Now these are the heads
of their fathers'
households and the genealogical
enrollment
of those who went
up with me from Babylon
in the reign
of King
Artaxerxes
:
of the sons of Phinehas
, Gershom
; of the sons
of Ithamar
, Daniel
; of the sons
of David
, aHattush
;
of the sons of Shecaniah
who was of the sons
of aParosh
, Zechariah
and with him 150
males
who were in the genealogical
list
;
of the sons of Pahath-moab
, Eliehoenai
the son
of Zerahiah
and 200
males
with him;
of the sons of Zattu
, Shecaniah
, the son
of Jahaziel
and 300
males
with him;
and of the sons of aAdin
, Ebed
the son
of Jonathan
and 50
males
with him;
and of the sons of Elam
, Jeshaiah
the son
of Athaliah
and 70
males
with him;
and of the sons of Shephatiah
, Zebadiah
the son
of Michael
and 80
males
with him;
of the sons of Joab
, Obadiah
the son
of Jehiel
and 218
males
with him;
and of the sons of Bani
, Shelomith
, the son
of Josiphiah
and 160
males
with him;
and of the sons of Bebai
, Zechariah
the son
of Bebai
and 28
males
with him;
and of the sons of Azgad
, Johanan
the son
of Hakkatan
and 110
males
with him;
and of the sons of Adonikam
, the last
ones
, these
being their names
, Eliphelet
, Jeuel
and Shemaiah
, and 60
males
with them;
and of the sons of Bigvai
, Uthai
and 1Zabbud
, and 70
males
with 2them.
Now I assembled them at athe river
that runs
to Ahava
, where
we camped
for three
days
; and when I observed
the people
and the priests
, I bdid not find
any
Levites
there
.
So I sent for Eliezer
, Ariel
, Shemaiah
, Elnathan
, Jarib
, Elnathan
, Nathan
, Zechariah
and Meshullam
, 1leading
men
, and for Joiarib
and Elnathan
, teachers
.
I sent them to Iddo
the 1leading
man
at the place
Casiphia
; and I 2told
them what
to say
to 3Iddo
and his brothers
, athe temple
servants
at the place
Casiphia
, that is, to bring
ministers
to us for the house
of our God
.
aAccording to the good hand
of our God
upon us they brought
us a bman
of insight
of the sons
of Mahli
, the son
of Levi
, the son
of Israel
, namely Sherebiah
, and his sons
and brothers
, 18
men;
and Hashabiah and 1Jeshaiah
of the sons
of Merari
, with his brothers
and their sons
, 20
men;
and 220 of athe temple
servants
, whom
David
and the princes
had given
for the service
of the Levites
, all
of them designated
by name
.
Then I proclaimed aa fast
there
at bthe river
of Ahava
, that we might chumble
ourselves before
our God
to seek
from Him a 1safe
journey
for us, our little
ones
, and all
our possessions
.
For I was ashamed to request
from the king
troops
and horsemen
to 1protect
us from the enemy
on the way
, because
we had said
to the king
, " aThe hand
of our God
is 2favorably
disposed
to all
those who seek
Him, but bHis power
and His anger
are against
all
those who cforsake
Him."
So we fasted and sought
our God
concerning
this
matter, and He 1 alistened
to our entreaty
.
Then I set apart
twelve
of the leading
priests
, aSherebiah
, Hashabiah
, and with them ten
of their brothers
;
and I aweighed out to them bthe silver
, the gold
and the utensils
, the offering
for the house
of our God
which the king
and chis counselors
and his princes
and all
Israel
present
there had offered
.
aThus I weighed into their hands
650
talents
of silver
, and silver
utensils
worth 100
talents
, and 100
gold
talents
,
and 20 gold
bowls
worth 1,000
darics
, and two
utensils
of fine
shiny
bronze
, precious
as gold
.
Then I said to them, " aYou are holy
to the LORD
, and the butensils
are holy
; and the silver
and the gold
are a freewill
offering
to the LORD
God
of your fathers
.
"Watch and keep
them auntil
you weigh
them before
the leading
priests
, the Levites
and the heads
of the fathers'
households of Israel
at Jerusalem
, in the chambers
of the house
of the LORD
."
So the priests and the Levites
aaccepted
the weighed
out silver
and gold
and the utensils
, to bring
them to Jerusalem
to the house
of our God
.
Then we journeyed from athe river
Ahava
on bthe twelfth
of the first
month
to go
to Jerusalem
; and cthe hand
of our God
was over
us, and He delivered
us from the hand
of the enemy
and the ambushes
by the way
.
aThus we came to Jerusalem
and remained
there
three
days
.
On the fourth day
the silver
and the gold
and the utensils
awere weighed
out in the house
of our God
into the hand
of bMeremoth
the son
of Uriah
the priest
, and with him was Eleazar
the son
of Phinehas
; and with them were the Levites
, Jozabad
the son
of Jeshua
and Noadiah
the son
of Binnui
.
Everything was numbered
and weighed
, and all
the weight
was recorded
at that time
.
aThe exiles who had come
from the captivity
offered
burnt
offerings
to the God
of Israel
: b12
bulls
for all
Israel
, 96
rams
, 77
lambs
, 12
male
goats
for a sin
offering
, all
as a burnt
offering
to the LORD
.
Then athey delivered the king's
edicts
to bthe king's
satraps
and to the governors
in the provinces beyond
the 1River
, and they supported
the people
and the house
of God
.