The Koine Bible

And these are the chiefs of their fathers, the leaders who went up with me in the reign of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon

from the sons of Phinees, Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; from the sons of David, Attus

from the sons of Sachania, from the sons of Phoros, Zechariah, and with him the band, one hundred and fifty

from the sons of Phaathmoab, Eliana son of Zaraia, and with him two hundred males

From the sons of Zathoes, Sechenias son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.

And from the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males

and from the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males

And from the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males

And from the sons of Joab, Abdia son of Jiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males

And from the sons of Baani, Salimouth son of Iosephia, and with him one hundred sixty males.

And from the sons of Babi, Zechariah son of Babi, and with him seventy-eight males

And from the sons of Asgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males.

And from the sons of Adonikam, last, and these are their names: Aliphalat, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males

And from the sons of Bago, Uthi, and with him seventy males

And I gathered them to the river that comes toward Evi, and we camped there three days, and I understood among the people and among the priests, and from the sons of Levi I did not find there

And I sent Eleazar, Ariel, Samaias, and Alonam, and Iarib, and Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharia, and Meshullam, men, and Joiarib and Elnathan, understanding ones.

And I brought them out to Iddo, the chief man at the place of silver, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brothers, the Nethinim, at the place of silver, to bring us singers for the house of our God

And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, a man, Shachol, from the sons of Mooli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and his sons and his brothers came, eighteen in number.

and Hashabiah and Hashaiah, from the sons of Merari, their brothers and their sons, twenty

And from the Nethinim, whom David and the rulers had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty; all were gathered by names.

And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Aoue, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our children and for all our possessions

For I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to save us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all who seek him for good, and his might and his wrath are upon all who forsake him.

And we fasted and sought from our God concerning this, and he listened to us

And I separated from the rulers of the priests twelve for Seraiah, Hasabiah, and with them from their brothers ten

And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the firstfruits of the house of our God, which the king and his advisers and his princes and all Israel who were found had lifted up.

And I weighed out into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels one hundred and one hundred talents of gold

and twenty talents of gold for the road of Chamanim, and a thousand vessels of shining bronze, good, various, desirable, in gold

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

Keep watch and guard until you stand before the rulers of the priests and of the Levites and of the rulers of the ancestral houses in Jerusalem, for the tents of the house of the Lord

And the priests and the Levites received the weighing of the silver and of the gold and of the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem, to the house of our God

And we set out from the river Aoue on the twelfth of the first month to come to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of enemy and foe on the way.

And we came to Jerusalem and sat there three days.

And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed out the silver and the gold and the vessels in the house of our God into the hand of Merimoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites.

by number and by weight were all things, and every weight was written in that time

Those who had come from the captivity, sons of the sojourning, brought whole burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering; all were whole burnt offerings to the Lord

And they gave the king’s tribute to the king’s officials and to the governors beyond the river, and they glorified the people and the house of God.