Ezra 1



 1. Now in the first <0259> year <08141> of Cyrus <03566> king 
<04428> of Persia <06539>, that the word <01697> of the LORD 
<03068> by the mouth <06310> of Jeremiah <03414> might be 
fulfilled <03615>, the LORD <03068> stirred <05782> up the 
spirit <07307> of Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, 
that he made a proclamation throughout all <03605> his kingdom 
<04438>, and [put it] also <01571> in writing <04385>, saying 
<0559>,



 2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of 
Persia <06539>, The LORD <03068> God <0430> of heaven <08064> 
hath given <05414> me all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the 
earth <0776>; and he hath charged <06485> me to build <01129> 
him an house <01004> at Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in 
Judah <03063>.



 3 Who <04310> [is there] among you of all <03605> his people 
<05971>? his God <0430> be with him, and let him go <05927> up 
to Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in Judah <03063>, and 
build <01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> 
of Israel <03478>, (he [is] the God <0430>,) which <0834> [is] 
in Jerusalem <03389>.



 4 And whosoever <03605> remaineth <07604> in any <03605> place 
<04725> where he sojourneth <01481>, let the men <0582> of his 
place <04725> help <05375> him with silver <03701>, and with 
gold <02091>, and with goods <07399>, and with beasts <0929>, 
beside <05973> the freewill <05071> offering for the house 
<01004> of God <0430> that [is] in Jerusalem <03389>.



 5. Then rose <06965> up the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> 
of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and the priests <03548>, 
and the Levites <03881>, with all <03605> [them] whose <0853> 
spirit <07307> God <0430> had raised <05782>, to go <05927> up 
to build <01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which 
<0834> [is] in Jerusalem <03389>.



 6 And all <03605> they that [were] about <05439> them 
strengthened <02388> their hands <03027> with vessels <03627> of 
silver <03701>, with gold <02091>, with goods <07399>, and with 
beasts <0929>, and with precious <04030> things, beside all 
<03605> [that] was willingly <05068> offered.



 7 Also Cyrus <03566> the king <04428> brought <03318> forth 
<03318> the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of the LORD 
<03068>, which <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> had brought <03318> 
forth <03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, and had put <05414> them 
in the house <01004> of his gods <0430>;



 8 Even those did Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539> 
bring <03318> forth <03318> by the hand <03027> of Mithredath 
<04990> the treasurer <01489>, and numbered <05608> them unto 
Sheshbazzar <08339>, the prince <05387> of Judah <03063>.



 9 And this <0428> [is] the number <04557> of them: thirty 
<07970> chargers <0105> of gold <02091>, a thousand <0505> 
chargers <0105> of silver <03701>, nine <08672> and twenty 
<06242> knives <04252>,



 10 Thirty <07970> basons <03713> of gold <02091>, silver 
<03701> basons <03713> of a second <04932> [sort] four <0702> 
hundred <03967> and ten <06235>, [and] other <0312> vessels 
<03627> a thousand <0505>.



 11 All <03605> the vessels <03627> of gold <02091> and of 
silver <03701> [were] five <02568> thousand <0505> and four 
<0702> hundred <03967>. All <03605> [these] did Sheshbazzar 
<08339> bring <05927> up with [them of] the captivity <01473> 
that were brought <05927> up from Babylon <0894> unto Jerusalem 
<03389>.



Ezra 2



 1. Now these <0428> [are] the children <01121> of the province 
<04082> that went <05927> up out of the captivity <07628>, of 
those which had been carried <01540> away <01473>, whom <0834> 
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had 
carried <01540> away <01540> unto Babylon <0894>, and came 
<07725> again <07725> unto Jerusalem <03389> and Judah <03063>, 
every <0376> one <0376> unto his city <05892>;



 2 Which <0834> came <0935> with Zerubbabel <02216>: Jeshua 
<03442>, Nehemiah <05166>, Seraiah <08304>, Reelaiah <07480>, 
Mordecai <04782>, Bilshan <01114>, Mispar <04558>, Bigvai <0902>,
 Rehum <07348>, Baanah <01195>. The number <04557> of the men 
<0582> of the people <05971> of Israel <03478>:



 3 The children <01121> of Parosh <06551>, two thousand <0505> 
an hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two <08147>.



 4 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, three <07969> 
hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and two.



 5 The children <01121> of Arah <0733>, seven <07651> hundred 
<03967> seventy <07657> and five <02568>.



 6 The children <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>, of the children 
<01121> of Jeshua <03442> [and] Joab <03097>, two thousand 
<0505> eight <08083> hundred <03967> and twelve.



 7 The children <01121> of Elam <05867>, a thousand <0505> two 
hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.



 8 The children <01121> of Zattu <02240>, nine <08672> hundred 
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.



 9 The children <01121> of Zaccai <02140>, seven <07651> hundred 
<03967> and threescore <08346>.



 10 The children <01121> of Bani <01137>, six <08337> hundred 
<03967> forty <0705> and two <08147>.



 11 The children <01121> of Bebai <0893>, six <08337> hundred 
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



 12 The children <01121> of Azgad <05803>, a thousand <0505> two 
<08147> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and two <08147>.



 13 The children <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, six <08337> hundred 
<03967> sixty <08346> and six <08337>.



 14 The children <01121> of Bigvai <0902>, two thousand <0505> 
fifty <02572> and six <08337>.



 15 The children <01121> of Adin <05720>, four <0702> hundred 
<03967> fifty <02572> and four <0702>.



 16 The children <01121> of Ater <0333> of Hezekiah <02396>, 
ninety <08673> and eight <08083>.



 17 The children <01121> of Bezai <01209>, three <07969> hundred 
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



 18 The children <01121> of Jorah <03139>, an hundred <03967> 
and twelve.



 19 The children <01121> of Hashum <02828>, two hundred <03967> 
twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



 20 The children <01121> of Gibbar <01402>, ninety <08673> and 
five <02568>.



 21 The children <01121> of Bethlehem <01035>, an hundred 
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



 22 The men <0582> of Netophah <05199>, fifty <02572> and six 
<08337>.



 23 The men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, an hundred <03967> 
twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.



 24 The children <01121> of Azmaveth <05820>, forty <0705> and 
two <08147>.



 25 The children <01121> of Kirjatharim <07157>, Chephirah 
<03716>, and Beeroth <0881>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> and 
forty <0705> and three <07969>.



 26 The children <01121> of Ramah <07414> and Gaba <01387>, six 
<08337> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and one <0259>.



 27 The men <0582> of Michmas <04363>, an hundred <03967> twenty 
<06242> and two <08147>.



 28 The men <0582> of Bethel <01008> and Ai <05857>, two hundred 
<03967> twenty <06242> and three <07969>.



 29 The children <01121> of Nebo <05015>, fifty <02572> and two 
<08147>.



 30 The children <01121> of Magbish <04019>, an hundred <03967> 
fifty <02572> and six <08337>.



 31 The children <01121> of the other <0312> Elam <05867>, a 
thousand <0505> two hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and four 
<0702>.



 32 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, three <07969> hundred 
<03967> and twenty <06242>.



 33 The children <01121> of Lod <03850>, Hadid <02307>, and Ono 
<0207>, seven <07651> hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and five 
<02568>.



 34 The children <01121> of Jericho <03405>, three <07969> 
hundred <03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>.



 35 The children <01121> of Senaah <05570>, three <07969> 
thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> and thirty 
<07970>.



 36. The priests <03548>: the children <01121> of Jedaiah 
<03048>, of the house <01004> of Jeshua <03442>, nine <08672> 
hundred <03967> seventy <07657> and three <07969>.



 37 The children <01121> of Immer <0564>, a thousand <0505> 
fifty <02572> and two <08147>.



 38 The children <01121> of Pashur <06583>, a thousand <0505> 
two hundred <03967> forty <0705> and seven <07651>.



 39 The children <01121> of Harim <02766>, a thousand <0505> and 
seventeen <07651>.



 40 The Levites <03881>: the children <01121> of Jeshua <03442> 
and Kadmiel <06934>, of the children <01121> of Hodaviah <01938>,
 seventy <07657> and four <0702>.



 41 The singers <07891>: the children <01121> of Asaph <0623>, 
an hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and eight <08083>.



 42 The children <01121> of the porters <07778>: the children 
<01121> of Shallum <07967>, the children <01121> of Ater <0333>, 
the children <01121> of Talmon <02929>, the children <01121> of 
Akkub <06126>, the children <01121> of Hatita <02410>, the 
children <01121> of Shobai <07630>, [in] all <03605> an hundred 
<03967> thirty <07970> and nine <08672>.



 43 The Nethinims <05411>: the children <01121> of Ziha <06727>, 
the children <01121> of Hasupha <02817>, the children <01121> of 
Tabbaoth <02884>,



 44 The children <01121> of Keros <07026>, the children <01121> 
of Siaha <05517>, the children <01121> of Padon <06303>,



 45 The children <01121> of Lebanah <03848>, the children 
<01121> of Hagabah <02286>, the children <01121> of Akkub 
<06126>,



 46 The children <01121> of Hagab <02285>, the children <01121> 
of Shalmai <08073>, the children <01121> of Hanan <02605>,



 47 The children <01121> of Giddel <01435>, the children <01121> 
of Gahar <01515>, the children <01121> of Reaiah <07211>,



 48 The children <01121> of Rezin <07526>, the children <01121> 
of Nekoda <05353>, the children <01121> of Gazzam <01502>,



 49 The children <01121> of Uzza <05798>, the children <01121> 
of Paseah <06454>, the children <01121> of Besai <01153>,



 50 The children <01121> of Asnah <0619>, the children <01121> 
of Mehunim <04586>, the children <01121> of Nephusim <05304>,



 51 The children <01121> of Bakbuk <01227>, the children <01121> 
of Hakupha <02709>, the children <01121> of Harhur <02744>,



 52 The children <01121> of Bazluth <01213>, the children 
<01121> of Mehida <04240>, the children <01121> of Harsha 
<02797>,



 53 The children <01121> of Barkos <01302>, the children <01121> 
of Sisera <05516>, the children <01121> of Thamah <08547>,



 54 The children <01121> of Neziah <05335>, the children <01121> 
of Hatipha <02412>.



 55 The children <01121> of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>: 
the children <01121> of Sotai <05479>, the children <01121> of 
Sophereth <05618>, the children <01121> of Peruda <06514>,



 56 The children <01121> of Jaalah <03279>, the children <01121> 
of Darkon <01874>, the children <01121> of Giddel <01435>,



 57 The children <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the children 
<01121> of Hattil <02411>, the children <01121> of Pochereth 
<06380> of Zebaim <06380>, the children <01121> of Ami <0532>.



 58 All <03605> the Nethinims <05411>, and the children <01121> 
of Solomon's <08010> servants <05650>, [were] three <07969> 
hundred <03967> ninety <08673> and two <08147>.



 59 And these <0428> [were] they which went <05927> up from 
Telmelah <08528>, Telharsa <08521>, Cherub <03743>, Addan <0135>,
 [and] Immer <0564>: but they could <03201> not shew <05046> 
their father's <01> house <01004>, and their seed <02233>, 
whether <0518> they [were] of Israel <03478>:



 60 The children <01121> of Delaiah <01806>, the children 
<01121> of Tobiah <02900>, the children <01121> of Nekoda 
<05353>, six <08337> hundred <03967> fifty <02572> and two 
<08147>.



 61 And of the children <01121> of the priests <03548>: the 
children <01121> of Habaiah <02252>, the children <01121> of Koz 
<06976>, the children <01121> of Barzillai <01271>; which <0834> 
took <03947> a wife <0802> of the daughters <01121> of Barzillai 
<01271> the Gileadite <01569>, and was called <07121> after 
<05921> their name <08034>:



 62 These <0428> sought <01245> their register <03791> [among] 
those that were reckoned <03187> by genealogy <03188>, but they 
were not found <04672>: therefore were they, as polluted <01351>,
 put from the priesthood <03550>.



 63 And the Tirshatha <08660> said <0559> unto them, that they 
should not eat <0398> of the most <06944> holy <06944> things, 
till <05704> there stood <05975> up a priest <03548> with Urim 
<0224> and with Thummim <08550>.



 64. The whole <03605> congregation <06951> together <0259> 
[was] forty and two thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred 
<03967> [and] threescore <08346>,



 65 Beside <0905> their servants <05650> and their maids <0519>, 
of whom <0428> [there were] seven <07651> thousand <0505> three 
<07969> hundred <03967> thirty <07970> and seven <07651>: and 
[there were] among them two hundred <03967> singing <07891> men 
<0582> and singing <07891> women.



 66 Their horses <05483> [were] seven <07651> hundred <03967> 
thirty <07970> and six <08337>; their mules <06505>, two hundred 
<03967> forty <0705> and five <02568>;



 67 Their camels <01581>, four <0702> hundred <03967> thirty 
<07970> and five <02568>; [their] asses <02543>, six <08337> 
thousand <0505> seven <07651> hundred <03967> and twenty <06242>.



 68 And [some] of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, when 
they came <0935> to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which 
<0834> [is] at Jerusalem <03389>, offered freely for the house 
<01004> of God <0430> to set <05975> it up in his place <04349>:



 69 They gave <05414> after their ability <03581> unto the 
treasure <0214> of the work <04399> threescore <07239> and one 
thousand <0505> drams <01871> of gold <02091>, and five <02568> 
thousand <0505> pound <04488> of silver <03701>, and one hundred 
<03967> priests <03548>' garments <03801>.



 70 So the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and [some] 
of the people <05971>, and the singers <07891>, and the porters 
<07778>, and the Nethinims <05411>, dwelt <03427> in their 
cities <05892>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> in their cities 
<05892>.



Ezra 3



 1. And when the seventh <07637> month <02320> was come <05060>, 
and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> [were] in the cities 
<05892>, the people <05971> gathered <0622> themselves together 
as one <0259> man <0376> to Jerusalem <03389>.



 2 Then stood <06965> up Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of 
Jozadak <03136>, and his brethren <0251> the priests <03548>, 
and Zerubbabel <02216> the son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and 
his brethren <0251>, and builded <01129> the altar <04196> of 
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, to offer <05927> burnt <05930> 
offerings thereon <05921>, as [it is] written <03789> in the law 
<08451> of Moses <04872> the man <0376> of God <0430>.



 3 And they set <03559> the altar <04196> upon his bases <04350>;
 for fear <0367> [was] upon them because of the people <05971> 
of those countries <0776>: and they offered <05927> burnt 
<05930> offerings thereon <05921> unto the LORD <03068>, [even] 
burnt <05930> offerings morning <01242> and evening <06153>.



 4 They kept <06213> also the feast <02282> of tabernacles 
<05521>, as [it is] written <03789>, and [offered] the daily 
<03117> burnt <05930> offerings by number <04557>, according to 
the custom <04941>, as the duty <01697> of every day <03117> 
required <03117>;



 5 And afterward [offered] the continual <08548> burnt <05930> 
offering, both of the new <02320> moons <02320>, and of all 
<03605> the set <04150> feasts <04150> of the LORD <03068> that 
were consecrated <06942>, and of every <03605> one that 
willingly <05068> offered <05068> a freewill <05071> offering 
unto the LORD <03068>.



 6 From the first <0259> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> 
month <02320> began <02490> they to offer <05927> burnt <05930> 
offerings unto the LORD <03068>. But the foundation <03245> of 
the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068> was not [yet] laid.



 7 They gave <05414> money <03701> also unto the masons <02672>, 
and to the carpenters <02796>; and meat <03978>, and drink 
<04960>, and oil <08081>, unto them of Zidon <06722>, and to 
them of Tyre <06876>, to bring <0935> cedar <0730> trees <06086> 
from Lebanon <03844> to the sea <03220> of Joppa <03305>, 
according to the grant <07558> that they had of Cyrus <03566> 
king <04428> of Persia <06539>.



 8. Now in the second <08145> year <08141> of their coming 
<0935> unto the house <01004> of God <0430> at Jerusalem <03389>,
 in the second <08145> month <02320>, began <02490> Zerubbabel 
<02216> the son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03442> 
the son <01121> of Jozadak <03136>, and the remnant <07605> of 
their brethren <0251> the priests <03548> and the Levites 
<03881>, and all <03605> they that were come <0935> out of the 
captivity <07628> unto Jerusalem <03389>; and appointed <05975> 
the Levites <03881>, from twenty <06242> years <08141> old 
<01121> and upward <04605>, to set <05329> forward <05921> the 
work <04399> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.



 9 Then stood <05975> Jeshua <03442> [with] his sons <01121> and 
his brethren <0251>, Kadmiel <06934> and his sons <01121>, the 
sons <01121> of Judah <03063>, together <0259>, to set <05329> 
forward <05921> the workmen in the house <01004> of God <0430>: 
the sons <01121> of Henadad <02582>, [with] their sons <01121> 
and their brethren <0251> the Levites <03881>.



 10 And when the builders <01129> laid the foundation <03245> of 
the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, they set <05975> the 
priests <03548> in their apparel <03847> with trumpets <02689>, 
and the Levites <03881> the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623> with 
cymbals <04700>, to praise <01984> the LORD <03068>, after 
<05921> the ordinance <03027> of David <01732> king <04428> of 
Israel <03478>.



 11 And they sang <06030> together by course in praising <01984> 
and giving thanks <03034> unto the LORD <03068>; because <03588> 
[he is] good <02896>, for his mercy <02617> [endureth] for ever 
<05769> toward <05921> Israel <03478>. And all <03605> the 
people <05971> shouted <07321> with a great <01419> shout 
<08643>, when they praised <01984> the LORD <03068>, because 
<05921> the foundation <03245> of the house <01004> of the LORD 
<03068> was laid.



 12 But many <07227> of the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> 
and chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, [who were] ancient 
<02204> men, that had seen <07200> the first <07223> house 
<01004>, when <03588> the foundation <03245> of this <02088> 
house <01004> was laid before <06440> their eyes <05870>, wept 
<01058> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>; and many <07227> 
shouted <08643> aloud for joy <08057>:



 13 So that the people <05971> could not discern <05234> the 
noise <06963> of the shout <08643> of joy <08057> from the noise 
<06963> of the weeping <01065> of the people <05971>: for the 
people <05971> shouted <07321> with a loud <01419> shout <08643>,
 and the noise <06963> was heard <08085> afar <07350> off.



Ezra 4



 1. Now when the adversaries <06862> of Judah <03063> and 
Benjamin <01144> heard <08085> that the children <01121> of the 
captivity <01473> builded <01129> the temple <01964> unto the 
LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>;



 2 Then they came <05066> to Zerubbabel <02216>, and to the 
chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, and said <0559> unto them, 
Let us build <01129> with you: for we seek <01875> your God 
<0430>, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice <02076> unto him since 
the days <03117> of Esarhaddon <0634> king <04428> of Assur 
<0804>, which brought <05927> us up hither.



 3 But Zerubbabel <02216>, and Jeshua <03442>, and the rest 
<07605> of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of Israel 
<03478>, said <0559> unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to 
build <01129> an house <01004> unto our God <0430>; but we 
ourselves <0587> together <03162> will build <01129> unto the 
LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, as king <04428> Cyrus 
<03566> the king <04428> of Persia <06539> hath commanded 
<06680> us.



 4 Then the people <05971> of the land <0776> weakened <07503> 
the hands <03027> of the people <05971> of Judah <03063>, and 
troubled <01089> them in building <01129>,



 5 And hired <07936> counsellors <03289> against <05921> them, 
to frustrate <0656> their purpose <06098>, all <03605> the days 
<03117> of Cyrus <03566> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, even 
until <05704> the reign <04438> of Darius <01867> king <04428> 
of Persia <06539>.



 6. And in the reign <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, in the 
beginning <08462> of his reign <04438>, wrote <03789> they [unto 
him] an accusation <07855> against <05921> the inhabitants 
<03427> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>.



 7 And in the days <03117> of Artaxerxes <0783> wrote <03789> 
Bishlam <01312>, Mithredath <04990>, Tabeel <02870>, and the 
rest <07605> of their companions <03675>, unto Artaxerxes <0783> 
king <04428> of Persia <06539>; and the writing <03791> of the 
letter <05406> [was] written <03789> in the Syrian <0762> tongue 
<0762>, and interpreted <08638> in the Syrian <0762> tongue 
<0762>.



 8 Rehum <07348> the chancellor and Shimshai <08124> the scribe 
<05613> wrote <03790> a letter <0104> against <05922> Jerusalem 
<03390> to Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04430> in this <03660> 
sort <03660>:



 9 Then <0116> [wrote] Rehum <07348> the chancellor, and 
Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613>, and the rest <07606> of 
their companions <03675>; the Dinaites <01784>, the 
Apharsathchites <0671>, the Tarpelites <02967>, the Apharsites 
<0670>, the Archevites <0756>, the Babylonians <0896>, the 
Susanchites <07801>, the Dehavites <01723>, [and] the Elamites 
<05962>,



 10 And the rest <07606> of the nations <0524> whom <01768> the 
great <07229> and noble <03358> Asnappar <0620> brought <01541> 
over <01541>, and set <03488> in the cities <07141> of Samaria 
<08115>, and the rest <07606> [that are] on this side <05675> 
the river <05103>, and at such <03706> a time.



 11 This <01836> [is] the copy <06573> of the letter <0104> that 
they sent <07972> unto him, [even] unto Artaxerxes <0783> the 
king <04430>; Thy servants <05649> the men <0606> on this side 
<05675> the river <05103>, and at such <03706> a time.



 12 Be it known <03046> unto the king <04430>, that the Jews 
<03062> which <01768> came <05559> up from thee to us are come 
<0858> unto Jerusalem <03390>, building <01124> the rebellious 
<04779> and the bad <0873> city <07149>, and have set <03635> up 
the walls <07791> [thereof], and joined <02338> the foundations 
<0787>.



 13 Be it known <03046> now <03705> unto the king <04430>, that, 
if <02006> this <01791> city <07149> be builded <01124>, and the 
walls <07791> set <03635> up [again, then] will they not pay 
<05415> toll <04061>, tribute <01093>, and custom <01983>, and 
[so] thou shalt endamage <05142> the revenue <0674> of the kings 
<04430>.



 14 Now <03705> because we have maintenance <04415> from [the 
king's <04430>] palace <01964>, and it was not meet <0749> for 
us to see <02370> the king's <04430> dishonour <06173>, 
therefore have we sent <07972> and certified <03064> the king 
<04430>;



 15 That search <01240> may be made in the book <05609> of the 
records <01799> of thy fathers <02>: so shalt thou find <07912> 
in the book <05609> of the records <01799>, and know <03046> 
that this <01791> city <07149> [is] a rebellious <04779> city 
<07149>, and hurtful <05142> unto kings <04430> and provinces 
<04083>, and that they have moved <05648> sedition <0849> within 
<04481> the same <01459> of old <05957> time <03118>: for which 
<01836> cause was this <01791> city <07149> destroyed <02718>.



 16 We certify <03046> the king <04430> that, if <02006> this 
<01791> city <07149> be builded <01124> [again], and the walls 
<07791> thereof set <03635> up, by this <01836> means <06903> 
thou shalt have <0383> no <03809> portion <02508> on this side 
<05675> the river <05103>.



 17. [Then] sent <07972> the king <04430> an answer <06600> unto 
Rehum <07348> the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai <08124> the 
scribe <05613>, and [to] the rest <07606> of their companions 
<03675> that dwell <03488> in Samaria <08115>, and [unto] the 
rest <07606> beyond <05675> the river <05103>, Peace <08001>, 
and at such <03706> a time.



 18 The letter <05407> which <01768> ye sent <07972> unto us 
hath been plainly <06568> read <07123> before <06925> me.



 19 And I commanded, and search <01240> hath been made, and it 
is found <07912> that this <01791> city <07149> of old <05957> 
time <03118> hath made insurrection <05376> against <05922> 
kings <04430>, and [that] rebellion <04776> and sedition <0849> 
have been made <05648> therein.



 20 There have <01934> been <01934> mighty <08624> kings <04430> 
also over <05922> Jerusalem <03390>, which have ruled <07990> 
over all <03606> [countries] beyond <05675> the river <05103>; 
and toll <04061>, tribute <01093>, and custom <01983>, was paid 
<03052> unto them.



 21 Give <07761> ye now <03705> commandment <02942> to cause 
these <0479> men <01400> to cease <0989>, and that this <01791> 
city <07179> be not builded <01124>, until <05704> [another] 
commandment <02941> shall be given <07761> from me.



 22 Take <02095> heed <02095> now that ye fail <07960> not to do 
<05648> this <01836>: why <04101> should damage <02257> grow 
<07680> to the hurt <05142> of the kings <04430>?



 23 Now <0116> when the copy <06573> of king <04430> Artaxerxes 
<0783>' letter <05407> [was] read <07123> before <06925> Rehum 
<07348>, and Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613>, and their 
companions <03675>, they went <0236> up in haste <0924> to 
Jerusalem <03390> unto the Jews <03062>, and made them to cease 
<0989> by force <0153> and power <02429>.



 24 Then <0116> ceased <0989> the work <05673> of the house 
<01005> of God <0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>. 
So it ceased <0989> unto the second <08648> year <08140> of the 
reign <04437> of Darius <01868> king <04430> of Persia <06540>.



Ezra 5



 1. Then the prophets <05029>, Haggai <02292> the prophet 
<05029>, and Zechariah <02148> the son <01247> of Iddo <05714>, 
prophesied <05013> unto the Jews <03062> that [were] in Judah 
<03061> and Jerusalem <03390> in the name <08036> of the God 
<0426> of Israel <03479>, [even] unto them.



 2 Then <0116> rose <06965> up Zerubbabel <02217> the son 
<01247> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03443> the son <01247> 
of Jozadak <03136>, and began <08271> to build <01124> the house 
<01005> of God <0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>: 
and with them [were] the prophets <05029> of God <0426> helping 
<05582> them.



 3. At the same time <02166> came <0858> to them Tatnai <08674>, 
governor <06347> on this side <05675> the river <05103>, and 
Shetharboznai <08370>, and their companions <03675>, and said 
<0559> thus <03652> unto them, Who <04479> hath commanded you to 
build <01124> this <01836> house <01005>, and to make <03635> up 
this <01836> wall <0846>?



 4 Then <0116> said <0559> we unto them after <0310> this 
<03660> manner, What <04479> are the names <08036> of the men 
<01400> that make <01124> this <01836> building <01147>?



 5 But the eye <05870> of their God <0426> was upon the elders 
<07868> of the Jews <03062>, that they could not cause them to 
cease <0989>, till <05705> the matter <02941> came <01946> to 
Darius <01868>: and then <0116> they returned <08421> answer 
<08421> by letter <05407> concerning <05922> this <01836> 
[matter].



 6 The copy <06573> of the letter <0104> that Tatnai <08674>, 
governor <06347> on this side <05675> the river <05103>, and 
Shetharboznai <08370>, and his companions <03675> the 
Apharsachites <0671>, which <01768> [were] on this side <05675> 
the river <05103>, sent <07972> unto Darius <01868> the king 
<04430>:



 7 They sent <07972> a letter <06600> unto him, wherein <01459> 
was written <03790> thus <01836>; Unto Darius <01868> the king 
<04430>, all <03606> peace <08001>.



 8 Be it known <03046> unto the king <04430>, that we went 
<0236> into the province <04083> of Judea <03061>, to the house 
<01005> of the great <07229> God <0426>, which <01931> is 
builded <01124> with great <01560> stones <069>, and timber 
<0636> is laid <07760> in the walls <03797>, and this <01791> 
work <05673> goeth <05648> fast <0629> on, and prospereth 
<06744> in their hands <03028>.



 9 Then <0116> asked <07593> we those <0479> elders <07868>, 
[and] said <0559> unto them thus <03660>, Who <04479> commanded 
you to build <01124> this <01836> house <01005>, and to make 
<03635> up these <01836> walls <0846>?



 10 We asked <07593> their names <08036> also <0638>, to certify 
<03046> thee, that we might write <03790> the names <08036> of 
the men <01400> that [were] the chief <07217> of them.



 11 And thus <03660> they returned <08421> us answer <06600>, 
saying <0560>, We are the servants <05649> of the God <0426> of 
heaven <08065> and earth <0772>, and build <01129> the house 
<01005> that was builded <01124> these <01836> many <07690> 
years <08140> ago <06928>, which a great <07229> king <04430> of 
Israel <03479> builded <01124> and set <03635> up.



 12 But after <04481> that our fathers <02> had provoked <07265> 
the God <0426> of heaven <08065> unto wrath <07265>, he gave 
<03052> them into the hand <03028> of Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the 
king <04430> of Babylon <0895>, the Chaldean <03777>, who 
destroyed <05642> this <01836> house <01005>, and carried 
<01541> the people <05972> away <01541> into Babylon <0895>.



 13 But in the first <02298> year <08140> of Cyrus <03567> the 
king <04430> of Babylon <0895> [the same] king <04430> Cyrus 
<03567> made <07761> a decree <02942> to build <01124> this 
<01836> house <01005> of God <0426>.



 14 And the vessels <03984> also <0638> of gold <01722> and 
silver <03702> of the house <01005> of God <0426>, which <01768> 
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> took <05312> out of the temple <01965> 
that [was] in Jerusalem <03390>, and brought <02987> them into 
the temple <01965> of Babylon <0895>, those <01994> did Cyrus 
<03567> the king <04430> take <05312> out of the temple <01965> 
of Babylon <0895>, and they were delivered <03052> unto [one], 
whose name <08036> [was] Sheshbazzar <08339>, whom <01768> he 
had made <07761> governor <06347>;



 15 And said <0559> unto him, Take <05376> these <0412> vessels 
<03984>, go <0236>, carry <05182> them into the temple <01965> 
that [is] in Jerusalem <03390>, and let the house <01005> of God 
<0426> be builded <01124> in his place <0870>.



 16 Then <0116> came <0858> the same <01791> Sheshbazzar <08339>,
 [and] laid <03052> the foundation <0787> of the house <01005> 
of God <0426> which <01768> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>: and since 
<04481> that time <0116> even until <05704> now <03705> hath it 
been in building <01124>, and [yet] it is not finished <08000>.



 17 Now <03705> therefore, if <02006> [it seem] good <02869> to 
the king <04430>, let there be search <01240> made in the king's 
<04430> treasure <01596> house <01005>, which <01768> [is] there 
<08536> at Babylon <0895>, whether <02006> it be [so], that a 
decree <02942> was made <07761> of Cyrus <03567> the king 
<04430> to build <01124> this <01791> house <01005> of God 
<0426> at Jerusalem <03390>, and let the king <04430> send 
<07972> his pleasure <07470> to us concerning <05922> this 
<01836> matter <01836>.



Ezra 6



 1. Then <0116> Darius <01868> the king <04430> made <07761> a 
decree <02942>, and search <01240> was made in the house <01005> 
of the rolls <05609>, where <08536> the treasures <01596> were 
laid <05182> up in Babylon <0895>.



 2 And there was found <07912> at Achmetha <0307>, in the palace 
<01002> that [is] in the province <04082> of the Medes <04074>, 
a roll <04040>, and therein <01459> [was] a record <01799> thus 
<03652> written <03790>:



 3 In the first <02298> year <08140> of Cyrus <03567> the king 
<04430> [the same] Cyrus <03567> the king <04430> made <07761> a 
decree <02942> [concerning] the house <01005> of God <0426> at 
Jerusalem <03390>, Let the house <01005> be builded <01124>, the 
place <0870> where <01768> they offered <01684> sacrifices 
<01685>, and let the foundations <0787> thereof be strongly laid 
<05446>; the height <07312> thereof threescore <08361> cubits 
<0521>, [and] the breadth <06613> thereof threescore <08361> 
cubits <0521>;



 4 [With] three <08532> rows <05073> of great <01560> stones 
<069>, and a row <05073> of new <02323> timber <0636>: and let 
the expenses <05313> be given <03052> out of the king's <04430> 
house <01004>:



 5 And also <0638> let the golden <01722> and silver <03702> 
vessels <03984> of the house <01005> of God <0426>, which 
<01768> Nebuchadnezzar <05020> took <05312> forth <05312> out of 
the temple <01965> which <0834> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>, and 
brought <02987> unto Babylon <0895>, be restored <08421>, and 
brought <01946> again <01946> unto the temple <01965> which 
<01768> [is] at Jerusalem <03390>, [every one] to his place 
<0870>, and place <05182> [them] in the house <01005> of God 
<0426>.



 6 Now <03705> [therefore], Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> 
beyond <05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370>, and 
your companions <03675> the Apharsachites <0671>, which <01768> 
[are] beyond <05675> the river <05103>, be ye far <07352> from 
thence <08536>:



 7 Let the work <05673> of this <01791> house <01005> of God 
<0426> alone <07662>; let the governor <06347> of the Jews 
<03062> and the elders <07868> of the Jews <03062> build <01124> 
this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426> in his place <0870>.



 8 Moreover I make <07761> a decree <02942> what ye shall do 
<05648> to the elders <07868> of these <0479> Jews <03062> for 
the building <01124> of this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426>:
 that of the king's <04430> goods <05232>, [even] of the tribute 
<04061> beyond <05675> the river <05103>, forthwith <0629> 
expenses <05313> be given <03052> unto these <0479> men <01400>, 
that they be not hindered <0989>.



 9 And that which they have need <02818> of, both young <01123> 
bullocks <08450>, and rams <01798>, and lambs <0563>, for the 
burnt <05928> offerings of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, 
wheat <02591>, salt <04416>, wine <02562>, and oil <04887>, 
according to the appointment <03883> of the priests <03549> 
which <01768> [are] at Jerusalem <03390>, let it be given 
<03052> them day <03118> by day <03118> without fail <07960>:



 10 That they may offer <07127> sacrifices of sweet <05208> 
savours <05208> unto the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, and pray 
<06739> for the life <02417> of the king <04430>, and of his 
sons <01123>.



 11 Also I have made <07761> a decree <02942>, that whosoever 
<03605> shall alter <08133> this <01836> word <06600>, let 
timber <0636> be pulled <05256> down from his house <01005>, and 
being set <02211> up, let him be hanged <04223> thereon <05921>; 
and let his house <01005> be made <05648> a dunghill <05122> for 
this <01836>.



 12 And the God <0426> that hath caused his name <08036> to 
dwell <07932> there <08536> destroy <04049> all <03606> kings 
<04430> and people <05972>, that shall put <07972> to their hand 
<03028> to alter <08133> [and] to destroy <02255> this <01791> 
house <01005> of God <0426> which <01768> [is] at Jerusalem 
<03390>. I Darius <01868> have made <07761> a decree <02942>; 
let it be done <05648> with speed <0629>.



 13. Then <0116> Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> on this side 
<05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370>, and their 
companions <03675>, according <06903> to that which <01768> 
Darius <01868> the king <04430> had sent <07972>, so <03660> 
they did speedily <0629>.



 14 And the elders <07868> of the Jews <03062> builded <01124>, 
and they prospered <06744> through the prophesying <05017> of 
Haggai <02292> the prophet <05029> and Zechariah <02148> the son 
<01247> of Iddo <05714>. And they builded <01124>, and finished 
<03635> [it], according <04481> to the commandment <02941> of 
the God <0426> of Israel <03479>, and according to the 
commandment <02942> of Cyrus <03567>, and Darius <01868>, and 
Artaxerxes <0783> king <04430> of Persia <06540>.



 15 And this <01836> house <01005> was finished <03319> on 
<05705> the third <08531> day <03118> of the month <03393> Adar 
<0144>, which <01768> was in the sixth <08353> year <08140> of 
the reign <04437> of Darius <01868> the king <04430>.



 16 And the children <01121> of Israel <03479>, the priests 
<03549>, and the Levites <03879>, and the rest <07606> of the 
children <01121> of the captivity <01547>, kept <05648> the 
dedication <02597> of this <01836> house <01005> of God <0426> 
with joy <02305>,



 17 And offered <07127> at the dedication <02597> of this 
<01836> house <01005> of God <0426> an hundred <03969> bullocks 
<08450>, two hundred <03969> rams <01798>, four <0703> hundred 
<03969> lambs <0563>; and for a sin <02409> offering for all 
<03606> Israel <03479>, twelve he goats <05795>, according to 
the number <04510> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03479>.



 18 And they set <06966> the priests <03549> in their divisions 
<06392>, and the Levites <03879> in their courses <04255>, for 
the service <05673> of God <0426>, which <01768> [is] at 
Jerusalem <03390>; as it is written <03792> in the book <05609> 
of Moses <04873>.



 19 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> kept 
<06213> the passover <06453> upon the fourteenth [day] of the 
first <07223> month <02320>.



 20 For the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> were 
purified <02891> together <0259>, all <03605> of them [were] 
pure <02889>, and killed <07819> the passover <06453> for all 
<03605> the children <01121> of the captivity <01473>, and for 
their brethren <0251> the priests <03548>, and for themselves 
<01992>.



 21 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which were come 
<07725> again <07725> out of captivity <01473>, and all <03605> 
such as had separated <06395> themselves unto them from the 
filthiness <02932> of the heathen <01471> of the land <0776>, to 
seek <01875> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, did 
eat <0398>,



 22 And kept <06213> the feast <02282> of unleavened <04682> 
bread seven <07651> days <03117> with joy <08057>: for the LORD 
<03068> had made them joyful <08055>, and turned <05437> the 
heart <03820> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> unto them, 
to strengthen <02388> their hands <03027> in the work <04399> of 
the house <01004> of God <0430>, the God <0430> of Israel 
<03478>.



Ezra 7



 1. Now after <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, in the reign 
<04438> of Artaxerxes <0783> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, 
Ezra <05830> the son <01121> of Seraiah <08304>, the son <01121> 
of Azariah <05838>, the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>,



 2 The son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, the son <01121> of Zadok 
<06659>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>,



 3 The son <01121> of Amariah <0568>, the son <01121> of Azariah 
<05838>, the son <01121> of Meraioth <04812>,



 4 The son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, the son <01121> of Uzzi 
<05813>, the son <01121> of Bukki <01231>,



 5 The son <01121> of Abishua <050>, the son <01121> of Phinehas 
<06372>, the son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the son <01121> of 
Aaron <0175> the chief <07218> priest <03548>:



 6 This <01931> Ezra <05830> went <05927> up from Babylon <0894>;
 and he [was] a ready <04106> scribe <05608> in the law <08451> 
of Moses <04872>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of 
Israel <03478> had given <05414>: and the king <04428> granted 
<05414> him all <03605> his request <01246>, according to the 
hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430> upon him.



 7 And there went <05927> up [some] of the children <01121> of 
Israel <03478>, and of the priests <03548>, and the Levites 
<03881>, and the singers <07891>, and the porters <07778>, and 
the Nethinims <05411>, unto Jerusalem <03389>, in the seventh 
<07651> year <08141> of Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04428>.



 8 And he came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> in the fifth <02549> 
month <02320>, which <01958> [was] in the seventh <07637> year 
<08141> of the king <04428>.



 9 For upon the first <0259> [day] of the first <07223> month 
<02320> began <03246> he to go <04609> up from Babylon <0894>, 
and on the first <0259> [day] of the fifth <02549> month <02320> 
came <0935> he to Jerusalem <03389>, according to the good 
<02896> hand <03027> of his God <0430> upon him.



 10 For Ezra <05830> had prepared <03559> his heart <03824> to 
seek <01875> the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>, and to do 
<06213> [it], and to teach <03925> in Israel <03478> statutes 
<02706> and judgments <04941>.



 11. Now this <02088> [is] the copy <06573> of the letter 
<05406> that the king <04428> Artaxerxes <0783> gave <05414> 
unto Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05608>, [even] 
a scribe <05608> of the words <01697> of the commandments 
<04687> of the LORD <03068>, and of his statutes <02706> to 
Israel <03478>.



 12 Artaxerxes <0783>, king <04430> of kings <04428>, unto Ezra 
<05830> the priest <03548>, a scribe <05613> of the law <01882> 
of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, perfect <01585> [peace], 
and at such <03706> a time.



 13 I make <07761> a decree <02942>, that all <03606> they of 
the people <05972> of Israel <03479>, and [of] his priests 
<03549> and Levites <03879>, in my realm <04437>, which <01768> 
are minded of their own freewill <05069> to go <01946> up to 
Jerusalem <03390>, go <01946> with thee.



 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent <07972> of the king <04430>, and 
of his seven <07655> counsellors <03272>, to enquire <01240> 
concerning <05922> Judah <03061> and Jerusalem <03390>, 
according to the law <01882> of thy God <0426> which <01768> 
[is] in thine hand <03028>;



 15 And to carry <02987> the silver <03702> and gold <01722>, 
which <01768> the king <04430> and his counsellors <03272> have 
freely offered <05069> unto the God <0426> of Israel <03479>, 
whose <01768> habitation <04907> [is] in Jerusalem <03390>,



 16 And all <03606> the silver <03702> and gold <01722> that 
thou canst find <07912> in all <03606> the province <04082> of 
Babylon <0895>, with the freewill <05069> offering of the people 
<05972>, and of the priests <03549>, offering willingly <05068> 
for the house <01005> of their God <0426> which <01768> [is] in 
Jerusalem <03390>:



 17 That thou mayest buy <07069> speedily <0629> with this 
<01836> money <03702> bullocks <08450>, rams <01798>, lambs 
<0563>, with their meat offerings <04503> and their drink 
<05261> offerings, and offer <07127> them upon the altar <04196> 
of the house <01005> of your God <0426> which <01768> [is] in 
Jerusalem <03390>.



 18 And whatsoever shall seem <03191> good <03191> to thee, and 
to thy brethren <0252>, to do <05648> with the rest <07606> of 
the silver <03702> and the gold <01722>, that do <05648> after 
the will <07470> of your God <0426>.



 19 The vessels <03984> also that are given <03052> thee for the 
service <06402> of the house <01005> of thy God <0426>, [those] 
deliver <08000> thou before <06925> the God <0426> of Jerusalem 
<03390>.



 20 And whatsoever more <07608> shall be needful <02819> for the 
house <01005> of thy God <0426>, which <01768> thou shalt have 
occasion <05308> to bestow <05415>, bestow <05415> [it] out of 
the king's <04430> treasure <01596> house <01005>.



 21 And I, [even] I Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04430>, do make 
<07761> a decree <02942> to all <03606> the treasurers <01490> 
which <01768> [are] beyond <05675> the river <05103>, that 
whatsoever Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05613> 
of the law <01882> of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, shall 
require <07593> of you, it be done <05648> speedily <0629>,



 22 Unto an hundred <03969> talents <03604> of silver <03702>, 
and to an hundred <03969> measures <03734> of wheat <02591>, and 
to an hundred <03969> baths <01325> of wine <02562>, and to an 
hundred <03969> baths <01324> of oil <04887>, and salt <04416> 
without <03809> prescribing <03792> [how much <07227>].



 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, 
let it be diligently <0149> done <05648> for the house <01005> 
of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>: for why <04101> should 
there be wrath <07109> against <05922> the realm <04437> of the 
king <04430> and his sons <01123>?



 24 Also we certify <03046> you, that touching any <03606> of 
the priests <03549> and Levites <03879>, singers <02171>, 
porters <08652>, Nethinims <05412>, or ministers <06399> of this 
<01836> house <01005> of God <0426>, it shall not be lawful 
<07990> to impose <07412> toll <04061>, tribute <01093>, or 
custom <01983>, upon them.



 25 And thou, Ezra <05830>, after the wisdom <02452> of thy God 
<0426>, that [is] in thine hand <03028>, set <04483> magistrates 
<08200> and judges <01782>, which <01768> may judge all <03606> 
the people <05972> that [are] beyond <05675> the river <05103>, 
all <03606> such as know <03046> the laws <01882> of thy God 
<0426>; and teach <03046> ye them that know <03046> [them] not.



 26 And whosoever <03605> will not do <05648> the law <01882> of 
thy God <0426>, and the law <01882> of the king <04430>, let 
judgment <01780> be executed <05648> speedily <0629> upon him, 
whether <02006> [it be] unto death <04193>, or <02006> to 
banishment <08331>, or <02006> to confiscation <06065> of goods 
<05232>, or to imprisonment <0613>.



 27. Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of our 
fathers <01>, which <0834> hath put <05414> [such a thing] as 
this <02063> in the king's <04428> heart <03820>, to beautify 
<06286> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> [is] 
in Jerusalem <03389>:



 28 And hath extended <05186> mercy <02617> unto me before 
<06440> the king <04428>, and his counsellors <03289>, and 
before <06440> all <03605> the king's <04428> mighty <01368> 
princes <08269>. And I was strengthened <02388> as the hand 
<03027> of the LORD <03068> my God <0430> [was] upon me, and I 
gathered <06908> together out of Israel <03478> chief <07218> 
men <0582> to go <05927> up with me.



Ezra 8



 1. These <0428> [are] now the chief <07218> of their fathers 
<01>, and [this <0428> is] the genealogy <03188> of them that 
went <05927> up with me from Babylon <0894>, in the reign 
<04438> of Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04428>.



 2 Of the sons <01121> of Phinehas <06372>; Gershom <01648>: of 
the sons <01121> of Ithamar <0385>; Daniel <01840>: of the sons 
<01121> of David <01732>; Hattush <02407>.



 3 Of the sons <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>, of the sons 
<01121> of Pharosh <06551>; Zechariah <02148>: and with him were 
reckoned <03187> by genealogy <03188> of the males <02145> an 
hundred <03967> and fifty <02572>.



 4 Of the sons <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>; Elihoenai <0454> 
the son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, and with him two hundred 
<03967> males <02145>.



 5 Of the sons <01121> of Shechaniah <07935>; the son <01121> of 
Jahaziel <03166>, and with him three <07969> hundred <03967> 
males <02145>.



 6 Of the sons <01121> also of Adin <05720>; Ebed <05651> the 
son <01121> of Jonathan <03083>, and with him fifty <02572> 
males <02145>.



 7 And of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>; Jeshaiah <03740> the 
son <01121> of Athaliah <06271>, and with him seventy <07657> 
males <02145>.



 8 And of the sons <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>; Zebadiah 
<02069> the son <01121> of Michael <04317>, and with him 
fourscore <08084> males <02145>.



 9 Of the sons <01121> of Joab <03097>; Obadiah <05662> the son 
<01121> of Jehiel <03171>, and with him two hundred <03967> and 
eighteen males <02145>.



 10 And of the sons <01121> of Shelomith <08019>; the son 
<01121> of Josiphiah <03131>, and with him an hundred <03967> 
and threescore <08346> males <02145>.



 11 And of the sons <01121> of Bebai <0893>; Zechariah <02148> 
the son <01121> of Bebai <0893>, and with him twenty <06242> and 
eight <08083> males <02145>.



 12 And of the sons <01121> of Azgad <05803>; Johanan <03110> 
the son <01121> of Hakkatan <06997>, and with him an hundred 
<03967> and ten <06235> males <02145>.



 13 And of the last <0314> sons <01121> of Adonikam <0140>, 
whose names <08034> [are] these <0428>, Eliphelet <0467>, Jeiel 
<03273>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and with them threescore <08346> 
males <02145>.



 14 Of the sons <01121> also of Bigvai <0902>; Uthai <05793>, 
and Zabbud, and with them seventy <07657> males <02145>.



 15 And I gathered <06908> them together to the river <05104> 
that runneth <0935> to Ahava <0163>; and there <08033> abode 
<02583> we in tents <02583> three <07969> days <03117>: and I 
viewed <0995> the people <05971>, and the priests <03548>, and 
found <04672> there <08033> none <03808> of the sons <01121> of 
Levi <03878>.



 16 Then sent <07971> I for Eliezer <0461>, for Ariel <0740>, 
for Shemaiah <08098>, and for Elnathan <0494>, and for Jarib 
<03402>, and for Elnathan <0494>, and for Nathan <05416>, and 
for Zechariah <02148>, and for Meshullam <04918>, chief <07218> 
men <01400>; also for Joiarib <03114>, and for Elnathan <0494>, 
men <0582> of understanding <0995>.



 17 And I sent <06680> them with commandment <03318> unto Iddo 
<0112> the chief <07218> at the place <04725> Casiphia <03703>, 
and I told them what <01697> they should say <01696> unto Iddo 
<0112>, [and] to his brethren <0251> the Nethinims <05411>, at 
the place <04725> Casiphia <03703>, that they should bring 
<0935> unto us ministers <08334> for the house <01004> of our 
God <0430>.



 18 And by the good <02896> hand <03027> of our God <0430> upon 
us they brought <0935> us a man <0376> of understanding <07922>, 
of the sons <01121> of Mahli <04249>, the son <01121> of Levi 
<03878>, the son <01121> of Israel <03478>; and Sherebiah 
<08274>, with his sons <01121> and his brethren <0251>, eighteen;



 19 And Hashabiah <02811>, and with him Jeshaiah <03740> of the 
sons <01121> of Merari <04847>, his brethren <0251> and their 
sons <01121>, twenty <06242>;



 20 Also of the Nethinims <05411>, whom David <01732> and the 
princes <08269> had appointed <05414> for the service <05656> of 
the Levites <03881>, two hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> 
Nethinims <05411>: all <03605> of them were expressed by name 
<08034>.



 21. Then I proclaimed <07121> a fast <06685> there <08033>, at 
<05921> the river <05104> of Ahava <0163>, that we might afflict 
<06031> ourselves before <06440> our God <0430>, to seek <01245> 
of him a right <03477> way <01870> for us, and for our little 
<02945> ones, and for all <03605> our substance <07399>.



 22 For I was ashamed <0954> to require <07592> of the king 
<04428> a band <02428> of soldiers <02428> and horsemen <06571> 
to help <05826> us against the enemy <0341> in the way <01870>: 
because <03588> we had spoken <0559> unto the king <04428>, 
saying <0559>, The hand <03027> of our God <0430> [is] upon all 
<03605> them for good <02896> that seek <01245> him; but his 
power <05797> and his wrath <0639> [is] against <05921> all 
<03605> them that forsake <05800> him.



 23 So we fasted <06684> and besought <01245> our God <0430> for 
this <02063>: and he was intreated <06279> of us.



 24. Then I separated <0914> twelve of the chief <08269> of the 
priests <03548>, Sherebiah <08274>, Hashabiah <02811>, and ten 
<06235> of their brethren <0251> with them,



 25 And weighed <08254> unto them the silver <03701>, and the 
gold <02091>, and the vessels <03627>, [even] the offering 
<08641> of the house <01004> of our God <0430>, which the king 
<04428>, and his counsellors <03289>, and his lords <08269>, and 
all <03605> Israel <03478> [there] present <04672>, had offered 
<07311>:



 26 I even weighed <08254> unto their hand <03027> six <08337> 
hundred <03967> and fifty <02572> talents <03603> of silver 
<03701>, and silver <03701> vessels <03627> an hundred <03967> 
talents <03603>, [and] of gold <02091> an hundred <03967> 
talents <03603>;



 27 Also twenty <06242> basons <03713> of gold <02091>, of a 
thousand <0505> drams <0150>; and two <08147> vessels <03627> of 
fine <06668> copper <05178>, precious <02530> as gold <02091>.



 28 And I said <0559> unto them, Ye [are] holy <06944> unto the 
LORD <03068>; the vessels <03627> [are] holy <06944> also; and 
the silver <03701> and the gold <02091> [are] a freewill <05071> 
offering unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>.



 29 Watch <08245> ye, and keep <08104> [them], until <05704> ye 
weigh <08254> [them] before <06440> the chief <08269> of the 
priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>, and chief <08269> of 
the fathers <01> of Israel <03478>, at Jerusalem <03389>, in the 
chambers <03957> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.



 30 So took <06901> the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> 
the weight <04948> of the silver <03701>, and the gold <02091>, 
and the vessels <03627>, to bring <0935> [them] to Jerusalem 
<03389> unto the house <01004> of our God <0430>.



 31. Then we departed <05265> from the river <05104> of Ahava 
<0163> on the twelfth [day] of the first <07223> month <02320>, 
to go <03212> unto Jerusalem <03389>: and the hand <03027> of 
our God <0430> was upon us, and he delivered <05337> us from the 
hand <03709> of the enemy <0341>, and of such as lay in wait 
<0693> by the way <01870>.



 32 And we came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and abode <03427> 
there <08033> three <07969> days <03117>.



 33 Now on the fourth <07243> day <03117> was the silver <03701> 
and the gold <02091> and the vessels <03627> weighed <08254> in 
the house <01004> of our God <0430> by the hand <03027> of 
Meremoth <04822> the son <01121> of Uriah <0223> the priest 
<03548>; and with him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of 
Phinehas <06372>; and with them [was] Jozabad <03107> the son 
<01121> of Jeshua <03443>, and Noadiah <05129> the son <01121> 
of Binnui <01131>, Levites <03881>;



 34 By number <04557> [and] by weight <04948> of every <03605> 
one: and all <03605> the weight <04948> was written <03789> at 
that time <06256>.



 35 [Also] the children <01121> of those that had been carried 
<01473> away <01473>, which were come <0935> out of the 
captivity <07628>, offered <07126> burnt <05930> offerings unto 
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, twelve bullocks <06499> for 
all <03605> Israel <03478>, ninety <08673> and six <08337> rams 
<0352>, seventy <07657> and seven <07651> lambs <03532>, twelve 
he goats <06842> [for] a sin <02403> offering: all <03605> [this 
was] a burnt <05930> offering unto the LORD <03068>.



 36 And they delivered <05414> the king's <04428> commissions 
<01881> unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>, and to the 
governors <06346> on this side <05676> the river <05104>: and 
they furthered <05375> the people <05971>, and the house <01004> 
of God <0430>.



Ezra 9



 1. Now when <03588> these <0428> things were done <03615>, the 
princes <08269> came <05066> to me, saying <0559>, The people 
<05971> of Israel <03478>, and the priests <03548>, and the 
Levites <03881>, have not separated <0914> themselves from the 
people <05971> of the lands <0776>, [doing] according to their 
abominations <08441>, [even] of the Canaanites <03669>, the 
Hittites <02850>, the Perizzites <06522>, the Jebusites <02983>, 
the Ammonites <05984>, the Moabites <04124>, the Egyptians 
<04713>, and the Amorites <0567>.



 2 For they have taken <05375> of their daughters <01121> for 
themselves <01992>, and for their sons <01121>: so that the holy 
<06944> seed <02233> have mingled <06148> themselves with the 
people <05971> of [those] lands <0776>: yea, the hand <03027> of 
the princes <08269> and rulers <05461> hath been <01961> chief 
<07223> in this <02088> trespass <04604>.



 3 And when <03588> I heard <08085> this <02088> thing <01697>, 
I rent <07167> my garment <0899> and my mantle <04598>, and 
plucked <04803> off the hair <08181> of my head <07218> and of 
my beard <02206>, and sat <03427> down astonied <08074>.



 4 Then were assembled <0622> unto me every <03605> one that 
trembled <02730> at the words <01697> of the God <0430> of 
Israel <03478>, because <05921> of the transgression <04604> of 
those that had been carried <01473> away <01473>; and I sat 
<03427> astonied <08074> until <05704> the evening <06153> 
sacrifice <04503>.



 5. And at the evening <06153> sacrifice <04503> I arose <06965> 
up from my heaviness <08589>; and having rent <07167> my garment 
<0899> and my mantle <04598>, I fell <03766> upon my knees 
<01290>, and spread <06566> out my hands <03709> unto the LORD 
<03068> my God <0430>,



 6 And said <0559>, O my God <0430>, I am ashamed <0954> and 
blush <03637> to lift <07311> up my face <06440> to thee, my God 
<0430>: for our iniquities <05771> are increased <07235> over 
<04605> [our] head <07218>, and our trespass <0819> is grown 
<01431> up unto the heavens <08064>.



 7 Since the days <03117> of our fathers <01> [have] we [been] 
in a great <01419> trespass <0819> unto this <02088> day <03117>;
 and for our iniquities <05771> have we, our kings <04428>, 
[and] our priests <03548>, been delivered <05414> into the hand 
<03027> of the kings <04428> of the lands <0776>, to the sword 
<02719>, to captivity <07628>, and to a spoil <0961>, and to 
confusion <01322> of face <06440>, as [it is] this <02088> day 
<03117>.



 8 And now <06258> for a little <04592> space <07281> grace 
<08467> hath been [shewed] from the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, 
to leave <07604> us a remnant to escape <06413>, and to give 
<05414> us a nail <03489> in his holy <06944> place <04725>, 
that our God <0430> may lighten <0215> our eyes <05869>, and 
give <05414> us a little <04592> reviving <04241> in our bondage 
<05659>.



 9 For we [were] bondmen <05650>; yet our God <0430> hath not 
forsaken <05800> us in our bondage <05659>, but hath extended 
<05186> mercy <02617> unto us in the sight <06440> of the kings 
<04428> of Persia <06539>, to give <05414> us a reviving <04241>,
 to set <07311> up the house <01004> of our God <0430>, and to 
repair <05975> the desolations <02723> thereof, and to give 
<05414> us a wall <01447> in Judah <03063> and in Jerusalem 
<03389>.



 10 And now <06258>, O our God <0430>, what <04100> shall we say 
<0559> after <0310> this <02063>? for we have forsaken <05800> 
thy commandments <04687>,



 11 Which <0834> thou hast commanded <06680> by thy servants 
<05650> the prophets <05030>, saying <0559>, The land <0776>, 
unto which <0834> ye go <0935> to possess <03423> it, is an 
unclean <05079> land <0776> with the filthiness <05079> of the 
people <05971> of the lands <0776>, with their abominations 
<08441>, which <0834> have filled <04390> it from one end 
<06310> to another with their uncleanness <02932>.



 12 Now <06258> therefore give <05414> not your daughters 
<01121> unto their sons <01121>, neither <0408> take <05375> 
their daughters <01121> unto your sons <01121>, nor <03808> seek 
<01875> their peace <07965> or their wealth <02896> for ever 
<05769>: that ye may be strong <02388>, and eat <0398> the good 
<02898> of the land <0776>, and leave [it] for an inheritance 
<03423> to your children <01121> for ever <05769>.



 13 And after <0310> all <03605> that is come <0935> upon us for 
our evil <07451> deeds <04639>, and for our great <01419> 
trespass <0819>, seeing <03588> that thou our God <0430> hast 
punished <02820> us less <04295> than <04480> our iniquities 
<05771> [deserve], and hast given <05414> us [such] deliverance 
<06413> as this <02063>;



 14 Should we again <07725> break <06565> thy commandments 
<04687>, and join <02859> in affinity <02859> with the people 
<05971> of these <0428> abominations <08441>? wouldest not thou 
be angry <0599> with us till <05704> thou hadst consumed <03615> 
[us], so that [there should be] no <0369> remnant <07611> nor 
escaping <06413>?



 15 O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, thou [art] 
righteous <06662>: for we remain <07604> yet escaped <06413>, as 
[it is] this <02063> day <03117>: behold <02005>, we [are] 
before <06440> thee in our trespasses <0819>: for we cannot 
<03808> stand <05975> before <06440> thee because <05921> of 
this <02063>.



Ezra 10



 1. Now when Ezra <05830> had prayed <06419>, and when he had 
confessed <03034>, weeping <01058> and casting <05307> himself 
down <05307> before <06440> the house <01004> of God <0430>, 
there assembled <06908> unto him out of Israel <03478> a very 
<03966> great <07227> congregation <06951> of men <0582> and 
women <0802> and children <03206>: for the people <05971> wept 
<01058> very sore.



 2 And Shechaniah <07935> the son <01121> of Jehiel <03171>, 
[one] of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>, answered <06030> and 
said <0559> unto Ezra <05830>, We have trespassed <04603> 
against our God <0430>, and have taken <03427> strange <05237> 
wives <0802> of the people <05971> of the land <0776>: yet now 
<06258> there is hope <04723> in Israel <03478> concerning 
<05921> this <02063> thing.



 3 Now <06258> therefore let us make <03772> a covenant <01285> 
with our God <0430> to put <03318> away <03318> all <03605> the 
wives <0802>, and such as are born <03205> of them, according to 
the counsel <06098> of my lord <0136>, and of those that tremble 
<02730> at the commandment <04687> of our God <0430>; and let it 
be done <06213> according to the law <08451>.



 4 Arise <06965>; for [this] matter <01697> [belongeth] unto 
thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage <02388>, 
and do <06213> [it].



 5 Then arose <06965> Ezra <05830>, and made the chief <08269> 
priests <03548>, the Levites <03881>, and all <03605> Israel 
<03478>, to swear <07650> that they should do <06213> according 
to this <02088> word <01697>. And they sware <07650>.



 6. Then Ezra <05830> rose <06965> up from before <06440> the 
house <01004> of God <0430>, and went <03212> into <0413> the 
chamber <03957> of Johanan <03076> the son <01121> of Eliashib 
<0475>: and [when] he came <03212> thither <08033>, he did eat 
<0398> no <03808> bread <03899>, nor <03808> drink <08354> water 
<04325>: for he mourned <056> because <03588> of the 
transgression <04604> of them that had been carried <01473> away 
<01473>.



 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah <03063> and 
Jerusalem <03389> unto all <03605> the children <01121> of the 
captivity <01473>, that they should gather <06908> themselves 
together unto Jerusalem <03389>;



 8 And that whosoever <03605> would not come <0935> within three 
<07969> days <03117>, according to the counsel <06098> of the 
princes <08269> and the elders <02205>, all <03605> his 
substance <07399> should be forfeited <02763>, and himself 
<01931> separated <0914> from the congregation <06951> of those 
that had been carried <01473> away <01473>.



 9 Then all <03605> the men <0582> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin 
<01144> gathered <06908> themselves together unto Jerusalem 
<03389> within three <07969> days <03117>. It [was] the ninth 
<08671> month <02320>, on the twentieth <06242> [day] of the 
month <02320>; and all <03605> the people <05971> sat <03427> in 
the street <07339> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, trembling 
<07460> because <03588> of [this] matter <01697>, and for the 
great rain <01653>.



 10 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> stood <06965> up, and 
said <0559> unto them, Ye have transgressed <04603>, and have 
taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802>, to increase <03254> 
the trespass <0819> of Israel <03478>.



 11 Now <06258> therefore make <05414> confession <08426> unto 
the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>, and do <06213> 
his pleasure <07522>: and separate <0914> yourselves from the 
people <05971> of the land <0776>, and from the strange <05237> 
wives <0802>.



 12 Then all <03605> the congregation <06951> answered <06030> 
and said <0559> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, As thou hast 
said <01697>, so <03651> must we do <06213>.



 13 But the people <05971> [are] many <07227>, and [it is] a 
time <06256> of much rain <01653>, and we are not able <03581> 
to stand <05975> without <02351>, neither <03808> [is this] a 
work <04399> of one <0259> day <03117> or two <08147>: for we 
are many <07235> that have transgressed <06586> in this <02088> 
thing <01697>.



 14 Let now <04994> our rulers <08269> of all <03605> the 
congregation <06951> stand <05975>, and let all <03605> them 
which have taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802> in our 
cities <05892> come <0935> at appointed <02163> times <06256>, 
and with them the elders <02205> of every city <05892>, and the 
judges <08199> thereof, until <05704> the fierce <02740> wrath 
<0639> of our God <0430> for this <02088> matter <01697> be 
turned <07725> from us.



 15. Only <0389> Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Asahel 
<06214> and Jahaziah <03167> the son <01121> of Tikvah <08616> 
were employed <05975> about <05921> this <02063> [matter]: and 
Meshullam <04918> and Shabbethai <07678> the Levite <03881> 
helped <05826> them.



 16 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> did 
<06213> so <03651>. And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, [with] 
certain <0592> chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, after the 
house <01004> of their fathers <01>, and all <03605> of them by 
[their] names <08034>, were separated <0914>, and sat <03427> 
down in the first <0259> day <03117> of the tenth <06224> month 
<02320> to examine <01875> the matter <01697>.



 17 And they made an end <03615> with all <03605> the men <0582> 
that had taken <03427> strange <05237> wives <0802> by the first 
<0259> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>.



 18 And among the sons <01121> of the priests <03548> there were 
found <04672> that had taken <03427> strange <05237> wives 
<0802>: [namely], of the sons <01121> of Jeshua <03442> the son 
<01121> of Jozadak <03136>, and his brethren <0251>; Maaseiah 
<04641>, and Eliezer <0461>, and Jarib <03402>, and Gedaliah 
<01436>.



 19 And they gave <05414> their hands <03027> that they would 
put <03318> away <03318> their wives <0802>; and [being] guilty 
<0816>, [they offered] a ram <0352> of the flock <06629> for 
their trespass <0819>.



 20 And of the sons <01121> of Immer <0564>; Hanani <02607>, and 
Zebadiah <02069>.



 21 And of the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Maaseiah <04641>, 
and Elijah <0452>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Jehiel <03171>, and 
Uzziah <05818>.



 22 And of the sons <01121> of Pashur <06583>; Elioenai <0454>, 
Maaseiah <04641>, Ishmael <03458>, Nethaneel <05417>, Jozabad 
<03107>, and Elasah <0501>.



 23 Also of the Levites <03881>; Jozabad <03107>, and Shimei 
<08096>, and Kelaiah <07041>, (the same <01933> [is] Kelita 
<07042>,) Pethahiah <06611>, Judah <03063>, and Eliezer <0461>.



 24 Of the singers <07891> also; Eliashib <0475>: and of the 
porters <07778>; Shallum <07967>, and Telem <02928>, and Uri 
<0221>.



 25 Moreover of Israel <03478>: of the sons <01121> of Parosh 
<06551>; Ramiah <07422>, and Jeziah <03150>, and Malchiah 
<04441>, and Miamin <04326>, and Eleazar, and Malchijah <04441>, 
and Benaiah <01141>.



 26 And of the sons <01121> of Elam <05867>; Mattaniah <04983>, 
Zechariah <02148>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Abdi <05660>, and 
Jeremoth <03406>, and Eliah <0452>.



 27 And of the sons <01121> of Zattu <02240>; Elioenai <0454>, 
Eliashib <0475>, Mattaniah <04983>, and Jeremoth <03406>, and 
Zabad <02066>, and Aziza <05819>.



 28 Of the sons <01121> also of Bebai <0893>; Jehohanan <03076>, 
Hananiah <02608>, Zabbai <02079>, [and] Athlai <06270>.



 29 And of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Meshullam <04918>, 
Malluch <04409>, and Adaiah <05718>, Jashub <03437>, and Sheal 
<07594>, and Ramoth <03406>.



 30 And of the sons <01121> of Pahathmoab <06355>; Adna <05733>, 
and Chelal <03636>, Benaiah <01141>, Maaseiah <04641>, Mattaniah 
<04983>, Bezaleel <01212>, and Binnui <01131>, and Manasseh 
<04519>.



 31 And [of] the sons <01121> of Harim <02766>; Eliezer <0461>, 
Ishijah <03449>, Malchiah <04441>, Shemaiah <08098>, Shimeon 
<08095>,



 32 Benjamin <01144>, Malluch <04409>, [and] Shemariah <08114>.



 33 Of the sons <01121> of Hashum <02828>; Mattenai <04982>, 
Mattathah <04992>, Zabad <02066>, Eliphelet <0467>, Jeremai 
<03413>, Manasseh <04519>, [and] Shimei <08096>.



 34 Of the sons <01121> of Bani <01137>; Maadai <04572>, Amram 
<06019>, and Uel <0177>,



 35 Benaiah <01141>, Bedeiah <0912>, Chelluh <03622>,



 36 Vaniah <02057>, Meremoth <04822>, Eliashib <0475>,



 37 Mattaniah <04983>, Mattenai <04982>, and Jaasau <03299>,



 38 And Bani <01137>, and Binnui <01131>, Shimei <08096>,



 39 And Shelemiah <08018>, and Nathan <05416>, and Adaiah 
<05718>,



 40 Machnadebai <04367>, Shashai <08343>, Sharai <08298>,



 41 Azareel <05832>, and Shelemiah <08018>, Shemariah <08114>,



 42 Shallum <07967>, Amariah <0568>, [and] Joseph <03130>.



 43 Of the sons <01121> of Nebo <05015>; Jeiel <03273>, 
Mattithiah <04993>, Zabad <02066>, Zebina, Jadau <03035>, and 
Joel <03100>, Benaiah <01141>.



 44 All <03605> these <0428> had taken <05375> strange <05237> 
wives <0802>: and [some] of them had <03426> wives <0802> by 
whom they had <07760> children <01121>.

















































































 

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