <04428> of Assur <0804>, which brought
<05927> us up hither.
3 But Zerubbabel <02216>, and Jeshua <03442>, and the rest <07605>
of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of Israel <03478>, said
<0559> unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build <01129> an
house <01004> unto our God <0430>; but we ourselves <0587> together
<03162> will build <01129> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, as king <04428> Cyrus <03566> the king <04428> of
Persia <06539> hath commanded <06680> us.
4 Then the people <05971> of the land <0776> weakened <07503> the
hands <03027> of the people <05971> of Judah <03063>, and troubled
<01089> them in building <01129>,
5 And hired <07936> counsellors <03289> against <05921> them, to
frustrate <0656> their purpose <06098>, all <03605> the days <03117>
of Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, even until <05704>
the reign <04438> of Darius <01867> king <04428> of Persia <06539>.
6. And in the reign <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, in the beginning
<08462> of his reign <04438>, wrote <03789> they [unto him] an
accusation <07855> against <05921> the inhabitants <03427> of Judah
<03063> and Jerusalem <03389>.
7 And in the days <03117> of Artaxerxes <0783> wrote <03789>
Bishlam <01312>, Mithredath <04990>, Tabeel <02870>, and the rest
<07605> of their companions <03675>, unto Artaxerxes <0783> king
<04428> of Persia <06539>; and the writing <03791> of the letter
<05406> [was] written <03789> in the Syrian <0762> tongue <0762>,
and interpreted <08638> in the Syrian <0762> tongue <0762>.
8 Rehum <07348> the chancellor and Shimshai <08124> the scribe
<05613> wrote <03790> a letter <0104> against <05922> Jerusalem
<03390> to Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04430> in this <03660> sort
<03660>:
9 Then <0116> [wrote] Rehum <07348> the chancellor, and Shimshai
<08124> the scribe <05613>, and the rest <07606> of their companions
<03675>; the Dinaites <01784>, the Apharsathchites <0671>, the
Tarpelites <02967>, the Apharsites <0670>, the Archevites <0756>,
the Babylonians <0896>, the Susanchites <07801>, the Dehavites
<01723>, [and] the Elamites <05962>,
10 And the rest <07606> of the nations <0524> whom <01768> the
great <07229> and noble <03358> Asnappar <0620> brought <01541> over
<01541>, and set <03488> in the cities <07141> of Samaria <08115>,
and the rest <07606> [that are] on this side <05675> the river
<05103>, and at such <03706> a time.
11 This <01836> [is] the copy <06573> of the letter <0104> that
they sent <07972> unto him, [even] unto Artaxerxes <0783> the king
<04430>; Thy servants <05649> the men <0606> on this side <05675>
the river <05103>, and at such <03706> a time.
12 Be it known <03046> unto the king <04430>, that the Jews
<03062> which <01768> came <05559> up from thee to us are come
<0858> unto Jerusalem <03390>, building <01124> the rebellious
<04779> and the bad <0873> city <07149>, and have set <03635> up the
walls <07791> [thereof], and joined <02338> the foundations <0787>.
13 Be it known <03046> now <03705> unto the king <04430>, that, if
<02006> this <01791> city <07149> be builded <01124>, and the walls
<07791> set <03635> up [again, then] will they not pay <05415> toll
<04061>, tribute <01093>, and custom <01983>, and [so] thou shalt
endamage <05142> the revenue <0674> of the kings <04430>.
14 Now <03705> because we have maintenance <04415> from [the
king's <04430>] palace <01964>, and it was not meet <0749> for us to
see <02370> the king's <04430> dishonour <06173>, therefore have we
sent <07972> and certified <03064> the king <04430>;
15 That search <01240> may be made in the book <05609> of the
records <01799> of thy fathers <02>: so shalt thou find <07912> in
the book <05609> of the records <01799>, and know <03046> that this
<01791> city <07149> [is] a rebellious <04779> city <07149>, and
hurtful <05142> unto kings <04430> and provinces <04083>, and that
they have moved <05648> sedition <0849> within <04481> the same
<01459> of old <05957> time <03118>: for which <01836> cause was
this <01791> city <07149> destroyed <02718>.
16 We certify <03046> the king <04430> that, if <02006> this
<01791> city <07149> be builded <01124> [again], and the walls
<07791> thereof set <03635> up, by this <01836> means <06903> thou
shalt have <0383> no <03809> portion <02508> on this side <05675>
the river <05103>.
17. [Then] sent <07972> the king <04430> an answer <06600> unto
Rehum <07348> the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai <08124> the scribe
<05613>, and [to] the rest <07606> of their companions <03675> that
dwell <03488> in Samaria <08115>, and [unto] the rest <07606> beyond
<05675> the river <05103>, Peace <08001>, and at such <03706> a
time.
18 The letter <05407> which <01768> ye sent <07972> unto us hath
been plainly <06568> read <07123> before <06925> me.
19 And I commanded, and search <01240> hath been made, and it is
found <07912> that this <01791> city <07149> of old <05957> time
<03118> hath made insurrection <05376> against <05922> kings
<04430>, and [that] rebellion <04776> and sedition <0849> have been
made <05648> therein.
20 There have <01934> been <01934> mighty <08624> kings <04430>
also over <05922> Jerusalem <03390>, which have ruled <07990> over
all <03606> [countries] beyond <05675> the river <05103>; and toll
<04061>, tribute <01093>, and custom <01983>, was paid <03052> unto
them.
21 Give <07761> ye now <03705> commandment <02942> to cause these
<0479> men <01400> to cease <0989>, and that this <01791> city
<07179> be not builded <01124>, until <05704> [another] commandment
<02941> shall be given <07761> from me.
22 Take <02095> heed <02095> now that ye fail <07960> not to do
<05648> this <01836>: why <04101> should damage <02257> grow <07680>
to the hurt <05142> of the kings <04430>?
23 Now <0116> when the copy <06573> of king <04430> Artaxerxes
<0783>' letter <05407> [was] read <07123> before <06925> Rehum
<07348>, and Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613>, and their
companions <03675>, they went <0236> up in haste <0924> to Jerusalem
<03390> unto the Jews <03062>, and made them to cease <0989> by
force <0153> and power <02429>.
24 Then <0116> ceased <0989> the work <05673> of the house <01005>
of God <0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>. So it ceased
<0989> unto the second <08648> year <08140> of the reign <04437> of
Darius <01868> king <04430> of Persia <06540>.
Ezra 5
1. Then the prophets <05029>, Haggai <02292> the prophet <05029>,
and Zechariah <02148> the son <01247> of Iddo <05714>, prophesied
<05013> unto the Jews <03062> that [were] in Judah <03061> and
Jerusalem <03390> in the name <08036> of the God <0426> of Israel
<03479>, [even] unto them.
2 Then <0116> rose <06965> up Zerubbabel <02217> the son <01247>
of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03443> the son <01247> of Jozadak
<03136>, and began <08271> to build <01124> the house <01005> of God
<0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>: and with them [were]
the prophets <05029> of God <0426> helping <05582> them.
3. At the same time <02166> came <0858> to them Tatnai <08674>,
governor <06347> on this side <05675> the river <05103>, and
Shetharboznai <08370>, and their companions <03675>, and said <0559>
thus <03652> unto them, Who <04479> hath commanded you to build
<01124> this <01836> house <01005>, and to make <03635> up this
<01836> wall <0846>?
4 Then <0116> said <0559> we unto them after <0310> this <03660>
manner, What <04479> are the names <08036> of the men <01400> that
make <01124> this <01836> building <01147>?
5 But the eye <05870> of their God <0426> was upon the elders
<07868> of the Jews <03062>, that they could not cause them to cease
<0989>, till <05705> the matter <02941> came <01946> to Darius
<01868>: and then <0116> they returned <08421> answer <08421> by
letter <05407> concerning <05922> this <01836> [matter].
6 The copy <06573> of the letter <0104> that Tatnai <08674>,
governor <06347> on this side <05675> the river <05103>, and
Shetharboznai <08370>, and his companions <03675> the Apharsachites
<0671>, which <01768> [were] on this side <05675> the river <05103>,
sent <07972> unto Darius <01868> the king <04430>:
7 They sent <07972> a letter <06600> unto him, wherein <01459> was
written <03790> thus <01836>; Unto Darius <01868> the king <04430>,
all <03606> peace <08001>.
8 Be it known <03046> unto the king <04430>, that we went <0236>
into the province <04083> of Judea <03061>, to the house <01005> of
the great <07229> God <0426>, which <01931> is builded <01124> with
great <01560> stones <069>, and timber <0636> is laid <07760> in the
walls <03797>, and this <01791> work <05673> goeth <05648> fast
<0629> on, and prospereth <06744> in their hands <03028>.
9 Then <0116> asked <07593> we those <0479> elders <07868>, [and]
said <0559> unto them thus <03660>, Who <04479> commanded you to
build <01124> this <01836> house <01005>, and to make <03635> up
these <01836> walls <0846>?
10 We asked <07593> their names <08036> also <0638>, to certify
<03046> thee, that we might write <03790> the names <08036> of the
men <01400> that [were] the chief <07217> of them.
11 And thus <03660> they returned <08421> us answer <06600>,
saying <0560>, We are the servants <05649> of the God <0426> of
heaven <08065> and earth <0772>, and build <01129> the house <01005>
that was builded <01124> these <01836> many <07690> years <08140>
ago <06928>, which a great <07229> king <04430> of Israel <03479>
builded <01124> and set <03635> up.
12 But after <04481> that our fathers <02> had provoked <07265>
the God <0426> of heaven <08065> unto wrath <07265>, he gave <03052>
them into the hand <03028> of Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king
<04430> of Babylon <0895>, the Chaldean <03777>, who destroyed
<05642> this <01836> house <01005>, and carried <01541> the people
<05972> away <01541> into Babylon <0895>.
13 But in the first <02298> year <08140> of Cyrus <03567> the king
<04430> of Babylon <0895> [the same] king <04430> Cyrus <03567> made
<07761> a decree <02942> to build <01124> this <01836> house <01005>
of God <0426>.
14 And the vessels <03984> also <0638> of gold <01722> and silver
<03702> of the house <01005> of God <0426>, which <01768>
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> took <05312> out of the temple <01965> that
[was] in Jerusalem <03390>, and brought <02987> them into the temple
<01965> of Babylon <0895>, those <01994> did Cyrus <03567> the king
<04430> take <05312> out of the temple <01965> of Babylon <0895>,
and they were delivered <03052> unto [one], whose name <08036> [was]
Sheshbazzar <08339>, whom <01768> he had made <07761> governor
<06347>;
15 And said <0559> unto him, Take <05376> these <0412> vessels
<03984>, go <0236>, carry <05182> them into the temple <01965> that
[is] in Jerusalem <03390>, and let the house <01005> of God <0426>
be builded <01124> in his place <0870>.
16 Then <0116> came <0858> the same <01791> Sheshbazzar <08339>,
[and] laid <03052> the foundation <0787> of the house <01005> of God
<0426> which <01768> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>: and since <04481>
that time <0116> even until <05704> now <03705> hath it been in
building <01124>, and [yet] it is not finished <08000>.
17 Now <03705> therefore, if <02006> [it seem] good <02869> to the
king <04430>, let there be search <01240> made in the king's <04430>
treasure <01596> house <01005>, which <01768> [is] there <08536> at
Babylon <0895>, whether <02006> it be [so], that a decree <02942>
was made <07761> of Cyrus <03567> the king <04430> to build <01124>
this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426> at Jerusalem <03390>, and
let the king <04430> send <07972> his pleasure <07470> to us
concerning <05922> this <01836> matter <01836>.
Ezra 6
1. Then <0116> Darius <01868> the king <04430> made <07761> a
decree <02942>, and search <01240> was made in the house <01005> of
the rolls <05609>, where <08536> the treasures <01596> were laid
<05182> up in Babylon <0895>.
2 And there was found <07912> at Achmetha <0307>, in the palace
<01002> that [is] in the province <04082> of the Medes <04074>, a
roll <04040>, and therein <01459> [was] a record <01799> thus
<03652> written <03790>:
3 In the first <02298> year <08140> of Cyrus <03567> the king
<04430> [the same] Cyrus <03567> the king <04430> made <07761> a
decree <02942> [concerning] the house <01005> of God <0426> at
Jerusalem <03390>, Let the house <01005> be builded <01124>, the
place <0870> where <01768> they offered <01684> sacrifices <01685>,
and let the foundations <0787> thereof be strongly laid <05446>; the
height <07312> thereof threescore <08361> cubits <0521>, [and] the
breadth <06613> thereof threescore <08361> cubits <0521>;
4 [With] three <08532> rows <05073> of great <01560> stones <069>,
and a row <05073> of new <02323> timber <0636>: and let the expenses
<05313> be given <03052> out of the king's <04430> house <01004>:
5 And also <0638> let the golden <01722> and silver <03702>
vessels <03984> of the house <01005> of God <0426>, which <01768>
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> took <05312> forth <05312> out of the temple
<01965> which <0834> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>, and brought <02987>
unto Babylon <0895>, be restored <08421>, and brought <01946> again
<01946> unto the temple <01965> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>, [every one] to his place <0870>, and place <05182> [them]
in the house <01005> of God <0426>.
6 Now <03705> [therefore], Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> beyond
<05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370>, and your
companions <03675> the Apharsachites <0671>, which <01768> [are]
beyond <05675> the river <05103>, be ye far <07352> from thence
<08536>:
7 Let the work <05673> of this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426>
alone <07662>; let the governor <06347> of the Jews <03062> and the
elders <07868> of the Jews <03062> build <01124> this <01791> house
<01005> of God <0426> in his place <0870>.
8 Moreover I make <07761> a decree <02942> what ye shall do
<05648> to the elders <07868> of these <0479> Jews <03062> for the
building <01124> of this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426>: that
of the king's <04430> goods <05232>, [even] of the tribute <04061>
beyond <05675> the river <05103>, forthwith <0629> expenses <05313>
be given <03052> unto these <0479> men <01400>, that they be not
hindered <0989>.
9 And that which they have need <02818> of, both young <01123>
bullocks <08450>, and rams <01798>, and lambs <0563>, for the burnt
<05928> offerings of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, wheat
<02591>, salt <04416>, wine <02562>, and oil <04887>, according to
the appointment <03883> of the priests <03549> which <01768> [are]
at Jerusalem <03390>, let it be given <03052> them day <03118> by
day <03118> without fail <07960>:
10 That they may offer <07127> sacrifices of sweet <05208> savours
<05208> unto the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, and pray <06739> for
the life <02417> of the king <04430>, and of his sons <01123>.
11 Also I have made <07761> a decree <02942>, that whosoever
<03605> shall alter <08133> this <01836> word <06600>, let timber
<0636> be pulled <05256> down from his house <01005>, and being set
<02211> up, let him be hanged <04223> thereon <05921>; and let his
house <01005> be made <05648> a dunghill <05122> for this <01836>.
12 And the God <0426> that hath caused his name <08036> to dwell
<07932> there <08536> destroy <04049> all <03606> kings <04430> and
people <05972>, that shall put <07972> to their hand <03028> to
alter <08133> [and] to destroy <02255> this <01791> house <01005> of
God <0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>. I Darius <01868>
have made <07761> a decree <02942>; let it be done <05648> with
speed <0629>.
13. Then <0116> Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> on this side
<05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370>, and their
companions <03675>, according <06903> to that which <01768> Darius
<01868> the king <04430> had sent <07972>, so <03660> they did
speedily <0629>.
14 And the elders <07868> of the Jews <03062> builded <01124>, and
they prospered <06744> through the prophesying <05017> of Haggai
<02292> the prophet <05029> and Zechariah <02148> the son <01247> of
Iddo <05714>. And they builded <01124>, and finished <03635> [it],
according <04481> to the commandment <02941> of the God <0426> of
Israel <03479>, and according to the commandment <02942> of Cyrus
<03567>, and Darius <01868>, and Artaxerxes <0783> king <04430> of
Persia <06540>.
15 And this <01836> house <01005> was finished <03319> on <05705>
the third <08531> day <03118> of the month <03393> Adar <0144>,
which <01768> was in the sixth <08353> year <08140> of the reign
<04437> of Darius <01868> the king <04430>.
16 And the children <01121> of Israel <03479>, the priests
<03549>, and the Levites <03879>, and the rest <07606> of the
children <01121> of the captivity <01547>, kept <05648> the
dedication <02597> of this <01836> house <01005> of God <0426> with
joy <02305>,
17 And offered <07127> at the dedication <02597> of this <01836>
house <01005> of God <0426> an hundred <03969> bullocks <08450>, two
hundred <03969> rams <01798>, four <0703> hundred <03969> lambs
<0563>; and for a sin <02409> offering for all <03606> Israel
<03479>, twelve he goats <05795>, according to the number <04510> of
the tribes <07626> of Israel <03479>.
18 And they set <06966> the priests <03549> in their divisions
<06392>, and the Levites <03879> in their courses <04255>, for the
service <05673> of God <0426>, which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>; as it is written <03792> in the book <05609> of Moses
<04873>.
19 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> kept <06213>
the passover <06453> upon the fourteenth [day] of the first <07223>
month <02320>.
20 For the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> were purified
<02891> together <0259>, all <03605> of them [were] pure <02889>,
and killed <07819> the passover <06453> for all <03605> the children
<01121> of the captivity <01473>, and for their brethren <0251> the
priests <03548>, and for themselves <01992>.
21 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which were come
<07725> again <07725> out of captivity <01473>, and all <03605> such
as had separated <06395> themselves unto them from the filthiness
<02932> of the heathen <01471> of the land <0776>, to seek <01875>
the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, did eat <0398>,
22 And kept <06213> the feast <02282> of unleavened <04682> bread
seven <07651> days <03117> with joy <08057>: for the LORD <03068>
had made them joyful <08055>, and turned <05437> the heart <03820>
of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> unto them, to strengthen
<02388> their hands <03027> in the work <04399> of the house <01004>
of God <0430>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
Ezra 7
1. Now after <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, in the reign
<04438> of Artaxerxes <0783> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, Ezra
<05830> the son <01121> of Seraiah <08304>, the son <01121> of
Azariah <05838>, the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>,
2 The son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, the son <01121> of Zadok
<06659>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>,
3 The son <01121> of Amariah <0568>, the son <01121> of Azariah
<05838>, the son <01121> of Meraioth <04812>,
4 The son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, the son <01121> of Uzzi
<05813>, the son <01121> of Bukki <01231>,
5 The son <01121> of Abishua <050>, the son <01121> of Phinehas
<06372>, the son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the son <01121> of Aaron
<0175> the chief <07218> priest <03548>:
6 This <01931> Ezra <05830> went <05927> up from Babylon <0894>;
and he [was] a ready <04106> scribe <05608> in the law <08451> of
Moses <04872>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel
<03478> had given <05414>: and the king <04428> granted <05414> him
all <03605> his request <01246>, according to the hand <03027> of
the LORD <03068> his God <0430> upon him.
7 And there went <05927> up [some] of the children <01121> of
Israel <03478>, and of the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>,
and the singers <07891>, and the porters <07778>, and the Nethinims
<05411>, unto Jerusalem <03389>, in the seventh <07651> year <08141>
of Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04428>.
8 And he came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> in the fifth <02549>
month <02320>, which <01958> [was] in the seventh <07637> year
<08141> of the king <04428>.
9 For upon the first <0259> [day] of the first <07223> month
<02320> began <03246> he to go <04609> up from Babylon <0894>, and
on the first <0259> [day] of the fifth <02549> month <02320> came
<0935> he to Jerusalem <03389>, according to the good <02896> hand
<03027> of his God <0430> upon him.
10 For Ezra <05830> had prepared <03559> his heart <03824> to seek
<01875> the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>, and to do <06213> [it],
and to teach <03925> in Israel <03478> statutes <02706> and
judgments <04941>.
11. Now this <02088> [is] the copy <06573> of the letter <05406>
that the king <04428> Artaxerxes <0783> gave <05414> unto Ezra
<05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05608>, [even] a scribe
<05608> of the words <01697> of the commandments <04687> of the LORD
<03068>, and of his statutes <02706> to Israel <03478>.
12 Artaxerxes <0783>, king <04430> of kings <04428>, unto Ezra
<05830> the priest <03548>, a scribe <05613> of the law <01882> of
the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, perfect <01585> [peace], and at
such <03706> a time.
13 I make <07761> a decree <02942>, that all <03606> they of the
people <05972> of Israel <03479>, and [of] his priests <03549> and
Levites <03879>, in my realm <04437>, which <01768> are minded of
their own freewill <05069> to go <01946> up to Jerusalem <03390>, go
<01946> with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent <07972> of the king <04430>, and of
his seven <07655> counsellors <03272>, to enquire <01240> concerning
<05922> Judah <03061> and Jerusalem <03390>, according to the law
<01882> of thy God <0426> which <01768> [is] in thine hand <03028>;
15 And to carry <02987> the silver <03702> and gold <01722>, which
<01768> the king <04430> and his counsellors <03272> have freely
offered <05069> unto the God <0426> of Israel <03479>, whose <01768>
habitation <04907> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>,
16 And all <03606> the silver <03702> and gold <01722> that thou
canst find <07912> in all <03606> the province <04082> of Babylon
<0895>, with the freewill <05069> offering of the people <05972>,
and of the priests <03549>, offering willingly <05068> for the house
<01005> of their God <0426> which <01768> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>:
17 That thou mayest buy <07069> speedily <0629> with this <01836>
money <03702> bullocks <08450>, rams <01798>, lambs <0563>, with
their meat offerings <04503> and their drink <05261> offerings, and
offer <07127> them upon the altar <04196> of the house <01005> of
your God <0426> which <01768> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>.
18 And whatsoever shall seem <03191> good <03191> to thee, and to
thy brethren <0252>, to do <05648> with the rest <07606> of the
silver <03702> and the gold <01722>, that do <05648> after the will
<07470> of your God <0426>.
19 The vessels <03984> also that are given <03052> thee for the
service <06402> of the house <01005> of thy God <0426>, [those]
deliver <08000> thou before <06925> the God <0426> of Jerusalem
<03390>.
20 And whatsoever more <07608> shall be needful <02819> for the
house <01005> of thy God <0426>, which <01768> thou shalt have
occasion <05308> to bestow <05415>, bestow <05415> [it] out of the
king's <04430> treasure <01596> house <01005>.
21 And I, [even] I Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04430>, do make
<07761> a decree <02942> to all <03606> the treasurers <01490> which
<01768> [are] beyond <05675> the river <05103>, that whatsoever Ezra
<05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05613> of the law <01882> of
the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, shall require <07593> of you, it
be done <05648> speedily <0629>,
22 Unto an hundred <03969> talents <03604> of silver <03702>, and
to an hundred <03969> measures <03734> of wheat <02591>, and to an
hundred <03969> baths <01325> of wine <02562>, and to an hundred
<03969> baths <01324> of oil <04887>, and salt <04416> without
<03809> prescribing <03792> [how much <07227>].
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God <0426> of heaven <08065>,
let it be diligently <0149> done <05648> for the house <01005> of
the God <0426> of heaven <08065>: for why <04101> should there be
wrath <07109> against <05922> the realm <04437> of the king <04430>
and his sons <01123>?
24 Also we certify <03046> you, that touching any <03606> of the
priests <03549> and Levites <03879>, singers <02171>, porters
<08652>, Nethinims <05412>, or ministers <06399> of this <01836>
house <01005> of God <0426>, it shall not be lawful <07990> to
impose <07412> toll <04061>, tribute <01093>, or custom <01983>,
upon them.
25 And thou, Ezra <05830>, after the wisdom <02452> of thy God
<0426>, that [is] in thine hand <03028>, set <04483> magistrates
<08200> and judges <01782>, which <01768> may judge all <03606> the
people <05972> that [are] beyond <05675> the river <05103>, all
<03606> such as know <03046> the laws <01882> of thy God <0426>; and
teach <03046> ye them that know <03046> [them] not.
26 And whosoever <03605> will not do <05648> the law <01882> of
thy God <0426>, and the law <01882> of the king <04430>, let
judgment <01780> be executed <05648> speedily <0629> upon him,
whether <02006> [it be] unto death <04193>, or <02006> to banishment
<08331>, or <02006> to confiscation <06065> of goods <05232>, or to
imprisonment <0613>.
27. Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of our fathers
<01>, which <0834> hath put <05414> [such a thing] as this <02063>
in the king's <04428> heart <03820>, to beautify <06286> the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> [is] in Jerusalem <03389>:
28 And hath extended <05186> mercy <02617> unto me before <06440>
the king <04428>, and his counsellors <03289>, and before <06440>
all <03605> the king's <04428> mighty <01368> princes <08269>. And I
was strengthened <02388> as the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> my
God <0430> [was] upon me, and I gathered <06908> together out of
Israel <03478> chief <07218> men <0582> to go <05927> up with me.
Ezra 8
1. These <0428> [are] now the chief <07218> of their fathers <01>,
and [this <0428> is] the genealogy <03188> of them that went <05927>
up with me from Babylon <0894>, in the reign <04438> of Artaxerxes
<0783> the king <04428>.
2 Of the sons <01121> of Phinehas <06372>; Gershom <01648>: of the
sons <01121> of Ithamar <0385>; Daniel <01840>: of the sons <01121>
of David <01732>; Hattush <02407>.
3 Of the sons <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>, of the sons <01121>
of Pharosh <06551>; Zechariah <02148>: and with him were reckoned
<03187> by genealogy <03188> of the males <02145> an hundred <03967>
and fifty <02572>.
4 Of the sons <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>; Elihoenai <0454> the
son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, and with him two hundred <03967>
males <02145>.
5 Of the sons <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>; the son <01121> of
Jahaziel <03166>, and with him three <07969> hundred <03967> males
<02145>.
6 Of the sons <01121> also of Adin <05720>; Ebed <05651> the son
<01121> of Jonathan <03083>, and with him fifty <02572> males
<02145>.
7 And of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>; Jeshaiah <03740> the
son <01121> of Athaliah <06271>, and with him seventy <07657> males
<02145>.
8 And of the sons <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>; Zebadiah <02069>
the son <01121> of Michael <04317>, and with him fourscore <08084>
males <02145>.
9 Of the sons <01121> of Joab <03097>; Obadiah <05662> the son
<01121> of Jehiel <03171>, and with him two hundred <03967> and
eighteen males <02145>.
10 And of the sons <01121> of Shelomith <08019>; the son <01121>
of Josiphiah <03131>, and with him an hundred <03967> and threescore
<08346> males <02145>.
11 And of the sons <01121> of Bebai <0893>; Zechariah <02148> the
son <01121> of Bebai <0893>, and with him twenty <06242> and eight
<08083> males <02145>.
12 And of the sons <01121> of Azgad <05803>; Johanan <03110> the
son <01121> of Hakkatan <06997>, and with him an hundred <03967> and
ten <06235> males <02145>.
13 And of the last <0314> sons <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, whose
names <08034> [are] these <0428>, Eliphelet <0467>, Jeiel <03273>,
and Shemaiah <08098>, and with them threescore <08346> males
<02145>.
14 Of the sons <01121> also of Bigvai <0902>; Uthai <05793>, and
Zabbud, and with them seventy <07657> males <02145>.
15 And I gathered <06908> them together to the river <05104> that
runneth <0935> to Ahava <0163>; and there <08033> abode <02583> we
in tents <02583> three <07969> days <03117>: and I viewed <0995> the
people <05971>, and the priests <03548>, and found <04672> there
<08033> none <03808> of the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>.
16 Then sent <07971> I for Eliezer <0461>, for Ariel <0740>, for
Shemaiah <08098>, and for Elnathan <0494>, and for Jarib <03402>,
and for Elnathan <0494>, and for Nathan <05416>, and for Zechariah
<02148>, and for Meshullam <04918>, chief <07218> men <01400>; also
for Joiarib <03114>, and for Elnathan <0494>, men <0582> of
understanding <0995>.
17 And I sent <06680> them with commandment <03318> unto Iddo
<0112> the chief <07218> at the place <04725> Casiphia <03703>, and
I told them what <01697> they should say <01696> unto Iddo <0112>,
[and] to his brethren <0251> the Nethinims <05411>, at the place
<04725> Casiphia <03703>, that they should bring <0935> unto us
ministers <08334> for the house <01004> of our God <0430>.
18 And by the good <02896> hand <03027> of our God <0430> upon us
they brought <0935> us a man <0376> of understanding <07922>, of the
sons <01121> of Mahli <04249>, the son <01121> of Levi <03878>, the
son <01121> of Israel <03478>; and Sherebiah <08274>, with his sons
<01121> and his brethren <0251>, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah <02811>, and with him Jeshaiah <03740> of the
sons <01121> of Merari <04847>, his brethren <0251> and their sons
<01121>, twenty <06242>;
20 Also of the Nethinims <05411>, whom David <01732> and the
princes <08269> had appointed <05414> for the service <05656> of the
Levites <03881>, two hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> Nethinims
<05411>: all <03605> of them were expressed by name <08034>.
21. Then I proclaimed <07121> a fast <06685> there <08033>, at
<05921> the river <05104> of Ahava <0163>, that we might afflict
<06031> ourselves before <06440> our God <0430>, to seek <01245> of
him a right <03477> way <01870> for us, and for our little <02945>
ones, and for all <03605> our substance <07399>.
22 For I was ashamed <0954> to require <07592> of the king <04428>
a band <02428> of soldiers <02428> and horsemen <06571> to help
<05826> us against the enemy <0341> in the way <01870>: because
<03588> we had spoken <0559> unto the king <04428>, saying <0559>,
The hand <03027> of our God <0430> [is] upon all <03605> them for
good <02896> that seek <01245> him; but his power <05797> and his
wrath <0639> [is] against <05921> all <03605> them that forsake
<05800> him.
23 So we fasted <06684> and besought <01245> our God <0430> for
this <02063>: and he was intreated <06279> of us.
24. Then I separated <0914> twelve of the chief <08269> of the
priests <03548>, Sherebiah <08274>, Hashabiah <02811>, and ten
<06235> of their brethren <0251> with them,
25 And weighed <08254> unto them the silver <03701>, and the gold
<02091>, and the vessels <03627>, [even] the offering <08641> of the
house <01004> of our God <0430>, which the king <04428>, and his
counsellors <03289>, and his lords <08269>, and all <03605> Israel
<03478> [there] present <04672>, had offered <07311>:
26 I even weighed <08254> unto their hand <03027> six <08337>
hundred <03967> and fifty <02572> talents <03603> of silver <03701>,
and silver <03701> vessels <03627> an hundred <03967> talents
<03603>, [and] of gold <02091> an hundred <03967> talents <03603>;
27 Also twenty <06242> basons <03713> of gold <02091>, of a
thousand <0505> drams <0150>; and two <08147> vessels <03627> of
fine <06668> copper <05178>, precious <02530> as gold <02091>.
28 And I said <0559> unto them, Ye [are] holy <06944> unto the
LORD <03068>; the vessels <03627> [are] holy <06944> also; and the
silver <03701> and the gold <02091> [are] a freewill <05071>
offering unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>.
29 Watch <08245> ye, and keep <08104> [them], until <05704> ye
weigh <08254> [them] before <06440> the chief <08269> of the priests
<03548> and the Levites <03881>, and chief <08269> of the fathers
<01> of Israel <03478>, at Jerusalem <03389>, in the chambers
<03957> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
30 So took <06901> the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> the
weight <04948> of the silver <03701>, and the gold <02091>, and the
vessels <03627>, to bring <0935> [them] to Jerusalem <03389> unto
the house <01004> of our God <0430>.
31. Then we departed <05265> from the river <05104> of Ahava <0163>
on the twelfth [day] of the first <07223> month <02320>, to go
<03212> unto Jerusalem <03389>: and the hand <03027> of our God
<0430> was upon us, and he delivered <05337> us from the hand
<03709> of the enemy <0341>, and of such as lay in wait <0693> by
the way <01870>.
32 And we came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and abode <03427>
there <08033> three <07969> days <03117>.
33 Now on the fourth <07243> day <03117> was the silver <03701>
and the gold <02091> and the vessels <03627> weighed <08254> in the
house <01004> of our God <0430> by the hand <03027> of Meremoth
<04822> the son <01121> of Uriah <0223> the priest <03548>; and with
him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of Phinehas <06372>; and
with them [was] Jozabad <03107> the son <01121> of Jeshua <03443>,
and Noadiah <05129> the son <01121> of Binnui <01131>, Levites
<03881>;
34 By number <04557> [and] by weight <04948> of every <03605> one:
and all <03605> the weight <04948> was written <03789> at that time
<06256>.
35 [Also] the children <01121> of those that had been carried
<01473> away <01473>, which were come <0935> out of the captivity
<07628>, offered <07126> burnt <05930> offerings unto the God <0430>
of Israel <03478>, twelve bullocks <06499> for all <03605> Israel
<03478>, ninety <08673> and six <08337> rams <0352>, seventy <07657>
and seven <07651> lambs <03532>, twelve he goats <06842> [for] a sin
<02403> offering: all <03605> [this was] a burnt <05930> offering
unto the LORD <03068>.
36 And they delivered <05414> the king's <04428> commissions
<01881> unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>, and to the
governors <06346> on this side <05676> the river <05104>: and they
furthered <05375> the people <05971>, and the house <01004> of God
<0430>.
Ezra 9
1. Now when <03588> these <0428> things were done <03615>, the
princes <08269> came <05066> to me, saying <0559>, The people
<05971> of Israel <03478>, and the priests <03548>, and the Levites
<03881>, have not separated <0914> themselves from the people
<05971> of the lands <0776>, [doing] according to their abominations
<08441>, [even] of the Canaanites <03669>, the Hittites <02850>, the
Perizzites <06522>, the Jebusites <02983>, the Ammonites <05984>,
the Moabites <04124>, the Egyptians <04713>, and the Amorites
<0567>.
2 For they have taken <05375> of their daughters <01121> for
themselves <01992>, and for their sons <01121>: so that the holy
<06944> seed <02233> have mingled <06148> themselves with the people
<05971> of [those] lands <0776>: yea, the hand <03027> of the
princes <08269> and rulers <05461> hath been <01961> chief <07223>
in this <02088> trespass <04604>.
3 And when <03588> I heard <08085> this <02088> thing <01697>, I
rent <07167> my garment <0899> and my mantle <04598>, and plucked
<04803> off the hair <08181> of my head <07218> and of my beard
<02206>, and sat <03427> down astonied <08074>.
4 Then were assembled <0622> unto me every <03605> one that
trembled <02730> at the words <01697> of the God <0430> of Israel
<03478>, because <05921> of the transgression <04604> of those that
had been carried <01473> away <01473>; and I sat <03427> astonied
<08074> until <05704> the evening <06153> sacrifice <04503>.
5. And at the evening <06153> sacrifice <04503> I arose <06965> up
from my heaviness <08589>; and having rent <07167> my garment <0899>
and my mantle <04598>, I fell <03766> upon my knees <01290>, and
spread <06566> out my hands <03709> unto the LORD <03068> my God
<0430>,
6 And said <0559>, O my God <0430>, I am ashamed <0954> and blush
<03637> to lift <07311> up my face <06440> to thee, my God <0430>:
for our iniquities <05771> are increased <07235> over <04605> [our]
head <07218>, and our trespass <0819> is grown <01431> up unto the
heavens <08064>.
7 Since the days <03117> of our fathers <01> [have] we [been] in a
great <01419> trespass <0819> unto this <02088> day <03117>; and for
our iniquities <05771> have we, our kings <04428>, [and] our priests
<03548>, been delivered <05414> into the hand <03027> of the kings
<04428> of the lands <0776>, to the sword <02719>, to captivity
<07628>, and to a spoil <0961>, and to confusion <01322> of face
<06440>, as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>.
8 And now <06258> for a little <04592> space <07281> grace <08467>
hath been [shewed] from the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, to leave
<07604> us a remnant to escape <06413>, and to give <05414> us a
nail <03489> in his holy <06944> place <04725>, that our God <0430>
may lighten <0215> our eyes <05869>, and give <05414> us a little
<04592> reviving <04241> in our bondage <05659>.
9 For we [were] bondmen <05650>; yet our God <0430> hath not
forsaken <05800> us in our bondage <05659>, but hath extended
<05186> mercy <02617> unto us in the sight <06440> of the kings
<04428> of Persia <06539>, to give <05414> us a reviving <04241>, to
set <07311> up the house <01004> of our God <0430>, and to repair
<05975> the desolations <02723> thereof, and to give <05414> us a
wall <01447> in Judah <03063> and in Jerusalem <03389>.
10 And now <06258>, O our God <0430>, what <04100> shall we say
<0559> after <0310> this <02063>? for we have forsaken <05800> thy
commandments <04687>,
11 Which <0834> thou hast commanded <06680> by thy servants
<05650> the prophets <05030>, saying <0559>, The land <0776>, unto
which <0834> ye go <0935> to possess <03423> it, is an unclean
<05079> land <0776> with the filthiness <05079> of the people
<05971> of the lands <0776>, with their abominations <08441>, which
<0834> have filled <04390> it from one end <06310> to another with
their uncleanness <02932>.
12 Now <06258> therefore give <05414> not your daughters <01121>
unto their sons <01121>, neither <0408> take <05375> their daughters
<01121> unto your sons <01121>, nor <03808> seek <01875> their peace
<07965> or their wealth <02896> for ever <05769>: that ye may be
strong <02388>, and eat <0398> the good <02898> of the land <0776>,
and leave [it] for an inheritance <03423> to your children <01121>
for ever <05769>.
13 And after <0310> all <03605> that is come <0935> upon us for
our evil <07451> deeds <04639>, and for our great <01419> trespass
<0819>, seeing <03588> that thou our God <0430> hast punished
<02820> us less <04295> than <04480> our iniquities <05771>
[deserve], and hast given <05414> us [such] deliverance <06413> as
this <02063>;
14 Should we again <07725> break <06565> thy commandments <04687>,
and join <02859> in affinity <02859> with the people <05971> of
these <0428> abominations <08441>? wouldest not thou be angry <0599>
with us till <05704> thou hadst consumed <03615> [us], so that
[there should be] no <0369> remnant <07611> nor escaping <06413>?
15 O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, thou [art]
righteous <06662>: for we remain <07604> yet escaped <06413>, as [it
is] this <02063> day <03117>: behold <02005>, we [are] before
<06440> thee in our trespasses <0819>: for we cannot <03808> stand
<05975> before <06440> thee because <05921> of this <02063>.
Ezra 10
1. Now when Ezra <05830> had prayed <06419>, and when he had
confessed <03034>, weeping <01058> and casting <05307> himself down
<05307> before <06440> the house <01004> of God <0430>, there
assembled <06908> unto him out of Israel <03478> a very <03966>
great <07227> congregation <06951> of men <0582> and women <0802>
and children <03206>: for the people <05971> wept <01058> very sore.
2 And Shechaniah <07935> the son <01121> of Jehiel <03171>, [one]
of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>, answered <06030> and said
<0559> unto Ezra <05830>, We have trespassed <04603> against our God
<0430>, and have taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802> of the
people <05971> of the land <0776>: yet now <06258> there is hope
<04723> in Israel <03478> concerning <05921> this <02063> thing.
3 Now <06258> therefore let us make <03772> a covenant <01285>
with our God <0430> to put <03318> away <03318> all <03605> the
wives <0802>, and such as are born <03205> of them, according to the
counsel <06098> of my lord <0136>, and of those that tremble <02730>
at the commandment <04687> of our God <0430>; and let it be done
<06213> according to the law <08451>.
4 Arise <06965>; for [this] matter <01697> [belongeth] unto thee:
we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage <02388>, and do
<06213> [it].
5 Then arose <06965> Ezra <05830>, and made the chief <08269>
priests <03548>, the Levites <03881>, and all <03605> Israel
<03478>, to swear <07650> that they should do <06213> according to
this <02088> word <01697>. And they sware <07650>.
6. Then Ezra <05830> rose <06965> up from before <06440> the house
<01004> of God <0430>, and went <03212> into <0413> the chamber
<03957> of Johanan <03076> the son <01121> of Eliashib <0475>: and
[when] he came <03212> thither <08033>, he did eat <0398> no <03808>
bread <03899>, nor <03808> drink <08354> water <04325>: for he
mourned <056> because <03588> of the transgression <04604> of them
that had been carried <01473> away <01473>.
7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah <03063> and
Jerusalem <03389> unto all <03605> the children <01121> of the
captivity <01473>, that they should gather <06908> themselves
together unto Jerusalem <03389>;
8 And that whosoever <03605> would not come <0935> within three
<07969> days <03117>, according to the counsel <06098> of the
princes <08269> and the elders <02205>, all <03605> his substance
<07399> should be forfeited <02763>, and himself <01931> separated
<0914> from the congregation <06951> of those that had been carried
<01473> away <01473>.
9 Then all <03605> the men <0582> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin
<01144> gathered <06908> themselves together unto Jerusalem <03389>
within three <07969> days <03117>. It [was] the ninth <08671> month
<02320>, on the twentieth <06242> [day] of the month <02320>; and
all <03605> the people <05971> sat <03427> in the street <07339> of
the house <01004> of God <0430>, trembling <07460> because <03588>
of [this] matter <01697>, and for the great rain <01653>.
10 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> stood <06965> up, and said
<0559> unto them, Ye have transgressed <04603>, and have taken
<03427> strange <05237> wives <0802>, to increase <03254> the
trespass <0819> of Israel <03478>.
11 Now <06258> therefore make <05414> confession <08426> unto the
LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>, and do <06213> his
pleasure <07522>: and separate <0914> yourselves from the people
<05971> of the land <0776>, and from the strange <05237> wives
<0802>.
12 Then all <03605> the congregation <06951> answered <06030> and
said <0559> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, As thou hast said
<01697>, so <03651> must we do <06213>.
13 But the people <05971> [are] many <07227>, and [it is] a time
<06256> of much rain <01653>, and we are not able <03581> to stand
<05975> without <02351>, neither <03808> [is this] a work <04399> of
one <0259> day <03117> or two <08147>: for we are many <07235> that
have transgressed <06586> in this <02088> thing <01697>.
14 Let now <04994> our rulers <08269> of all <03605> the
congregation <06951> stand <05975>, and let all <03605> them which
have taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802> in our cities
<05892> come <0935> at appointed <02163> times <06256>, and with
them the elders <02205> of every city <05892>, and the judges
<08199> thereof, until <05704> the fierce <02740> wrath <0639> of
our God <0430> for this <02088> matter <01697> be turned <07725>
from us.
15. Only <0389> Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Asahel <06214>
and Jahaziah <03167> the son <01121> of Tikvah <08616> were employed
<05975> about <05921> this <02063> [matter]: and Meshullam <04918>
and Shabbethai <07678> the Levite <03881> helped <05826> them.
16 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> did <06213>
so <03651>. And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, [with] certain
<0592> chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, after the house <01004> of
their fathers <01>, and all <03605> of them by [their] names
<08034>, were separated <0914>, and sat <03427> down in the first
<0259> day <03117> of the tenth <06224> month <02320> to examine
<01875> the matter <01697>.
17 And they made an end <03615> with all <03605> the men <0582>
that had taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802> by the first
<0259> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>.
18 And among the sons <01121> of the priests <03548> there were
found <04672> that had taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802>:
[namely], of the sons <01121> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of
Jozadak <03136>, and his brethren <0251>; Maaseiah <04641>, and
Eliezer <0461>, and Jarib <03402>, and Gedaliah <01436>.
19 And they gave <05414> their hands <03027> that they would put
<03318> away <03318> their wives <0802>; and [being] guilty <0816>,
[they offered] a ram <0352> of the flock <06629> for their trespass
<0819>.
20 And of the sons <01121> of Immer <0564>; Hanani <02607>, and
Zebadiah <02069>.
21 And of the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Maaseiah <04641>, and
Elijah <0452>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Uzziah
<05818>.
22 And of the sons <01121> of Pashur <06583>; Elioenai <0454>,
Maaseiah <04641>, Ishmael <03458>, Nethaneel <05417>, Jozabad
<03107>, and Elasah <0501>.
23 Also of the Levites <03881>; Jozabad <03107>, and Shimei
<08096>, and Kelaiah <07041>, (the same <01933> [is] Kelita
<07042>,) Pethahiah <06611>, Judah <03063>, and Eliezer <0461>.
24 Of the singers <07891> also; Eliashib <0475>: and of the
porters <07778>; Shallum <07967>, and Telem <02928>, and Uri <0221>.
25 Moreover of Israel <03478>: of the sons <01121> of Parosh
<06551>; Ramiah <07422>, and Jeziah <03150>, and Malchiah <04441>,
and Miamin <04326>, and Eleazar, and Malchijah <04441>, and Benaiah
<01141>.
26 And of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>; Mattaniah <04983>,
Zechariah <02148>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Abdi <05660>, and
Jeremoth <03406>, and Eliah <0452>.
27 And of the sons <01121> of Zattu <02240>; Elioenai <0454>,
Eliashib <0475>, Mattaniah <04983>, and Jeremoth <03406>, and Zabad
<02066>, and Aziza <05819>.
28 Of the sons <01121> also of Bebai <0893>; Jehohanan <03076>,
Hananiah <02608>, Zabbai <02079>, [and] Athlai <06270>.
29 And of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Meshullam <04918>,
Malluch <04409>, and Adaiah <05718>, Jashub <03437>, and Sheal
<07594>, and Ramoth <03406>.
30 And of the sons <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>; Adna <05733>,
and Chelal <03636>, Benaiah <01141>, Maaseiah <04641>, Mattaniah
<04983>, Bezaleel <01212>, and Binnui <01131>, and Manasseh <04519>.
31 And [of] the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Eliezer <0461>,
Ishijah <03449>, Malchiah <04441>, Shemaiah <08098>, Shimeon
<08095>,
32 Benjamin <01144>, Malluch <04409>, [and] Shemariah <08114>.
33 Of the sons <01121> of Hashum <02828>; Mattenai <04982>,
Mattathah <04992>, Zabad <02066>, Eliphelet <0467>, Jeremai <03413>,
Manasseh <04519>, [and] Shimei <08096>.
34 Of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Maadai <04572>, Amram
<06019>, and Uel <0177>,
35 Benaiah <01141>, Bedeiah <0912>, Chelluh <03622>,
36 Vaniah <02057>, Meremoth <04822>, Eliashib <0475>,
37 Mattaniah <04983>, Mattenai <04982>, and Jaasau <03299>,
38 And Bani <01137>, and Binnui <01131>, Shimei <08096>,
39 And Shelemiah <08018>, and Nathan <05416>, and Adaiah <05718>,
40 Machnadebai <04367>, Shashai <08343>, Sharai <08298>,
41 Azareel <05832>, and Shelemiah <08018>, Shemariah <08114>,
42 Shallum <07967>, Amariah <0568>, [and] Joseph <03130>.
43 Of the sons <01121> of Nebo <05015>; Jeiel <03273>, Mattithiah
<04993>, Zabad <02066>, Zebina, Jadau <03035>, and Joel <03100>,
Benaiah <01141>.
44 All <03605> these <0428> had taken <05375> strange <05237>
wives <0802>: and [some] of them had <03426> wives <0802> by whom
they had <07760> children <01121>.