1:1 And said[0559][8799] unto the Levites[03881] that taught[0995][8688][8675][04000] all Israel[03478], which were holy[06918] unto the LORD[03068], Put[05414][8798] the holy[06944] ark[0727] in the house[01004] which Solomon[08010] the son[01121] of David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478] did build[01129][8804]; it shall not be a burden[04853] upon your shoulders[03802]: serve[05647][8798] now the LORD[03068] your God[0430], and his people[05971] Israel[03478],
1:2 And prepare[03559][8685][8675][03559][8734] yourselves by the houses[01004] of your fathers[01], after your courses[04256], according to the writing[03791] of David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478], and according to the writing[04385] of Solomon[08010] his son[01121].
1:3 And stand in[05975][8798] the holy[06944] place according to the divisions[06391] of the families[01004] of the fathers[01] of your brethren[0251] the people[01121][05971], and after the division[02515] of the families[01][01004] of the Levites[03881]. the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers the people: Heb. the sons of the people
1:4 So kill[07819][8798] the passover[06453], and sanctify[06942][8690] yourselves, and prepare[03559][8685] your brethren[0251], that they may do[06213][8800] according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872].
1:5 And Josiah[02977] gave[07311][8686] to the people[01121][05971], of the flock[06629], lambs[03532] and kids[01121][05795], all for the passover offerings[06453], for all that were present[04672][8737], to the number[04557] of thirty[07970] thousand[0505], and three[07969] thousand[0505] bullocks[01241]: these were of the king's[04428] substance[07399]. gave: Heb. offered
1:6 And his princes[08269] gave[07311][8689] willingly[05071] unto the people[05971], to the priests[03548], and to the Levites[03881]: Hilkiah[02518] and Zechariah[02148] and Jehiel[03171], rulers[05057] of the house[01004] of God[0430], gave[05414][8804] unto the priests[03548] for the passover offerings[06453] two thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967] small cattle , and three[07969] hundred[03967] oxen[01241]. gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc
1:7 Conaniah[03562] also, and Shemaiah[08098] and Nethaneel[05417], his brethren[0251], and Hashabiah[02811] and Jeiel[03273] and Jozabad[03107], chief[08269] of the Levites[03881], gave[07311][8689] unto the Levites[03881] for passover offerings[06453] five[02568] thousand[0505] small cattle , and five[02568] hundred[03967] oxen[01241]. gave: Heb. offered
1:8 So the service[05656] was prepared[03559][8735], and the priests[03548] stood[05975][8799] in their place[05977], and the Levites[03881] in their courses[04256], according to the king's[04428] commandment[04687].
1:9 And they killed[07819][8799] the passover[06453], and the priests[03548] sprinkled[02236][8799] the blood from their hands[03027], and the Levites[03881] flayed[06584][8688] them .
1:10 And they removed[05493][8686] the burnt offerings[05930], that they might give[05414][8800] according to the divisions[04653] of the families[01][01004] of the people[01121][05971], to offer[07126][8687] unto the LORD[03068], as it is written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of Moses[04872]. And so did they with the oxen[01241].
1:11 And they roasted[01310][8762] the passover[06453] with fire[0784] according to the ordinance[04941]: but the other holy[06944] offerings sod[01310][8765] they in pots[05518], and in caldrons[01731], and in pans[06745], and divided them speedily[07323][8686] among all the people[01121][05971]. divided...: Heb. made them run
2:1 And afterward[0310] they made ready[03559][8689] for themselves, and for the priests[03548]: because the priests[03548] the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175] were busied in offering[05927][8687] of burnt offerings[05930] and the fat[02459] until night[03915]; therefore the Levites[03881] prepared[03559][8689] for themselves, and for the priests[03548] the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175].
2:2 And the singers[07891][8789] the sons[01121] of Asaph[0623] were in their place[04612], according to the commandment[04687] of David[01732], and Asaph[0623], and Heman[01968], and Jeduthun[03038] the king's[04428] seer[02374]; and the porters[07778] waited at every gate[08179]; they might not depart[05493][8800] from their service[05656]; for their brethren[0251] the Levites[03881] prepared[03559][8689] for them. place: Heb. station
2:3 So all the service[05656] of the LORD[03068] was prepared[03559][8735] the same day[03117], to keep[06213][8800] the passover[06453], and to offer[05927][8687] burnt offerings[05930] upon the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068], according to the commandment[04687] of king[04428] Josiah[02977].
2:4 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] that were present[04672][8737] kept[06213][8799] the passover[06453] at that time[06256], and the feast[02282] of unleavened bread[04682] seven[07651] days[03117]. present: Heb. found
2:5 And there was no passover[06453] like[03644] to that kept[06213][8738] in Israel[03478] from the days[03117] of Samuel[08050] the prophet[05030]; neither did[06213][8804] all the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] keep[06213][8804] such a passover[06453] as Josiah[02977] kept[06213][8804], and the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and all Judah[03063] and Israel[03478] that were present[04672][8737], and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389]. present: Heb. found
2:6 In the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of the reign[04438] of Josiah[02977] was this passover[06453] kept[06213][8738].
2:7 After[0310] all this, when Josiah[02977] had prepared[03559][8689] the temple[01004], Necho[05224] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] came up[05927][8804] to fight[03898][8736] against Carchemish[03751] by Euphrates[06578]: and Josiah[02977] went out[03318][8799] against[07125][8800] him. temple: Heb. house
2:8 But he sent[07971][8799] ambassadors[04397] to him, saying[0559][8800], What have I to do with thee, thou king[04428] of Judah[03063]? I come not against thee this day[03117], but against the house[01004] wherewith I have war[04421]: for God[0430] commanded[0559][8804] me to make haste[0926][8763]: forbear[02308][8798] thee from meddling with God[0430], who is with me, that he destroy[07843][8686] thee not. the house...: Heb. the house of my war
2:9 Nevertheless Josiah[02977] would not turn[05437][8689] his face[06440] from him, but disguised[02664][8694] himself, that he might fight[03898][8736] with him, and hearkened[08085][8804] not unto the words[01697] of Necho[05224] from the mouth[06310] of God[0430], and came[0935][8799] to fight[03898][8736] in the valley[01237] of Megiddo[04023].
2:10 And the archers[03384][8802] shot[03384][8686] at king[04428] Josiah[02977]; and the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to his servants[05650], Have me away[05674][8685]; for I am sore[03966] wounded[02470][8717]. wounded: Heb. made sick
2:11 His servants[05650] therefore took[05674][8686] him out of that chariot[04818], and put[07392][8686] him in the second[04932] chariot[07393] that he had; and they brought[03212][8686] him to Jerusalem[03389], and he died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in one of the sepulchres[06913] of his fathers[01]. And all Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389] mourned[056][8693] for Josiah[02977]. in one...: or, among the sepulchres
2:12 And Jeremiah[03414] lamented[06969][8787] for Josiah[02977]: and all the singing men[07891][8802] and the singing women[07891][8802] spake[0559][8799] of Josiah[02977] in their lamentations[07015] to this day[03117], and made[05414][8799] them an ordinance[02706] in Israel[03478]: and, behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the lamentations[07015].
2:13 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Josiah[02977], and his goodness[02617], according to that which was written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] of the LORD[03068], goodness: Heb. kindnesses
2:14 And his deeds[01697], first[07223] and last[0314], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] and Judah[03063].
2:15 Then the people[05971] of the land[0776] took[03947][8799] Jehoahaz[03059] the son[01121] of Josiah[02977], and made him king[04427][8686] in his father's[01] stead in Jerusalem[03389].
2:16 Jehoahaz[03099] was twenty[06242] and three[07969] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] three[07969] months[02320] in Jerusalem[03389].
2:17 And the king[04428] of Egypt[04714] put him down[05493][8686] at Jerusalem[03389], and condemned[06064][8799] the land[0776] in an hundred[03967] talents[03603] of silver[03701] and a talent[03603] of gold[02091]. put...: Heb. removed him
2:18 And the king[04428] of Egypt[04714] made Eliakim[0471] his brother[0251] king[04427][8686] over Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], and turned[05437][8686] his name[08034] to Jehoiakim[03079]. And Necho[05224] took[03947][8804] Jehoahaz[03099] his brother[0251], and carried[0935][8686] him to Egypt[04714].
2:19 Jehoiakim[03079] was twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] eleven[0259][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]: and he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430].
2:20 Against him came up[05927][8804] Nebuchadnezzar[05019] king[04428] of Babylon[0894], and bound[0631][8799] him in fetters[05178], to carry[03212][8687] him to Babylon[0894]. fetters: or, chains
2:21 Nebuchadnezzar[05019] also carried[0935][8689] of the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] to Babylon[0894], and put[05414][8799] them in his temple[01964] at Babylon[0894].
2:22 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehoiakim[03079], and his abominations[08441] which he did[06213][8804], and that which was found[04672][8737] in him, behold, they are  written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] and Judah[03063]: and Jehoiachin[03078] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Jehoiachin: also called, Jeconiah, or, Coniah
2:23 Jehoiachin[03078] was eight[08083] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] three[07969] months[02320] and ten[06235] days[03117] in Jerusalem[03389]: and he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068].
2:24 And when the year[08141] was expired[08666], king[04428] Nebuchadnezzar[05019] sent[07971][8804], and brought[0935][8686] him to Babylon[0894], with the goodly[02532] vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and made Zedekiah[06667] his brother[0251] king[04427][8686] over Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389]. when...: Heb. at the return of the year goodly...: Heb. vessels of desire Zedekiah...: or, Mattaniah, his father's brother
2:25 Zedekiah[06667] was one[0259] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] eleven[0259][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389].
2:26 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430], and humbled[03665][8738] not himself before[06440] Jeremiah[03414] the prophet[05030] speaking  from the mouth[06310] of the LORD[03068].
2:27 And he also rebelled[04775][8804] against king[04428] Nebuchadnezzar[05019], who had made him swear[07650][8689] by God[0430]: but he stiffened[07185][8686] his neck[06203], and hardened[0553][8762] his heart[03824] from turning[07725][8800] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
2:28 Moreover all the chief[08269] of the priests[03548], and the people[05971], transgressed[04603][8800] very[04604] much[07235][8689] after all the abominations[08441] of the heathen[01471]; and polluted[02930][8762] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] which he had hallowed[06942][8689] in Jerusalem[03389].
2:29 And the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01] sent[07971][8799] to them by[03027] his messengers[04397], rising up betimes[07925][8687], and sending[07971][8800]; because he had compassion[02550][8804] on his people[05971], and on his dwelling place[04583]: by: Heb. by the hand of betimes: that is, continually and carefully
2:30 But they mocked[03931][8688] the messengers[04397] of God[0430], and despised[0959][8802] his words[01697], and misused[08591][8700] his prophets[05030], until the wrath[02534] of the LORD[03068] arose[05927][8800] against his people[05971], till there was no remedy[04832]. remedy: Heb. healing
2:31 Therefore he brought[05927][8686] upon them the king[04428] of the Chaldees[03778], who slew[02026][8799] their young men[0970] with the sword[02719] in the house[01004] of their sanctuary[04720], and had no compassion[02550][8804] upon young man[0970] or maiden[01330], old man[02205], or him that stooped for age[03486]: he gave[05414][8804] them all into his hand[03027].
2:32 And all the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of God[0430], great[01419] and small[06996], and the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the treasures[0214] of the king[04428], and of his princes[08269]; all these he brought[0935][8689] to Babylon[0894].
2:33 And they burnt[08313][8799] the house[01004] of God[0430], and brake down[05422][8762] the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389], and burnt[08313][8804] all the palaces[0759] thereof with fire[0784], and destroyed[07843][8687] all the goodly[04261] vessels[03627] thereof.
2:34 And them that had escaped[07611] from the sword[02719] carried he away[01540][8686] to Babylon[0894]; where they were servants[05650] to him and his sons[01121] until the reign[04427][8800] of the kingdom[04438] of Persia[06539]: them...: Heb. the remainder from the sword
2:35 To fulfil[04390][8763] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] by the mouth[06310] of Jeremiah[03414], until the land[0776] had enjoyed[07521][8804] her sabbaths[07676]: for as long as[03117] she lay desolate[08074][8715] she kept sabbath[07673][8804], to fulfil[04390][8763] threescore and ten[07657] years[08141].
2:36 Now in the first[0259] year[08141] of Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] spoken by the mouth[06310] of Jeremiah[03414] might be accomplished[03615][8800], the LORD[03068] stirred up[05782][8689] the spirit[07307] of Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], that he made a proclamation[05674][8686][06963] throughout all his kingdom[04438], and put it also in writing[04385], saying[0559][8800],
2:37 Thus saith[0559][8804] Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], All the kingdoms[04467] of the earth[0776] hath the LORD[03068] God[0430] of heaven[08064] given[05414][8804] me; and he hath charged[06485][8804] me to build[01129][8800] him an house[01004] in Jerusalem[03389], which is in Judah[03063]. Who is there among you of all his people[05971]? The LORD[03068] his God[0430] be with him, and let him go up[05927][8799].
2:38 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][8800], the LORD[03068] stirred up[05782][8689] the spirit[07307] of Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], that he made a proclamation[05674][8686][06963] throughout all his kingdom[04438], and put it also in writing[04385], saying[0559][8800], made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass
2:39 Thus saith[0559][8804] Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], The LORD[03068] God[0430] of heaven[08064] hath given[05414][8804] me all the kingdoms[04467] of the earth[0776]; and he hath charged[06485][8804] me to build[01129][8800] him an house[01004] at Jerusalem[03389], which is in Judah[03063].
2:40 Who is there among you of all his people[05971]? his God[0430] be with him, and let him go up[05927][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], which is in Judah[03063], and build[01129][8799] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], (he is the God[0430],) which is in Jerusalem[03389].
2:41 And whosoever remaineth[07604][8737] in any place[04725] where he sojourneth[01481][8802], let the men[0582] of his place[04725] help[05375][8762] him with silver[03701], and with gold[02091], and with goods[07399], and with beasts[0929], beside the freewill offering[05071] for the house[01004] of God[0430] that is in Jerusalem[03389]. help...: Heb. lift him up
2:42 Then rose up[06965][8799] the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], and the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], with all them whose spirit[07307] God[0430] had raised[05782][8689], to go up[05927][8800] to build[01129][8800] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] which is in Jerusalem[03389].
2:43 And all they that were about[05439] them strengthened[02388][8765] their hands[03027] with vessels[03627] of silver[03701], with gold[02091], with goods[07399], and with beasts[0929], and with precious things[04030], beside all that was willingly offered[05068][8692]. strengthened...: that is, helped them
2:44 Also Cyrus[03566] the king[04428] brought forth[03318][8689] the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], which Nebuchadnezzar[05019] had brought forth[03318][8689] out of Jerusalem[03389], and had put[05414][8799] them in the house[01004] of his gods[0430];
2:45 Even those did Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539] bring forth[03318][8686] by the hand[03027] of Mithredath[04990] the treasurer[01489], and numbered[05608][8799] them unto Sheshbazzar[08339], the prince[05387] of Judah[03063].
2:46 And this 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],
2:47 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].
2:48 All the vessels[03627] of gold[02091] and of silver[03701] were five[02568] thousand[0505] and four[0702] hundred[03967]. All these did Sheshbazzar[08339] bring up[05927][8689] with them of the captivity[01473] that were brought up[05927][8736] from Babylon[0894] unto Jerusalem[03389]. the captivity: Heb. the transportation
2:49 Now these are the children[01121] of the province[04082] that went up[05927][8802] out of the captivity[07628], of those which had been carried away[01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar[05019] the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] had carried away[01540][8689] unto Babylon[0894], and came again[07725][8799] unto Jerusalem[03389] and Judah[03063], every one[0376] unto his city[05892];
2:50 Which came[0935][8804] with Zerubbabel[02216]: Jeshua[03442], Nehemiah[05166], Seraiah[08304], Reelaiah[07480], Mordecai[04782], Bilshan[01114], Mispar[04558], Bigvai[0902], Rehum[07348], Baanah[01196]. The number[04557] of the men[0582] of the people[05971] of Israel[03478]: Seraiah: also called, Azariah Reelaiah: or, Raamiah Mispar: or, Mispereth Rehum: or, Nehum
2:51 The children[01121] of Parosh[06551], two thousand[0505] an hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and two[08147].
2:52 The children[01121] of Shephatiah[08203], three[07969] hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and two[08147].
2:53 The children[01121] of Arah[0733], seven[07651] hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and five[02568].
2:54 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[08147][06240].
2:55 The children[01121] of Elam[05867], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and four[0702].
2:56 The children[01121] of Zattu[02240], nine[08672] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568].
2:57 The children[01121] of Zaccai[02140], seven[07651] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346].
2:58 The children[01121] of Bani[01137], six[08337] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and two[08147]. Bani: also called, Binnui
2:59 The children[01121] of Bebai[0893], six[08337] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
2:60 The children[01121] of Azgad[05803], a thousand[0505] two[08147] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and two[08147].
2:61 The children[01121] of Adonikam[0140], six[08337] hundred[03967] sixty[08346] and six[08337].
2:62 The children[01121] of Bigvai[0902], two thousand[0505] fifty[02572] and six[08337].
2:63 The children[01121] of Adin[05720], four[0702] hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and four[0702].
2:64 The children[01121] of Ater[0333] of Hezekiah[03169], ninety[08673] and eight[08083].
2:65 The children[01121] of Bezai[01209], three[07969] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
2:66 The children[01121] of Jorah[03139], an hundred[03967] and twelve[08147][06240]. Jorah: also called, Hariph
2:67 The children[01121] of Hashum[02828], two hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
2:68 The children[01121] of Gibbar[01402], ninety[08673] and five[02568]. Gibbar: also called, Gibeon
2:69 The children[01121] of Bethlehem[01035], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
2:70 The men[0582] of Netophah[05199], fifty[02572] and six[08337].
3:1 The men[0582] of Anathoth[06068], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
3:2 The children[01121] of Azmaveth[05820], forty[0705] and two[08147]. Azmaveth: also called, Bethazmaveth
3:3 The children[01121] of Kirjatharim[07157], Chephirah[03716], and Beeroth[0881], seven[07651] hundred[03967] and forty[0705] and three[07969].
3:4 The children[01121] of Ramah[07414] and Gaba[01387], six[08337] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and one[0259].
3:5 The men[0582] of Michmas[04363], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and two[08147].
3:6 The men[0582] of Bethel[01008] and Ai[05857], two hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
3:7 The children[01121] of Nebo[05015], fifty[02572] and two[08147].
3:8 The children[01121] of Magbish[04019], an hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and six[08337].
3:9 The children[01121] of the other[0312] Elam[05867], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and four[0702].
3:10 The children[01121] of Harim[02766], three[07969] hundred[03967] and twenty[06242].
3:11 The children[01121] of Lod[03850], Hadid[02307], and Ono[0207], seven[07651] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and five[02568]. Hadid: or, Harid, as it is in some copies
3:12 The children[01121] of Jericho[03405], three[07969] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568].
3:13 The children[01121] of Senaah[05570], three[07969] thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967] and thirty[07970].
4:1 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].
4:2 The children[01121] of Immer[0564], a thousand[0505] fifty[02572] and two[08147].
4:3 The children[01121] of Pashur[06583], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] forty[0705] and seven[07651].
4:4 The children[01121] of Harim[02766], a thousand[0505] and seventeen[07651][06240].
4:5 The Levites[03881]: the children[01121] of Jeshua[03442] and Kadmiel[06934], of the children[01121] of Hodaviah[01938], seventy[07657] and four[0702]. Hodaviah: also called, Judah or Hodevah
4:6 The singers[07891][8789]: the children[01121] of Asaph[0623], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
4:7 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 an hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and nine[08672].
4:8 The Nethinims[05411]: the children[01121] of Ziha[06727], the children[01121] of Hasupha[02817], the children[01121] of Tabbaoth[02884],
4:9 The children[01121] of Keros[07026], the children[01121] of Siaha[05517], the children[01121] of Padon[06303], Siaha: also called, Sia
4:10 The children[01121] of Lebanah[03838], the children[01121] of Hagabah[02286], the children[01121] of Akkub[06126],
4:11 The children[01121] of Hagab[02285], the children[01121] of Shalmai[08073], the children[01121] of Hanan[02605], Shalmai: also called, Shamlai
4:12 The children[01121] of Giddel[01435], the children[01121] of Gahar[01515], the children[01121] of Reaiah[07211],
4:13 The children[01121] of Rezin[07526], the children[01121] of Nekoda[05353], the children[01121] of Gazzam[01502],
4:14 The children[01121] of Uzza[05798], the children[01121] of Paseah[06454], the children[01121] of Besai[01153],
4:15 The children[01121] of Asnah[0619], the children[01121] of Mehunim[04586], the children[01121] of Nephusim[05300][8676][05304], Nephusim: also called, Nephishesim
4:16 The children[01121] of Bakbuk[01227], the children[01121] of Hakupha[02709], the children[01121] of Harhur[02744],
4:17 The children[01121] of Bazluth[01213], the children[01121] of Mehida[04240], the children[01121] of Harsha[02797], Bazluth: also called, Bazlith
4:18 The children[01121] of Barkos[01302], the children[01121] of Sisera[05516], the children[01121] of Thamah[08547],
4:19 The children[01121] of Neziah[05335], the children[01121] of Hatipha[02412].
4:20 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], Peruda: also called, Perida
4:21 The children[01121] of Jaalah[03279], the children[01121] of Darkon[01874], the children[01121] of Giddel[01435],
4:22 The children[01121] of Shephatiah[08203], the children[01121] of Hattil[02411], the children[01121] of Pochereth of Zebaim[06380], the children[01121] of Ami[0532]. Ami: also called, Amon
4:23 All the Nethinims[05411], and the children[01121] of Solomon's[08010] servants[05650], were three[07969] hundred[03967] ninety[08673] and two[08147].
4:24 And these were they which went up[05927][8802] from Telmelah[08528], Telharsa[08521], Cherub[03743], Addan[0135], and Immer[0564]: but they could[03201][8804] not shew[05046][8687] their father's[01] house[01004], and their seed[02233], whether they were of Israel[03478]: Addan: also called, Addon seed: or, pedigree
5:1 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].
5:2 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 took[03947][8804] a wife[0802] of the daughters[01323] of Barzillai[01271] the Gileadite[01569], and was called[07121][8735] after their name[08034]:
5:3 These sought[01245][8765] their register[03791] among those that were reckoned by genealogy[03187][8693], but they were not found[04672][8738]: therefore were they, as polluted[01351][8792], put from the priesthood[03550]. were they...: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood
5:4 And the Tirshatha[08660] said[0559][8799] unto them, that they should not eat[0398][8799] of the most[06944] holy things[06944], till there stood up[05975][8800] a priest[03548] with Urim[0224] and with Thummim[08550]. Tirshatha: or, governor
5:5 The whole congregation[06951] together[0259] was forty[0702][07239] and two thousand[0505] three[07969] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346],
5:6 Beside their servants[05650] and their maids[0519], of whom there were seven[07651] thousand[0505] three[07969] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and seven[07651]: and there were[0428] among them two hundred[03967] singing men[07891][8789] and singing women[07891][8789].
5:7 Their horses[05483] were seven[07651] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and six[08337]; their mules[06505], two hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568];
5:8 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].
5:9 And some of the chief[07218] of the fathers[01], when they came[0935][8800] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] which is at Jerusalem[03389], offered freely[05068][8694] for the house[01004] of God[0430] to set it up[05975][8687] in his place[04349]:
5:10 They gave[05414][8804] after their ability[03581] unto the treasure[0214] of the work[04399] threescore[08337][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].
5:11 So the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and some of the people[05971], and the singers[07891][8789], and the porters[07778], and the Nethinims[05411], dwelt[03427][8799] in their cities[05892], and all Israel[03478] in their cities[05892].
5:12 And when the seventh[07637] month[02320] was come[05060][8799], and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were in the cities[05892], the people[05971] gathered themselves together[0622][8735] as one[0259] man[0376] to Jerusalem[03389].
5:13 Then stood up[06965][8799] 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][8799] the altar[04196] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478], to offer[05927][8687] burnt offerings[05930] thereon, as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] of Moses[04872] the man[0376] of God[0430]. Jeshua: also called, Joshua Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel
5:14 And they set[03559][8686] 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][8686] burnt offerings[05930] thereon unto the LORD[03068], even burnt offerings[05930] morning[01242] and evening[06153].
5:15 They kept[06213][8799] also the feast[02282] of tabernacles[05521], as it is written[03789][8803], and offered the daily[03117][03117] burnt offerings[05930] by number[04557], according to the custom[04941], as the duty[01697] of every day[03117] required[03117]; as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day
5:16 And afterward[0310] offered the continual[08548] burnt offering[05930], both of the new moons[02320], and of all the set feasts[04150] of the LORD[03068] that were consecrated[06942][8794], and of every one that willingly offered[05068][8693] a freewill offering[05071] unto the LORD[03068].
5:17 From the first[0259] day[03117] of the seventh[07637] month[02320] began[02490][8689] they to offer[05927][8687] burnt offerings[05930] unto the LORD[03068]. But the foundation[03245][00] of the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068] was not yet laid[03245][8795]. the foundation...: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded
6:1 They gave[05414][8799] money[03701] also unto the masons[02672][8802], 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][8687] 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]. carpenters: or, workmen
6:2 Now in the second[08145] year[08141] of their coming[0935][8800] unto the house[01004] of God[0430] at Jerusalem[03389], in the second[08145] month[02320], began[02490][8689] 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 they that were come out[0935][8802] of the captivity[07628] unto Jerusalem[03389]; and appointed[05975][8686] the Levites[03881], from twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] and upward[04605], to set forward[05329][8763] the work[04399] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
6:3 Then stood[05975][8799] 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 forward[05329][8763] the workmen[06213][8802][04399] in the house[01004] of God[0430]: the sons[01121] of Henadad[02582], with their sons[01121] and their brethren[0251] the Levites[03881]. Judah: also called, Hodaviah together: Heb. as one
6:4 And when the builders[01129][8802] laid the foundation[03245][8765] of the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068], they set[05975][8686] the priests[03548] in their apparel[03847][8794] with trumpets[02689], and the Levites[03881] the sons[01121] of Asaph[0623] with cymbals[04700], to praise[01984][8763] the LORD[03068], after the ordinance[03027] of David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478].
6:5 And they sang together by course[06030][8799] in praising[01984][8763] and giving thanks[03034][8687] unto the LORD[03068]; because he is good[02896], for his mercy[02617] endureth for ever[05769] toward Israel[03478]. And all the people[05971] shouted[07321][8689] with a great[01419] shout[08643], when they praised[01984][8763] the LORD[03068], because the foundation[03245][00] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] was laid[03245][8717].
6:6 But many[07227] of the priests[03548] and Levites[03881] and chief[07218] of the fathers[01], who were ancient men[02205], that had seen[07200][8804] the first[07223] house[01004], when the foundation[03245][00] of this house[01004] was laid[03245][8800] before their eyes[05869], wept[01058][8802] with a loud[01419] voice[06963]; and many[07227] shouted[08643] aloud[07311][8687] for joy[08057]:
6:7 So that the people[05971] could not discern[05234][8688] 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][8688] with a loud[01419] shout[08643], and the noise[06963] was heard[08085][8738] afar off[07350].
6:8 Now when the adversaries[06862] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144] heard[08085][8799] that the children[01121] of the captivity[01473] builded[01129][8802] the temple[01964] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478]; the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation
6:9 Then they came[05066][8799] to Zerubbabel[02216], and to the chief[07218] of the fathers[01], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Let us build[01129][8799] with you: for we seek[01875][8799] your God[0430], as ye do ; and we do sacrifice[02076][8802] unto him since the days[03117] of Esarhaddon[0634] king[04428] of Assur[0804], which brought us up hither[05927][8688].
6:10 But Zerubbabel[02216], and Jeshua[03442], and the rest[07605] of the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of Israel[03478], said[0559][8799] unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] unto our God[0430]; but we ourselves together[03162] will build[01129][8799] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], as king[04428] Cyrus[03566] the king[04428] of Persia[06539] hath commanded[06680][8765] us.
6:11 Then the people[05971] of the land[0776] weakened[07503][8764] the hands[03027] of the people[05971] of Judah[03063], and troubled[0926][8764][8675][01089][8764] them in building[01129][8800],
6:12 And hired[07936][8802] counsellors[03289][8802] against them, to frustrate[06565][8687] their purpose[06098], all the days[03117] of Cyrus[03566] king[04428] of Persia[06539], even until the reign[04438] of Darius[01867] king[04428] of Persia[06539].
6:13 And in the reign[04438] of Ahasuerus[0325], in the beginning[08462] of his reign[04438], wrote[03789][8804] they unto him an accusation[07855] against the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389]. Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh
6:14 And in the days[03117] of Artaxerxes[0783] wrote[03789][8804] Bishlam[01312], Mithredath[04990], Tabeel[02870], and the rest[07605] of their companions[03674], unto Artaxerxes[0783] king[04428] of Persia[06539]; and the writing[03791] of the letter[05406] was written[03789][8803] in the Syrian tongue[0762], and interpreted[08638][8794] in the Syrian tongue[0762]. Bishlam: or, in peace companions: Heb. societies
6:15 Rehum[07348] the chancellor[01169][02942] and Shimshai[08124] the scribe[05613] wrote[03790][8754] a[02298] letter[0104] against[05922] Jerusalem[03390] to Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04430] in this sort[03660]: scribe: or, secretary
6:16 Then[0116] wrote Rehum[07348] the chancellor[01169][02942], 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], companions: Chaldee, societies
6:17 And the rest[07606] of the nations[0524] whom[01768] the great[07229] and noble[03358] Asnappar[0620] brought over[01541][8684], and set[03488][8684][01994] in the cities[07149] of Samaria[08115], and the rest[07606]  that are on this side[05675] the river[05103], and at such a time[03706]. at such...: Chaldee, Cheeneth
6:18 This[01836] is the copy[06573] of the letter[0104] that[01768] they sent[07972][8754] unto him[05922], even unto Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04430]; Thy servants[05649] the men[0606] on this side[05675] the river[05103], and at such a time[03706].
6:19 Be it[01934][8748] known[03046][8752] unto the king[04430], that the Jews[03062] which[01768] came up[05559][8760] from[04481] thee[03890] to us[05922] are come[0858][8754] unto Jerusalem[03390], building[01124][8750] the rebellious[04779] and the bad[0873] city[07149], and have set up[03635][8806][8675][03635][8720] the walls[07792] thereof , and joined[02338][8681] the foundations[0787]. set up: or, finished joined: Chaldee, sewed together
6:20 Be it known[03046][8752][01934][8748] now[03705] unto the king[04430], that, if[02006] this[01791] city[07149] be builded[01124][8731], and the walls[07792] set up[03635][8720] again, then will they not[03809] pay[05415][8748] toll[04061], tribute[01093], and custom[01983], and so thou shalt endamage[05142][8681] the revenue[0674] of the kings[04430]. pay: Chaldee, give revenue: or, strength
6:21 Now[03705] because[06903][03606] we have[01768] maintenance[04415][8754][04416] from the king's palace[01965], and it was not[03809] meet[0749][8750] for us to see[02370][8749] the king's[04430] dishonour[06173], therefore[05922][01836] have we sent[07972][8754] and certified[03046][8684] the king[04430]; we have...: Chaldee, we are salted with the salt of the palace
6:22 That search[01240][8741] may be made in the book[05609] of the records[01799] of thy fathers[02]: so shalt thou find[07912][8681] in the book[05609] of the records[01799], and know[03046][8748] that this[01791] city[07149] is a rebellious[04779] city[07149], and hurtful[05142][8683] unto kings[04430] and provinces[04083], and that they have moved[05648][8751] sedition[0849] within the same[01459] of[04481] old[05957] time[03118]: for[05922] which[01836] cause was this[01791] city[07149] destroyed[02718][8717]. moved: Chaldee, made within...: Chaldee, in the midst thereof
7:1 We[0586] certify[03046][8683] the king[04430] that, if[02006] this[01791] city[07149] be builded[01124][8731] again , and the walls[07792] thereof set up[03635][8720], by this[01836] means[06903] thou shalt have[0383] no[03809] portion[02508] on this side[05675] the river[05103].
7:2 Then sent[07972][8754] the king[04430] an answer[06600] unto[05922] Rehum[07348] the chancellor[01169][02942], and to Shimshai[08124] the scribe[05613], and to  the rest[07606] of their companions[03675] that dwell[03488][8750] in Samaria[08115], and unto the rest[07606] beyond[05675] the river[05103], Peace[08001], and at such a time[03706]. companions: Chaldee, societies
7:3 The letter[05407] which ye sent[07972][8754] unto us[05922] hath been plainly[06568][8744] read[07123][8752] before[06925] me.
7:4 And I[04481] commanded[07761][8752][02942], and search[01240][8745] hath been made, and it is found[07912][8684] that this[01791] city[07149] of[04481] old[05957] time[03118] hath made insurrection[05376][8723] against[05922] kings[04430], and that rebellion[04776] and sedition[0849] have been made[05648][8727] therein. I commanded: Chaldee, by me a decree is set made insurrection: Chaldee, lifted up itself
7:5 There have been[01934][8754] 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][8727] unto them.
7:6 Give[07761][8747] ye now[03705] commandment[02942] to cause[0989][00] these[0479] men[01400] to cease[0989][8749], and that this[01791] city[07149] be not[03809] builded[01124][8731], until[05705] another  commandment[02941] shall be given[07761][8725] from me[04481]. Give...: Chaldee, Make a decree
7:7 Take heed[01934][8747][02095][8750] now that ye fail[07960] not to do[05922][05648][8749] this[01836]: why[04101] should damage[02257] grow[07680][8748] to the hurt[05142][8682] of the kings[04430]?
7:8 Now[0116] when[04481][01768] the copy[06573] of king[04430] Artaxerxes[0783]' letter[05407] was read[07123][8752] before[06925] Rehum[07348], and Shimshai[08124] the scribe[05613], and their companions[03675], they went up[0236][8754] in haste[0924] to Jerusalem[03390] unto[05922] the Jews[03062], and made them[01994] to cease[0989][8754] by force[0153] and power[02429]. by force...: Chaldee, by arm and power
7:9 Then[0116] ceased[0989][8754] the work[05673] of the house[01005] of God[0426] which is at Jerusalem[03390]. So it ceased[01934][8754][0989][8750] unto[05705] the second[08648] year[08140] of the reign[04437] of Darius[01868] king[04430] of Persia[06540].
7:10 Then the prophets[05029], Haggai[02292] the prophet[05029], and Zechariah[02148] the son[01247] of Iddo[05714], prophesied[05013][8724] unto[05922] the Jews[03062] that were  in Judah[03061] and Jerusalem[03390] in the name[08036] of the God[0426] of Israel[03479], even unto[05922] them.
7:11 Then[0116] rose up[06966][8754] Zerubbabel[02217] the son[01247] of Shealtiel[07598], and Jeshua[03443] the son[01247] of Jozadak[03136], and began[08271][8745] to build[01124][8749] the house[01005] of God[0426] which is at Jerusalem[03390]: and with them[05974] were the prophets[05029] of God[0426] helping[05583][8683] them.
7:12 At the same time[02166] came[0858][8754] to them Tatnai[8674], governor[06347] on this side[05675] the river[05103], and Shetharboznai[08370], and their companions[03675], and said[0560][8750] thus[03652] unto them[05922], Who[04479] hath commanded[07761][8754][02942] you to build[01124][8749] this[01836] house[01005], and to make up[03635][8805] this[01836] wall[0846]?
7:13 Then[0116] said[0560][8754] we unto them after this manner[03660], What[04479] are[0581] the names[08036] of the men[01400] that make[01124][8750] this[01836] building[01147]? make: Chaldee, build
7:14 But the eye[05870] of their God[0426] was[01934][8754] upon[05922] the elders[07868][8750] of the Jews[03062], that they could not[03809] cause[0989][00] them[01994] to cease[0989][8754], till[05705] the matter[02941] came[01946][8748] to Darius[01868]: and then[0116] they returned answer[08421][8681] by letter[05407] concerning[05922] this[01836] matter .
7:15 The copy[06573] of the letter[0104] that Tatnai[8674], governor[06347] on this side[05675] the river[05103], and Shetharboznai[08370], and his companions[03675] the Apharsachites[0671], which were on this side[05675] the river[05103], sent[07972][8754] unto[05922] Darius[01868] the king[04430]:
7:16 They sent[07972][8754] a letter[06600] unto[05922] him, wherein[01459] was written[03790][8752] thus[01836]; Unto Darius[01868] the king[04430], all[03606] peace[08001]. wherein: Chaldee, in the midst whereof
7:17 Be it known[01934][8748][03046][8752] unto the king[04430], that we went[0236][8754] into the province[04083] of Judea[03061], to the house[01005] of the great[07229] God[0426], which is builded[01124][8732] with great[01560] stones[069], and timber[0636] is laid[07761][8727] in the walls[03797], and this[01791] work[05673] goeth[05648][8727] fast[0629] on, and prospereth[06744][8683] in their hands[03028]. great...: Chaldee, stones of rolling
7:18 Then[0116] asked[07593][8754] we those[0479] elders[07868][8750], and said[0560][8754] unto them thus[03660], Who[04479] commanded[07761][8754][02942] you to build[01124][8749] this[01836] house[01005], and to make up[03635][8805] these[01836] walls[0846]?
7:19 We asked[07593][8754] their names[08036] also[0638], to certify[03046][8682] thee, that we might write[03790][8748] the names[08036] of the men[01400] that were the chief[07217] of them.
7:20 And thus[03660] they returned[08421][8684] us answer[06600], saying[0560][8749], We[0586] are[01994] the servants[05649] of the God[0426] of heaven[08065] and earth[0772], and build[01124][8750] the house[01005] that was[01934][8754] builded[01124][8752] these[01836] many[07690] years[08140] ago[06928], which a great[07229] king[04430] of Israel[03479] builded[01124][8754] and set up[03635][8806].
7:21 But[03861] after[04481] that our fathers[02] had provoked[07265][00] the God[0426] of heaven[08065] unto wrath[07265][8684], he gave[03052][8754] them[01994] into the hand[03028] of Nebuchadnezzar[05020] the king[04430] of Babylon[0895], the Chaldean[03679], who destroyed[05642][8754] this[01836] house[01005], and carried[01541][00] the people[05972] away[01541][8684] into Babylon[0895].
7:22 But[01297] in the first[02298] year[08140] of Cyrus[03567] the king[04430] of Babylon[0895] the same king[04430] Cyrus[03567] made[07761][8754] a decree[02942] to build[01124][8749] this[01836] house[01005] of God[0426].
7:23 And the vessels[03984] also[0638] of[01768] gold[01722] and silver[03702] of the house[01005] of God[0426], which Nebuchadnezzar[05020] took[05312][8684] out of[04481] the temple[01965] that was in Jerusalem[03390], and brought[02987][8684] them into the temple[01965] of Babylon[0895], those[01994] did Cyrus[03567] the king[04430] take[05312][8684] out of[04481] the temple[01965] of Babylon[0895], and they were delivered[03052][8753] unto  one , whose name[08036] was Sheshbazzar[08340], whom he had made[07761][8754] governor[06347]; governor: or, deputy
7:24 And said[0560][8754] unto him, Take[05376][8747] these[0412] vessels[03984], go[0236][8747], carry[05182][8680] them[01994] into the temple[01965] that is in Jerusalem[03390], and let the house[01005] of God[0426] be builded[01124][8731] in[05922] his place[0870].
7:25 Then[0116] came[0858][8754] the same[01791] Sheshbazzar[08340], and laid[03052][8754] the foundation[0787] of the house[01005] of God[0426] which is in Jerusalem[03390]: and since[04481] that time[0116] even until[05705] now[03705] hath it been in building[01124][8732], and yet it is not[03809] finished[08000][8752].
7:26 Now[03705] therefore, if[02006] it seem good[02869] to[05922] the king[04430], let there be search[01240][8721] made in the king's[04430] treasure[01596] house[01005], which is there[08536] at Babylon[0895], whether[02006] it be[0383] so , that a decree[02942] was made[07761][8752] of[04481] Cyrus[03567] the king[04430] to build[01124][8749] this[01791] house[01005] of God[0426] at Jerusalem[03390], and let the king[04430] send[07972][8748] his pleasure[07470] to us concerning[05922] this matter[01836].
7:27 Then[0116] Darius[01868] the king[04430] made[07761][8754] a decree[02942], and search[01240][8745] was made in the house[01005] of the rolls[05609], where[08536] the treasures[01596] were laid up[05182][8683] in Babylon[0895]. rolls: Chaldee, books laid up: Chaldee, made to descend
7:28 And there was found[07912][8728] at Achmetha[0307], in the palace[01001] that is in the province[04083] of the Medes[04076], a[02298] roll[04040], and therein[01459] was  a record[01799] thus[03652] written[03790][8752]: Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer
8:1 In the first[02298] year[08140] of Cyrus[03567] the king[04430] the same Cyrus[03567] the king[04430] made[07761][8754] a decree[02942] concerning the house[01005] of God[0426] at Jerusalem[03390], Let the house[01005] be builded[01124][8731], the place[0870] where they offered[01684][8751] sacrifices[01685], and let the foundations[0787] thereof be strongly laid[05446][8775]; the height[07314] thereof threescore[08361] cubits[0521], and the breadth[06613] thereof threescore[08361] cubits[0521];
8:2 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][8725] out of[04481] the king's[04430] house[01005]:
8:3 And also[0638] let the golden[01722] and silver[03702] vessels[03984] of the house[01005] of God[0426], which Nebuchadnezzar[05020] took forth[05312][8684] out of[04481] the temple[01965] which is at Jerusalem[03390], and brought[02987][8684] unto Babylon[0895], be restored[08421][8681], and brought again[01946][8748] unto the temple[01965] which is at Jerusalem[03390], every one to his place[0870], and place[05182][8681] them  in the house[01005] of God[0426]. brought again: Chaldee, go
8:4 Now[03705] therefore , Tatnai[8674], governor[06347] beyond[05675] the river[05103], Shetharboznai[08370], and your companions[03675] the Apharsachites[0671], which are  beyond[05675] the river[05103], be ye[01934][8754] far[07352] from[04481] thence[08536]: your...: Chaldee, their societies
8:5 Let the work[05673] of this[01791] house[01005] of God[0426] alone[07662][8747]; let the governor[06347] of the Jews[03062] and the elders[07868][8750] of the Jews[03062] build[01124][8748] this[01791] house[01005] of God[0426] in[05922] his place[0870].
8:6 Moreover I[04481] make[07761][8752] a decree[02942] what[03964] ye shall do[05648][8748] to[05974] the elders[07868][8750] of these[0479] Jews[03062] for the building[01124][8749] of this[01791] house[01005] of God[0426]: that of the king's[04430] goods[05232], even of[01768] the tribute[04061] beyond[05675] the river[05103], forthwith[0629] expenses[05313] be[01934][8748] given[03052][8727] unto these[0479] men[01400], that they be not[03809] hindered[0989][8749]. I make...: Chaldee, by me a decree is made hindered: Chaldee, made to cease
8:7 And that which[04101] they have need of[02818][8750], both young[01123] bullocks[08450], and rams[01798], and lambs[0563], for the burnt offerings[05928] of the God[0426] of heaven[08065], wheat[02591], salt[04416], wine[02562], and oil[04887], according to the appointment[03983] of the priests[03549] which are at Jerusalem[03390], let it be[01934][8748] given[03052][8727] them day[03118] by day[03118] without[03809] fail[07960]:
8:8 That they may offer[01934][8748][07127][8683] sacrifices of sweet savours[05208] unto the God[0426] of heaven[08065], and pray[06739][8743] for the life[02417] of the king[04430], and of his sons[01123]. of sweet...: Chaldee, of rest
8:9 Also[04481] I have made[07761][8752] a decree[02942], that whosoever[03606][0606] shall alter[08133][8681] this[01836] word[06600], let timber[0636] be pulled down[05256][8725] from[04481] his house[01005], and being set up[02211][8752], let him be hanged[04223][8725] thereon[05922]; and let his house[01005] be made[05648][8725] a dunghill[05122] for[05922] this[01836]. let him...: Chaldee, let him be destroyed
8:10 And the God[0426] that hath caused his name[08036] to dwell[07932][8745] there[08536] destroy[04049][8741] all[03606] kings[04430] and people[05972], that shall put[07972][8748] to their hand[03028] to alter[08133][8682] and to destroy[02255][8742] this[01791] house[01005] of God[0426] which is at Jerusalem[03390]. I[0576] Darius[01868] have made[07761][8754] a decree[02942]; let it be done[05648][8725] with speed[0629].
8:11 Then[0116] Tatnai[8674], governor[06347] on this side[05675] the river[05103], Shetharboznai[08370], and their companions[03675], according[06903] to that which Darius[01868] the king[04430] had sent[07972][8754], so[03660] they did[05648][8754] speedily[0629].
8:12 And the elders[07868][8750] of the Jews[03062] builded[01124][8750], and they prospered[06744][8683] through the prophesying[05017] of Haggai[02292] the prophet[05029] and Zechariah[02148] the son[01247] of Iddo[05714]. And they builded[01124][8754], and finished[03635][8806] 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]. commandment: Chaldee, decree
8:13 And this[01836] house[01005] was finished[03319][8806] on[05705] the third[08532] day[03118] of the month[03393] Adar[0144], which was[01932] in the sixth[08353] year[08140] of the reign[04437] of Darius[01868] the king[04430].
8:14 And the children[01123] of Israel[03479], the priests[03549], and the Levites[03879], and the rest[07606] of the children[01123] of the captivity[01547], kept[05648][8754] the dedication[02597] of this[01836] house[01005] of God[0426] with joy[02305], the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation
8:15 And offered[07127][8684] 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 offering[02402][8675][02409] for[05922] all[03606] Israel[03479], twelve[08648][06236] he[06841] goats[05796], according to the number[04510] of the tribes[07625] of Israel[03479].
8:16 And they set[06966][8684] the priests[03549] in their divisions[06392], and the Levites[03879] in their courses[04255], for[05922] the service[05673] of God[0426], which is  at Jerusalem[03390]; as it is written[03792] in the book[05609] of Moses[04873]. as it is...: Chaldee, according to the writing
8:17 And the children[01121] of the captivity[01473] kept[06213][8799] the passover[06453] upon the fourteenth[0702][06240] day of the first[07223] month[02320].
8:18 For the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] were purified[02891][8694] together[0259], all of them were pure[02889], and killed[07819][8799] the passover[06453] for all the children[01121] of the captivity[01473], and for their brethren[0251] the priests[03548], and for themselves.
8:19 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478], which were come again[07725][8802] out of captivity[01473], and all such as had separated[0914][8737] themselves unto them from the filthiness[02932] of the heathen[01471] of the land[0776], to seek[01875][8800] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], did eat[0398][8799],
8:20 And kept[06213][8799] the feast[02282] of unleavened bread[04682] seven[07651] days[03117] with joy[08057]: for the LORD[03068] had made them joyful[08055][8765], and turned[05437][8689] the heart[03820] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] unto them, to strengthen[02388][8763] their hands[03027] in the work[04399] of the house[01004] of God[0430], the God[0430] of Israel[03478].
8:21 Now after[0310] these 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],
8:22 The son[01121] of Shallum[07967], the son[01121] of Zadok[06659], the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285],
8:23 The son[01121] of Amariah[0568], the son[01121] of Azariah[05838], the son[01121] of Meraioth[04812],
8:24 The son[01121] of Zerahiah[02228], the son[01121] of Uzzi[05813], the son[01121] of Bukki[01231],
8:25 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]:
8:26 This Ezra[05830] went up[05927][8804] from Babylon[0894]; and he was a ready[04106] scribe[05608][8802] in the law[08451] of Moses[04872], which the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] had given[05414][8804]: and the king[04428] granted[05414][8799] him all his request[01246], according to the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430] upon him.
8:27 And there went up[05927][8799] some of the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and of the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and the singers[07891][8789], and the porters[07778], and the Nethinims[05411], unto Jerusalem[03389], in the seventh[07651] year[08141] of Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04428].
8:28 And he came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] in the fifth[02549] month[02320], which was in the seventh[07637] year[08141] of the king[04428].
8:29 For upon the first[0259] day of the first[07223] month[02320] began[03246] he to go up[04609] from Babylon[0894], and on the first[0259] day of the fifth[02549] month[02320] came[0935][8804] he to Jerusalem[03389], according to the good[02896] hand[03027] of his God[0430] upon him. began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up
8:30 For Ezra[05830] had prepared[03559][8689] his heart[03824] to seek[01875][8800] the law[08451] of the LORD[03068], and to do[06213][8800] it , and to teach[03925][8763] in Israel[03478] statutes[02706] and judgments[04941].
8:31 Now this is the copy[06572] of the letter[05406] that the king[04428] Artaxerxes[0783] gave[05414][8804] unto Ezra[05830] the priest[03548], the scribe[05608][8802], even a scribe[05608][8802] of the words[01697] of the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068], and of his statutes[02706] to Israel[03478].
8:32 Artaxerxes[0783], king[04430] of kings[04430], unto Ezra[05831] the priest[03549], a scribe[05613] of the law[01882] of the God[0426] of heaven[08065], perfect[01585][8752] peace , and at such a time[03706]. unto...: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc
8:33 I[04481] make[07761][8752] a decree[02942], that all[03606] they of[04481] the people[05972] of Israel[03479], and of his priests[03549] and Levites[03879], in my realm[04437], which are minded of their own freewill[05069][8723] to go up[01946][8749] to Jerusalem[03390], go[01946][8748] with thee[05974].
8:34 Forasmuch[01768][06903] as[03606] thou art sent[07972][8750] of[04481][06925] the king[04430], and of his seven[07655] counsellors[03272][8750], to enquire[01240][8742] concerning[05922] Judah[03061] and Jerusalem[03390], according to the law[01882] of thy God[0426] which is in thine hand[03028]; of the king: Chaldee, from before the king
8:35 And to carry[02987][8682] the silver[03702] and gold[01722], which the king[04430] and his counsellors[03272][8750] have freely offered[05069][8724] unto the God[0426] of Israel[03479], whose[01768] habitation[04907]  is in Jerusalem[03390],
8:36 And all[03606] the silver[03702] and gold[01722] that thou canst find[07912][8681] in all[03606] the province[04083] of Babylon[0895], with[05974] the freewill offering[05069][8722] of the people[05972], and of the priests[03549], offering willingly[05069][8723] for the house[01005] of their God[0426] which is in Jerusalem[03390]:
9:1 That[03606][06903] thou mayest buy[07066][8748] speedily[0629] with this[01836] money[03702] bullocks[08450], rams[01798], lambs[0563], with their meat offerings[04504] and their drink offerings[05261], and offer[07127][8741] them[01994] upon[05922] the altar[04056] of the house[01005] of your God[0426] which is in Jerusalem[03390].
9:2 And whatsoever[04101][01768] shall seem good[03191][8748] to thee, and to[05922] thy brethren[0252], to do[05648][8749] with the rest[07606] of the silver[03702] and the gold[01722], that do[05648][8748] after the will[07470] of your God[0426].
9:3 The vessels[03984] also that are given[03052][8727] thee for the service[06402] of the house[01005] of thy God[0426], those deliver[08000][8680] thou before[06925] the God[0426] of Jerusalem[03390].
9:4 And whatsoever more[07606] shall be needful[02819] for the house[01005] of thy God[0426], which thou shalt have occasion[05308][8748] to bestow[05415][8749], bestow[05415][8748] it out of[04481] the king's[04430] treasure[01596] house[01005].
9:5 And I[04481], even I[0576] Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04430], do make[07761][8752] a decree[02942] to all[03606] the treasurers[01490] which are beyond[05675] the river[05103], that whatsoever Ezra[05831] the priest[03549], the scribe[05613] of the law[01882] of the God[0426] of heaven[08065], shall require[07593][8748] of you, it be done[05648][8725] speedily[0629],
9:6 Unto[05705] 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[01325] of oil[04887], and salt[04416] without[03809] prescribing[03792] how much . measures: Chaldee, cors
9:7 Whatsoever[03606] is commanded by[02941][04481] the God[0426] of heaven[08065], let it be diligently[0149] done[05648][8725] for the house[01005] of the God[0426] of heaven[08065]: for[01768] why[04101] should there be[01934][8748] wrath[07109] against[05922] the realm[04437] of the king[04430] and his sons[01123]? Whatsoever...: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree
9:8 Also we certify[03046][8683] you, that touching any[03606] of the priests[03549] and Levites[03879], singers[02171], porters[08652], Nethinims[05412], or ministers[06399][8750] of this[01836] house[01005] of God[0426], it shall not[03809] be lawful[07990] to impose[07412][8749] toll[04061], tribute[01093], or custom[01983], upon[05922] them.
9:9 And thou[0607], Ezra[05831], after the wisdom[02452] of thy God[0426], that is in thine hand[03028], set[04483][8740] magistrates[08200][8751] and judges[01782], which may judge[01934][8748][01778][8751] all[03606] the people[05972] that are beyond[05675] the river[05103], all[03606] such as know[03046][8751] the laws[01882] of thy God[0426]; and teach[03046][8681] ye them that know[03046][8751] them not[03809].
9:10 And whosoever[03606] will not[03809] do[01934][8748][05648][8751] the law[01882] of thy God[0426], and the law[01882] of the king[04430], let judgment[01780] be[01934][8748] executed[05648][8727] speedily[0629] upon him[04481], whether[02006] it be unto death[04193], or[02006] to banishment[08332], or[02006] to confiscation[06065] of goods[05232], or to imprisonment[0613]. to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out
9:11 Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of our fathers[01], which hath put[05414][8804] such a thing as this in the king's[04428] heart[03820], to beautify[06286][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] which is in Jerusalem[03389]:
9:12 And hath extended[05186][8689] mercy[02617] unto me before[06440] the king[04428], and his counsellors[03289][8802], and before all the king's[04428] mighty[01368] princes[08269]. And I was strengthened[02388][8694] as the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] my God[0430] was upon me, and I gathered together[06908][8799] out of Israel[03478] chief men[07218] to go up[05927][8800] with me.
9:13 These are now the chief[07218] of their fathers[01], and this is the genealogy[03187][8692] of them that went up[05927][8802] with me from Babylon[0894], in the reign[04438] of Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04428].
9:14 Of the sons[01121] of Phinehas[06372]; Gershom[01647]: of the sons[01121] of Ithamar[0385]; Daniel[01840]: of the sons[01121] of David[01732]; Hattush[02407].
9:15 Of the sons[01121] of Shechaniah[07935], of the sons[01121] of Pharosh[06551]; Zechariah[02148]: and with him were reckoned by genealogy[03187][8692] of the males[02145] an hundred[03967] and fifty[02572].
10:1 Of the sons[01121] of Pahathmoab[06355]; Elihoenai[0454] the son[01121] of Zerahiah[02228], and with him two hundred[03967] males[02145].
10:2 Of the sons[01121] of Shechaniah[07935]; the son[01121] of Jahaziel[03166], and with him three[07969] hundred[03967] males[02145].
10:3 Of the sons[01121] also of Adin[05720]; Ebed[05651] the son[01121] of Jonathan[03129], and with him fifty[02572] males[02145].
10:4 And of the sons[01121] of Elam[05867]; Jeshaiah[03470] the son[01121] of Athaliah[06271], and with him seventy[07657] males[02145].
10:5 And of the sons[01121] of Shephatiah[08203]; Zebadiah[02069] the son[01121] of Michael[04317], and with him fourscore[08084] males[02145].
10:6 Of the sons[01121] of Joab[03097]; Obadiah[05662] the son[01121] of Jehiel[03171], and with him two hundred[03967] and eighteen[08083][06240] males[02145].
10:7 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].
10:8 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].
10:9 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]. the son...: or, the youngest son
10:10 And of the last[0314] sons[01121] of Adonikam[0140], whose names[08034] are these, Eliphelet[0467], Jeiel[03273], and Shemaiah[08098], and with them threescore[08346] males[02145].
10:11 Of the sons[01121] also of Bigvai[0902]; Uthai[05793], and Zabbud[02072][8675][02139], and with them seventy[07657] males[02145]. Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read
10:12 And I gathered them together[06908][8799] to the river[05104] that runneth[0935][8802] to Ahava[0163]; and there abode we in tents[02583][8799] three[07969] days[03117]: and I viewed[0995][8799] the people[05971], and the priests[03548], and found[04672][8804] there none of the sons[01121] of Levi[03878]. abode: or, pitched
10:13 Then sent[07971][8799] 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 men[07218]; also for Joiarib[03114], and for Elnathan[0494], men of understanding[0995][8688].
10:14 And I sent[06680][8762] them with commandment[03318][8686] unto Iddo[0112] the chief[07218] at the place[04725] Casiphia[03703], and I told[07760][8799][06310] them what[01697] they should say[01696][8763] unto Iddo[0112], and to his brethren[0251] the Nethinims[05411][8675][05411], at the place[04725] Casiphia[03703], that they should bring[0935][8687] unto us ministers[08334][8764] for the house[01004] of our God[0430]. I told...: Heb. I put words in their mouth
10:15 And by the good[02896] hand[03027] of our God[0430] upon us they brought[0935][8686] 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[08083][06240];
10:16 And Hashabiah[02811], and with him Jeshaiah[03470] of the sons[01121] of Merari[04847], his brethren[0251] and their sons[01121], twenty[06242];
10:17 Also of the Nethinims[05411], whom David[01732] and the princes[08269] had appointed[05414][8804] for the service[05656] of the Levites[03881], two hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] Nethinims[05411]: all of them were expressed[05344][8738] by name[08034].
10:18 Then I proclaimed[07121][8799] a fast[06685] there, at the river[05104] of Ahava[0163], that we might afflict[06031][8692] ourselves before[06440] our God[0430], to seek[01245][8763] of him a right[03477] way[01870] for us, and for our little ones[02945], and for all our substance[07399].
10:19 For I was ashamed[0954][8804] to require[07592][8800] of the king[04428] a band of soldiers[02428] and horsemen[06571] to help[05826][8800] us against the enemy[0341][8802] in the way[01870]: because we had spoken[0559][8804] unto the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], The hand[03027] of our God[0430] is upon all them for good[02896] that seek[01245][8764] him; but his power[05797] and his wrath[0639] is against all them that forsake[05800][8802] him.
10:20 So we fasted[06684][8799] and besought[01245][8762] our God[0430] for this: and he was intreated[06279][8735] of us.
10:21 Then I separated[0914][8686] twelve[08147][06240] of the chief[08269] of the priests[03548], Sherebiah[08274], Hashabiah[02811], and ten[06235] of their brethren[0251] with them,
10:22 And weighed[08254][8799] 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][8802], and his lords[08269], and all Israel[03478] there present[04672][8737], had offered[07311][8689]:
10:23 I even weighed[08254][8799] 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];
10:24 Also twenty[06242] basons[03713] of gold[02091], of a thousand[0505] drams[0150]; and two[08147] vessels[03627] of fine[02896][06668][8716] copper[05178], precious[02532] as gold[02091]. fine...: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass precious: Heb. desirable
10:25 And I said[0559][8799] 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 offering[05071] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of your fathers[01].
10:26 Watch[08245][8798] ye, and keep[08104][8798] them , until ye weigh[08254][8799] 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].
10:27 So took[06901][8765] 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][8687] them  to Jerusalem[03389] unto the house[01004] of our God[0430].
10:28 Then we departed[05265][8799] from the river[05104] of Ahava[0163] on the twelfth[08147][06240] day of the first[07223] month[02320], to go[03212][8800] unto Jerusalem[03389]: and the hand[03027] of our God[0430] was upon us, and he delivered[05337][8686] us from the hand[03709] of the enemy[0341][8802], and of such as lay in wait[0693][8802] by the way[01870].
10:29 And we came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], and abode[03427][8799] there three[07969] days[03117].
10:30 Now on the fourth[07243] day[03117] was the silver[03701] and the gold[02091] and the vessels[03627] weighed[08254][8738] 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[03442], and Noadiah[05129] the son[01121] of Binnui[01131], Levites[03881];
10:31 By number[04557] and by weight[04948] of every one: and all the weight[04948] was written[03789][8735] at that time[06256].
10:32 Also the children[01121] of those that had been carried away[01473], which were come out[0935][8802] of the captivity[07628], offered[07126][8689] burnt offerings[05930] unto the God[0430] of Israel[03478], twelve[08147][06240] bullocks[06499] for all Israel[03478], ninety[08673] and six[08337] rams[0352], seventy[07657] and seven[07651] lambs[03532], twelve[08147][06240] he goats[06842] for a sin offering[02403]: all this was  a burnt offering[05930] unto the LORD[03068].
10:33 And they delivered[05414][8799] 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][8765] the people[05971], and the house[01004] of God[0430].
10:34 Now when these things were done[03615][8763], the princes[08269] came[05066][8738] to me, saying[0559][8800], The people[05971] of Israel[03478], and the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], have not separated[0914][8738] 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[04125], the Egyptians[04713], and the Amorites[0567].
10:35 For they have taken[05375][8804] of their daughters[01323] for themselves, and for their sons[01121]: so that the holy[06944] seed[02233] have mingled[06148][8694] themselves with the people[05971] of those lands[0776]: yea, the hand[03027] of the princes[08269] and rulers[05461] hath been chief[07223] in this trespass[04604].
10:36 And when I heard[08085][8800] this thing[01697], I rent[07167][8804] my garment[0899] and my mantle[04598], and plucked off[04803][8799] the hair[08181] of my head[07218] and of my beard[02206], and sat down[03427][8799] astonied[08074][8789].
10:37 Then were assembled[0622][8735] unto me every one that trembled[02730] at the words[01697] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478], because of the transgression[04604] of those that had been carried away[01473]; and I sat[03427][8802] astonied[08074][8789] until the evening[06153] sacrifice[04503].
10:38 And at the evening[06153] sacrifice[04503] I arose up[06965][8804] from my heaviness[08589]; and having rent[07167][8800] my garment[0899] and my mantle[04598], I fell[03766][8799] upon my knees[01290], and spread out[06566][8799] my hands[03709] unto the LORD[03068] my God[0430], heaviness: or, affliction
10:39 And said[0559][8799], O my God[0430], I am ashamed[0954][8804] and blush[03637][8738] to lift up[07311][8687] my face[06440] to thee, my God[0430]: for our iniquities[05771] are increased[07235][8804] over[04605] our  head[07218], and our trespass[0819] is grown up[01431][8804] unto the heavens[08064]. trespass: or, guiltiness
10:40 Since the days[03117] of our fathers[01] have we been in a great[01419] trespass[0819] unto this day[03117]; and for our iniquities[05771] have we, our kings[04428], and our priests[03548], been delivered[05414][8738] 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 day[03117].
10:41 And now for a little[04592] space[07281] grace[08467] hath been shewed from the LORD[03068] our God[0430], to leave[07604][8687] us a remnant to escape[06413], and to give[05414][8800] us a nail[03489] in his holy[06944] place[04725], that our God[0430] may lighten[0215][8687] our eyes[05869], and give[05414][8800] us a little[04592] reviving[04241] in our bondage[05659]. space: Heb. moment a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode
10:42 For we were bondmen[05650]; yet our God[0430] hath not forsaken[05800][8804] us in our bondage[05659], but hath extended[05186][8686] mercy[02617] unto us in the sight[06440] of the kings[04428] of Persia[06539], to give[05414][8800] us a reviving[04241], to set up[07311][8788] the house[01004] of our God[0430], and to repair[05975][8687] the desolations[02723] thereof, and to give[05414][8800] us a wall[01447] in Judah[03063] and in Jerusalem[03389]. to repair: Heb. to set up
10:43 And now, O our God[0430], what shall we say[0559][8799] after[0310] this? for we have forsaken[05800][8804] thy commandments[04687],
10:44 Which thou hast commanded[06680][8765] by[03027] thy servants[05650] the prophets[05030], saying[0559][8800], The land[0776], unto which ye go[0935][8802] to possess[03423][8800] it, is an unclean[05079] land[0776] with the filthiness[05079] of the people[05971] of the lands[0776], with their abominations[08441], which have filled[04390][8765] it from one end[06310] to another[06310] with their uncleanness[02932]. by: Heb. by the hand of from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth
