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Chapter 8 |
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1 | These are now the chief of their
fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon,
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 2 | Of the sons of Phinehas;
Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
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| 3 | Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with
him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. |
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Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two
hundred males. |
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5 | Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and
with him three hundred males. |
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6 | Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son
of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. |
| 7 | And of the sons of Elam;
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. |
| 8 | And of the
sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore
males. |
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Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him
two hundred and eighteen males. |
| 10 | And of the sons of Shelomith;
the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. |
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And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and
eight males. |
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12 | And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of
Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. |
| 13 | And of the
last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah,
and with them threescore males. |
| 14 | Of the sons also of Bigvai;
Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. |
| 15 | And I
gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we
in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there
none of the sons of Levi. |
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16 | Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel,
for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for
Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and
for Elnathan, men of understanding. |
| 17 | And I sent them with
commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what
they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place
Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our
God. |
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And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; |
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Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their
sons, twenty; |
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20 | Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes
had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims:
all of them were expressed by name. |
| 21 | Then I proclaimed a fast
there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God,
to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our
substance. |
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| For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of
soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had
spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good
that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake
him. |
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So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was
intreated of us. |
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24 | Then I separated twelve of the chief of the
priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, |
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And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the
offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his
lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: |
| 26 | I even
weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver
vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; |
| 27 | Also
twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper,
precious as gold. |
| 28 | And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the
LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill
offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. |
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29 | Watch ye, and keep
them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and
chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of
the LORD. |
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| So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the
house of our God. |
| 31 | Then we departed from the river of Ahava on
the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our
God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as
lay in wait by the way. |
| 32 | And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there
three days. |
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33 | Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold
and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son
of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with
them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui,
Levites; |
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| By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight
was written at that time. |
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35 | Also the children of those that had
been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt
offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and
six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this
was a burnt offering unto the LORD. |
| 36 | And they delivered the king's
commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the
river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. |
