ASV_Strong : Ezra 8
1. Now these are the heads[H7218] of their fathers[H1]' houses[H3187], and this is the genealogy of them that went up[H5927] with me from Babylon[H894], in the reign[H4438] of Artaxerxes[H783] the king[H4438]:
2. Of the sons[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372], Gershom[H1647]. Of the sons[H1121] of Ithamar[H385], Daniel[H1840]. Of the sons[H1121] of David[H1732], Hattush[H2407].
3. Of the sons[H1121] of Shecaniah[H7935], of the sons[H1121] of Parosh[H6551], Zechariah[H2148]; and with him were reckoned by genealogy[H3187] of the males[H2145] a hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572].
4. Of the sons[H1121] of Pahath-moab[H6355], Eliehoenai[H454] the son[H1121] of Zerahiah[H2228]; and with him two hundred[H3967] males[H2145].
5. Of the sons[H1121] of Shecaniah[H7935], the son[H1121] of Jahaziel[H3166]; and with him three[H7969] hundred[H3967] males[H2145].
6. And of the sons[H1121] of Adin[H5720], Ebed[H5651] the son[H1121] of Jonathan[H3129]; and with him fifty[H2572] males[H2145].
7. And of the sons[H1121] of Elam[H5867], Jeshaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Athaliah[H6271]; and with him seventy[H7657] males[H2145].
8. And of the sons[H1121] of Shephatiah[H8203], Zebadiah[H2069] the son[H1121] of Michael[H4317]; and with him fourscore[H8084] males[H2145].
9. Of the sons[H1121] of Joab[H3097], Obadiah[H5662] the son[H1121] of Jehiel[H3171]; and with him two hundred[H3967] and eighteen[H8083] males[H2145].
10. And of the sons[H1121] of Shelomith[H8019], the son[H1121] of Josiphiah[H3131]; and with him a hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346] males[H2145].
11. And of the sons[H1121] of Bebai[H893], Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Bebai[H893]; and with him twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083] males[H2145].
12. And of the sons[H1121] of Azgad[H5803], Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Hakkatan[H6997]; and with him a hundred[H3967] and ten[H6235] males[H2145].
13. And of the sons[H1121] of Adonikam[H140], that were the last[H314]; and these are their names[H8034]: Eliphelet[H467], Jeuel[H3273], and Shemaiah[H8098]; and with them threescore[H8346] males[H2145].
14. And of the sons[H1121] of Bigvai[H902], Uthai[H5793] and Zabbud[H2072]; and with them seventy[H7657] males[H2145].
15. And I gathered them together[H6908] to the river[H5104] that runneth[H935] to Ahava[H163]; and there we encamped[H2583] three[H7969] days[H3117]: and I viewed[H995] the people[H5971], and the priests[H3548], and found[H4672] there none of the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878].
16. Then sent[H7971] I for Eliezer[H461], for Ariel[H740], for Shemaiah[H8098], and for Elnathan[H494], and for Jarib[H3402], and for Elnathan[H494], and for Nathan[H5416], and for Zechariah[H2148], and for Meshullam[H4918], chief men[H7218]; also for Joiarib[H3114], and for Elnathan[H494], who were teachers[H995].
17. And I sent[H6680] them forth[H3318] unto Iddo[H112] the chief[H7218] at the place[H4725] Casiphia[H3703]; and I told[H7760] them what[H1697] they should say[H1696] unto Iddo[H112], and his brethren[H251] the Nethinim[H5411], at the place[H4725] Casiphia[H3703], that they should bring[H935] unto us ministers[H8334] for the house[H1004] of our God[H430].
18. And according to the good[H2896] hand[H3027] of our God[H430] upon us they brought[H935] us a man[H376] of discretion[H7922], of the sons[H1121] of Mahli[H4249], the son[H1121] of Levi[H3878], the son[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and Sherebiah[H8274], with his sons[H1121] and his brethren[H251], eighteen[H8083];
19. and Hashabiah[H2811], and with him Jeshaiah[H3470] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], his brethren[H251] and their sons[H1121], twenty[H6242];
20. and of the Nethinim[H5411], whom David[H1732] and the princes[H8269] had given[H5414] for the service[H5656] of the Levites[H3881], two hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242] Nethinim[H5411]: all of them were mentioned[H5344] by name[H8034].
21. Then I proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685] there[H5104], at the river Ahava[H163], that we might humble[H6031] ourselves before[H6440] our God[H430], to seek[H1245] of him a straight[H3477] way[H1870] for us[H2945], and for our little ones, and for all our substance[H7399].
22. For I was ashamed[H954] to ask[H7592] of the king[H4428] a band of soldiers[H2428] and horsemen[H6571] to help[H5826] us against the enemy[H341] in the way[H1870], because we had spoken[H559] unto the king[H4428], saying[H559], The hand[H3027] of our God[H430] is upon all them that seek[H1245] him[H2896], for good; but his power[H5797] and his wrath[H639] is against all them that forsake him[H5800].
23. So we fasted[H6684] and besought[H1245] our God[H430] for this[H6279]: and he was entreated of us.
24. Then I set apart[H914] twelve[H8147] of the chiefs[H8269] of the priests[H3548], even Sherebiah[H8274], Hashabiah[H2811], and ten[H6235] of their brethren with them[H251],
25. and weighed[H8254] unto them the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and the vessels[H3627], even the offering[H8641] for the house[H1004] of our God[H430], which the king[H4428], and his counsellors[H3289], and his princes[H8269], and all Israel[H3478] there present[H4672], had offered[H7311]:
26. I weighed[H8254] into their hand[H3027] six[H8337] hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572] talents[H3603] of silver[H3701], and silver[H3701] vessels[H3627] a hundred[H3967] talents[H3603]; of gold[H2091] a hundred[H3967] talents[H3603];
27. and twenty[H6242] bowls[H3713] of gold[H2091], of a thousand[H505] darics[H150]; and two[H8147] vessels[H3627] of fine[H2896] bright brass[H5178], precious[H2532] as gold[H2091].
28. And I said[H559] unto them[H6944], Ye are holy unto Jehovah[H3068], and the vessels[H3627] are holy[H6944]; and the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] are a freewill-offering[H5071] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of your fathers[H1].
29. Watch[H8245] ye[H8104], and keep them[H8254], until ye weigh them before[H6440] the chiefs[H8269] of the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and the princes[H8269] of the fathers[H1]' houses of Israel[H3478], at Jerusalem[H3389], in the chambers[H3957] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
30. So the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] received[H6901] the weight[H4948] of the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091], and the vessels[H3627], to bring[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389] unto the house[H1004] of our God[H430].
31. Then we departed[H5265] from the river[H5104] Ahava[H163] on the twelfth[H8147] day of the first[H7223] month[H2320], to go[H3212] unto Jerusalem[H3389]: and the hand[H3027] of our God[H430] was upon us[H5337], and he delivered us from the hand[H3709] of the enemy[H341] and the lier-in[H693]-wait by the way[H1870].
32. And we came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and abode[H3427] there three[H7969] days[H3117].
33. And on the fourth[H7243] day[H3117] the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] and the vessels[H3627] were weighed[H8254] in the house[H1004] of our God[H430] into the hand[H3027] of Meremoth[H4822] the son[H1121] of Uriah[H223] the priest[H3548]; and with him was Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372]; and with them was Jozabad[H3107] the son[H1121] of Jeshua[H3442], and Noadiah[H5129] the son[H1121] of Binnui[H1131], the Levite[H3881];
34. the whole by number[H4557] and by weight[H4948]: and all the weight[H4948] was written[H3789] at that time[H6256].
35. The children[H1121] of the captivity[H1473], that were come out[H935] of exile[H7628], offered[H7126] burnt-offerings[H5930] unto the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], twelve[H8147] bullocks[H6499] for all Israel[H3478], ninety[H8673] and six[H8337] rams[H352], seventy[H7657] and seven[H7651] lambs[H3532], twelve[H8147] he-goats[H6842] for a sin-offering[H2403]: all this was a burnt-offering[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068].
36. And they delivered[H5414] the king[H4428]'s commissions[H1881] unto the king[H4428]'s satraps[H323], and to the governors[H6346] beyond[H5676] the River[H5104]: and they furthered[H5375] the people[H5971] and the house[H1004] of God[H430].
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