Now when the seventh month
came
, and athe sons
of Israel
were in the cities
, the people
gathered
together as one
man
to Jerusalem
.
Then aJeshua the son
of Jozadak
and his brothers
the priests
, and bZerubbabel
the son
cof Shealtiel
and his brothers
arose
and dbuilt
the altar
of the God
of Israel
to offer
burnt
offerings
on it, eas it is written
in the law
of Moses
, the man
of God
.
So they set up the altar
on its foundation
, for 1 athey were terrified
because
of the peoples
of the lands
; and they boffered
burnt
offerings
on it to the LORD
, burnt
offerings
morning
and evening
.
They celebrated the aFeast
of 1Booths
, bas it is written
, and offered 2the fixed number
of burnt
offerings
daily
, caccording to the ordinance
, as each
day
required
;
and afterward there was a acontinual
burnt
offering
, also bfor the new
moons
and cfor all
the fixed
festivals
of the LORD
that were consecrated
, and from everyone
who offered
a freewill
offering
to the LORD
.
From the first day
of the seventh
month
they began
to offer
burnt
offerings
to the LORD
, but the foundation
of the temple
of the LORD
had not been laid
.
Then they gave money
to the masons
and carpenters
, and afood
, drink
and oil
to the Sidonians
and to the Tyrians
, bto bring
cedar
wood
from Lebanon
to the sea
at cJoppa
, according to the permission
they had 1from dCyrus
king
of Persia
.
Now in the second year
of their coming
to the house
of God
at Jerusalem
in the second
month
, aZerubbabel
the son
of Shealtiel
and Jeshua
the son
of Jozadak
and the rest
of their brothers
the priests
and the Levites
, and all
who came
from the captivity
to Jerusalem
, began
the work and bappointed
the Levites
from twenty
years
and older
to oversee
the work
of the house
of the LORD
.
Then aJeshua with his sons
and brothers
stood
united
with Kadmiel
and his sons
, the sons
of 1Judah
and the sons
of Henadad
with their sons
and brothers
the Levites
, to oversee
the workmen
in the temple
of God
.
Now when the builders had alaid
the foundation
of the temple
of the LORD
, 1the priests
stood
in their apparel
with trumpets
, and the Levites
, the sons
of Asaph
, with cymbals
, to praise
the LORD
baccording
to the 2directions
of King
David
of Israel
.
aThey sang, praising
and giving
thanks
to the LORD
, saying, " bFor He is good
, for His lovingkindness
is upon Israel
forever
." And all
the people
shouted
with a great
shout
when they praised
the LORD
because
the foundation
of the house
of the LORD
was laid
.
Yet many of the priests
and Levites
and heads
of fathers'
households, athe old
men
who
had seen
the first
1temple
, wept
with a loud
voice
when the foundation
of this
house
was laid
before their eyes
, while many
shouted
aloud
for joy
,
so that the people could not distinguish
the sound
of the shout
of joy
from the sound
of the weeping
of the people
, for the people
shouted
with a loud
shout
, and the sound
was heard
far
away
.