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These are the family
heads and genealogical
records
of those who returned
with me from Babylon during
the reign of King
Artaxerxes:
Now
these are the heads of
their
fathers'
[houses],
and this
is
the
genealogy
of those who went
up
with me from Babylon ,
in
the reign of Artaxerxes the
king
:
from
the descendants
of Phinehas, Gershom ;
from
the descendants
of Ithamar, Daniel ;
from
the descendants
of David, Hattush
Of
the sons
of Phinehas, Gershom .
Of
the sons
of Ithamar, Daniel .
Of
the sons
of David, Hattush .
of the descendants
of Shecaniah ;
from
the descendants
of Parosh, Zechariah ,
and with him were registered
150
men;
Of the sons
of Shecaniah ,
of
the sons
of Parosh, Zechariah ;
and with him were reckoned
by
genealogy
of
the
males
one
hundred
fifty.
from
the descendants
of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah ,
and with him 200
men;
Of
the sons
of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the
son of Zerahiah ;
and with him two
hundred
males.
from
the descendants
of Zattu,
Shecaniah son of Jahaziel ,
and with him 300
men;
Of
the sons
of Shecaniah ,
the
son of Jahaziel ;
and with him three
hundred
males.
from
the descendants
of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan ,
and with him 50
men;
Of
the sons
of Adin, Ebed the
son of Jonathan ;
and with him fifty
males.
from
the descendants
of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah ,
and with him 70
men;
Of
the sons
of Elam, Jeshaiah the
son of Athaliah ;
and with him seventy
males.
from
the descendants
of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael ,
and with him 80
men;
Of
the sons
of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the
son of Michael ;
and with him eighty
males.
from
the descendants
of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel ,
and with him 218
men;
Of
the sons
of Joab, Obadiah the
son of Jehiel ;
and with him two
hundred
and
eighteen
males.
from
the descendants
of Bani,
Shelomith son of Josiphiah ,
and with him 160
men;
Of
the sons
of Shelomith ,
the
son of Josiphiah ;
and with him one
hundred
sixty
males.
from
the descendants
of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai ,
and with him 28
men;
Of
the sons
of Bebai, Zechariah the
son of Bebai ;
and with him twenty-eight
males.
from
the descendants
of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan ,
and with him 110
men;
Of
the sons
of Azgad, Johanan the
son of Hakkatan ;
and with him one
hundred
ten
males.
from
the later
descendants
of Adonikam, these
were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel
, and Shemaiah ,
and with them 60
men;
Of
the sons
of Adonikam, [who
were ]
the
last;
and
these
are
their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel
, and Shemaiah ;
and with them sixty
males.
and
from
the descendants
of Bigvai, both
Uthai and Zaccur,
and with them 70
men
.
Of
the sons
of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud;
and with them seventy
males
.
Now
I assembled
these
exiles
at
the canal
that flows
to Ahava ,
and we
camped
there three days .
And when
I searched
among
the people and priests, I
found no
Levites
there.
I gathered
them
together
to
the river
that runs
to Ahava ;
and there we
encamped
three days :
and I viewed
the people ,
and the
priests, and
found there none
of
the
sons
of
Levi
.
Then I summoned
the
leaders:
Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as
well
as
the
teachers
Joiarib and Elnathan.
Then sent
I for
Eliezer, for
Ariel, for
Shemaiah, and
for
Elnathan, and
for
Jarib, and
for
Elnathan, and
for
Nathan, and
for
Zechariah, and for
Meshullam, chief
men;
also
for
Joiarib ,
and for
Elnathan ,
who
were
teachers
.
And
I sent them to Iddo ,
the leader
at Casiphia, with
a
message
for
him
and his kinsmen,
the temple
servants
at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
I sent them forth
to Iddo the chief
at the
place
Casiphia ;
and
I
told
them
what
they
should
tell
Iddo
, [
and ]
his brothers
the Nethinim,
at the
place
Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
And
since
the gracious
hand of our God was
upon
us ,
they brought us Sherebiah—
a man of insight
from
the descendants
of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel —along
with his sons and brothers, 18
men
;
According
to
the good
hand of our God on
us they brought us a man of discretion,
of
the sons
of Mahli ,
the
son of Levi, the son of Israel ;
and
Sherebiah,
with his sons and his
brothers, eighteen
;
also
Hashabiah, together
with Jeshaiah ,
from
the descendants
of Merari, and
his brothers and their sons, 20
men.
and
Hashabiah, and
with him
Jeshaiah of
the sons
of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
They
also
brought
220
of the temple
servants
, all
designated
by
name.
David and the officials
had appointed
them
to
assist
the Levites.
and
of the Nethinim
, whom
David and the princes
had given
for
the service
of
the
Levites ,
two
hundred
and
twenty
Nethinim:
all
of
them
were
mentioned
by
name
.
And
there
by
the
Ahava
Canal
I proclaimed a fast, so
that we might humble ourselves before our God and
ask
Him for
a safe
journey
for us and our children
, with
all our possessions
.
Then
I proclaimed a fast there
, at
the
river
Ahava,
that we might humble ourselves before our God ,
to
seek
of
him a straight
way
for us ,
and for
our little
ones
, and
for
all our substance
.
For I was ashamed to ask the king for
an
escort
of soldiers and horsemen to protect
us from
our
enemies
on
the road
, since
we had told
him
, “
The hand of our God is gracious
to
all who seek Him, but His great
anger
is against all who forsake Him. ”
For I was ashamed to ask of
the king a
band
of soldiers and horsemen to help
us against
the enemy
in
the
way
, because
we had spoken
to
the
king
, saying,
The hand of our God is on
all those
who seek him, for
good;
but his power
and
his
wrath
is against all those
who forsake him.
So we fasted and petitioned
our God about
this ,
and He granted
our
request
.
So we fasted and begged
our God for
this :
and he was
entreated
of
us
.
Then I set apart twelve of the leading
priests, together
with
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs
of
the
priests, even
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with
them
,
and I
weighed out
to them the contribution
of
silver and gold and the articles
that
the king, his counselors, his leaders
, and all the
Israelites
there had offered for
the
house
of
our
God.
and weighed to them the silver ,
and the
gold ,
and the vessels,
even
the offering
for
the
house
of
our
God,
which
the
king, and
his counselors, and
his princes
, and all Israel
there present,
had offered :
I weighed out
into their hands
650
talents of silver, articles
of
silver weighing
100
talents,
100
talents of gold ,
I weighed into their hand
six
hundred
fifty
talents of silver, and
silver vessels
one
hundred
talents ;
of gold one
hundred
talents;
20
gold
bowls valued
at
1
, 000
darics ,
and two articles
of fine polished
bronze
, as
precious as gold.
and
twenty
bowls of
gold
, of
one
thousand
darics ;
and two vessels
of fine bright
brass
, precious as gold.
Then
I told
them, “
You are holy to the
LORD
, and these
articles
are holy .
The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the
LORD
, the God of your fathers.
I said
to
them, You are holy to Yahweh
, and the
vessels
are holy ;
and
the silver and the
gold are a freewill -
offering to Yahweh
, the God of your fathers.
Guard
them carefully
until you weigh them out
in
the
chambers
of
the house
of the LORD
in
Jerusalem
before
the
leading
priests ,
Levites, and heads
of the Israelite
families
. ”
Watch
you,
and
keep
them ,
until you weigh them before
the chiefs
of the priests and
the
Levites, and the
princes
of the fathers'
[houses]
of
Israel,
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
chambers
of
the
house
of
Yahweh
.
So the priests and Levites took
charge
of the silver and gold and sacred
articles
that
had
been
weighed
out
to be
taken
to the house of our God in
Jerusalem
.
So the priests and the
Levites received
the
weight
of the silver and the
gold ,
and the
vessels,
to bring
them
to Jerusalem
to
the house of our God.
On the twelfth day of the first month we
set
out
from
the
Ahava
Canal
to go to Jerusalem ,
and the hand of our God was upon
us to
protect
us from the hands
of the enemies
and bandits
along
the way.
Then
we
departed
from
the
river
Ahava
on the twelfth [
day ]
of the first month ,
to go to Jerusalem :
and the hand of our God was on
us ,
and
he
delivered
us from the hand
of the enemy
and the bandit
by
the
way.
So
we arrived
at
Jerusalem and rested
there for
three days.
We came
to
Jerusalem ,
and abode
there three days.
On the fourth day ,
in the house of our God ,
we
weighed
out
the
silver
and
gold
and
sacred
articles
into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah ,
the priest .
Eleazar son of Phinehas was
with
him,
along
with the
Levites
Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui .
On the fourth day the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels
were
weighed
in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the
son of Uriah the priest ;
and
with
him
was
Eleazar the
son of Phinehas ;
and
with them
was
Jozabad the
son of Jeshua ,
and Noadiah the
son of Binnui ,
the
Levite;
Everything
was
verified
by number and weight ,
and the total
weight was recorded
at that time.
the
whole
by number and by
weight :
and all
the weight was written
at that time.
Then
the exiles
who had returned
from
captivity
sacrificed
burnt offerings to the God of Israel :
12
bulls for all Israel, 96
rams, 77
lambs, and a sin offering of
12
male
goats.
All this was a burnt offering to the
LORD
.
The children
of
the
captivity,
who had come
out
of
exile,
offered
burnt offerings to the God of Israel ,
twelve
bulls for all Israel, ninety-six
rams, seventy-seven
lambs, and twelve
male
goats
for
a sin -
offering :
all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh
.
They also
delivered the king’s
edicts
to the royal
satraps and governors
of
the region
west
of
the Euphrates,
who
proceeded
to
assist
the people and the house of God.
They delivered the king's
commissions
to the king's
satraps ,
and to
the governors
beyond
the River:
and
they
furthered
the people and the house of God.
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