The Koine Bible

After these things, the chiefs of the houses of the families were chosen to go up according to their tribes, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, and their servants, and their maidservants, and their livestock.

And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, until he should restore them to Jerusalem with peace and with music of drums and pipes.

and all their brothers were playing, and he made them go up together with those others

And these are the names of the men who were going up according to their families by their tribes for their division of service.

the priests, sons of Phinehas son of Aaron: Jeshua son of Josedek son of Saraiah, and Jojakim son of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, from the house of David, from the lineage of Perez, and of the tribe of Judah

who spoke concerning Darius the king of the Persians wise words, in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, the first month

And these are from Judea, the ones who went up from the captivity of the sojourn, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon.

And they returned to Jerusalem and the rest of Judea, each to his own city, those who had come with Zerubbabel and Jesus, Nehemiah, Zareu, Reesai, Enenius, Mordecai, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Boroliu, Roimus, Baana, their leaders.

The number of those from the nation and their leading men: the sons of Phoros, two thousand and one hundred and seventy-two

The sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy-two; the sons of Aree, seven hundred fifty-six.

The sons of Phaathmoab, among the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve

The sons of Aalamu: one thousand two hundred fifty-four; the sons of Zatu: nine hundred forty-five; the sons of Chorbe: seven hundred five; the sons of Bani: six hundred forty-eight.

The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three; the sons of Asgad, one thousand three hundred twenty-two.

The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven; the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty-six; the sons of Adinu, four hundred fifty-four.

The sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-two; the sons of Kilan and Azetas, sixty-seven; the sons of Azour, four hundred thirty-two.

Sons of Annias, one hundred one; sons of Arom; sons of Bassai, three hundred twenty-three; sons of Ariphou, one hundred twelve.

The sons of Baithrous, three thousand five; sons of Bethlōmon, one hundred twenty-three

The sons of Neteba, fifty-five; the sons of Enatou, one hundred fifty-eight; the sons of Baitasmon, forty-two.

The men of Kariathiarim, twenty-five; the men of Kaphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty-three.

The Chadiasaeans and the Ammidites, four hundred twenty-two; those from Karamas and Gabbes, six hundred twenty-one.

The sons of Makalon, one hundred twenty-two; those of Baitolion, fifty-two; the sons of Niphis, one hundred fifty-six.

The sons of Kalamō, of another, and Onous, seven hundred twenty-five; the sons of Ierechou, three hundred forty-five.

The sons of Sanaas, three thousand three hundred thirty.

The priests, the sons of Ieddo, the son of Jeshua, among the sons of Anasib, nine hundred seventy-two; the sons of Emmeru, one thousand fifty-two.

The sons of Phassour, one thousand two hundred forty-seven; the sons of Charme, one thousand seventeen.

And the Levites, the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel and Binnui and Sudi, were seventy-four.

The singers, the sons of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight

The gatekeepers: the sons of Salum, the sons of Atar, the sons of Tolman, the sons of Akub, the sons of Atita, the sons of Sobai, all of them one hundred thirty-nine.

the temple servants, the sons of Esau, the sons of Asifa, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Keras, the sons of Soua, the sons of Phadaiou, the sons of Labana, the sons of Aggaba

the sons of Akoud, the sons of Outa, the sons of Kētab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Sybai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Kathoua, the sons of Geddour

sons of Iairou, sons of Daisan, sons of Noeba, sons of Chaseba, sons of Gazera, sons of Oziou, sons of Phinoe, sons of Asara, sons of Basthai, sons of Asana, sons of Maani, sons of Naphisi, sons of Akouph, sons of Achiba, sons of Assour, sons of Pharakim, sons of Basaloth

sons of Meedda, sons of Koutha, sons of Charea, sons of Barchous, sons of Serar, sons of Thomoi, sons of Nasi, sons of Atipha

sons of the servants of Solomon, sons of Assaphioth, sons of Pharida, sons of Ieeli, sons of Lozon, sons of Isdael, sons of Saphuthi

sons of Aghia, sons of Phakareth, Sabiē, sons of Sarōthie, sons of Masias, sons of Gas, sons of Addous, sons of Soubas, sons of Apherra, sons of Barōdis, sons of Saphat, sons of Amon

All the temple servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon, three hundred seventy-two.

These, having gone up from Thermeleh and Thelersas, with Charaath Adan and Amar as their leader

and they were not able to declare their ancestral houses and generations, as being of Israel: sons of Dalan, son of Touban, sons of Nekodan, six hundred fifty-two

And from the priests, those who had been made to have priesthood and were not found: sons of Obbia, sons of Akkos, sons of Ioddus, of the one who took Augia, one of the daughters of Pharzellaios, and he was called by his name.

And when their genealogy was sought in the register and was not found, they were excluded from the priesthood.

And Nehemias and Atharias said to them not to partake of the holy things until a high priest should arise, clothed with the disclosure and the truth

And all were of Israel, from twelve years old and upward, apart from male children and female servants: forty-two thousand three hundred sixty males of these, and female servants seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; singers and song-singers, two hundred forty-five.

camels four hundred thirty-five and horses seven thousand thirty-six mules two hundred forty-five beasts of burden five thousand five hundred twenty-five

And from the leaders according to the families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, they vowed to raise up the house on its place according to their power

and to give into the temple treasury of the works one thousand minas of gold and five thousand minas of silver and one hundred priestly garments

And the priests and the Levites and those from the people settled in Jerusalem and in the country, both the singers and the gatekeepers and all Israel in their villages.

And when the seventh month had begun and the sons of Israel were each in their own places, they gathered together with one accord into the broad place of the first gate, that toward the east.

And Jesus the son of Josedek and his brothers, the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and his brothers prepared the altar of the God of Israel

to offer upon it whole burnt offerings according to the things prescribed in the book of Moses, the man of God

And there were gathered to them from the other nations of the land, and they established the altar on its place, because they were in enmity with them; and all the nations that were on the earth overpowered them, and they offered sacrifices according to the time and whole burnt offerings to the Lord, the morning and the evening.

And they kept the feast of Tabernacles as it had been appointed in the law, and sacrifices day by day as was fitting.

And after these, continual offerings and sacrifices of sabbaths and new moons and of all consecrated feasts

And as many as had vowed a vow to God began from the new moon of the seventh month to offer sacrifices to God, and the temple of God had not yet been built.

And they gave silver to the stonecutters and carpenters, and food and drink and joy to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon, to convey rafts to the harbor of Joppa, according to the command written to them by Cyrus the king of the Persians.

And in the second year, having come into the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus the son of Josedek and their brothers and the priests, the Levites, and all those who had come from the captivity into Jerusalem began.

And they laid the foundation of the house of God on the new moon of the second month of the second year, when they came into Judea and Jerusalem

And they appointed the Levites from the age of twenty over the works of the Lord, and Jeshua stood, and the sons and the brothers, and Kadmiel the brother, and the sons of Jeshua the sons of Humadaboun, and the sons of Joda of Iliadoun, with the sons and brothers, all the Levites with one accord, workers, doing the works in the house of God

And the builders built the temple of the Lord, and the priests stood arrayed with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, holding the cymbals, praising the Lord and blessing according to David king of Israel.

And they cried out through hymns, giving thanks to the Lord, because his goodness and his glory are unto the ages, to all Israel.

And all the people sounded the trumpets and cried out with a loud voice, praising the Lord because of the raising up of the house of the Lord

And from among the priests, the Levites, and the heads according to their families, the elders who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with a shout and great weeping

and many with trumpets and with great joy, with a loud voice

so that the people could not hear the trumpets because of the weeping of the people, for the crowd was the one blowing the trumpets loudly, so that it was heard from far away

And the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin, when they heard, came to learn what was the sound of the trumpets.

And they recognized that those from the captivity were building the temple to the Lord God of Israel.

And having come near to Zerubbabel and Jeshua and to the leaders of the fathers’ houses, they say to them, We will build together with you.

For we likewise hear concerning your Lord, and to him we sacrifice from the days of Asbasares, king of the Assyrians, who brought us over here

And Zerubbabel and Jesus and the leaders of the families of Israel said to them, It is not for you and for us to build the house for the Lord our God

For we alone will build for the Lord of Israel, according to what Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.

Now the peoples of the land, pressing upon those in Judea and besieging them, hindered the building.

And by making plots and popular agitations and gatherings, they hindered the building from being completed all the time of the life of King Cyrus

And they were hindered from the building for two years until the reign of Darius