Ezra Chapter 8

Ezra Chapter 8
1 These are now the chief fathers of
them, and the genealogy of them that
came up with me from Babylon, in the
reign of king Artaxerxes.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: of
the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: of the sons
of David, Hattush:
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons
of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him the
count of the males, an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-Moab,
Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and with
him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah, the son of
Jahaziel, and with him three hundred
males.
6 And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son
of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7
And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the
son of Athaliah, and with him seventy
males.
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah,
Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with
him fourscore males.
9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son
of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and
eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith the son
of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred
and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah
the son of Bebai, and with him eight and
twenty males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan
the son of Hakkatan, and with him an
hundred and ten males.
13 And of the sons of Adonikam, that
were the last, whose names are these:
Eliphelet, Jeiel and Shemaiah, and with
them threescore males.
14 And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai, and
Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them to the river that
goeth toward Ahava, and there abode we
three days: then I viewed the people, and
the priests, and found there none of the
sons of Levi.
16 Therefore sent I to Eliezer, to Ariel,
to Shemaiah, and to Elnathan, and to
Jarib, and to Elnathan, and to Nathan,
and to Zechariah, and to Meshullam the
chief, and to Joiarib and to Elnathan,
men of understanding, 17 And I gave
them commandment, to Iddo the chiefest
at the place of Casiphia, and I told them
the words that they should speak to Iddo
, and to his brethren the Nethinims at the
place of Casiphia, that they should cause
the ministers of the house of our God to
come unto us.
18 So by the good hand of our God
which was upon us, they brought us a
man of understanding of the sons of
Mahali the son of Levi the son of Israel,
and Sherebiah with his sons and his
brethren, even eighteen. 19 Also
Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the
sons of Merari, with his brethren, and
their sons twenty.
20 And of the Nethinims, whom David
had set, and the princes for the service
of the Levites, two hundred and twenty
of the Nethinims, which all were named
by name.
21 And there at the river, by Ahava, I
proclaimed a fast, that we might humble
ourselves before our God, and seek of
him a right way for us, and for our
children, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require of the
king an army and horsemen, to help us
against the enemy in the way, because
we had spoken to the king, saying, The
hand of our God is upon all them that
seek him in goodness, but his power and
his wrath is against all them that forsake
him. 23 So we fasted, and besought our
God for this: and he was entreated of us.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief
of the priests,
Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and ten of
their brethren with them, 25 And
weighed them the silver and the gold,
and the vessels, even the offering of the
house of our God , which the king and
his counselors, and his princes, and all
Israel that were present had offered.
26 And I weighed unto their hand six
hundred and fifty talents of silver, and in
silver vessel, an hundred talents, and in
gold, an hundred talents: 27 And twenty
basins of gold, of a thousand drams, and
two vessels of shining brass very good,
and precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are
consecrated unto the Lord, and the
vessels are consecrated, and the gold
and the silver are freely offered unto the
Lord God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them until ye
weigh them before the chief priests and
the Levites, and the chief fathers of
Israel in Jerusalem in the chambers of
the house of the Lord.
30 So the priests and the Levites
received the weight of the silver and of
the gold, and of the vessels to bring them
to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the river of
Ahava on the twelfth day of the first
month, to go unto Jerusalem, and the
hand of our God was upon us, and
delivered us from the hand of the enemy,
and of such as laid wait by the way. 32
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode
there three days.
33 And on the fourth day was the silver
weighed, and the gold and the vessel in
the house of our God by the hand of
Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest,
and with him was Eleazar the son of
Phinehas, and with them was Jozabad
the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son
of Binnui the Levites,
34 By number and by weight of every
one, and all the weight was written at the
same time.
35 Also the children of the captivity,
which were come out of captivity,
offered burnt offerings unto the God of
Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel,
ninety and six rams, seventy and seven
lambs, and twelve he goats for sin: all
was a burnt offering of the Lord.
36 And they delivered the king's
commission unto the king's officers, and
to the captains beyond the river: and they
promoted the people, and the house of
God.