heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: [1] [2]
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. [3]
17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
19 And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.
20 And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: [4]
21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra.
Before
CHRIST,
1015.
CHAP. 1.
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, [5]
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) who is in Jerusalem.
4 And whoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. [6]
5 Then arose the heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. [7]
7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring with them of the captivity that were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem. [8]
CHAP. 2.
1 Now these are the children of the province that went up from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;
2 Who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: [9] [10] [11] [12]
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred and seventy and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy and two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy and five.
6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty and four.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty and five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred and forty and two. [13]
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty and three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty and two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty and six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty and four.
16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty and three.
18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. [14]
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty and three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. [15]
21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred and twenty and three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred and twenty and eight.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. [16]
25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty and one.
27 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty and three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 The children of Magbish, an hundred and fifty and six.
31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty and four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty and five. [17]
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty and five.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy and three.
37 The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty and two.
38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and forty and seven.
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. [18]
41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred and twenty and eight.
42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred and thirty and nine.
- ↑ by: Heb. by the hand of
- ↑ betimes: that is, continually and carefully
- ↑ remedy: Heb. healing
- ↑ them...: Heb. the remainder from the sword
- ↑ made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass
- ↑ help...: Heb. lift him up
- ↑ strengthened...: that is, helped them
- ↑ the captivity: Heb. the transportation
- ↑ Seraiah: also called, Azariah
- ↑ Reelaiah: or, Raamiah
- ↑ Mispar: or, Mispereth
- ↑ Rehum: or, Nehum
- ↑ Bani: also called, Binnui
- ↑ Jorah: also called, Hariph
- ↑ Gibbar: also called, Gibeon
- ↑ Azmaveth: also called, Bethazmaveth
- ↑ Hadid: or, Harid, as it is in some copies
- ↑ Hodaviah: also called, Judah or Hodevah
