15:008:001 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the
reign of Artaxerxes the king.
15:008:002 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;
Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
15:008:003 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah:
and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an
hundred and fifty.
15:008:004 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and
with him two hundred males.
15:008:005 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him
three hundred males.
15:008:006 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with
him fifty males.
15:008:007 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and
with him seventy males.
15:008:008 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael,
and with him fourscore males.
15:008:009 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him
two hundred and eighteen males.
15:008:010 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with
him an hundred and threescore males.
15:008:011 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with
him twenty and eight males.
15:008:012 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and
with him an hundred and ten males.
15:008:013 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,
Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore
males.
15:008:014 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them
seventy males.
15:008:015 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to
Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed
the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons
of Levi.
15:008:016 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for
Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and
for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib,
and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
15:008:017 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the
place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto
Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place
Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the
house of our God.
15:008:018 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren,
eighteen;
15:008:019 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
his brethren and their sons, twenty;
15:008:020 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had
appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and
twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
15:008:021 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we
might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right
way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our
substance.
15:008:022 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers
and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because
we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is
upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his
wrath is against all them that forsake him.
15:008:023 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was
intreated of us.
15:008:024 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests,
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
15:008:025 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the
king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there
present, had offered:
15:008:026 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents
of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold
an hundred talents;
15:008:027 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two
vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
15:008:028 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels
are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill
offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
15:008:029 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief
of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of
Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the
LORD.
15:008:030 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto
the house of our God.
15:008:031 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 he delivered us from the hand of the enemy,
and of such as lay in wait by the way.
15:008:032 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
15:008:033 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the
vessels weighed 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, Levites;
15:008:034 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was
written at that time.
15:008:035 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which
were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto
the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and
six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin
offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
15:008:036 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and
they furthered the people, and the house of God.