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
.
Of the sons of Phinehas
; Gershom
: of the sons
of Ithamar
; Daniel
: of the sons
of David
; Hattush
.
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
.
Of the sons of Pahathmoab
; Elihoenai
the son
of Zerahiah
, and with him two hundred
males
.
Of the sons of Shechaniah
; the son
of Jahaziel
, and with him three
hundred
males
.
Of the sons also of Adin
; Ebed
the son
of Jonathan
, and with him fifty
males
.
And of the sons of Elam
; Jeshaiah
the son
of Athaliah
, and with him seventy
males
.
And of the sons of Shephatiah
; Zebadiah
the son
of Michael
, and with him fourscore
males
.
Of the sons of Joab
; Obadiah
the son
of Jehiel
, and with him two hundred
and eighteen
males
.
And of the sons of Shelomith
; the son
of Josiphiah
, and with him an hundred
and threescore
males
.
And of the sons of Bebai
; Zechariah
the son
of Bebai
, and with him twenty
and eight
males
.
And of the sons of Azgad
; Johanan
the son
of Hakkatan
, and with him an hundred
and ten
males
.
And of the last sons
of Adonikam
, whose names
are these, Eliphelet
, Jeiel
, and Shemaiah
, and with them threescore
males
.
Of the sons also of Bigvai
; Uthai
, and Zabbud
, and with them seventy
males
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
;
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah
of the sons
of Merari
, his brethren
and their sons
, twenty
;
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
.
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
.
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.
So we fasted and besought
our God
for this: and he was intreated
of us.
Then I separated twelve
of the chief
of the priests
, Sherebiah
, Hashabiah
, and ten
of their brethren
with them,
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
:
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
;
Also twenty basons
of gold
, of a thousand
drams
; and two
vessels
of fine
copper
, precious
as gold
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And we came to Jerusalem
, and abode
there three
days
.
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
;
By number and by weight
of every one: and all the weight
was written
at that time
.
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
.
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
.