| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 | Of
the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred
males. |
| 5 | Of the sons of
Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. |
| 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. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 11 | And of the
sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight
males. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 18 | 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; |
| 19 |
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and
their sons, twenty; |
| 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. |
| 22 |
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. |
| 23 | 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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25 | 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; |
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27 | Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels
of fine copper, precious as gold. |
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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. |
| 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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30 | 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. |
| 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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34 | 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. |
