1:1    Now in the    with      beasts,

                      first   year   of    beside        the

                      Cyrus   king   of    freewill offering

                      Persia,  that the    for the  house of

                      word  of the LORD    God that  [is] in

                      by  the  mouth of    Jerusalem. 

                      Jeremiah might be    1:5  Then rose up

                      fulfilled,    the    the  chief of the

                      LORD  stirred  up    fathers  of Judah

                      the   spirit   of    and Benjamin, and

                      Cyrus   king   of    the  priests, and

                      Persia,  that  he    the Levites, with

                      made            a    all  [them] whose

                      proclamation         spirit   God  had

                      throughout    all    raised, to  go up

                      his  kingdom, and    to    build   the

                      [put  it] also in    house of the LORD

                      writing, saying,     which   [is]   in

                      1:2    Thus saith    Jerusalem. 

                      Cyrus   king   of    1:6  And all they

                      Persia,  The LORD    that [were] about

                      God   of   heaven    them strengthened

                      hath given me all    their  hands with

                      the  kingdoms  of    vessels        of

                      the earth; and he    silver,      with

                      hath  charged  me    gold, with goods,

                      to  build  him an    and  with beasts,

                      house          at    and with precious

                      Jerusalem,  which    things,    beside

                      [is] in Judah.       all   [that]  was

                      1:3      Who  [is    willingly

                      there]  among you    offered. 

                      of     all    his    1:7    Also Cyrus

                      people?  his  God    the  king brought

                      be with  him, and    forth the vessels

                      let him  go up to    of  the  house of

                      Jerusalem,  which    the  LORD,  which

                      [is]   in  Judah,    Nebuchadnezzar

                      and   build   the    had brought forth

                      house of the LORD    out of Jerusalem,

                      God   of  Israel,    and had  put them

                      (he    [is]   the    in  the  house of

                      God,)  which [is]    his gods; 

                      in Jerusalem.        1:8    Even those

                      1:4           And    did Cyrus king of

                      whosoever            Persia      bring

                      remaineth  in any    forth by the hand

                      place   where  he    of Mithredath the

                      sojourneth,   let    treasurer,    and

                      the  men  of  his    numbered     them

                      place   help  him    unto Sheshbazzar,

                      with  silver, and    the   prince   of

                      with   gold,  and    Judah. 

                      with  goods,  and    1:9     And  this











                      [is]  the  number    Baanah.       The

                      of  them:  thirty    number of the men

                      chargers of gold,    of the  people of

                      a        thousand    Israel: 

                      chargers       of    2:3  The children

                      silver,  nine and    of   Parosh,  two

                      twenty knives,       thousand       an

                      1:10       Thirty    hundred   seventy

                      basins  of  gold,    and two. 

                      silver  basins of    2:4  The children

                      a  second  [sort]    of    Shephatiah,

                      four  hundred and    three     hundred

                      ten,  [and] other    seventy and two. 

                      vessels         a    2:5  The children

                      thousand.            of   Arah,  seven

                      1:11     All  the    hundred   seventy

                      vessels  of  gold    and five. 

                      and   of   silver    2:6  The children

                      [were]       five    of Pahathmoab, of

                      thousand and four    the  children  of

                      hundred.      All    Jeshua      [and]

                      [these]       did    Joab,         two

                      Sheshbazzar bring    thousand    eight

                      up with [them of]    hundred       and

                      the     captivity    twelve. 

                      that were brought    2:7  The children

                      up  from  Babylon    of     Elam,    a

                      unto Jerusalem.      thousand      two

                      2:1    Now  these    hundred fifty and

                      [are]         the    four. 

                      children  of  the    2:8  The children

                      province     that    of   Zattu,  nine

                      went  up  out  of    hundred forty and

                      the captivity, of    five. 

                      those  which  had    2:9  The children

                      been      carried    of  Zaccai, seven

                      away,        whom    hundred       and

                      Nebuchadnezzar       threescore. 

                      the    king    of    2:10          The

                      Babylon       had    children of Bani,

                      carried away unto    six hundred forty

                      Babylon, and came    and two. 

                      again        unto    2:11          The

                      Jerusalem     and    children       of

                      Judah,  every one    Bebai,        six

                      unto his city;       hundred    twenty

                      2:2    Which came    and three. 

                      with  Zerubbabel:    2:12          The

                      Jeshua, Nehemiah,    children       of

                      Seraiah,             Azgad, a thousand

                      Reelaiah,            two       hundred

                      Mordecai,            twenty and two. 

                      Bilshan,  Mizpar,    2:13          The

                      Bigvai,    Rehum,    children       of











                      Adonikam,     six    Chephirah,    and

                      hundred sixty and    Beeroth,    seven

                      six.                 hundred and forty

                      2:14          The    and three. 

                      children       of    2:26          The

                      Bigvai,       two    children of Ramah

                      thousand    fifty    and   Gaba,   six

                      and six.             hundred    twenty

                      2:15          The    and one. 

                      children of Adin,    2:27   The men of

                      four      hundred    Michmas,       an

                      fifty and four.      hundred    twenty

                      2:16          The    and two. 

                      children  of Ater    2:28   The men of

                      of      Hezekiah,    Bethel   and  Ai,

                      ninety and eight.    two       hundred

                                           twenty and three.

                      2:17          The

                      children       of    2:29          The

                      Bezai,      three    children of Nebo,

                      hundred    twenty    fifty and two. 

                      and three.           2:30          The

                      2:18          The    children       of

                      children       of    Magbish,       an

                      Jorah, an hundred    hundred fifty and

                      and twelve.          six. 

                      2:19          The    2:31          The

                      children       of    children  of  the

                      Hashum,       two    other   Elam,   a

                      hundred    twenty    thousand      two

                      and three.           hundred fifty and

                      2:20          The    four. 

                      children       of    2:32          The

                      Gibbar,    ninety    children       of

                      and five.            Harim,      three

                      2:21          The    hundred       and

                      children       of    twenty. 

                      Bethlehem,     an    2:33          The

                      hundred    twenty    children  of Lod,

                      and three.           Hadid,  and  Ono,

                      2:22   The men of    seven     hundred

                      Netophah,   fifty    twenty and five. 

                      and six.             2:34          The

                      2:23   The men of    children       of

                      Anathoth,      an    Jericho,    three

                      hundred    twenty    hundred forty and

                      and eight.           five. 

                      2:24          The    2:35          The

                      children       of    children       of

                      Azmaveth,   forty    Senaah,     three

                      and two.             thousand  and six

                      2:25          The    hundred       and

                      children       of    thirty. 

                      Kirjatharim,         2:36          The











                      priests:      the    the  children  of

                      children       of    Hasupha,      the

                      Jedaiah,  of  the    children       of

                      house  of Jeshua,    Tabbaoth, 

                      nine      hundred    2:44          The

                      seventy       and    children       of

                      three.               Keros,        the

                      2:37          The    children       of

                      children       of    Siaha,        the

                      Immer, a thousand    children       of

                      fifty and two.       Padon, 

                      2:38          The    2:45          The

                      children       of    children       of

                      Pashur,         a    Lebanah,      the

                      thousand      two    children       of

                      hundred forty and    Hagabah,      the

                      seven.               children       of

                      2:39          The    Akkub, 

                      children       of    2:46          The

                      Harim, a thousand    children       of

                      and seventeen.       Hagab,        the

                      2:40          The    children       of

                      Levites:      the    Shalmai,      the

                      children       of    children       of

                      Jeshua        and    Hanan, 

                      Kadmiel,  of  the    2:47          The

                      children       of    children       of

                      Hodaviah, seventy    Giddel,       the

                      and four.            children       of

                      2:41          The    Gahar,        the

                      singers:      the    children       of

                      children       of    Reaiah, 

                      Asaph, an hundred    2:48          The

                      twenty and eight.    children       of

                                           Rezin,        the

                      2:42          The    children       of

                      children  of  the    Nekoda,       the

                      porters:      the    children       of

                      children       of    Gazzam, 

                      Shallum,      the    2:49          The

                      children of Ater,    children of Uzza,

                      the  children  of    the  children  of

                      Talmon,       the    Paseah,       the

                      children       of    children       of

                      Akkub,        the    Besai, 

                      children       of    2:50          The

                      Hatita,       the    children       of

                      children       of    Asnah,        the

                      Shobai,  [in] all    children       of

                      an hundred thirty    Mehunim,      the

                      and nine.            children       of

                      2:43          The    Nephusim, 

                      Nethinims:    the    2:51          The

                      children of Ziha,    children       of











                      Bakbuk,       the    servants,  [were]

                      children       of    three     hundred

                      Hakupha,      the    ninety and two. 

                      children       of    2:59    And these

                      Harhur,              [were] they which

                      2:52          The    went    up   from

                      children       of    Telmelah,

                      Bazluth,      the    Telharsa, Cherub,

                      children       of    Addan,      [and]

                      Mehida,       the    Immer:  but  they

                      children       of    could   not  show

                      Harsha,              their    father's

                      2:53          The    house,  and their

                      children       of    seed,     whether

                      Barkos,       the    they   [were]  of

                      children       of    Israel: 

                      Sisera,       the    2:60          The

                      children       of    children       of

                      Thamah,              Delaiah,      the

                      2:54          The    children       of

                      children       of    Tobiah,       the

                      Neziah,       the    children       of

                      children       of    Nekoda,       six

                      Hatipha.             hundred fifty and

                      2:55          The    two. 

                      children       of    2:61   And of the

                      Solomon's            children  of  the

                      servants:     the    priests:      the

                      children       of    children       of

                      Sotai,        the    Habaiah,      the

                      children       of    children  of Koz,

                      Sophereth,    the    the  children  of

                      children       of    Barzillai;  which

                      Peruda,              took  a  wife  of

                      2:56          The    the  daughters of

                      children       of    Barzillai     the

                      Jaalah,       the    Gileadite,    and

                      children       of    was  called after

                      Darkon,       the    their name: 

                      children       of    2:62        These

                      Giddel,              sought      their

                      2:57          The    register  [among]

                      children       of    those  that  were

                      Shephatiah,   the    reckoned       by

                      children       of    genealogy,    but

                      Hattil,       the    they   were   not

                      children       of    found:  therefore

                      Pochereth      of    were   they,   as

                      Zebaim,       the    polluted,     put

                      children of Ami.     from          the

                      2:58     All  the    priesthood. 

                      Nethinims,    and    2:63     And  the

                      the  children  of    Tirshatha    said

                      Solomon's            unto  them,  that











                      they  should  not    after       their

                      eat  of  the most    ability  unto the

                      holy things, till    treasure  of  the

                      there stood  up a    work   threescore

                      priest  with Urim    and  one thousand

                      and with Thummim.    drams   of  gold,

                                           and five thousand

                      2:64    The whole    pound  of silver,

                      congregation         and  one  hundred

                      together    [was]    priests'

                      forty   and   two    garments. 

                      thousand    three    2:70      So  the

                      hundred     [and]    priests,  and the

                      threescore,          Levites,      and

                      2:65       Beside    [some]   of   the

                      their    servants    people,  and  the

                      and  their maids,    singers,  and the

                      of   whom  [there    porters,  and the

                      were]       seven    Nethinims,  dwelt

                      thousand    three    in  their cities,

                      hundred    thirty    and all Israel in

                      and   seven:  and    their cities. 

                      [there      were]    3:1  And when the

                      among   them  two    seventh month was

                      hundred   singing    come,   and   the

                      men  and  singing    children       of

                      women.               Israel  [were] in

                      2:66        Their    the  cities,  the

                      horses     [were]    people   gathered

                      seven     hundred    themselves

                      thirty  and  six;    together  as  one

                      their  mules, two    man to Jerusalem.

                      hundred forty and

                      five;                3:2    Then stood

                      2:67        Their    up Jeshua the son

                      camels,      four    of  Jozadak,  and

                      hundred    thirty    his  brethren the

                      and five; [their]    priests,      and

                      asses,        six    Zerubbabel    the

                      thousand    seven    son of Shealtiel,

                      hundred       and    and his brethren,

                      twenty.              and  builded  the

                      2:68   And [some]    altar of  the God

                      of  the  chief of    of   Israel,   to

                      the fathers, when    offer       burnt

                      they  came to the    offerings

                      house of the LORD    thereon,  as  [it

                      which   [is]   at    is]   written  in

                      Jerusalem,           the law  of Moses

                      offered    freely    the man of God. 

                      for the  house of    3:3  And they set

                      God to  set it up    the   altar  upon

                      in his place:        his   bases;  for

                      2:69    They gave    fear  [was]  upon











                      them  because  of    them   of  Zidon,

                      the   people   of    and  to  them  of

                      those  countries:    Tyre,   to  bring

                      and  they offered    cedar  trees from

                      burnt   offerings    Lebanon   to  the

                      thereon  unto the    sea   of   Joppa,

                      LORD,      [even]    according  to the

                      burnt   offerings    grant  that  they

                      morning       and    had of Cyrus king

                      evening.             of Persia. 

                      3:4    They  kept    3:8   Now  in the

                      also the feast of    second   year  of

                      tabernacles,   as    their coming unto

                      [it  is] written,    the house  of God

                      and [offered] the    at  Jerusalem, in

                      daily       burnt    the second month,

                      offerings      by    began  Zerubbabel

                      number, according    the     son    of

                      to the custom, as    Shealtiel,    and

                      the duty of every    Jeshua the son of

                      day required;        Jozadak,  and the

                      3:5           And    remnant  of their

                      afterward            brethren      the

                      [offered]     the    priests  and  the

                      continual   burnt    Levites,  and all

                      offering, both of    they   that  were

                      the   new  moons,    come  out  of the

                      and  of  all  the    captivity    unto

                      set feasts of the    Jerusalem;    and

                      LORD   that  were    appointed     the

                      consecrated,  and    Levites,     from

                      of every one that    twenty  years old

                      willingly offered    and   upward,  to

                      a        freewill    set  forward  the

                      offering unto the    work of the house

                      LORD.                of the LORD. 

                      3:6     From  the    3:9    Then stood

                      first  day of the    Jeshua [with] his

                      seventh     month    sons    and   his

                      began   they   to    brethren, Kadmiel

                      offer       burnt    and his sons, the

                      offerings    unto    sons   of  Judah,

                      the LORD. But the    together,  to set

                      foundation of the    forward       the

                      temple   of   the    workmen   in  the

                      LORD    was   not    house of God: the

                      [yet] laid.          sons  of Henadad,

                      3:7    They  gave    [with] their sons

                      money  also  unto    and         their

                      the  masons,  and    brethren      the

                      to            the    Levites. 

                      carpenters;   and    3:10    And  when

                      meat,  and drink,    the builders laid

                      and   oil,   unto    the foundation of











                      the temple of the    people:  for  the

                      LORD,   they  set    people    shouted

                      the   priests  in    with    a    loud

                      their     apparel    shout,   and  the

                      with    trumpets,    noise  was  heard

                      and  the  Levites    afar off. 

                      the sons of Asaph    4:1  Now when the

                      with  cymbals, to    adversaries    of

                      praise  the LORD,    Judah         and

                      after         the    Benjamin    heard

                      ordinance      of    that the children

                      David   king   of    of  the captivity

                      Israel.              builded       the

                      3:11    And  they    temple  unto  the

                      sang  together by    LORD    God    of

                      course         in    Israel; 

                      praising      and    4:2    Then  they

                      giving     thanks    came           to

                      unto   the  LORD;    Zerubbabel,   and

                      because  [he  is]    to  the  chief of

                      good,   for   his    the  fathers, and

                      mercy  [endureth]    said  unto  them,

                      for  ever  toward    Let us build with

                      Israel.  And  all    you:  for we seek

                      the        people    your  God,  as ye

                      shouted   with  a    [do];  and  we do

                      great shout, when    sacrifice    unto

                      they  praised the    him   since   the

                      LORD, because the    days           of

                      foundation of the    Esarhaddon   king

                      house of the LORD    of  Assur,  which

                      was laid.            brought   us   up

                      3:12  But many of    hither. 

                      the  priests  and    4:3           But

                      Levites and chief    Zerubbabel,   and

                      of  the  fathers,    Jeshua,  and  the

                      [who        were]    rest of the chief

                      ancient men, that    of the fathers of

                      had    seen   the    Israel, said unto

                      first house, when    them,   Ye   have

                      the foundation of    nothing   to   do

                      this   house  was    with  us to build

                      laid before their    an house unto our

                      eyes, wept with a    God;    but    we

                      loud  voice;  and    ourselves

                      many      shouted    together     will

                      aloud for joy:       build   unto  the

                      3:13  So that the    LORD    God    of

                      people  could not    Israel,  as  king

                      discern the noise    Cyrus the king of

                      of  the  shout of    Persia       hath

                      joy    from   the    commanded us. 

                      noise    of   the    4:4     Then  the

                      weeping   of  the    people   of   the











                      land weakened the    chancellor,   and

                      hands    of   the    Shimshai      the

                      people  of Judah,    scribe,  and  the

                      and troubled them    rest   of   their

                      in building,         companions;   the

                      4:5    And  hired    Dinaites,     the

                      counsellors          Apharsathchites,

                      against  them, to    the   Tarpelites,

                      frustrate   their    the   Apharsites,

                      purpose,  all the    the   Archevites,

                      days   of   Cyrus    the  Babylonians,

                      king  of  Persia,    the  Susanchites,

                      even   until  the    the    Dehavites,

                      reign  of  Darius    [and]         the

                      king of Persia.      Elamites, 

                      4:6   And  in the    4:10     And  the

                      reign          of    rest    of    the

                      Ahasuerus, in the    nations  whom the

                      beginning  of his    great  and  noble

                      reign, wrote they    Asnapper  brought

                      [unto   him]   an    over,  and set in

                      accusation           the   cities   of

                      against       the    Samaria,  and the

                      inhabitants    of    rest  [that  are]

                      Judah         and    on this  side the

                      Jerusalem.           river,   and   at

                      4:7   And  in the    such a time. 

                      days           of    4:11    This [is]

                      Artaxerxes  wrote    the  copy  of the

                      Bishlam,             letter  that they

                      Mithredath,          sent   unto  him,

                      Tabeel,  and  the    [even]       unto

                      rest   of   their    Artaxerxes    the

                      companions,  unto    king;         Thy

                      Artaxerxes   king    servants  the men

                      of   Persia;  and    on this  side the

                      the   writing  of    river,   and   at

                      the  letter [was]    such a time. 

                      written   in  the    4:12  Be it known

                      Syrian    tongue,    unto   the  king,

                      and   interpreted    that   the   Jews

                      in   the   Syrian    which   came   up

                      tongue.              from  thee  to us

                      4:8    Rehum  the    are   come   unto

                      chancellor    and    Jerusalem,

                      Shimshai      the    building      the

                      scribe   wrote  a    rebellious    and

                      letter    against    the bad city, and

                      Jerusalem      to    have  set  up the

                      Artaxerxes    the    walls  [thereof],

                      king    in   this    and   joined  the

                      sort:                foundations. 

                      4:9  Then [wrote]    4:13  Be it known

                      Rehum         the    now    unto   the











                      king,   that,  if    river. 

                      this    city   be    4:17  [Then] sent

                      builded,  and the    the    king    an

                      walls    set   up    answer unto Rehum

                      [again,     then]    the   chancellor,

                      will they not pay    and [to] Shimshai

                      toll,    tribute,    the  scribe,  and

                      and  custom,  and    [to] the  rest of

                      [so]  thou  shalt    their  companions

                      endamage      the    that   dwell   in

                      revenue   of  the    Samaria,      and

                      kings.               [unto]  the  rest

                      4:14  Now because    beyond the river,

                      we           have    Peace,   and   at

                      maintenance  from    such a time. 

                      [the      king's]    4:18   The letter

                      palace,   and  it    which   ye   sent

                      was  not meet for    unto us hath been

                      us   to  see  the    plainly      read

                      king's dishonour,    before me. 

                      therefore have we    4:19      And   I

                      sent          and    commanded,    and

                      certified     the    search  hath been

                      king;                made,  and  it is

                      4:15  That search    found  that  this

                      may  be  made  in    city of  old time

                      the  book  of the    hath         made

                      records   of  thy    insurrection

                      fathers: so shalt    against    kings,

                      thou find  in the    and        [that]

                      book    of    the    rebellion     and

                      records, and know    sedition     have

                      that   this  city    been         made

                      [is] a rebellious    therein. 

                      city, and hurtful    4:20   There have

                      unto   kings  and    been mighty kings

                      provinces,    and    also         over

                      that   they  have    Jerusalem,  which

                      moved    sedition    have  ruled  over

                      within  the  same    all   [countries]

                      of  old time: for    beyond the river;

                      which  cause  was    and         toll,

                      this         city    tribute,      and

                      destroyed.           custom,  was paid

                      4:16   We certify    unto them. 

                      the king that, if    4:21  Give ye now

                      this    city   be    commandment    to

                      builded  [again],    cause  these  men

                      and   the   walls    to   cease,   and

                      thereof  set  up,    that this city be

                      by   this   means    not      builded,

                      thou  shalt  have    until   [another]

                      no   portion   on    commandment shall

                      this   side   the    be given from me.











                                           the  prophets  of

                      4:22    Take heed    God helping them.

                      now that  ye fail

                      not  to  do this:    5:3   At the same

                      why should damage    time came to them

                      grow  to the hurt    Tatnai,  governor

                      of the kings?        on  this side the

                      4:23    Now  when    river,        and

                      the copy  of king    Shetharboznai,

                      Artaxerxes'          and         their

                      letter [was] read    companions,   and

                      before Rehum, and    said   thus  unto

                      Shimshai      the    them,   Who  hath

                      scribe, and their    commanded  you to

                      companions,  they    build this house,

                      went up  in haste    and  to  make  up

                      to Jerusalem unto    this wall? 

                      the   Jews,   and    5:4  Then said we

                      made    them   to    unto  them  after

                      cease   by  force    this manner, What

                      and power.           are  the names of

                      4:24  Then ceased    the men that make

                      the  work  of the    this building? 

                      house    of   God    5:5   But the eye

                      which   [is]   at    of their  God was

                      Jerusalem.  So it    upon  the  elders

                      ceased  unto  the    of the Jews, that

                      second   year  of    they   could  not

                      the    reign   of    cause   them   to

                      Darius   king  of    cease,  till  the

                      Persia.              matter   came  to

                      5:1     Then  the    Darius:  and then

                      prophets,  Haggai    they     returned

                      the  prophet, and    answer  by letter

                      Zechariah the son    concerning   this

                      of          Iddo,    [matter]. 

                      prophesied   unto    5:6   The copy of

                      the   Jews   that    the  letter  that

                      [were]  in  Judah    Tatnai,  governor

                      and  Jerusalem in    on this  side the

                      the  name  of the    river,        and

                      God   of  Israel,    Shetharboznai,

                      [even] unto them.    and           his

                                           companions    the

                      5:2  Then rose up    Apharsachites,

                      Zerubbabel    the    which  [were]  on

                      son of Shealtiel,    this   side   the

                      and   Jeshua  the    river,  sent unto

                      son  of  Jozadak,    Darius the king: 

                      and    began   to    5:7   They sent a

                      build  the  house    letter  unto him,

                      of God which [is]    wherein       was

                      at Jerusalem: and    written     thus;

                      with  them [were]    Unto  Darius  the











                      king, all peace.     the    king    of

                      5:8   Be it known    Babylon,      the

                      unto   the  king,    Chaldean,     who

                      that we went into    destroyed    this

                      the  province  of    house,        and

                      Judea,   to   the    carried       the

                      house    of   the    people  away into

                      great  God, which    Babylon. 

                      is  builded  with    5:13   But in the

                      great stones, and    first   year   of

                      timber is laid in    Cyrus the king of

                      the   walls,  and    Babylon      [the

                      this  work  goeth    same]  king Cyrus

                      fast    on,   and    made a  decree to

                      prospereth     in    build  this house

                      their hands.         of God. 

                      5:9    Then asked    5:14     And  the

                      we  those elders,    vessels  also  of

                      [and]  said  unto    gold  and  silver

                      them   thus,  Who    of  the  house of

                      commanded  you to    God,        which

                      build this house,    Nebuchadnezzar

                      and  to  make  up    took  out  of the

                      these walls?         temple that [was]

                      5:10    We  asked    in Jerusalem, and

                      their names also,    brought them into

                      to  certify thee,    the   temple   of

                      that   we   might    Babylon,    those

                      write  the  names    did   Cyrus   the

                      of  the  men that    king take  out of

                      [were]  the chief    the   temple   of

                      of them.             Babylon, and they

                      5:11    And  thus    were    delivered

                      they  returned us    unto [one], whose

                      answer,   saying,    name        [was]

                      We     are    the    Sheshbazzar, whom

                      servants  of  the    he    had    made

                      God of heaven and    governor; 

                      earth,  and build    5:15    And  said

                      the   house  that    unto   him,  Take

                      was builded these    these    vessels,

                      many  years  ago,    go,   carry  them

                      which   a   great    into  the  temple

                      king   of  Israel    that    [is]   in

                      builded  and  set    Jerusalem,    and

                      up.                  let  the house of

                      5:12    But after    God be builded in

                      that  our fathers    his place. 

                      had  provoked the    5:16    Then came

                      God   of   heaven    the          same

                      unto   wrath,  he    Sheshbazzar,

                      gave   them  into    [and]   laid  the

                      the    hand    of    foundation of the

                      Nebuchadnezzar       house    of   God











                      which   [is]   in    the    house   be

                      Jerusalem:    and    builded,      the

                      since  that  time    place  where they

                      even   until  now    offered

                      hath  it  been in    sacrifices,   and

                      building,     and    let           the

                      [yet]  it  is not    foundations

                      finished.            thereof        be

                      5:17          Now    strongly    laid;

                      therefore, if [it    the        height

                      seem] good to the    thereof

                      king,  let  there    threescore

                      be search made in    cubits, [and] the

                      the        king's    breadth   thereof

                      treasure   house,    threescore

                      which  [is] there    cubits; 

                      at       Babylon,    6:4  [With] three

                      whether   it   be    rows   of   great

                      [so],    that   a    stones, and a row

                      decree  was  made    of   new  timber:

                      of Cyrus the king    and    let    the

                      to   build   this    expenses be given

                      house  of  God at    out of the king's

                      Jerusalem,    and    house: 

                      let the king send    6:5  And also let

                      his  pleasure  to    the   golden  and

                      us     concerning    silver vessels of

                      this matter.         the house of God,

                      6:1   Then Darius    which

                      the  king  made a    Nebuchadnezzar

                      decree,       and    took forth out of

                      search  was  made    the  temple which

                      in  the  house of    [is]           at

                      the  rolls, where    Jerusalem,    and

                      the     treasures    brought      unto

                      were  laid  up in    Babylon,       be

                      Babylon.             restored,     and

                      6:2    And  there    brought     again

                      was    found   at    unto  the  temple

                      Achmetha,  in the    which   [is]   at

                      palace  that [is]    Jerusalem, [every

                      in  the  province    one]    to    his

                      of  the  Medes, a    place,  and place

                      roll, and therein    [them]   in   the

                      [was]   a  record    house of God. 

                      thus written:        6:6           Now

                      6:3  In the first    [therefore],

                      year of Cyrus the    Tatnai,  governor

                      king  [the  same]    beyond the river,

                      Cyrus   the  king    Shetharboznai,

                      made   a   decree    and          your

                      [concerning]  the    companions    the

                      house  of  God at    Apharsachites,

                      Jerusalem,    Let    which       [are]











                      beyond the river,    the  king, and of

                      be  ye  far  from    his sons. 

                      thence:              6:11  Also I have

                      6:7  Let the work    made   a  decree,

                      of this  house of    that    whosoever

                      God   alone;  let    shall  alter this

                      the  governor  of    word,  let timber

                      the Jews  and the    be   pulled  down

                      elders   of   the    from  his  house,

                      Jews  build  this    and being set up,

                      house  of  God in    let him be hanged

                      his place.           thereon;  and let

                      6:8    Moreover I    his house be made

                      make   a   decree    a   dunghill  for

                      what  ye shall do    this. 

                      to the  elders of    6:12  And the God

                      these   Jews  for    that  hath caused

                      the  building  of    his name to dwell

                      this   house   of    there destroy all

                      God: that  of the    kings and people,

                      king's     goods,    that shall put to

                      [even]   of   the    their   hand   to

                      tribute    beyond    alter   [and]  to

                      the        river,    destroy      this

                      forthwith            house    of   God

                      expenses be given    which   [is]   at

                      unto  these  men,    Jerusalem.      I

                      that  they be not    Darius  have made

                      hindered.            a  decree; let it

                      6:9     And  that    be    done   with

                      which  they  have    speed. 

                      need   of,   both    6:13         Then

                      young   bullocks,    Tatnai,  governor

                      and   rams,   and    on this  side the

                      lambs,   for  the    river,

                      burnt   offerings    Shetharboznai,

                      of   the  God  of    and         their

                      heaven,    wheat,    companions,

                      salt,  wine,  and    according to that

                      oil, according to    which  Darius the

                      the   appointment    king had sent, so

                      of   the  priests    they          did

                      which   [are]  at    speedily. 

                      Jerusalem, let it    6:14     And  the

                      be given them day    elders   of   the

                      by   day  without    Jews builded, and

                      fail:                they    prospered

                      6:10    That they    through       the

                      may         offer    prophesying    of

                      sacrifices     of    Haggai        the

                      sweet     savours    prophet       and

                      unto  the  God of    Zechariah the son

                      heaven,  and pray    of Iddo. And they

                      for  the  life of    builded,      and











                      finished    [it],    [is]           at

                      according  to the    Jerusalem;  as it

                      commandment    of    is written in the

                      the     God    of    book of Moses. 

                      Israel,       and    6:19     And  the

                      according  to the    children  of  the

                      commandment    of    captivity    kept

                      Cyrus,        and    the passover upon

                      Darius,       and    the    fourteenth

                      Artaxerxes   king    [day]    of   the

                      of Persia.           first month. 

                      6:15    And  this    6:20     For  the

                      house         was    priests  and  the

                      finished  on  the    Levites      were

                      third  day of the    purified

                      month Adar, which    together,  all of

                      was in  the sixth    them [were] pure,

                      year of the reign    and   killed  the

                      of   Darius   the    passover  for all

                      king.                the  children  of

                      6:16     And  the    the    captivity,

                      children       of    and   for   their

                      Israel,       the    brethren      the

                      priests,  and the    priests,  and for

                      Levites,  and the    themselves. 

                      rest    of    the    6:21     And  the

                      children  of  the    children       of

                      captivity,   kept    Israel,     which

                      the dedication of    were  come  again

                      this house of God    out of captivity,

                      with joy,            and  all  such as

                      6:17  And offered    had     separated

                      at the dedication    themselves   unto

                      of  this house of    them   from   the

                      God   an  hundred    filthiness of the

                      bullocks,     two    heathen   of  the

                      hundred     rams,    land, to seek the

                      four      hundred    LORD    God    of

                      lambs;  and for a    Israel, did eat, 

                      sin  offering for    6:22    And  kept

                      all       Israel,    the    feast   of

                      twelve  he goats,    unleavened  bread

                      according  to the    seven  days  with

                      number   of   the    joy: for the LORD

                      tribes of Israel.    had   made   them

                                           joyful,       and

                      6:18    And  they    turned  the heart

                      set  the  priests    of  the  king  of

                      in          their    Assyria      unto

                      divisions,    and    them,          to

                      the   Levites  in    strengthen  their

                      their    courses,    hands in the work

                      for  the  service    of  the  house of

                      of   God,   which    God,  the  God of











                      Israel.              in   the  seventh

                      7:1    Now  after    year           of

                      these  things, in    Artaxerxes    the

                      the    reign   of    king. 

                      Artaxerxes   king    7:8   And he came

                      of  Persia,  Ezra    to  Jerusalem  in

                      the     son    of    the  fifth month,

                      Seraiah,  the son    which   [was]  in

                      of  Azariah,  the    the  seventh year

                      son of Hilkiah,      of the king. 

                      7:2    The son of    7:9  For upon the

                      Shallum,  the son    first   [day]  of

                      of Zadok, the son    the  first  month

                      of Ahitub,           began he to go up

                      7:3   The  son of    from Babylon, and

                      Amariah,  the son    on    the   first

                      of  Azariah,  the    [day]    of   the

                      son of Meraioth,     fifth  month came

                      7:4    The son of    he  to Jerusalem,

                      Zerahiah, the son    according  to the

                      of  Uzzi, the son    good hand  of his

                      of Bukki,            God upon him. 

                      7:5    The son of    7:10    For  Ezra

                      Abishua,  the son    had  prepared his

                      of  Phinehas, the    heart to seek the

                      son  of  Eleazar,    law of  the LORD,

                      the  son of Aaron    and  to  do [it],

                      the chief priest:    and  to  teach in

                                           Israel   statutes

                      7:6    This  Ezra    and judgments. 

                      went    up   from    7:11    Now  this

                      Babylon;  and  he    [is] the  copy of

                      [was]   a   ready    the  letter  that

                      scribe in the law    the          king

                      of  Moses,  which    Artaxerxes   gave

                      the  LORD  God of    unto   Ezra   the

                      Israel had given:    priest,       the

                      and    the   king    scribe,  [even] a

                      granted  him  all    scribe   of   the

                      his      request,    words    of   the

                      according  to the    commandments   of

                      hand  of the LORD    the LORD,  and of

                      his God upon him.    his  statutes  to

                                           Israel. 

                      7:7    And  there    7:12  Artaxerxes,

                      went up [some] of    king   of  kings,

                      the  children  of    unto   Ezra   the

                      Israel,   and  of    priest,  a scribe

                      the  priests, and    of the law of the

                      the  Levites, and    God   of  heaven,

                      the  singers, and    perfect  [peace],

                      the  porters, and    and  at   such  a

                      the    Nethinims,    time. 

                      unto   Jerusalem,    7:13    I  make a











                      decree,  that all    meat    offerings

                      they    of    the    and  their  drink

                      people of Israel,    offerings,    and

                      and    [of]   his    offer  them  upon

                      priests       and    the  altar of the

                      Levites,   in  my    house of your God

                      realm,  which are    which   [is]   in

                      minded  of  their    Jerusalem. 

                      own  freewill  to    7:18          And

                      go      up     to    whatsoever  shall

                      Jerusalem,     go    seem    good   to

                      with thee.           thee,  and to thy

                      7:14    Forasmuch    brethren,  to  do

                      as thou  art sent    with  the rest of

                      of the  king, and    the   silver  and

                      of    his   seven    the gold, that do

                      counsellors,   to    after the will of

                      inquire              your God. 

                      concerning  Judah    7:19  The vessels

                      and    Jerusalem,    also   that   are

                      according  to the    given   thee  for

                      law  of  thy  God    the   service  of

                      which   [is]   in    the  house of thy

                      thine hand;          God,      [those]

                      7:15      And  to    deliver      thou

                      carry  the silver    before the God of

                      and  gold,  which    Jerusalem. 

                      the king  and his    7:20          And

                      counsellors  have    whatsoever   more

                      freely    offered    shall  be needful

                      unto  the  God of    for  the house of

                      Israel,     whose    thy   God,  which

                      habitation   [is]    thou  shalt  have

                      in Jerusalem,        occasion       to

                      7:16  And all the    bestow,    bestow

                      silver  and  gold    [it]  out  of the

                      that  thou  canst    king's   treasure

                      find  in  all the    house. 

                      province       of    7:21      And  I,

                      Babylon, with the    [even]          I

                      freewill offering    Artaxerxes    the

                      of   the  people,    king,  do  make a

                      and     of    the    decree to all the

                      priests, offering    treasurers  which

                      willingly for the    [are]  beyond the

                      house   of  their    river,       that

                      God which [is] in    whatsoever   Ezra

                      Jerusalem:           the  priest,  the

                      7:17    That thou    scribe of the law

                      mayest        buy    of  the   God  of

                      speedily     with    heaven,     shall

                      this        money    require  of  you,

                      bullocks,   rams,    it     be    done

                      lambs, with their    speedily, 











                      7:22     Unto  an    7:26          And

                      hundred   talents    whosoever    will

                      of silver, and to    not do the law of

                      an        hundred    thy  God, and the

                      measures       of    law  of the king,

                      wheat, and  to an    let  judgment  be

                      hundred  baths of    executed speedily

                      wine,  and  to an    upon him, whether

                      hundred  baths of    [it    be]   unto

                      oil,   and   salt    death,    or   to

                      without              banishment, or to

                      prescribing  [how    confiscation   of

                      much].               goods,    or   to

                      7:23   Whatsoever    imprisonment. 

                      is  commanded  by    7:27      Blessed

                      the     God    of    [be] the LORD God

                      heaven, let it be    of  our  fathers,

                      diligently   done    which   hath  put

                      for  the house of    [such a thing] as

                      the     God    of    this    in    the

                      heaven:  for  why    king's  heart, to

                      should  there  be    beautify      the

                      wrath against the    house of the LORD

                      realm of the king    which   [is]   in

                      and his sons?        Jerusalem: 

                      7:24     Also  we    7:28    And  hath

                      certify you, that    extended    mercy

                      touching  any  of    unto   me  before

                      the  priests  and    the king, and his

                      Levites, singers,    counsellors,  and

                      porters,             before   all  the

                      Nethinims,     or    king's     mighty

                      ministers of this    princes.   And  I

                      house of  God, it    was  strengthened

                      shall    not   be    as  the  hand  of

                      lawful  to impose    the  LORD  my God

                      toll, tribute, or    [was]   upon  me,

                      custom,      upon    and   I  gathered

                      them.                together  out  of

                      7:25    And thou,    Israel  chief men

                      Ezra,  after  the    to go up with me.

                      wisdom   of   thy

                      God, that [is] in    8:1   These [are]

                      thine  hand,  set    now  the chief of

                      magistrates   and    their    fathers,

                      judges, which may    and [this is] the

                      judge   all   the    genealogy of them

                      people that [are]    that went up with

                      beyond the river,    me  from Babylon,

                      all such  as know    in  the  reign of

                      the  laws  of thy    Artaxerxes    the

                      God; and teach ye    king. 

                      them   that  know    8:2   Of the sons

                      [them] not.          of      Phinehas;











                      Gershom:  of  the    sons           of

                      sons  of Ithamar;    Shelomith;    the

                      Daniel:   of  the    son of Josiphiah,

                      sons   of  David;    and  with  him an

                      Hattush.             hundred       and

                      8:3   Of the sons    threescore males.

                      of Shechaniah, of

                      the    sons    of    8:11   And of the

                      Pharosh;             sons   of  Bebai;

                      Zechariah:    and    Zechariah the son

                      with   him   were    of   Bebai,   and

                      reckoned       by    with  him  twenty

                      genealogy  of the    and eight males. 

                      males  an hundred    8:12   And of the

                      and fifty.           sons   of  Azgad;

                      8:4   Of the sons    Johanan  the  son

                      of    Pahathmoab;    of  Hakkatan, and

                      Elihoenai the son    with    him    an

                      of  Zerahiah, and    hundred  and  ten

                      with    him   two    males. 

                      hundred males.       8:13   And of the

                      8:5   Of the sons    last    sons   of

                      of    Shechaniah;    Adonikam,   whose

                      the     son    of    names       [are]

                      Jahaziel,     and    these, Eliphelet,

                      with   him  three    Jeiel,        and

                      hundred males.       Shemaiah,     and

                      8:6   Of the sons    with         them

                      also   of   Adin;    threescore males.

                      Ebed  the  son of

                      Jonathan,     and    8:14  Of the sons

                      with   him  fifty    also  of  Bigvai;

                      males.               Uthai,        and

                      8:7   And  of the    Zabbud,  and with

                      sons   of   Elam;    them      seventy

                      Jeshaiah  the son    males. 

                      of  Athaliah, and    8:15      And   I

                      with  him seventy    gathered     them

                      males.               together  to  the

                      8:8   And  of the    river        that

                      sons           of    runneth to Ahava;

                      Shephatiah;          and  there  abode

                      Zebadiah  the son    we in tents three

                      of  Michael,  and    days:    and    I

                      with          him    viewed        the

                      fourscore males.     people,  and  the

                      8:9   Of the sons    priests,      and

                      of  Joab; Obadiah    found  there none

                      the     son    of    of  the  sons  of

                      Jehiel,  and with    Levi. 

                      him  two  hundred    8:16  Then sent I

                      and      eighteen    for  Eliezer, for

                      males.               Ariel,        for

                      8:10   And of the    Shemaiah, and for











                      Elnathan, and for    service   of  the

                      Jarib,   and  for    Levites,      two

                      Elnathan, and for    hundred       and

                      Nathan,  and  for    twenty Nethinims:

                      Zechariah,    and    all  of them were

                      for    Meshullam,    expressed      by

                      chief  men;  also    name. 

                      for  Joiarib, and    8:21      Then  I

                      for Elnathan, men    proclaimed a fast

                      of understanding.    there,   at   the

                                           river  of  Ahava,

                      8:17   And I sent    that   we   might

                      them         with    afflict ourselves

                      commandment  unto    before  our  God,

                      Iddo the chief at    to seek  of him a

                      the         place    right way for us,

                      Casiphia,  and  I    and    for    our

                      told   them  what    little  ones, and

                      they  should  say    for    all    our

                      unto  Iddo, [and]    substance. 

                      to  his  brethren    8:22   For  I was

                      the Nethinims, at    ashamed        to

                      the         place    require   of  the

                      Casiphia,    that    king  a  band  of

                      they should bring    soldiers      and

                      unto us ministers    horsemen  to help

                      for  the house of    us   against  the

                      our God.             enemy in the way:

                      8:18   And by the    because   we  had

                      good hand  of our    spoken  unto  the

                      God upon  us they    king, saying, The

                      brought us  a man    hand  of  our God

                      of understanding,    [is]   upon   all

                      of  the  sons  of    them   for   good

                      Mahli, the son of    that   seek  him;

                      Levi, the  son of    but his power and

                      Israel;       and    his   wrath  [is]

                      Sherebiah,   with    against  all them

                      his sons  and his    that forsake him.

                      brethren,

                      eighteen;            8:23      So   we

                      8:19          And    fasted        and

                      Hashabiah,    and    besought  our God

                      with him Jeshaiah    for this:  and he

                      of  the  sons  of    was  entreated of

                      Merari,       his    us. 

                      brethren      and    8:24      Then  I

                      their       sons,    separated  twelve

                      twenty;              of  the  chief of

                      8:20  Also of the    the      priests,

                      Nethinims,   whom    Sherebiah,

                      David   and   the    Hashabiah,    and

                      princes       had    ten    of   their

                      appointed for the    brethren     with











                      them,                chambers  of  the

                      8:25  And weighed    house    of   the

                      unto   them   the    LORD. 

                      silver,  and  the    8:30  So took the

                      gold,   and   the    priests  and  the

                      vessels,   [even]    Levites       the

                      the  offering  of    weight   of   the

                      the house  of our    silver,  and  the

                      God,   which  the    gold,   and   the

                      king,   and   his    vessels, to bring

                      counsellors,  and    [them]         to

                      his   lords,  and    Jerusalem    unto

                      all        Israel    the  house of our

                      [there]  present,    God. 

                      had offered:         8:31     Then  we

                      8:26      I  even    departed from the

                      weighed      unto    river of Ahava on

                      their   hand  six    the twelfth [day]

                      hundred and fifty    of    the   first

                      talents        of    month, to go unto

                      silver,       and    Jerusalem:    and

                      silver vessels an    the  hand  of our

                      hundred  talents,    God  was upon us,

                      [and] of  gold an    and  he delivered

                      hundred talents;     us from  the hand

                      8:27  Also twenty    of the enemy, and

                      basins  of  gold,    of such as lay in

                      of   a   thousand    wait by the way. 

                      drams;   and  two    8:32  And we came

                      vessels  of  fine    to Jerusalem, and

                      copper,  precious    abode there three

                      as gold.             days. 

                      8:28   And I said    8:33   Now on the

                      unto   them,   Ye    fourth   day  was

                      [are]  holy  unto    the   silver  and

                      the   LORD;   the    the  gold and the

                      vessels     [are]    vessels   weighed

                      holy   also;  and    in  the  house of

                      the   silver  and    our  God  by  the

                      the gold  [are] a    hand  of Meremoth

                      freewill offering    the  son of Uriah

                      unto the LORD God    the  priest;  and

                      of your fathers.     with   him  [was]

                      8:29    Watch ye,    Eleazar  the  son

                      and  keep [them],    of  Phinehas; and

                      until   ye  weigh    with  them  [was]

                      [them] before the    Jozabad  the  son

                      chief    of   the    of   Jeshua,  and

                      priests  and  the    Noadiah  the  son

                      Levites,      and    of        Binnui,

                      chief    of   the    Levites; 

                      fathers        of    8:34    By number

                      Israel,        at    [and]  by  weight

                      Jerusalem, in the    of every one: and











                      all   the  weight    Hittites,     the

                      was   written  at    Perizzites,   the

                      that time.           Jebusites,    the

                      8:35   [Also] the    Ammonites,    the

                      children of those    Moabites,     the

                      that   had   been    Egyptians,    and

                      carried     away,    the Amorites. 

                      which  were  come    9:2     For  they

                      out     of    the    have   taken   of

                      captivity,           their   daughters

                      offered     burnt    for   themselves,

                      offerings    unto    and   for   their

                      the     God    of    sons: so that the

                      Israel,    twelve    holy   seed  have

                      bullocks  for all    mingled

                      Israel,    ninety    themselves   with

                      and   six   rams,    the   people   of

                      seventy and seven    [those]    lands:

                      lambs,  twelve he    yea,  the hand of

                      goats [for] a sin    the  princes  and

                      offering:     all    rulers  hath been

                      [this    was]   a    chief   in   this

                      burnt    offering    trespass. 

                      unto the LORD.       9:3    And when I

                      8:36    And  they    heard this thing,

                      delivered     the    I rent my garment

                      king's               and   my  mantle,

                      commissions  unto    and  plucked  off

                      the        king's    the  hair  of  my

                      lieutenants,  and    head  and  of  my

                      to  the governors    beard,   and  sat

                      on  this side the    down astonied. 

                      river:  and  they    9:4    Then  were

                      furthered     the    assembled unto me

                      people,  and  the    every   one  that

                      house of God.        trembled  at  the

                      9:1     Now  when    words of  the God

                      these things were    of        Israel,

                      done, the princes    because   of  the

                      came    to    me,    transgression  of

                      saying,       The    those   that  had

                      people of Israel,    been      carried

                      and  the priests,    away;  and  I sat

                      and  the Levites,    astonied    until

                      have          not    the       evening

                      separated            sacrifice. 

                      themselves   from    9:5   And  at the

                      the people of the    evening sacrifice

                      lands,    [doing]    I  arose  up from

                      according      to    my heaviness; and

                      their                having   rent  my

                      abominations,        garment   and  my

                      [even]   of   the    mantle,   I  fell

                      Canaanites,   the    upon   my  knees,











                      and spread out my    in  our  bondage,

                      hands   unto  the    but hath extended

                      LORD my God,         mercy  unto us in

                      9:6   And said, O    the  sight of the

                      my   God,   I  am    kings  of Persia,

                      ashamed and blush    to   give   us  a

                      to  lift   up  my    reviving,  to set

                      face to  thee, my    up  the  house of

                      God:    for   our    our  God,  and to

                      iniquities    are    repair        the

                      increased    over    desolations

                      [our]  head,  and    thereof,  and  to

                      our  trespass  is    give us a wall in

                      grown up unto the    Judah    and   in

                      heavens.             Jerusalem. 

                      9:7    Since  the    9:10   And now, O

                      days    of    our    our   God,   what

                      fathers [have] we    shall    we   say

                      [been] in a great    after  this?  for

                      trespass     unto    we  have forsaken

                      this day; and for    thy commandments,

                      our    iniquities

                      have    we,   our    9:11   Which thou

                      kings,  [and] our    hast commanded by

                      priests,     been    thy  servants the

                      delivered    into    prophets, saying,

                      the  hand  of the    The   land,  unto

                      kings    of   the    which  ye  go  to

                      lands,   to   the    possess it, is an

                      sword,         to    unclean land with

                      captivity, and to    the filthiness of

                      a  spoil,  and to    the people of the

                      confusion      of    lands, with their

                      face, as  [it is]    abominations,

                      this day.            which have filled

                      9:8   And now for    it  from  one end

                      a   little  space    to  another  with

                      grace  hath  been    their

                      [showed] from the    uncleanness. 

                      LORD our  God, to    9:12          Now

                      leave     us    a    therefore    give

                      remnant        to    not          your

                      escape,   and  to    daughters    unto

                      give us a nail in    their       sons,

                      his  holy  place,    neither      take

                      that our  God may    their   daughters

                      lighten our eyes,    unto  your  sons,

                      and  give   us  a    nor   seek  their

                      little   reviving    peace   or  their

                      in our bondage.      wealth  for ever:

                      9:9      For   we    that  ye  may  be

                      [were]   bondmen;    strong,  and  eat

                      yet  our God hath    the  good  of the

                      not  forsaken  us    land,  and  leave











                      [it]    for    an    there   assembled

                      inheritance    to    unto  him  out of

                      your children for    Israel   a   very

                      ever.                great

                      9:13    And after    congregation   of

                      all  that is come    men and women and

                      upon  us  for our    children: for the

                      evil  deeds,  and    people  wept very

                      for   our   great    sore. 

                      trespass,  seeing    10:2          And

                      that thou our God    Shechaniah    the

                      hast  punished us    son   of  Jehiel,

                      less   than   our    [one] of the sons

                      iniquities           of Elam, answered

                      [deserve],    and    and   said   unto

                      hast   given   us    Ezra,   We   have

                      [such]               trespassed

                      deliverance    as    against  our God,

                      this;                and   have  taken

                      9:14    Should we    strange  wives of

                      again  break  thy    the people of the

                      commandments, and    land:   yet   now

                      join  in affinity    there  is hope in

                      with  the  people    Israel concerning

                      of          these    this thing. 

                      abominations?        10:3          Now

                      wouldest not thou    therefore  let us

                      be angry  with us    make  a  covenant

                      till  thou  hadst    with  our  God to

                      consumed [us], so    put  away all the

                      that       [there    wives,  and  such

                      should   be]   no    as  are  born  of

                      remnant       nor    them,   according

                      escaping?            to the counsel of

                      9:15   O LORD God    my  lord,  and of

                      of  Israel,  thou    those        that

                      [art]  righteous:    tremble   at  the

                      for we remain yet    commandment    of

                      escaped,  as  [it    our God;  and let

                      is]   this   day:    it     be    done

                      behold,  we [are]    according  to the

                      before   thee  in    law. 

                      our   trespasses:    10:4   Arise; for

                      for   we   cannot    [this]     matter

                      stand before thee    [belongeth]  unto

                      because of this.     thee:   we   also

                      10:1    Now  when    [will   be]  with

                      Ezra  had prayed,    thee: be  of good

                      and  when  he had    courage,  and  do

                      confessed,           [it]. 

                      weeping       and    10:5   Then arose

                      casting   himself    Ezra,   and  made

                      down  before  the    the         chief

                      house   of   God,    priests,      the











                      Levites,  and all    themselves

                      Israel,  to swear    together     unto

                      that  they should    Jerusalem  within

                      do  according  to    three   days.  It

                      this   word.  And    [was]  the  ninth

                      they sware.          month,   on   the

                      10:6    Then Ezra    twentieth   [day]

                      rose    up   from    of the month; and

                      before  the house    all   the  people

                      of  God, and went    sat in the street

                      into  the chamber    of  the  house of

                      of   Johanan  the    God,    trembling

                      son  of Eliashib:    because of [this]

                      and   [when]   he    matter,  and  for

                      came  thither, he    the great rain. 

                      did eat no bread,    10:10    And Ezra

                      nor  drink water:    the  priest stood

                      for   he  mourned    up, and said unto

                      because   of  the    them,   Ye   have

                      transgression  of    transgressed, and

                      them   that   had    have        taken

                      been      carried    strange wives, to

                      away.                increase      the

                      10:7    And  they    trespass       of

                      made proclamation    Israel. 

                      throughout  Judah    10:11         Now

                      and     Jerusalem    therefore    make

                      unto    all   the    confession   unto

                      children  of  the    the  LORD  God of

                      captivity,   that    your fathers, and

                      they       should    do  his pleasure:

                      gather themselves    and      separate

                      together     unto    yourselves   from

                      Jerusalem;           the people of the

                      10:8    And  that    land,   and  from

                      whosoever   would    the       strange

                      not  come  within    wives. 

                      three       days,    10:12    Then all

                      according  to the    the  congregation

                      counsel   of  the    answered and said

                      princes  and  the    with    a    loud

                      elders,  all  his    voice,   As  thou

                      substance  should    hast   said,   so

                      be forfeited, and    must we do. 

                      himself separated    10:13    But  the

                      from          the    people      [are]

                      congregation   of    many, and [it is]

                      those   that  had    a  time  of  much

                      been      carried    rain, and  we are

                      away.                not able to stand

                      10:9    Then  all    without,  neither

                      the men  of Judah    [is  this] a work

                      and      Benjamin    of   one  day  or

                      gathered             two:  for  we are











                      many   that  have    first day  of the

                      transgressed   in    first month. 

                      this thing.          10:18   And among

                      10:14    Let  now    the  sons  of the

                      our rulers of all    priests     there

                      the  congregation    were  found  that

                      stand,   and  let    had taken strange

                      all   them  which    wives:  [namely],

                      have        taken    of  the  sons  of

                      strange  wives in    Jeshua the son of

                      our  cities  come    Jozadak,  and his

                      at      appointed    brethren;

                      times,  and  with    Maaseiah,     and

                      them  the  elders    Eliezer,      and

                      of   every  city,    Jarib,        and

                      and   the  judges    Gedaliah. 

                      thereof,    until    10:19    And they

                      the  fierce wrath    gave  their hands

                      of  our  God  for    that  they  would

                      this   matter  be    put   away  their

                      turned from us.      wives;        and

                      10:15        Only    [being]   guilty,

                      Jonathan  the son    [they  offered] a

                      of   Asahel   and    ram  of the flock

                      Jahaziah  the son    for         their

                      of   Tikvah  were    trespass. 

                      employed    about    10:20  And of the

                      this    [matter]:    sons   of  Immer;

                      and Meshullam and    Hanani,       and

                      Shabbethai    the    Zebadiah. 

                      Levite     helped    10:21  And of the

                      them.                sons   of  Harim;

                      10:16    And  the    Maaseiah,     and

                      children  of  the    Elijah,       and

                      captivity did so.    Shemaiah,     and

                      And    Ezra   the    Jehiel,       and

                      priest,    [with]    Uzziah. 

                      certain  chief of    10:22  And of the

                      the      fathers,    sons  of  Pashur;

                      after  the  house    Elioenai,

                      of their fathers,    Maaseiah,

                      and  all  of them    Ishmael,

                      by [their] names,    Nethaneel,

                      were   separated,    Jozabad,      and

                      and  sat  down in    Elasah. 

                      the  first day of    10:23    Also  of

                      the  tenth  month    the      Levites;

                      to   examine  the    Jozabad,      and

                      matter.              Shimei,       and

                      10:17    And they    Kelaiah,     (the

                      made an  end with    same         [is]

                      all the  men that    Kelita,)

                      had taken strange    Pethahiah, Judah,

                      wives    by   the    and Eliezer. 











                      10:24     Of  the    the    sons    of

                      singers     also;    Harim;   Eliezer,

                      Eliashib:  and of    Ishijah,

                      the      porters;    Malchiah,

                      Shallum,      and    Shemaiah,

                      Telem, and Uri.      Shimeon, 

                      10:25    Moreover    10:32   Benjamin,

                      of Israel: of the    Malluch,    [and]

                      sons  of  Parosh;    Shemariah. 

                      Ramiah,       and    10:33     Of  the

                      Jeziah,       and    sons  of  Hashum;

                      Malchiah,     and    Mattenai,

                      Miamin,       and    Mattathah, Zabad,

                      Eleazar,      and    Eliphelet,

                      Malchijah,    and    Jeremai,

                      Benaiah.             Manasseh,   [and]

                      10:26  And of the    Shimei. 

                      sons   of   Elam;    10:34     Of  the

                      Mattaniah,           sons   of   Bani;

                      Zechariah,    and    Maadai,    Amram,

                      Jehiel, and Abdi,    and Uel, 

                      and Jeremoth, and    10:35    Benaiah,

                      Eliah.               Bedeiah, Chelluh,

                      10:27  And of the

                      sons   of  Zattu;    10:36     Vaniah,

                      Elioenai,            Meremoth,

                      Eliashib,            Eliashib, 

                      Mattaniah,    and    10:37  Mattaniah,

                      Jeremoth,     and    Mattenai,     and

                      Zabad, and Aziza.    Jaasau, 

                                           10:38   And Bani,

                      10:28     Of  the    and       Binnui,

                      sons    also   of    Shimei, 

                      Bebai; Jehohanan,    10:39         And

                      Hananiah, Zabbai,    Shelemiah,    and

                      [and] Athlai.        Nathan,       and

                      10:29  And of the    Adaiah, 

                      sons   of   Bani;    10:40

                      Meshullam,           Machnadebai,

                      Malluch,      and    Shashai, Sharai, 

                      Adaiah,   Jashub,    10:41    Azareel,

                      and   Sheal,  and    and    Shelemiah,

                      Ramoth.              Shemariah, 

                      10:30  And of the    10:42    Shallum,

                      sons           of    Amariah,    [and]

                      Pahathmoab; Adna,    Joseph. 

                      and       Chelal,    10:43     Of  the

                      Benaiah,             sons   of   Nebo;

                      Maaseiah,            Jeiel,

                      Mattaniah,           Mattithiah,

                      Bezaleel,     and    Zabad,    Zebina,

                      Binnui,       and    Jadau,  and Joel,

                      Manasseh.            Benaiah. 

                      10:31    And [of]    10:44   All these











                      had taken strange

                      wives: and [some]

                      of them had wives

                      by  whom they had

                      children. 

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