<vn='1'><sn="428">These</s> are now the <sn="7218">chief</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and this is the <sn="3187">genealogy</s> of them that went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5973">with</s> me from <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>, in the <sn="4438">reign</s> of <sn="783">Artaxerxes</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>; <sn="1648">Gershom</s>: of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="385">Ithamar</s>; <sn="1840">Daniel</s>: of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>; <sn="2407">Hattush</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="7935">Shechaniah</s>, of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6551">Pharosh</s>; <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>: and <sn="5973">with</s> him were reckoned by <sn="3187">genealogy</s> of the <sn="2145">males</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6355">Pahath</s> -moab; <sn="454">Elihoenai</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2228">Zerahiah</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="7935">Shechaniah</s>; the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3166">Jahaziel</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> also of <sn="5720">Adin</s>; <sn="5651">Ebed</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s>; <sn="3470">Jeshaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6271">Athaliah</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="8203">Shephatiah</s>; <sn="2069">Zebadiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4317">Michael</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="3097">Joab</s>; <sn="5662">Obadiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him two <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="8019">Shelomith</s>; the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3131">Josiphiah</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8346">threescore</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="893">Bebai</s>; <sn="2148">Zechariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="893">Bebai</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="5803">Azgad</s>; <sn="3110">Johanan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6997">Hakkatan</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> him a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And of the last <sn="4480 1121 314">sons</s> of <sn="140">Adonikam</s>, whose <sn="8034">names</s> are <sn="428">these</s>, <sn="467">Eliphelet</s>, <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>, and <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> them <sn="8346">threescore</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> also of <sn="902">Bigvai</s>; <sn="5793">Uthai</s>, and <sn="2072">Zabbud</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> them <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="2145">males</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And I gathered them <sn="6908">together</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5104">river</s> that <sn="935">runneth</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="163">Ahava</s>; and <sn="8033">there</s> abode we in <sn="2583">tents</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>: and I <sn="995">viewed</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="3808">none</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="3878">Levi</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then <sn="7971">sent</s> I for <sn="461">Eliezer</s>, for <sn="740">Ariel</s>, for <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, and for <sn="494">Elnathan</s>, and for <sn="3402">Jarib</s>, and for <sn="494">Elnathan</s>, and for <sn="5416">Nathan</s>, and for <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and for <sn="4918">Meshullam</s>, chief <sn="7218">men</s>; also for <sn="3114">Joiarib</s>, and for <sn="494">Elnathan</s>, men of <sn="995">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And I sent them with <sn="6680 *853">commandment</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="112">Iddo</s> the <sn="7218">chief</s> at the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="3703">Casiphia</s>, and I <sn="7760 6310">told</s> them <sn="1697">what</s> they should <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="112">Iddo</s>, and to his <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="5411">Nethinims</s>, at the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="3703">Casiphia</s>, that they should <sn="935">bring</s> unto us <sn="8334">ministers</s> for the <sn="1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And by the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3027">hand</s> of our <sn="430">God</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us they <sn="935">brought</s> us a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="7922">understanding</s>, of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="4249">Mahli</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3878">Levi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="8274">Sherebiah</s>, with his <sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s>; </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="2811">Hashabiah</s>, and <sn="854">with</s> him <sn="3470">Jeshaiah</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="4847">Merari</s>, his <sn="251">brethren</s> and their <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="6242">twenty</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>Also <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5411">Nethinims</s>, <sn="7945">whom</s><sn="1732">David</s> and the <sn="8269">princes</s> had <sn="5414">appointed</s> for the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, two <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="5411">Nethinims</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> of them were <sn="5344">expressed</s> by <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then I <sn="7121">proclaimed</s> a <sn="6685">fast</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="5104">river</s> of <sn="163">Ahava</s>, that we might afflict <sn="6031">ourselves</s><sn="6440">before</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="4480">of</s> him a <sn="3477">right</s><sn="1870">way</s> for us, and for our little <sn="2945">ones</s>, and for <sn="3605">all</s> our <sn="7399">substance</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> I was <sn="954">ashamed</s> to <sn="7592">require</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> a band of <sn="2428">soldiers</s> and <sn="6571">horsemen</s> to <sn="5826">help</s> us against the <sn="4480 341">enemy</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> we had <sn="559">spoken</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3027">hand</s> of our <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> them for <sn="2896">good</s> that <sn="1245">seek</s> him; but his <sn="5797">power</s> and his <sn="639">wrath</s> is <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> them that <sn="5800">forsake</s> him. </v>
<vn='23'>So we <sn="6684">fasted</s> and <sn="1245">besought</s> our <sn="4480 430">God</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2063">this</s>: and he was <sn="6279">entreated</s> of us. </v>
<vn='24'>Then I <sn="914">separated</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s> of the <sn="4480 8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="8274">Sherebiah</s>, <sn="2811">Hashabiah</s>, and <sn="6235">ten</s> of their <sn="4480 251">brethren</s><sn="5973">with</s> them, </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="8254">weighed</s> unto them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3701">silver</s>, and the <sn="2091">gold</s>, and the <sn="3627">vessels</s>, even the <sn="8641">offering</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>, which the <sn="4428">king</s>, and his <sn="3289">counselors</s>, and his <sn="8269">lords</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> there <sn="4672">present</s>, had <sn="7311">offered</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>I even <sn="8254">weighed</s><sn="5921">unto</s> their <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="3701">silver</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s>, and of <sn="2091">gold</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s>; </v>
<vn='27'>Also <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="3713">basins</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, of a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="150">drams</s>; and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="6668 2896">fine</s><sn="5178">copper</s>, <sn="2530">precious</s> as <sn="2091">gold</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And I <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="859">Ye</s> are <sn="6944">holy</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; the <sn="3627">vessels</s> are <sn="6944">holy</s> also; and the <sn="3701">silver</s> and the <sn="2091">gold</s> are a freewill <sn="5071">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="8245">Watch</s> ye, and <sn="8104">keep</s> them, <sn="5704">until</s> ye <sn="8254">weigh</s> them <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, in the <sn="3957">chambers</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>So <sn="6901">took</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> the <sn="4948">weight</s> of the <sn="3701">silver</s>, and the <sn="2091">gold</s>, and the <sn="3627">vessels</s>, to <sn="935">bring</s> them to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Then we <sn="5265">departed</s> from the <sn="4480 5104">river</s> of <sn="163">Ahava</s> on the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s> day of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s>, to <sn="1980">go</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and the <sn="3027">hand</s> of our <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us, and he <sn="5337">delivered</s> us from the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="341">enemy</s>, and of such as lay in <sn="693">wait</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And we <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="3427">abode</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>Now on the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="3117">day</s> was the <sn="3701">silver</s> and the <sn="2091">gold</s> and the <sn="3627">vessels</s><sn="8254">weighed</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4822">Meremoth</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="223">Uriah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>; and <sn="5973">with</s> him was <sn="499">Eleazar</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>; and <sn="5973">with</s> them was <sn="3107">Jozabad</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3442">Jeshua</s>, and <sn="5129">Noadiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1131">Binnui</s>, <sn="3881">Levites</s>; </v>
<vn='34'>By <sn="4557">number</s> and by <sn="4948">weight</s> of every <sn="3605">one</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4948">weight</s> was <sn="3789">written</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>. </v>
<vn='35'> Also the <sn="1121">children</s> of those that had been carried <sn="1473">away</s>, which were <sn="935">come</s> out of the <sn="4480 7628">captivity</s>, <sn="7126">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> unto the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="8673">ninety</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="352">rams</s>, <sn="7657">seventy</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3532">lambs</s>, <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s> he <sn="6842">goats</s> for a sin <sn="2403">offering</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> this was a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And they <sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1881">commissions</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="323">lieutenants</s>, and to the <sn="6346">governors</s> on this <sn="5676">side</s> the <sn="5104">river</s>: and they <sn="5375">furthered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>