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These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
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genealogy of them, that went up with me from Babylon,
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in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
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Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom.
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Of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel.
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Of the sons of David; Hattush.
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Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah
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and with him were reckoned, by genealogy of the males, 150.
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Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah,
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and with him, 200 males.
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Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him,
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300 males.
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Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and with
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him, 50 males.
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And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and
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with him 70 males.
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And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah, the son of Michael,
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and with him, four-score males.
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Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him,
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218 males.
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And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with
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him a hundred and three-score males.
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And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and
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with him 28 males.
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And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and
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with him 110 males.
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And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these:
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Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them, three-score
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males.
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Of the sons of Bigvai; Uthai and Zabbud, and with them, 70
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males.
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And I gathered them all together, to the river that runneth to
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Ahava, and there abode we in tents three days, and I viewed
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the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons
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of Levi. Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and
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Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan,
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and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for
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Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
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And I sent them with commandment, unto Iddo, the chief at
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the place Casiphia and I told them what they should say unto
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Iddo, and his brethren, the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia,
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that they should bring unto us, ministers for the house of our
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God. And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought
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us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of
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Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons, and his
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brethren, 18. And Hashabiah, and with him, Jeshaiah of the
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sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, 20. Also, of the
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Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed, for
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the service of the Levites, 220 Nethinims; all of them were
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expressed by name.
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we
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might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right
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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
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and horsemen, to help us against the enemy in the way, for
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we had spoken unto the king, saying: The hand of our God
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is upon all them for good, that seek him, but his power and
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his wrath is against all them that forsake him. So we fasted
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and besought our God for this, and he was intreated of us.
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Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,
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Hashabiah and ten of their brethren with them and weighed
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unto them, the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the
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offering, of the house of our God, which the king, and his
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counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had
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offered. I even weighed, unto their hand, six hundred and
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fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents,
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and of gold an hundred talents. Also twenty basons of gold,
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of a thousand drams and two vessels of fine copper, precious
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as gold.
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And I said unto them: Ye are holy unto the Lord, the vessels
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are holy also, and the silver and gold, are a freewill offering
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unto the Lord, God of your fathers. Watch ye and keep them
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until ye weigh them, before the chief of the priests, and the
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Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in
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the chambers, of the house of the Lord. So took the priests,
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and the Levites, the weight of the silver, and the gold, and
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vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, unto the house of our
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God.
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day
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of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem and the hand of our
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God was upon us, and he delivered us, from the hand of the
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enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. And we came
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to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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Now on the fourth day, was the silver, and the gold, and the
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vessels, weighed, in the house of our God, by the hand of
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Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest, and with him was
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Eleazar, the son of Phinehas, and with them was Jozabad,
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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
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was written at that time.
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Also, the children of those who had been carried away, of
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which were come out from the captivity, offered up burnt
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offerings, unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks, for all
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Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve
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he-goats, for a sin-offering: all this, was a burnt offering
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unto the Lord.
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And they delivered the king's commissions, unto the king's
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lieutenants and to the governors on this side the river, and
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they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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