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CHAPTER 1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the L
ORD
by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be fulfilled, the L
ORD
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,
2
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
The L
ORD
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
L
ORD
God of Israel, (he
is
the God,) which
is
in Jerusalem.
4
And whosoever 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, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that
is
in Jerusalem.
5
Then rose up the chief 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 L
ORD
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, beside all
that
was willingly offered.
7
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the L
ORD
, which Nebuchadnezzar
had brought forth out of 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 unto
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9
And this
is
the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a
thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons 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 up with
them of
the
captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 2
Now these
are
the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had
been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon,
and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
2
Which came with Zerubbabel:
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The
number of the men of the people of Israel:
3
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred
seventy and two.
4
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
5
The children of
Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
6
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua
and
Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred
fifty and four.
8
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9
The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred and threescore.
10
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11
The children of
Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and
two.
13
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14
The children of Bigvai, two thousand
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