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They gave money also unto the masons ,
and to the carpenters ;
and meat ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 .
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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 .
And all the people shouted with a great shout ,
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 ,
and the noise was heard afar off .