Ezra 2 Cross References - LEB

¹ Now these were the people* of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. ² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: ³ the descendants* of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; ⁴ the descendants* of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; ⁵ the descendants* of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; ⁶ the descendants* of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants* of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; ⁷ the descendants* of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; ⁸ the descendants* of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; ⁹ the descendants* of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; ¹⁰ the descendants* of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; ¹¹ the descendants* of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; ¹² the descendants* of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two; ¹³ the descendants* of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; ¹⁴ the descendants* of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six; ¹⁵ the descendants* of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; ¹⁶ the descendants* of Ater, particularly of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; ¹⁷ the descendants* of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; ¹⁸ the descendants* of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; ¹⁹ the descendants* of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; ²⁰ the descendants* of Gibbar, ninety-five; ²¹ the people* of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three; ²² the men of Netophah, fifty-six; ²³ the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; ²⁴ the people* of Azmaveth, forty-two; ²⁵ the people* of Kiriath Αrim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; ²⁶ the people* of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; ²⁷ the men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two; ²⁸ the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three; ²⁹ the people* of Nebo, fifty-two; ³⁰ the people* of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; ³¹ the people* of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; ³² the people* of Harim, three hundred and twenty; ³³ the people* of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; ³⁴ the people* of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; ³⁵ the people* of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty. ³⁶ The priests: the descendants* of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; ³⁷ the descendants* of Immer, one thousand fifty-two; ³⁸ the descendants* of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; ³⁹ the descendants* of Harim, one thousand seventeen. ⁴⁰ The Levites: the descendants* of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants* of Hodaviah, seventy-four. ⁴¹ The singers: the descendants* of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight. ⁴² The descendants* of the gatekeepers: the descendants* of Shallum, the descendants* of Ater, the descendants* of Talmon, the descendants* of Akkub, the descendants* of Hatita, and the descendants* of Shobai; in total one hundred and thirty-nine. ⁴³ The temple servants: the descendants* of Ziha, the descendants* of Hasupha, the descendants* of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁵ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagabah, the descendants* of Akkub, ⁴⁶ the descendants* of Hagab, the descendants* of Shamlai, the descendants* of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the descendants* of Giddel, the descendants* of Gahar, the descendants* of Reaiah, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Rezin, the descendants* of Nekoda, the descendants* of Gazzam, ⁴⁹ the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, the descendants* of Besai, ⁵⁰ the descendants* of Asnah, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephisim, ⁵¹ the descendants* of Bakbuk, the descendants* of Hakupha, the descendants* of Harhur, ⁵² the descendants* of Bazluth, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵³ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah, ⁵⁴ the descendants* of Neziah, and the descendants* of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The descendants* of Solomon's servants: the descendants* of Sotai, the descendants* of Hassophereth, the descendants* of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the descendants* of Jaalah, the descendants* of Darkon, the descendants* of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the descendants* of Shephatiah, the descendants* of Hattil, the descendants* of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants* of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two. ⁵⁹ Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers' household and their descent, if they were from Israel: ⁶⁰ the descendants* of Delaiah, the descendants* of Tobiah, and the descendants* of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two. ⁶¹ And from the descendants* of the priests: the descendants* of Habaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, and the descendants* of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). ⁶² These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and _⌊were excluded from the priesthood as unclean_⌋.* ⁶³ The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary* until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁴ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁵ apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers. ⁶⁶ Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules numbered two hundred and forty-five, ⁶⁷ their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty. ⁶⁸ When some of the heads of _⌊families_⌋* came to the house of Yahweh that is in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place. ⁶⁹ According to their ability they gave to the treasury room for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics. ⁷⁰ The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

¹⁴ He deported all of Jerusalem: all of the commanders, ten thousand of the skilled warriors, and the artisans; no one was left over except the poorest of the people of the land. ¹⁵ He deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king, the wives of the king, his court officials, and the citizenry of the land he caused to go into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: ¹⁶ of all of the skilled men, seven thousand, and of the skilled craftsmen and the artisans, one thousand. All of the mighty warriors _⌊fit for war_⌋* the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

¹¹ The remainder of the people left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the remainder of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard deported.

¹ And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. ² Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ³ Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid a tribute upon the land of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. ⁴ And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt. ⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh his God. ⁶ Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up against him, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon. ⁷ And Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon the objects of the house of Yahweh and put them into the temple in Babylon. ⁸ Now the remainder of the words of Jehoiakim and the detestable things that he did and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. ⁹ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. ¹⁰ And at the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with objects of the treasure of the house of Yahweh. And he made Zedekiah his brother king in Judah and Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹² And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet _⌊who spoke for_⌋* Yahweh. ¹³ And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. ¹⁴ All the leaders of the priests and the people likewise increased in unfaithfulness according to all the detestable things of the nations. And they polluted the house of Yahweh that he had consecrated in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And Yahweh, the God of their ancestors,* had repeatedly and persistently sent to them by the hand of his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. ¹⁶ But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy. ¹⁷ Therefore he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He showed no mercy on a young man, a virgin, the elderly, or decrepit. He delivered all into his hand. ¹⁸ And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, the storehouses of the house of Yahweh, and the storehouses of the king and his princes, these all he brought to Babylon. ¹⁹ And they burned the house of God. And they shattered the walls of Jerusalem and burned its citadels with fire and destroyed all the vessels of its treasuries. ²⁰ And he took _⌊those who escaped the sword_⌋* to Babylon. And they became servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, ²¹ to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land has enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of desolation it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. ²² And in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he _⌊made a proclamation_⌋* throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying: ²³ "Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: 'Yahweh the God of heaven has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has appointed me to build a house for him at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you from all his people, may Yahweh his God go up with him.'"

⁸ May it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, the house of the great God. It is being built with stone blocks and timber is being put in the walls. This work is being done with diligence and is making progress in their hands.

² But it was in Ecbatana in the province of Media, in the citadel, that a certain scroll had written on it, "A record.

⁶ These are the people of the province who came up from captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his city. ⁷ These came with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: ⁸ the descendants* of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. ⁹ The descendants* of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two. ¹⁰ The descendants* of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two. ¹¹ The descendants* of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants* of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen. ¹² The descendants* of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ¹³ The descendants* of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five. ¹⁴ The descendants* of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁵ The descendants* of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight. ¹⁶ The descendants* of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight. ¹⁷ The descendants* of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two. ¹⁸ The descendants* of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven. ¹⁹ The descendants* of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven. ²⁰ The descendants* of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five. ²¹ The descendants* of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. ²² The descendants* of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight. ²³ The descendants* of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four. ²⁴ The descendants* of Hariph, one hundred and twelve. ²⁵ The descendants* of Gibeon, ninety-five. ²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight. ²⁷ The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight. ²⁸ The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two. ²⁹ The men of Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three. ³⁰ The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one. ³¹ The men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two. ³² The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three. ³³ The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. ³⁴ The people* of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ³⁵ The people* of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³⁶ The people* of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. ³⁷ The people* of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one. ³⁸ The people* of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. ³⁹ The priests: The descendants* of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁰ The descendants* of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two. ⁴¹ The descendants* of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven. ⁴² The descendants* of Harim, one thousand and seventeen. ⁴³ The Levites: the descendants* of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the descendants* of Hodaviah, seventy-four. ⁴⁴ The singers: the descendants* of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight. ⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: the descendants* of Shallum, the descendants* of Ater, the descendants* of Talmon, the descendants* of Akkub, the descendants* of Hatita, the descendants* of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight. ⁴⁶ The temple servants: the descendants* of Ziha, the descendants* of Hasupha, the descendants* of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagaba, the descendants* of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the descendants* of Hanan, the descendants* of Giddel, the descendants* of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the descendants* of Reaiah, the descendants* of Rezin, the descendants* of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the descendants* of Gazzam, the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, ⁵² the descendants* of Besai, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephushesim, ⁵³ the descendants* of Bakbuk, the descendants* of Hakupha, the descendants* of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the descendants* of Bazlith, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah, ⁵⁶ the descendants* of Neziah, the descendants* of Hatipha. ⁵⁷ The descendants* of Solomon's servants: the descendants* of Sotai, the descendants* of Sophereth, the descendants* of Perida, ⁵⁸ the descendants* of Jaala, the descendants* of Darkon, the descendants* of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the descendants* of Shephatiah, the descendants* of Hattil, the descendants* of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the descendants* of Amon. ⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two. ⁶¹ These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel: ⁶² the descendants* of Delaiah, the descendants* of Tobiah, the descendants* of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two. ⁶³ And from the priests: the descendants* of Hobaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, the descendants* of Barzillai (who had taken as a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ⁶⁴ These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood. ⁶⁵ So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁶ All of the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷ besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,*

⁶⁹ * there were four hundred and thirty-five camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty male donkeys. ⁷⁰ Now some from the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics. ⁷¹ Now some of the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas. ⁷² And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics. ⁷³ So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were in their cities.

¹ And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush*—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.*

³ he gave a banquet in the third year of his reign for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and officials of the provinces were in his presence

⁸ There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased.

¹¹ to bring Queen Vashti before the king _⌊with her royal crown_⌋* to show the people and the officials her beauty, _⌊for she was very attractive_⌋.*

⁹ And the secretaries of the king were summoned* at that time, in the third month, which is in the month of Sivan on the twenty-third day, and an edict was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the governors and satraps and officials of the provinces from India to Cush*—one hundred and twenty-seven provinces*—each province according to its own script and to every people in their own _⌊language_⌋,* and to the Jews in their own script and language.

¹ In the ninth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. ² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was taken by assault. ³ And all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the chief officer, Nergal-sharezer the high official, with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. ⁴ _⌊And then_⌋* _⌊when_⌋* Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all _⌊the soldiers_⌋* with him, they fled and went out at night from the city by the way of the garden of the king through the gate between the walls. And they went out toward the Jordan Valley. ⁵ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced _⌊sentence_⌋* on him. ⁶ And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. ⁷ Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and tied him up with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon. ⁸ And the Chaldeans burned the palace* of the king and the houses* of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹ Then the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those deserting who had deserted to him, and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* deported to Babylon. ¹⁰ And some of the poor people, _⌊who had nothing_⌋,* Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day. ¹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremiah _⌊through_⌋* Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* _⌊saying_⌋,* ¹² "Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, _⌊but only_⌋* that which he speaks to you, so do with him." ¹³ So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* sent word, _⌊along with_⌋* Nebushazban the chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer the high official, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon. ¹⁴ And they sent and took Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him to the house, so he stayed in the midst of the people. ¹⁵ And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah at his confinement in the courtyard of the guard, _⌊saying_⌋,* ¹⁶ "Go and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite, _⌊saying_⌋,* 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: "Look, I am about to bring my words to pass against this city for evil and not for good. And they will be _⌊before you_⌋* on that day. ¹⁷ But I will rescue you on that day," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men _⌊of whom you are frightened_⌋.* ¹⁸ For surely I will save you, and you will not fall by the sword. But your life will be for you as booty because you have trusted in me," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh.'"

¹ Zedekiah was _⌊twenty-one years old_⌋* at his beginning to reign, and he reigned eleven years* in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ² And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh like all that Jehoiakim had done. ³ For because of the _⌊anger_⌋* of Yahweh this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until his casting them from his _⌊presence_⌋.* And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. ⁴ _⌊And then_⌋* in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against Jerusalem, he and all his army. And they laid siege to it, and built siege works* against it all around. ⁵ So the city came _⌊under siege_⌋* until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ⁶ In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine in the city became severe and there was no food for the people of the land. ⁷ Then the city was breached, and all _⌊the soldiers_⌋* fled and went out from the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls that are at the garden of the king, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went in the direction of the Jordan Valley.* ⁸ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. ⁹ Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and _⌊he passed sentence on him_⌋.* ¹⁰ And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah. ¹¹ Then he made blind the eyes of Zedekiah, and they tied him up with bronze fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon. And he put him in _⌊prison_⌋* until the day of his death. ¹² Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,* who stood _⌊before_⌋* the king of Babylon, entered into Jerusalem. ¹³ And he burned the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and the palace* of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire. ¹⁴ And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard* broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. ¹⁵ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard* deported some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon, along with the rest of the craftsmen. ¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard* left some of the poor of the land to serve as vinedressers and farmers. ¹⁷ And the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that were in the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze to Babylon. ¹⁸ And they took with them the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of bronze which were used in temple service. ¹⁹ And the captain of the guard* took the bowls, and the firepans, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the pans, and the libation bowls, _⌊those made of solid gold_⌋* and _⌊those made of solid silver_⌋.* ²⁰ The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that were under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh—there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels! ²¹ Now the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,* and a thread of twelve cubits* surrounded it, and its thickness was four fingers, hollowed out. ²² And a capital upon it was bronze and the height of the one capital was five cubits, and latticework and pomegranates were on the capital on all sides, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar with pomegranates. ²³ And there were ninety-six pomegranates _⌊on the sides_⌋;* all the pomegranates on the latticework on all sides were a hundred. ²⁴ Then the captain of the guard* took Seraiah _⌊the chief priest_⌋,* and Zephaniah _⌊the second priest_⌋,* and three keepers of the threshold. ²⁵ And from the city he took one high official who was chief officer over _⌊the soldiers_⌋,* and seven men of _⌊the king's advisors_⌋* who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who levied for military service the people of the land, and sixty men* of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. ²⁶ Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard* took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²⁷ And the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah left from its land. ²⁸ This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar deported: in the seventh year, three thousand twenty-three Judeans; ²⁹ in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, eight hundred and thirty-two persons* from Jerusalem; ³⁰ in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* deported seven hundred and forty-five Judean persons;* there were four thousand six hundred persons* in all. ³¹ _⌊And then_⌋* in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, the king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and brought him out from _⌊prison_⌋.* ³² Then he spoke with him kindly and gave his seat above the seats* of the kings who were with him in Babylon. ³³ So he changed the garments of his imprisonment and he ate food _⌊before him_⌋* continually all the days of his life. ³⁴ And his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon _⌊on a daily basis_⌋* all the days of his life up to the day of his death.

³ Judah has gone into exile with misery and under hard servitude; she lives among the nations, she has not found a resting place; all her pursuers have overtaken her amidst her distress.

⁵ Her foes have become her _⌊master_⌋,* her enemies are at ease; Yahweh has made her suffer because of the greatness of her transgressions. Her children have gone away, captive before the foe.

²² The punishment of your iniquity is completed, O daughter of Zion, your exile will not continue; but he will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will reveal your sins.

⁷ And it shall become a region for the remnant of the house of Judah; upon them they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down in the evening. For Yahweh their God shall be mindful of them, and he will restore their fortunes.

³⁴ So after* reading the letter* and asking what province he was from, and learning that he was from Cilicia,

¹¹ All of the objects of gold and silver metal were five thousand four hundred. All this Sheshbazzar brought up along with the exiles from Babylonia to Jerusalem.

⁸ In the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak began their work, and the remainder of their brothers the priests and the Levites and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem. They appointed the Levites _⌊from twenty years and older_⌋* to direct the work of the house of Yahweh. ⁹ And Jeshua with his sons and brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons—the sons of Judah—together directed the workers in the house of God, along with the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers the Levites.

³ But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of Israel said to them, "It is not for you but for us to build a house for our God. For we ourselves alone will build it for Yahweh the God of Israel, just as Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us."

⁸ Rehum the royal officer and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows

² Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak set out and began to build the house of God that is in Jerusalem. And with them the prophets of God were helping them.

⁷ These came with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel:

¹ In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day, the word of Yahweh came _⌊through_⌋* Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¹² Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people gave heed to the voice of Yahweh their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him, _⌊and the people feared Yahweh_⌋.*

¹⁴ And Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and did the work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God,

² "Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

⁴ 'But now take courage,* Zerubbabel,' _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh. 'Take courage,* Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and take courage,* all the people of the land,' _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh. 'Do the work, because I am with you,' _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh of hosts,

²¹ "Say to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth,

¹ And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing _⌊before_⌋* the angel of Yahweh; and Satan* was standing on his right to accuse him.

³ And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing _⌊before_⌋* the angel.

⁸ Listen, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions* that are sitting _⌊before_⌋* you. For the men are a sign that,* look, I am going to bring my servant the Branch.* ⁹ For consider, the stone that _⌊I set before_⌋* Joshua, on one stone are seven eyes.* Look, _⌊I am going to engrave an inscription on it_⌋,'* _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh of hosts, 'and I will remove the guilt of that land in a single day.

⁶ And he answered and said to me, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by strength and not by power, but only by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of hosts. ⁷ 'Who are you O great mountain? _⌊Before_⌋* Zerubbabel you will become level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amid the shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" '" ⁸ And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ⁹ "The hands of Zerubbabel have founded this house, and his hands will finish it. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. ¹⁰ For whoever has despised the day of small things will rejoice and will see the _⌊plumb line_⌋* in the hand of Zerubbabel."
These seven are the eyes of Yahweh which are ranging _⌊throughout the whole earth_⌋.*

¹² And after the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,* and Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud, and Abiud became the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim became the father of Azor,

³ From the descendants* of Shecaniah, from the descendants* of Parosh: Zechariah and with him one hundred and fifty registered males.

²⁵ And from Israel, the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah, and Benaiah.

⁸ the descendants* of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.

⁸ From the descendants* of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

⁹ The descendants* of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

¹⁸ For many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jehohanan took as a wife the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.

¹⁰ The descendants* of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.

⁴ From the descendants* of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and with him two hundred males.

⁹ From the descendants* of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

¹⁴ Please let our leaders stand for the whole assembly, and let all that are in our cities who have married foreign women come at set times, and with them the elders of and judges of each city, until the fierce wrath of our God because of this matter is averted from us."

³⁰ From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

¹¹ The descendants* of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants* of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

³¹ the people* of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

⁷ From the descendants* of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

²⁶ From the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

¹² The descendants* of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

²⁷ From the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

¹³ The descendants* of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five. ¹⁴ The descendants* of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

³⁴ From the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

¹⁵ The descendants* of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.

¹¹ From the descendants* of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

²⁸ From the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

¹⁶ The descendants* of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

¹² From the descendants* of Azgad: Jehohanan son of Haqqatan, and with him one hundred and ten males.

¹⁷ The descendants* of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.

¹³ From the descendants* of Adonikam, those who came last, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

¹⁸ The descendants* of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.

¹⁴ From the descendants* of Bigvai: Uthai son of Zabud,* and with him seventy males.

¹⁹ The descendants* of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.

⁶ From the descendants* of Adin: Ebed son of Jehonathan, and with him fifty males.

²⁰ The descendants* of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five. ²¹ The descendants* of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

²³ The descendants* of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four. ²⁴ The descendants* of Hariph, one hundred and twelve.

³³ From the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

²² The descendants* of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.

²⁵ The descendants* of Gibeon, ninety-five.

⁵⁰ These were the _⌊descendants_⌋* of Caleb.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim, ⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader. ⁵² And Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

²⁸ Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Ataroth-Beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight.

⁸ then they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, and Jehonathan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

¹⁸ Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.

²⁷ The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight.

³⁰ Daughter of Gallim, cry out with your voice; Laishah, listen! _⌊Anathoth is poor_⌋.*

¹ The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, among the priests who were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin,

²¹ _⌊Therefore_⌋* thus says Yahweh concerning the people* of Anathoth who seek your life, _⌊saying_⌋,* "You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh _⌊or_⌋* you will die by our hand."

²⁸ The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.

¹⁷ And the _⌊Israelites_⌋* set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim).

²⁹ The men of Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

²⁴ Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages. ²⁵ Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

³⁰ The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

⁵ And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which is on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

²³ Now the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Micmash.

³¹ The men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two.

²⁸ He has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Micmash he deposited his baggage.

⁸ And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh.

² Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven, east of Bethel, and he said to them, "Go up and spy out Ai." And the men went up and spied out Ai.

⁹ So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of the ambush, and they sat between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai; but Joshua spent the night _⌊with the people_⌋.*

¹⁷ Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel; they left the city open and pursued after Israel.

³³ The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.

³ "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

⁴⁹ "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim range, Mount Nebo, which is _⌊opposite Jericho_⌋,* and see the land of Canaan that I am giving to the _⌊Israelites_⌋* as a possession.

² It has gone up to the house,* and Dibon to the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. _⌊Every head is bald_⌋,* every beard is shaved.

¹ Concerning Moab, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel:
"Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. It is ashamed, Kiriathaim is captured. Misgab is ashamed, and it is filled with terror.

²² and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,

⁷ the descendants* of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

³⁴ The people* of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

³¹ From the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshiah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

³⁵ The people* of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

¹² The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (he built Ono and Lod with _⌊its towns_⌋),*

² Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono." But they planned to do evil to me.

³⁷ The people* of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.

³⁴ Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵ Lod, and Ono the valley of the artisans.

³⁴ In his days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho; at the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his younger sibling, he set up its gates, according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

¹⁵ Then the men designated by name arose and took the captives and from the plunder clothed all their nakedness. So they clothed them, gave them sandals, gave them food to eat, gave them water to drink, anointed them, and guided them with the donkeys provided for all those who stumbled, and brought them to Jericho, the city of the palm trees, next to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

³⁶ The people* of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

³⁸ The people* of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

¹⁰ And from the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;

⁷ And the first lot went out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸ the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹ the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰ the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹ the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shekaniah, ¹² the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³ the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴ the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵ the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Ha-Pizzez, ¹⁶ the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Ezekiel, ¹⁷ the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸ the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

⁹ And Jeshua with his sons and brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons—the sons of Judah—together directed the workers in the house of God, along with the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers the Levites.

³⁹ The priests: The descendants* of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

¹⁴ the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

²⁰ From the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

⁴⁰ The descendants* of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two.

¹² Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

²² From the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Eleasah.

⁴¹ The descendants* of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.

⁸ the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

²¹ From the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

⁴² The descendants* of Harim, one thousand and seventeen. ⁴³ The Levites: the descendants* of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the descendants* of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

³⁹ and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph the son of Berekiah, and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

¹ And David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with stringed instruments, with harps, and with cymbals. And their inventory of the men of the work and for their duty was: ² for the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the hand* of Asaph, who prophesied under the hands* of the king.

⁴⁴ The singers: the descendants* of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

¹⁷ Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son* of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving prayer, and Bakbukiah the second of his brothers; Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief);

¹ As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph. ² And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴ And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶ And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who were rulers in the house of their father, for they were mighty warriors of ability. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah. ⁸ All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers were men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom. ⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen. ¹⁰ And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. ¹² These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh. ¹³ And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers' houses, _⌊for their gates_⌋.* ¹⁴ And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, _⌊a wise counselor_⌋,* they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵ To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses. ¹⁶ For Shuppim and Hosah it went out for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard. ¹⁷ To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two by two. ¹⁸ For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court. ¹⁹ These were the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: the descendants* of Shallum, the descendants* of Ater, the descendants* of Talmon, the descendants* of Akkub, the descendants* of Hatita, the descendants* of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

² Now the first inhabitants who were settled on their property in their cities in Israel were the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

⁴⁶ The temple servants: the descendants* of Ziha, the descendants* of Hasupha, the descendants* of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagaba, the descendants* of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the descendants* of Hanan, the descendants* of Giddel, the descendants* of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the descendants* of Reaiah, the descendants* of Rezin, the descendants* of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the descendants* of Gazzam, the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, ⁵² the descendants* of Besai, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephushesim, ⁵³ the descendants* of Bakbuk, the descendants* of Hakupha, the descendants* of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the descendants* of Bazlith, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah, ⁵⁶ the descendants* of Neziah, the descendants* of Hatipha.

²⁸ "The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to observe the law* of God—their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who know and understand—

⁴⁷ the descendants* of Keros, the descendants* of Siaha, the descendants* of Padon, ⁴⁸ the descendants* of Lebanah, the descendants* of Hagaba, the descendants* of Shalmai,

⁵¹ the descendants* of Gazzam, the descendants* of Uzza, the descendants* of Paseah, ⁵² the descendants* of Besai, the descendants* of Meunim, the descendants* of Nephushesim,

⁵⁴ the descendants* of Bazlith, the descendants* of Mehida, the descendants* of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the descendants* of Barkos, the descendants* of Sisera, the descendants* of Temah,

²¹ their children who remained after them in the land, whom the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were not able to completely destroy, Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, until this very day.

⁵⁷ The descendants* of Solomon's servants: the descendants* of Sotai, the descendants* of Sophereth, the descendants* of Perida, ⁵⁸ the descendants* of Jaala, the descendants* of Darkon, the descendants* of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the descendants* of Shephatiah, the descendants* of Hattil, the descendants* of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the descendants* of Amon.

²¹ And the leaders* said to them, "Let them live." So they became woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said to them.

²³ Therefore you are cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

²⁷ And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

⁷ Some of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* some priests and Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

²⁶ and the temple servants who were living on Ophel repaired up to opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the descendants* of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two. ⁶¹ These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel: ⁶² the descendants* of Delaiah, the descendants* of Tobiah, the descendants* of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

²⁷ Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the _⌊Ammonites_⌋* and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

³¹ Then Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and crossed with the king over the Jordan to escort him through the Jordan. ³² Now Barzillai was very old, _⌊eighty years old_⌋.* Now he had provided the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man. ³³ The king said to Barzillai, "You cross over with me, and I will provide for you to dwell with me in Jerusalem." ³⁴ Then Barzillai said to the king, "What are the days of the years of my life, that I should go with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am eighty years old today. Can I discern between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be a burden any longer to my lord the king? ³⁶ Your servant shall go over the Jordan with the king a little way, but why should the king recompense me with this reward? ³⁷ Please let your servant return, and let me die in my city in the tomb of my father and my mother. Here is your servant Kimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him that which is good in your eyes." ³⁸ The king said, "Let Kimham go over with me, and I will do for him the good in your eyes, and all that you desire of me I will do for you." ³⁹ Then all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed and kissed Barzillai and blessed him; then he returned to his place.

⁷ Regarding the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, you shall do loyal love and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

⁶³ And from the priests: the descendants* of Hobaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, the descendants* of Barzillai (who had taken as a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ⁶⁴ These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

²¹ Any man from Aaron the priest's offspring in whom is a physical defect shall not come near to present offerings made by fire to* Yahweh; a physical defect is in him; he shall not come near to present his God's food. ²² He may eat his God's food, from _⌊the most holy things_⌋* and from the holy things. ²³ But he must not enter the curtain, and he must not come near to the altar, because a physical defect is in him, and he must not profane my sanctuary, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.'"

¹⁰ But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death."

³⁹ Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that the ones who were burned presented, and they hammered them out thinly as plating for the altar; ⁴⁰ it was a memorial for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* so that _⌊no strange man_⌋* who is not from _⌊the offspring_⌋* of Aaron should approach the presence of Yahweh to burn a smoke offering;* he will not be like Korah and his company, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by the hand of Moses.*

⁷ But you with your sons will keep your priesthood to perform your priestly duties for everything at the altar* and for _⌊the area behind the curtain_⌋.* I give you the priesthood as a gift, but the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

¹⁰ _⌊But_⌋* the Levites who removed themselves from me _⌊at the going astray of Israel_⌋,* who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. ¹¹ Then they will be* in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries* at the gates of the temple* and as those serving the temple;* they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand _⌊before them_⌋* to serve them, ¹² _⌊because_⌋* they used to serve them _⌊before_⌋* their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore _⌊I swore_⌋* concerning them," _⌊declares_⌋* the Lord Yahweh, "that they will bear their iniquity. ¹³ And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all of* my holy objects, _⌊to the most holy objects_⌋, * and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. ¹⁴ And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of* the temple, for all of its work* and _⌊everything_⌋ *which will be done in it.

³⁰ And you will put the Urim and the Thummim on the breast piece of judgment, and they will be on the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahweh, and Aaron will bear the judgment of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* on his heart before Yahweh continually.

³ The remainder* of the grain offering _⌊belongs to_⌋* Aaron and to his sons—_⌊it is a most holy thing_⌋* from the offerings made by fire for* Yahweh.

¹⁰ And the remainder of the grain offering _⌊belongs to_⌋* Aaron and to his sons—_⌊it is a most holy thing_⌋* from the offerings made by fire for* Yahweh.

¹⁷ It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from my offerings made by fire. It is _⌊a most holy thing_⌋,* like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.

²⁹ Any male among the priests may eat it; it is _⌊a most holy thing_⌋.*

¹⁶ " 'But* if his sacrifice is for a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder* from it may be eaten,

⁸ Then* he placed the breastpiece on him and put* the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece;

¹⁷ "Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary's site, because it is _⌊a most holy thing_⌋?* And he gave it to you to remove the community's guilt, to make atonement for them _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh. ¹⁸ Look, its blood was not brought _⌊inside the sanctuary_⌋.* Certainly you should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

² "Tell* Aaron and his sons* that* they must deal respectfully with the _⌊Israelites_⌋'* votive offerings, and they must not profane my holy name, which they are consecrating to me; I am Yahweh. ³ "Say to them, 'Throughout your generations, any man from any of your offspring who comes near the votive offerings that the _⌊Israelites_⌋* consecrate to Yahweh with* his uncleanness on him, that person shall be cut off* from _⌊before me_⌋;* I am Yahweh.

¹⁰ " '_⌊No stranger shall eat_⌋* the votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with* a priest or* a hired worker eat the votive offering.

¹⁴ And if a man eats the votive offering unintentionally, then* he shall add to it a fifth of it, and he shall give the votive offering to the priest. ¹⁵ And they shall not profane the _⌊Israelites_⌋'* votive offerings that they present to Yahweh, ¹⁶ and so cause them, by their eating their votive offerings, to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.'"

⁹ This will be for you from the sanctuary of the holy things from the fire; all of their offerings, from every grain offering, from every sin offering, and from every guilt offering which they will bring to me is _⌊a most holy thing_⌋* for you and your sons. ¹⁰ You will eat it in the most holy place;* every male will eat it. It will be a holy object to you. ¹¹ This is also for you: the contribution of their gift of the wave offerings of the children Israel. I have given them to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; whoever is clean in your house may eat it.

¹⁹ All the contributions of holiness that the _⌊Israelites_⌋* offer to Yahweh I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; it is an eternal covenant of salt _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh to you and your offspring with you."

³² You will not bear any sin because _⌊you have presented_⌋* its fat; you will not defile the holy objects of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* or you will die.'"

²¹ He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decision* of the Urim before Yahweh. On _⌊his command_⌋* they will go out, and at _⌊his command_⌋* they will come in, both he and all of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* with him, the entire community."

⁸ And of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are for _⌊your faithful one_⌋,* _⌊whom you tested at Massah_⌋;* you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

⁶ And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim* or by the prophets.

⁶⁵ So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim.

⁹ Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of the people, "This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Do not mourn nor weep." For all of the people wept when they heard the words of the law.*

¹ Upon the sealed documents: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah and Zedekiah;

⁸ But now for a brief moment mercy has been shown by Yahweh our God, who left behind for us a remnant, and given us security in his holy place—for our God to brighten our eyes and to give us brief relief in our bondage.

⁶⁶ All of the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷ besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,*

⁶⁹ * there were four hundred and thirty-five camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty male donkeys.

²⁰ And this shall happen: on that day, the remnant of Israel and the survivors* of the house of Jacob will not continue to lean on the one who struck it but will lean on Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, in truth. ²¹ A remnant will return— the remnant of Jacob—to the mighty God. ²² For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return. Annihilation is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

³ "Then I myself will gather together the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their grazing place, and they will be fruitful, and they will become numerous.

²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took her* tambourine in her hand, and all of the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered,* "Sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted; the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea."

³⁵ I am eighty years old today. Can I discern between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be a burden any longer to my lord the king?

²⁵ And Jeremiah uttered a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken in their laments about Josiah to this day. And they made them a requirement in Israel, and behold, they are written in the laments.

⁶⁷ besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,*

²⁵ Singers went up front, those playing stringed instruments last, between them young women playing tambourines.

¹² young men and young women as well, the old together with the young— ¹³ let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone is is exalted. His splendor is above earth and heavens.

⁸ I also gathered to myself silver and gold—the royal and provincial treasuries. I acquired for myself male and female singers, as well as the delight of _⌊men_⌋,* _⌊voluptuous concubines_⌋.*

¹ But Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and he will again choose Israel and set them on their land, and the immigrant will join himself to them, and they will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. ² And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them* in the land of Yahweh as slaves and female slaves.
And this will happen:
they will take their captors captive and rule over their oppressors.

¹⁷ Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
"Consider closely, and call for the wailing women, so that they come, and for the skillful women, so that they come. ¹⁸ And let them hasten, and let them lift up wailing over us, so that our eyes may melt with tears, and our eyelids may flow with water.

²³ And when* Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

⁵ 'Take from among you a contribution for Yahweh, anyone willing of heart, let him bring Yahweh's contribution—gold and silver and bronze, ⁶ and blue and purple and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, ⁷ and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather,* and acacia wood, ⁸ and oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁹ onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece. ¹⁰ "And let all the skilled of heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ¹¹ The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering; its clasps and its frames;* its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ¹² the ark and its poles; the atonement cover and the curtain of the screen; ¹³ the table and its poles and all its equipment; and the bread of the presence; ¹⁴ and lampstand of the light and its equipment and its lamps and the oil for the light; ¹⁵ and the altar of incense and its poles; and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense and the entrance curtain for the entrance of the tabernacle; ¹⁶ the altar of the burnt offering and the bronze grating that is for it, its poles and all its equipment; the basin and its stand; ¹⁷ the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the courtyard gate; ¹⁸ the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the tabernacle and the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the courtyard and their cords; ¹⁹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests."

²⁹ Every man and woman whose heart impelled them to bring for all the work to be done that Yahweh had commanded _⌊by the agency of_⌋* Moses—the _⌊Israelites_⌋* brought freely to Yahweh.

³ And they took from Moses all the contributions* that the _⌊Israelites_⌋* had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings _⌊every morning_⌋.*

³ They brought their offering before the presence of* Yahweh, six covered utility carts and twelve cattle, a utility cart for two of the leaders, and a bull for each; and they presented them _⌊before_⌋* the tabernacle. ⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, saying, ⁵ "_⌊Take them_⌋,* and they will be used to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each _⌊according to his required service_⌋."* ⁶ So Moses took the utility carts and the cattle, and he gave them to the Levites. ⁷ Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants* of Gershon _⌊according to their required service_⌋;* ⁸ and four utility carts and eight cattle he gave to the descendants* of Merari _⌊according to their required service_⌋,* _⌊under the authority of_⌋* Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But to the descendants* of Kohath he did not give anything because the work of the sanctuary they carried upon them on their shoulders.* ¹⁰ The leaders presented offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day of its anointing, and the leaders presented their offerings _⌊before_⌋* the altar. ¹¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "_⌊One leader for each day_⌋* will present their offering for the dedication of the altar." ¹² And it happened, the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah. ¹³ His offering was one plate of silver—its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ¹⁴ one golden dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense; ¹⁵ _⌊one young bull_⌋,* one ram, one male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ¹⁶ one he-goat as a sin offering; ¹⁷ and as a sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊a year old_⌋.* This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering. ¹⁹ He presented as his offering one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking wine weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. ²⁰ One dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense; ²¹ one _⌊young _⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ²² one he-goat as a sin offering; ²³ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the descendants* of Zebulun: ²⁵ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking wine weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ²⁶ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ²⁷ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ²⁸ one he-goat as a sin offering; ²⁹ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the descendants* of Reuben: ³¹ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ³² _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ³³ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ³⁴ one he-goat as a sin offering; ³⁵ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the descendants* of Simeon: ³⁷ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ³⁸ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ³⁹ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁴⁰ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the descendants* of Gad: ⁴³ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁴⁴ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁴⁵ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁴⁶ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the descendants* of Ephraim: ⁴⁹ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁵⁰ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁵¹ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁵² one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁵³ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the descendants* of Manasseh: ⁵⁵ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁵⁶ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁵⁷ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁵⁸ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the descendants* of Benjamin: ⁶¹ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁶² _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁶³ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁶⁴ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the descendants* of Dan: ⁶⁷ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁶⁸ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁶⁹ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁷⁰ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the descendants* of Asher: ⁷³ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁷⁴ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁷⁵ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁷⁶ one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the descendants* of Naphtali: ⁷⁹ his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels* according to the sanctuary shekel, _⌊both of them_⌋* filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; ⁸⁰ _⌊one golden dish weighing ten shekels_⌋* filled with incense; ⁸¹ one _⌊young_⌋* bull, one ram, a male lamb _⌊in its first year_⌋* as a burnt offering; ⁸² one he-goat as a sin offering; ⁸³ and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan. ⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar on the day of anointing it, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls for drinking wine, twelve golden dishes; ⁸⁵ each plate of silver weighed one hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl for drinking seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel; ⁸⁶ the twelve golden dishes filled with incense, each dish weighing ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, all the gold of the dishes one hundred and twenty; ⁸⁷ all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋,* and their grain offering; and twelve he-goats as a sin offering; ⁸⁸ and all the cattle of the sacrifice of the fellowship offering twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty male lambs _⌊in their first year_⌋.* These were the dedication of the altar after its anointing. ⁸⁹ And when Moses came to the tent of assembly to speak with him,* he would hear the voice speaking to him from the atonement cover,* which is on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, and he would speak to him.

¹⁸ Now the angel of Yahweh had spoken to Gad to say to David that David should go up and erect an altar for Yahweh.

¹ Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."

⁵ gold for the golden things and silver for the silver things, for all the work by the hand of skilled craftsmen. Now who will offer willingly, _⌊consecrating himself_⌋* today to Yahweh?" ⁶ Then the commanders of the _⌊families_⌋,* the commanders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the work of the king offered themselves willingly. ⁷ And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Yahweh under the authority* of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ And the people rejoiced over their freewill offering, for with a whole heart they had willingly offered to Yahweh, and King David also rejoiced with great joy. ¹⁰ Then David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly, and David said, "Blessed are you, O Yahweh, God of Israel, our father forever and ever! ¹¹ To you, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the splendor and the glory and the strength, for everything in the heavens and in the earth. Yours, O Yahweh, is the kingdom and exaltation over all as head! ¹² And wealth and glory are from you, and you rule over all. And in your hand is power and might. And in your hand is power to make great and to give strength to all. ¹³ And now, our God, we give thanks to you and offer praise to the name of your splendor. ¹⁴ And indeed, who am I, and who are my people that we retain power to offer according to these offerings willingly? For everything is from you, and from your hand we have given to you. ¹⁵ For we are strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors.* Our days are like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope of abiding. ¹⁶ O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build for you a house for your holy name is from your hand, and all of it is yours. ¹⁷ And I know, my God, that you yourself test the heart and are pleased with uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are found here willingly offer to you.

¹ Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had established, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

³ They set up the altar on its foundations, because _⌊they were in terror_⌋* because of the peoples of the lands. And they offered burnt offerings on it for Yahweh, burnt offerings for the morning and the evening.

³ Your people _⌊will volunteer_⌋* in the day of your power.* In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.*

¹ And he looked up and* saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box, ² and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.* ³ And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all of them. ⁴ For these all put gifts* into the offering out of their abundance, but this woman out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had."

³ I testify that they gave* according to their ability, and beyond their ability, by their own choice,

¹² For if the eagerness is present _⌊according to what one has_⌋*, it is acceptable not _⌊according to what one does not have_⌋*.

⁷ Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not _⌊reluctantly_⌋* or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

⁵¹ When all of the work which king Solomon did on the house of Yahweh was completed, Solomon brought out the holy objects of his father David, the silver and the gold and the vessels, which he put in the treasury rooms of the house of Yahweh.

¹⁴ Now see, with great effort I have made provision for the house of Yahweh: 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron that cannot be weighed, for there is an abundance. Also timber and stone I have provided, but to these you should add.

²⁰ And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects. ²¹ The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites: ²⁴ Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was commander over the treasuries. ²⁵ And his brothers: from Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶ That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated these things to strengthen the house of Yahweh. ²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all the dedicated gifts were under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

²⁵ Then I weighed out to them silver and gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his commanders, and all of Israel who was present offered. ²⁶ I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, one hundred vessels of silver, one hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two vessels of good polished bronze as precious as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them, "You are holy to Yahweh and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, God of your ancestors.* ²⁹ Guard and look after them until you weigh them before the chief priests, the Levites, and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chamber of the house of Yahweh." ³⁰ So the priests and Levites took over the weighed silver, gold, and the vessels to bring to Jerusalem for the house of our God. ³¹ On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the river of Ahava to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushing on the way. ³² We came to Jerusalem and remained there three days. ³³ On the fourth day, the silver, gold, and vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas. With them were the Levites, Jehozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. ³⁴ The amount and weight of all the weighed items was recorded at that time.

⁷¹ Now some of the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas. ⁷² And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics.

² _⌊For some time now_⌋,* even when Saul was king, you were _⌊the one who led the army of Israel in battle_⌋.* And Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel and will be leader over my people Israel.'"

¹⁶ And the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the _⌊returned exiles_⌋* celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. ¹⁷ And they offered during the dedication of this house of God one hundred young bulls, two hundred young rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for Israel according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

⁷³ So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were in their cities.

³ These are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each one lived on his property in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants* of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And some from the descendants* of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the descendants* of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the descendants* of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Jehoiarib, son of Zechariah, son* of the Shilonite. ⁶ All of the descendants* of Perez who were living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight able-bodied men. ⁷ These are the descendants* of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah. ⁸ And following after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight. ⁹ And Joel son of Zicri, their chief officer; and Judah son of Hassenuah, second in command over the city. ¹⁰ From the priests: Jedaiah son of Jehoiarib, Jakin, ¹¹ Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub—the leader of the house of God— ¹² and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two. And Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah, ¹³ and his brothers, heads of the _⌊families_⌋,* two hundred and forty-two. And Amashai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer, ¹⁴ and their brothers; mighty warriors of strength, one hundred and twenty-eight. The chief officer over them was Zabdiel son of Hagedolim. ¹⁵ Now from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; ¹⁶ and Shabbethai and Jehozabad, leaders over the work of the Levites outside of the house of God; ¹⁷ Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son* of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving prayer, and Bakbukiah the second of his brothers; Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All of the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four. ¹⁹ The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, the keepers of the gates, one hundred and seventy-two. ²⁰ And the remainder of Israel, the priests and the Levites, in all of the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance. ²¹ But the temple servants were living on the Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants. ²² The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the descendants* of Asaph, the singers over the work of the house of God. ²³ For there was a command of the king concerning them and a regulation concerning the singers, required _⌊day by day_⌋.* ²⁴ And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants* of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the hand of the king in all matters concerning the people. ²⁵ As for the villages in their territories, some from the descendants* of Judah lived in Kiriath-Arba and _⌊its settlements_⌋,* Dibon and _⌊its settlements_⌋,* Jekabzeel and _⌊its settlements_⌋,* ²⁶ Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, ²⁷ Hazar Shual, Beersheba and _⌊its settlements_⌋,* ²⁸ Ziklad, Meconah and _⌊its settlements_⌋,* ²⁹ En-Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuch, ³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam and _⌊their settlements_⌋,* Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and _⌊its settlements_⌋.* So they camped from Beersheba up to the Valley of Hinnom. ³¹ The descendants* of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and _⌊their settlements_⌋,* ³² Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³ Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴ Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵ Lod, and Ono the valley of the artisans. ³⁶ And from the Levites the working groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.