Ezra 8
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. 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.
24 Then I
separated twelve of the
chief of the
priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and
ten of their
brethren with them,
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; 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. 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. 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; 34 By
number and by
weight of every one: and all the
weight was
written at that
time. 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.