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Apocrypha. that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto the king of Persia in the second year of his them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that month. they should build the city with him.

49 Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;

50 And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:

51 Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;

52 And other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt-offerings upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:

53 And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.

54 He wrote also concerning the charges, and the priests' vestments wherein they minister;

55 And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them, until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up. 56 And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.

57 He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.

58 Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven, toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,

59 And said, From thee cometh victory, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant.

60 Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.

61 And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his bre

thren.

62 And they praised the God of their fathers, because they had given them freedom and liberty

63 To go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of music and gladness seven days.

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AFTER this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives, and sons, and daughters, with their men-servants, and maid-servants, and their cattle.

2 And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical [instruments] tabrets and flutes.

3 And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.

4 And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several heads.

5 The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel of the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Judah;

7 And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.

8 And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and Baana, their guides.

9 The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two :

10 The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six:

11 The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:

12 The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zathui, nine hundred forty and five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:

13 The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three: the sons of Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two:

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14 The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty and six: the sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four:

15 The sons of Aterezias, ninety and two: the sons of Ceilan and Azetas, threescore and seven the sons of Azuran, four hundred thirty and two:

16 The sons of Ananias, a hundred and one : the sons of Arom, thirty-two: and the sons of Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Azephurith, an hundred and two:

17 The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, an hundred twenty and three:

18 They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, an hundred fifty and eight : they of Bethsamos, forty and two:

19 They of Kiriathiarius, twenty and five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty and three: they of Pira, seven hundred :

20 They of Chadias, and Ammidioi, four hundred twenty and two: they of Cirama and Gabdes, six hundred twenty and one :

21 They of Macalon, an hundred twenty and two: they of Betolius, fifty and two: the sons of Nephis, an hundred fifty and six 22 The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five:

23 The sons of Annaas, three thousand three hundred and thirty.

24 The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus, among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy and two: the sons of Meruth, a thousand fifty and two:

25 The sons of Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven: the sons of Carme, a thousand and seventeen.

26 The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy and four.

27 The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

28 The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons 6 Who spake wise sentences before Darius of Jatal, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Da

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Apocrypha. cobi, the sons of Teta, the sons of Sami, in all an the singers also and the porters; and all Israel hundred thirty and nine. in their villages.

29 The servants of the temple: the sons of 47 But when the seventh month was at Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, hand, and when the children of Israel were evethe sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of ry man in his own place, they came all together Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Graba, with one consent into the open place of the first 30 The sons of Acua, the sons of Uta, the gate which is toward the east. sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,

31 The sons of Airus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Gazera, the sons of Azia, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Azara, the sons of Bastai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Meani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acub, the sons of Acipha, the sons of Assur, the sons of Pharacim, the sons of Basaloth,

32 The sons of Meeda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Charcus, the sons of Aserer, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.

48 Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel,

49 To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.

50 And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt-offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.

51 Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as was meet:

33 The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphion, the sons of Pharira, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Isdael,| 52 And after that, the continual oblations, the sons of Sapheth, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.

34 The sons of Hagia, the sons of Phacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sabat, the sons of Allom. 35 All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.

36 These came up from Thermeleth, and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and Aalar;

37 Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Ladan, the sons of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.

38 And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Berzelus, and was named after his name.

39 And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood;

40 For unto them said Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.

53 And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.

54 And they gave unto the masons and car penters, money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.

55 Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre they gave cars, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppe, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.

56And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:

57 And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.

58 And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of God. So 42 Their men-servants and handmaids were the workmen built the temple of the Lord. seven thousand three hundred forty and seven : 59 And the priests stood arrayed in their vestthe singing-men and singing-women, two hun-ments with musical instruments and trumpets; dred forty and five: and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cym

41 So of Israel from them of twelve years old and upward, they were all in number forty thousand, beside men-servants and women-servants, two thousand three hundred and sixty.

43 Four hundred thirty and five camels, seven bals, thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred 60 Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praisforty and five mules, five thousand five hundred ing the Lord, according as David the king of twenty and five beasts used to the yoke. Israel had ordained.

41 And certain of the chief of their families, 61 And they sung with loud voices songs to when they came to the temple of God that is in the praise of the Lord, because his mercy and Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in glory is for ever in all Israel. his own place according to their ability.

45 And to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, an hundred priestly vestments.

62 And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.

46 And so dwelt the priests, and the Levites, 63 Also of the priests and Levites, and of the and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, chief of their families, the ancients who had seen

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the former house, came to the building of this new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber with weeping and great crying. already laid upon the walls.

64 But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,

65 Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.

66 ¶ Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should

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68 So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.

10 And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.

11 Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?

12 Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.

13 So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

14 And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel, great and strong,

69 For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Az-and was finished. bazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.

70 Then Zorobabel and Jesus, and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.

71 We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.

72 But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;

73 And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.

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OW in the second year of the reign of Darius, Aggeus, and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews, in Jewry and Jerusalem, in the name of the Lord God of Israel which was upon them.

15 But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;

16 Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.

17 But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.

18 And the holy vessels of gold and of silver that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple, those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,

19 With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.

20 Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the 2 Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Sala-Lord at Jerusalem: and from that time to this thiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began being still a building, it is not yet fully ended. to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the 21 Now therefore, if it seem good unto the prophets of the Lord being with them, and help-king, let search be made among the records of ing them. king Cyrus:

3 At the same time came unto them Sisinnes, the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes, and his companions, and said unto them,

4 By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?

5 Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity.

6 And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.

22 And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.

23 Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.

24 In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:

25 Whose height shall be sixty cubits, and 7 The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabu-stones, and one row of new wood of that counzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria try; and the expenses thereof to be given out and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To of the house of king Cyrus : king Darius, greeting:

26 And that the holy vessels of the house of 8 Let all things be known unto our lord the the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuking, that being come into the country of Ju- chodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, dea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we and brought to Babylon, should be restored to found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place the Jews that were of the captivity, where they were before.

9 Building an house unto the Lord, great and

27 And also he commanded that Sisinnes the

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Apocrypha. governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabu-all sanctified together but the Levites were all zanes, and their companions, and those which sanctified together.

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were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, 12 And so they offered the passover for all should be careful not to meddle with the place, them of the captivity, and for their brethren the but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, priests, and for themselves.

and governor of Judea, and the elders of the 13 And the children of Israel that came out Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.

28 I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:

of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.

14 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,

29 And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phe- 15 For that he had turned the counsel of the nice, a portion carefully to be given these men, king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zoro- hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel. babel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and

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30 And also,corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that AND after these things, when Artaxerxes the

king of the Persians reigned, came Esdras continually every year without further question, the son of Saraias, the son of Ezerias, the son of according as the priests that be in Jerusalem Helchiah, the son of Salum, shall signify to be daily spent:

31 That offerings may be made to the most high God, for the king, and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.

32 And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.

33 The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

34 I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.

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HEN Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of king Darius,

2 Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.

3 And so the holy works prospered when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.

4 And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

sians.

2 The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zarias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.

3 This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.

4 And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.

5 There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,

6 In the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king's seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them.

7 For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.

8 Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artaxerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth ;

9 King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:

5 And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar,] 10 Having determined to deal graciously, I in the sixth year of Darius king of the Per- have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being with6 And the children of Israel, the priests, and in our realm, as are willing and desirous, should the Levites, and others that were of the captivi-go with thee unto Jerusalem. ty, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

7 And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

8 And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.

11 As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellors;

12 That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;

13 And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Is9 The priests also and the Levites stood ar-rael to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have rayed in their vestments, according to their vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Is-country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in rael, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.

10 T And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.

11 They that were of the captivity were not

Jerusalem,

14 With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;

15 To the end that they may offer sacrifices

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unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their zelus, and with him two hundred and twelve Apocrypha. God, which is in Jerusalem.

16 And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.

17 And the holy vessels of the Lord which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.

18 And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king's treasury.

19 And king Artaxerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should give it him with speed,

20 To the sum of an hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of wine, and other things in abundance.

21 Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.

22 I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition of any of the priests or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.

23 And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God, ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.

24 And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprison

ment.

25 ¶ Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem :

26 And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends, and nobles.

27 Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.

28 And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes:

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men:

Josaphias, and with him an hundred and three36 Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of

score men:

bai, and with him twenty and eight men:
37 Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Be-

38 Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men: these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jeuel, 39 Of the sons of Adonicam the last, and and Samaias, and with them seventy men:

curus, and with him seventy men.
40 Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istal-

called Theras, where we pitched our tents three
41 And these I gathered together to the river
days: and then I surveyed them.

priests and Levites,
42 But when I had found there none of the

Masman,
43 Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and

and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosolla-
44 And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and Joribas,
mon, principal men and learned.

45 And I bade them that they should go unto treasury: Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the

speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to 46 And commanded them that they should the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priest's office in the house of the Lord.

brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli 47 And by the mighty hand of our Lord they the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.

brother, of the sons of Channuncus, and their 48 And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osaias his sons, were twenty men.

David had ordained, and the principal men for 49 And of the servants of the temple whom of the temple, two hundred and twenty, the the service of the Levites (to wit) the servants catalogue of whose names were shewed.

50 And there I vowed a fast unto the young perous journey both for us and them that were men before our Lord, to desire of him a proswith us, for our children, and for the cattle:

men, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard 51 For I was ashamed to ask the king footagainst our adversaries.

power of the Lord our God should be with them 52 For we had said unto the king, that the that seek him, to support them in all ways.

53 And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto

29 Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson of the us. sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias:

30 Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty

men :

31 Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred

men:

54 T Then I separated twelve of the chief of of their brethren with them: the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men

55 And I weighed them the gold, and the Lord, which the king, and his council, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our princes, and all Israel, had given.

32 of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son unto them six hundred and sixty talents of sil56 And when I had weighed it, I delivered of Jezelus, and with him three hundred men: ver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, an hundred talents of gold,

and with him two hundred and fifty men:

57 And twenty golden vessels, and twelve

33 of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotho-vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like lias, and with him seventy men:

gold.

34 Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the 58 And I said unto them, Both ye are holy 35 Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Je-Lord of our fathers. gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the 2

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