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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 ;
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Which came with Zerubbabel :
Jeshua ,
Nehemiah ,
Seraiah ,
Reelaiah R @#
elayah #,
Mordecai ,
Bilshan ,
Mispar ,
Bigvai ,
Rehum ,
Baanah Ba #
anah #.
The number of the men of the people of Israel Yisra #
el #:
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The children of Parosh Par #
osh #,
two thousand an hundred seventy and two .
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The children of Shephatiah ,
three hundred seventy and two .
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The children of Arah ,
seven hundred seventy and five .
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The children of Pahathmoab Pachath Mow #
ab #,
of the children of Jeshua and Joab Yow #
ab #,
two thousand eight hundred and twelve sh @
nayim #.
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The children of Elam ,
a thousand two hundred fifty and four .
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The children of Zattu ,
nine hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and five .
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The children of Zaccai ,
seven hundred and threescore .
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The children of Bani ,
six hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and two .
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The children of Bebai ,
six hundred twenty and three .
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The children of Azgad ,
a thousand two hundred twenty and two .
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The children of Adonikam ,
six hundred sixty and six .
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The children of Bigvai ,
two thousand fifty and six .
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The children of Adin ,
four hundred fifty and four .
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The children of Ater of Hezekiah ,
ninety and eight .
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The children of Bezai ,
three hundred twenty and three .
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The children of Jorah ,
an hundred and twelve sh @
nayim #.
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The children of Hashum ,
two hundred twenty and three .
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The children of Gibbar ,
ninety and five .
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The children of Bethlehem Beyth ,
an hundred twenty and three .
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The men of Netophah ,
fifty and six .
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The men of Anathoth ,
an hundred twenty and eight .
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The children of Azmaveth ,
forty #
arba #
iym #
and two .
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The children of Kirjatharim Qiryath Y @#
ariym #,
Chephirah ,
and Beeroth B @#
erowth #,
seven hundred and forty #
arba #
iym #
and three .
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The children of Ramah and Gaba ,
six hundred twenty and one .
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The men of Michmas ,
an hundred twenty and two .
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The men of Bethel Beyth -#
El #
and Ai ,
two hundred twenty and three .
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The children of Nebo ,
fifty and two .
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The children of Magbish ,
an hundred fifty and six .
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The children of the other Elam ,
a thousand two hundred fifty and four .
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The children of Harim ,
three hundred and twenty .
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The children of Lod ,
Hadid ,
and Ono ,
seven hundred twenty and five .
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The children of Jericho ,
three hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and five .
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The children of Senaah C @
na #
ah #,
three thousand and six hundred and thirty .
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The priests :
the children of Jedaiah Y @
kda #
yah #,
of the house of Jeshua ,
nine hundred seventy and three .
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The children of Immer ,
a thousand fifty and two .
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The children of Pashur ,
a thousand two hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and seven .
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The children of Harim ,
a thousand and seventeen sheba #.
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The Levites :
the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel Qadmiy #
el #,
of the children of Hodaviah ,
seventy and four .
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The singers :
the children of Asaph ,
an hundred twenty and eight .
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The children of the porters show #
er #:
the children of Shallum ,
the children of Ater ,
the children of Talmon ,
the children of Akkub ,
the children of Hatita ,
the children of Shobai ,
in all an hundred thirty and nine .
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The Nethinims :
the children of Ziha ,
the children of Hasupha ,
the children of Tabbaoth Tabba #
owth #,
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The children of Keros ,
the children of Siaha ,
the children of Padon ,
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The children of Lebanah ,
the children of Hagabah ,
the children of Akkub ,
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The children of Hagab ,
the children of Shalmai ,
the children of Hanan ,
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The children of Giddel ,
the children of Gahar ,
the children of Reaiah R @#
ayah #,
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The children of Rezin ,
the children of Nekoda ,
the children of Gazzam ,
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The children of Uzza ,
the children of Paseah ,
the children of Besai ,
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The children of Asnah ,
the children of Mehunim M @#
uwniy #,
the children of Nephusim N @
phuwsh @,
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The children of Bakbuk ,
the children of Hakupha ,
the children of Harhur ,
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The children of Bazluth ,
the children of Mehida ,
the children of Harsha ,
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The children of Barkos ,
the children of Sisera ,
the children of Thamah ,
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The children of Neziah ,
the children of Hatipha .
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The children of Solomons servants :
the children of Sotai ,
the children of Sophereth ,
the children of Peruda ,
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The children of Jaalah ,
the children of Darkon ,
the children of Giddel ,
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The children of Shephatiah ,
the children of Hattil ,
the children of Pochereth of Zebaim Pokereth ,
the children of Ami .
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All the Nethinims ,
and the children of Solomons servants ,
were three hundred ninety and two .
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And these were they which went up from Telmelah Tel ,
Telharsa Tel ,
Cherub ,
Addan ,
and Immer :
but they could not shew their fathers house ,
and their seed ,
whether they were of Israel Yisra #
el #:
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The children of Delaiah ,
the children of Tobiah ,
the children of Nekoda ,
six hundred fifty and two .
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And of the children of the priests :
the children of Habaiah ,
the children of Koz ,
the children of Barzillai ;
which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite Gil #
adiy #,
and was called after their name :
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These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy ,
but they were not found :
therefore were they ,
as polluted ,
put from the priesthood .
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And the Tirshatha said unto them ,
that they should not eat of the most holy things ,
till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim .
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The whole congregation together was forty #
H7239and two thousand three hundred and threescore ,
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Beside their servants and their maids ,
of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven :
and there were #
el-leh #
among them two hundred singing men and singing women .
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six ;
their mules ,
two hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and five ;
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Their camels ,
four hundred thirty and five ;
their asses ,
six thousand seven hundred and twenty .
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And some of the chief of the fathers ,
when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem ,
offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place :
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They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore shesh #
and one thousand drams of gold ,
and five thousand pound of silver ,
and one hundred priests garments .
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So the priests ,
and the Levites ,
and some of the people ,
and the singers ,
and the porters show #
er #,
and the Nethinims ,
dwelt in their cities ,
and all Israel in their cities .
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And when the seventh month was come ,
and the children of Israel were in the cities ,
the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem .
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Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and his brethren the priests ,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel Sh @#
altiy #
el #,
and his brethren ,
and builded the altar of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
to offer burnt offerings thereon ,
as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God .
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And they set the altar upon his bases ;
for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries :
and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD ,
even burnt offerings morning and evening .
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They kept also the feast of tabernacles ,
as it is written ,
and offered the daily yowm #
burnt offerings by number ,
according to the custom ,
as the duty of every day required ;
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And afterward offered the continual burnt offering ,
both of the new moons ,
and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated ,
and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD .
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From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD .
But the foundation #
of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid .
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They gave money also unto the masons ,
and to the carpenters ;
and meat ma #
akal #,
and drink ,
and oil ,
unto them of Zidon ,
and to them of Tyre ,
to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa ,
according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia .
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem ,
in the second month ,
began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel Sh @#
altiy #
el #,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites ,
and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem ;
and appointed the Levites ,
from twenty years old and upward ma #
al #,
to set forward the work of the house of the LORD .
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Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren ,
Kadmiel and his sons ,
the sons of Judah ,
together ,
to set forward the workmen #
in the house of God :
the sons of Henadad ,
with their sons and their brethren the Levites .
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And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD ,
they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets ,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals ,
to praise the LORD ,
after the ordinance of David king of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD ;
because he is good ,
for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel Yisra #
el #.
And all the people shouted with a great shout t @
ruw #
ah #,
when they praised the LORD ,
because the foundation #
of the house of the LORD was laid .
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But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers ,
who were ancient men ,
that had seen the first house ,
when the foundation #
of this house was laid before their eyes ,
wept with a loud voice ;
and many shouted aloud for joy :
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So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people :
for the people shouted with a loud shout t @
ruw #
ah #,
and the noise was heard afar off .
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Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
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Then they came to Zerubbabel ,
and to the chief of the fathers ,
and said unto them ,
Let us build with you :
for we seek your God ,
as ye do ;
and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon #
Ecar-Chaddown #
king of Assur ,
which brought us up hither .
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But Zerubbabel ,
and Jeshua ,
and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel Yisra #
el #,
said unto them ,
Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ;
but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us .
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah ,
and troubled (
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them in building ,
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And hired counsellors against them ,
to frustrate their purpose ,
all the days of Cyrus king of Persia ,
even until the reign of Darius king of Persia .
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus ,
in the beginning of his reign ,
wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem .
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And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam ,
Mithredath ,
Tabeel tab @#
el #,
and the rest of their companions ,
unto Artaxerxes king of Persia ;
and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue ,
and interpreted in the Syrian tongue .
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Rehum the chancellor #
H2942and Shimshai the scribe wrote k @
a letter against Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#
to Artaxerxes the king in this sort :
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Then wrote Rehum the chancellor #
H2942 t @#
em #,
and Shimshai the scribe ,
and the rest of their companions ;
the Dinaites ,
the Apharsathchites #
Apharc @
kay #,
the Tarpelites ,
the Apharsites #
Aphar @
cay #,
the Archevites #
Ark @
vay #,
the Babylonians ,
the Susanchites ,
the Dehavites ,
and the Elamites ,
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And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over g @,
and set y @
in the cities of Samaria ,
and the rest that are on this side the river ,
and at such a time k @#
eneth #.
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent sh @
unto him ,
even unto Artaxerxes the king ;
Thy servants the men on this side the river ,
and at such a time k @#
eneth #.
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Be it known y @
unto the king ,
that the Jews which came up c @
from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
building b @
the rebellious and the bad city ,
and have set up k @ (
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k @
the walls thereof ,
and joined the foundations .
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Be it known y @
now unto the king ,
that ,
if this city be builded b @,
and the walls set up k @
again ,
then will they not pay n @
toll ,
tribute ,
and custom ,
and so thou shalt endamage n @
the revenue of the kings .
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Now because q @
bel #
we have maintenance m @
from the kings palace ,
and it was not meet for us to see the kings dishonour ,
therefore #
H1836have we sent sh @
and certified y @
the king ;
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That search b @
may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers :
so shalt thou find sh @
in the book of the records ,
and know y @
that this city is a rebellious city ,
and hurtful n @
unto kings and provinces ,
and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time :
for which cause was this city destroyed .
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We certify y @
the king that ,
if this city be builded b @
again ,
and the walls thereof set up k @,
by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river .
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Then sent sh @
the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor #
H2942 t @#
em #,
and to Shimshai the scribe ,
and to the rest of their companions that dwell y @
in Samaria ,
and unto the rest beyond the river ,
Peace ,
and at such a time k @#
eneth #.
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The letter which ye sent sh @
unto us hath been plainly p @
read q @
before me .
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And I commanded t @#
em #,
and search b @
hath been made ,
and it is found sh @
that this city of old time hath made insurrection n @
against kings ,
and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein .
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There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
which have ruled over all countries beyond the river ;
and toll ,
tribute ,
and custom ,
was paid y @
unto them .
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Give ye now commandment to cause #
these men to cease b @,
and that this city be not builded b @,
until another commandment ta #
am #
shall be given from me .
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Take heed z @
now that ye fail not to do #
H5648this :
why should damage grow s @
to the hurt n @
of the kings ?
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Now when min #
the copy of king Artaxerxes letter was read q @
before Rehum ,
and Shimshai the scribe ,
and their companions ,
they went up in haste to Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#
unto the Jews Y @
huwda #
iy #,
and made them to cease b @
by force and power .
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Then ceased b @
the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#.
So it ceased b @
unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia .
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Then the prophets ,
Haggai the prophet ,
and Zechariah the son of Iddo ,
prophesied n @
unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#
in the name of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
even unto them .
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Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel Sh @#
altiy #
el #,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and began sh @
to build b @
the house of God which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#:
and with them were the prophets of God helping them .
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At the same time came to them Tatnai ,
governor on this side the river ,
and Shetharboznai Sh @
thar ,
and their companions ,
and said thus unto them ,
Who hath commanded you to build b @
this house ,
and to make up k @
this wall ?
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Then said we unto them after this manner ,
What are the names of the men that make b @
this building ?
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But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews Y @
huwda #
iy #,
that they could not cause #
them to cease b @,
till the matter came to Darius :
and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter .
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The copy of the letter that Tatnai ,
governor on this side the river ,
and Shetharboznai Sh @
thar ,
and his companions the Apharsachites #
Apharc @
kay #,
which were on this side the river ,
sent sh @
unto Darius the king :
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They sent sh @
a letter unto him ,
wherein was written k @
thus ;
Unto Darius the king ,
all peace .
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Be it known y @
unto the king ,
that we went into the province of Judea ,
to the house of the great God ,
which is builded b @
with great stones ,
and timber is laid in the walls ,
and this work goeth fast on ,
and prospereth ts @
in their hands .
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Then asked we those elders ,
and said unto them thus ,
Who commanded you to build b @
this house ,
and to make up k @
these walls ?
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We asked their names also ,
to certify y @
thee ,
that we might write k @
the names of the men that were the chief of them .
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And thus they returned us answer ,
saying ,
We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth ,
and build b @
the house that was builded b @
these many years ago ,
which a great king of Israel builded b @
and set up k @.
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But after that our fathers had provoked #
the God of heaven unto wrath r @,
he gave y @
them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon ,
the Chaldean ,
who destroyed c @
this house ,
and carried #
the people away g @
into Babylon .
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But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build b @
this house of God .
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And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God ,
which Nebuchadnezzar took n @
out of the temple that was in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and brought y @
them into the temple of Babylon ,
those did Cyrus the king take n @
out of the temple of Babylon ,
and they were delivered y @
unto one ,
whose name was Sheshbazzar ,
whom he had made governor ;
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And said unto him ,
Take n @
these vessels ma #
n #,
go ,
carry n @
them into the temple that is in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and let the house of God be builded b @
in his place .
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Then came the same Sheshbazzar ,
and laid y @
the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#:
and since that time even until now hath it been in building b @,
and yet it is not finished sh @.
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Now therefore ,
if it seem good to the king ,
let there be search b @
made in the kings treasure house ,
which is there at Babylon ,
whether it be so ,
that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build b @
this house of God at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and let the king send sh @
his pleasure to us concerning this matter .
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Then Darius the king made a decree t @#
em #,
and search b @
was made in the house of the rolls ,
where the treasures were laid up n @
in Babylon .