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¶ After this, the chiefs of fathers’ houses were chosen to go up according to their tribes, with their wives, sons, and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their livestock.
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Darius sent with them one thousand cavalry to bring them back to Jerusalem with peace, with musical instruments, drums, and flutes.
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All their kindred were making merry, and he made them go up together with them.
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¶ These are the names of the men who went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several divisions.
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The priests, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedek, the son of Saraias, and Joakim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, of the lineage of Phares, of the tribe of Judah,
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who spoke wise words before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
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¶ (Ezra 2:1) These are the of Judeans who came up from the captivity, where they lived as foreigners, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon.
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They returned to Jerusalem and to the other parts of Judea, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, aZaraias, Resaias,b Eneneus, Mardocheus, Beelsarus,c Aspharsus,d Reelias, Roimus, and Baana, their leaders.
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¶ The number of them of the nation and their leaders: the sons of Phoros, two thousand one hundred seventy two; the sons ofa Saphat, four hundred seventy two;
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the sons ofa Ares, seven hundred fifty six;
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the sons ofa Phaath Moab, of the sons of Jesus and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve;
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the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty four; the sons ofa Zathui, nine hundred forty five; the sons ofb Chorbe, seven hundred five; the sons of Bani, six hundred forty eight;
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the sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty three; the sons ofa Astad,b one thousand three hundred twenty two;
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the sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty seven; the sons ofa Bagoi, two thousand sixty six; the sons ofb Adinu, four hundred fifty four;
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the sons ofa Ater, of Ezekias, ninety two; the sons of Kilan and Azetas, sixty seven; the sons ofb Azaru, four hundred thirty two;
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the sons ofa Annis, one hundred one; the sons of Arom, the sons ofb Bassai, three hundred twenty three; the sons of Arsiphurith, one hundred twelve;
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the sons of Baiterus, three thousand five; the sons ofa Bethlomon, one hundred twenty three;
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those from Netophas, fifty five; those from Anathoth, one hundred fifty eight; those froma Bethasmoth, forty two;
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those from aKariathiarius, twenty five: those from Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty three;
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the Chadiasai and Ammidioi, four hundred twenty two; those from aKirama and bGabbe, six hundred twenty one;
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those from aMacalon, one hundred twenty two; those from bBetolion, fifty two; the sons of cNiphis, one hundred fifty six;
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the sons of aCalamolalus and bOnus, seven hundred twenty five; the sons of cJerechu, dthree hundred forty five;
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and the sons of aSanaas, three thousand three hundred thirty.
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¶ The priests: the sons of aJeddu, the son of Jesus, among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy two; the sons of bEmmeruth, one thousand fifty two;
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the sons of aPhassurus, one thousand two hundred forty seven; and the sons of bCharme, one thousand seventeen.
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The Levites: the sons of Jesus, Kadmiel, Bannas, and Sudias, seventy four.
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The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred twenty eight.
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The gatekeepers: the sons ofa Salum, the sons ofb Atar, the sons of Tolman, the sons ofc Dacubi, the sons ofd Ateta, the sons ofe Sabi, in all one hundred thirty nine.
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¶ The temple servants: the sons ofa Esau, the sons ofb Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons ofc Keras, the sons ofd Sua, the sons ofe Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons off Aggaba.
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the sons ofa Acud, the sons of Uta, the sons of Ketab, the sons ofb Accaba, the sons ofc Subai, the sons ofd Anan, the sons ofe Cathua, the sons off Geddur,
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the sons ofa Jairus, the sons ofb Daisan, the sons ofc Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons ofd Gazera, the sons ofe Ozias, the sons off Phinoe, the sons of Asara, the sons ofg Basthai, the sons ofh Asana, the sons ofi Maani, the sons ofj Naphisi, the sons ofk Acub, the sons ofl Achipha, the sons ofm Asur, the sons of Pharakim, the sons ofn Basaloth,
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the sons ofa Meedda, the sons of Cutha, the sons ofb Charea, the sons ofc Barchus, the sons ofd Serar, the sons ofe Thomei, the sons off Nasi, the sons of Atipha.
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¶ The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons ofa Assaphioth, the sons ofb Pharida, the sons ofc Jeeli, the sons ofd Lozon, the sons ofe Isdael, the sons off Saphuthi,
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the sons ofa Agia, the sons ofb Phacareth, the sons of Sabie, the sons of Sarothie, the sons ofc Masias, the sons of Gas, the sons of Addus, the sons of Subas, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Saphat, the sons of Allon.
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¶ All the temple-servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon were three hundred seventy two.
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and they could not show their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons ofa Dalan the son ofb Ban, the sons ofc Nekodan, six hundred fifty two.
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¶ Of the priests, those who usurped the office of the priesthood and were not found: the sons ofa Obdia, the sons ofb Akkos, the sons of Jaddus, who married Augia one of the daughters ofc Zorzelleus, and was called after his name.
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When the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood;
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for Nehemias and Attharias told them that they should not be partakers of the holy things until a high priest wearinga Urim and Thummim should arise.
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¶ So all those of Israel, from twelve years old and upward, beside menservants and women servants, were in number forty two thousand three hundred sixty.
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Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; the minstrels and singers, two hundred forty five;
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four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty six horses, two hundred forty five mules, and five thousand five hundred twenty five beasts of burden.
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¶ And some of the chief men of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in its own place according to their ability,
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and to give into the holy treasury of the works one thousand minasa of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly vestments.
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¶ The priests and the Levites and some of the people lived in Jerusalem and the country. The holy singers also and the gatekeepers and all Israel lived in their villages.
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¶ But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were each in their own place, they all came together with one purpose into the broad place before the first porch which is toward the east.
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Then Jesus the son of Josedek, his kindred the priests, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his kindred stood up and made the altar of the God of Israel ready
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to offer burned sacrifices upon it, in accordance with the express commands in the book of Moses the man of God.
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Some people joined them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon its own place, because all the nations of the land were hostile to them and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices at the proper times and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
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They also held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as appropriate.
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After that, they offered the continual oblations and the sacrifices of the Sabbaths, of the new moons, and of all the consecrated feasts.
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All those who had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the new moon of the seventh month, although the temple of God was not yet built.
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They gave money, food, and drink to the masons and carpenters.
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They also gave carts to the people of Sidon and Tyre, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, and convey them in rafts to the harbor of Joppa, according to the commandment which was written for them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
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¶ In the second year after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, Jesus the son of Josedek, their kindred, the Levitical priests, and all those who had come to Jerusalem out of the captivity began work.
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They laid the foundation of God’s temple on the new moon of the second month, in the second year after they had come to Judea and Jerusalem.
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(Ezra 3:8-9) They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old over the Lord’s works. Then Jesus, with his sons and kindred, Kadmiel his brother, the sons of Jesus, Emadabun, and the sons of Joda the son of Iliadun, and their sons and kindred, all the Levites, with one accord stood up and started the business, laboring to advance the works in the house of God. So the builders built the Lord’s temple.
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¶ The priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with their cymbals,
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singing songs of thanksgiving and praising the Lord, according to the directions of King David of Israel.
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They sang aloud, praising the Lord in songs of thanksgiving, because his goodness and his glory are forever in all Israel.
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All the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving to the Lord for the raising up of the Lord’s house.
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(Ezra 3:12-13) Some of the Levitical priests and of the heads of their families, the elderly who had seen the former house came to the building of this one with lamentation and great weeping.
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But many with trumpets and joy shouted with a loud voice,
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so that the people couldn’t hear the trumpets for the weeping of the people, for the multitude sounded loudly, so that it was heard far away.
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¶ (Ezra 4:1) Therefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets meant.
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They learned that those who returned from captivity built the temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
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So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief men of the families, and said to them, “We will build together with you.
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For we, just like you, obey your Lord, and sacrifice to him from the days of King aAsbasareth of the Assyrians, who brought us here.”
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¶ Then Zorobabel, Jesus and the chief men of the families of Israel said to them, “It is not for you to build the house for the Lord our God.
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We ourselves alone will build for the Lord of Israel, as King Cyrus of the Persians has commanded us.”
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But the heathen of the land pressed hard upon the inhabitants of Judea, cut off their supplies, and hindered their building.
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By their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that King Cyrus lived. So they were hindered from building for two years, until the reign of Darius.