Those that returned from captiuitie of Bablyon into Ierusalem, and
Iurie, are recited. 47. They restore Gods seruice: 66. but are hindered
from building.
AFTER these thinges there were chosen, to goe vp the princes of townes
by their houses, and tribes, and their wiues, and their sonnes and
daughters, and their men seruantes and wemen seruantes, and their
cattel. (1 Esd 2:1) 2 And Darius the king sent together with them a
thousand horsmen, til they conducted them to Ierusalem with peace, &
with musicke & with tymbrels, and shaulmes: 3 and al the brethren were
playing, and he made them goe vp together with them. 4 And these are
the names of the men that went vp by their townes according to tribes,
and according to the portion of their principalitie. 5 Priestes: The
children of Phinees, the sonne of Aaron, Iesus the sonne of Iosedec,
Ioacim the sonne of Zorobabel, the sonne of Salatheil of the house of
Dauid, of the progenie of Phares, of the tribe of Iuda. 6 Who spake
vnder Darius king of the Persians the meruelous wordes in the second
yeare of his reigne the first moneth Nisan. 7 And they are these, that
of Iurie came vp from the captiuitie of the transmigration, whom
Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon transported into Babylon, and
returned into Ierusalem. (1 Esd 2:2 / 2 Esd 7:6) 8 And euerie one
sought a part of Iurie according to his owne citie, they that came with
Zorobabel, and Iesus, Nehemias, Areores, Elimeo, Emmanio, Mardocheo,
Beelsuro, Mechpsatochor, Olioro, Emonia one of their princes. 9 And the
number of them of the same nation, of their rulers the children of
Phares, two thousand an hundred seuentie two: 10 The children of Ares,
three thousand an hundred fiftie seuen: 11 The children of Phoemo, an
hundred fourtie two: in the children of Iesus and Ioabes, a thousand
three hundred two: 12 the children of Demu, two thousand foure hundred
seuentie: the children of Choraba, two hundred fiue: the children of
Banica, an hundred sixtie eight, 13 the children of Bebech, foure
hundred three: the children of Archad, foure hundred twentie seuen: 14
the children of Cham, thirtie seuen: the children of Zoroar, two
thousand sixtie seuen: the children of Adin, foure hundred sixtie one:
15 the children of Aderectes, an hundred eight: the children of Ciaso
and Zelas an hundred seuen: the children of Azoroc, foure hundred
thirtie nine: 16 the children of Iedarbone, an hundred thirtie two: the
children of Ananias, an hundred thirtie: the children of Asoni,
ninetie: 17 the children of Marsar, foure hundred twentie two: the
children of Zabarus, nintie fiue: the children of Sepolemon, an hundred
twentie three: 18 the children of Nepopas, fiftie fiue: the children of
Hechanatus, an hundred fiftie eight: the children of Cebethamus, an
hundred thirite two: 19 the children of Crearpatros, which are of
Enocadie and Modia, foure hundred twentie three: they of Gramas and
Babea, an hundred twentie one. 20 They of Besselon, and Ceagge, sixtie
fiue: they of Bastraro, an hundred twentie two: 21 they of Bechenobes,
fiftie fiue: the children of Liptis, an hundred fiftie fiue: the
children of Labonni, three hundred fiftie seuen: 22 the children of
Sichem, three hundred seuentie: the children of Suadon, & Cliomus,
three hundred seuentie eight: 23 the children of Ericus, two thousand
an hundred fourtie fiue: the children of Anaas, three hundred seuentie.
The priestes: 24 the children of Ieddus, the sonne of Euther, the sonne
of Eliasib, three hundred seuenty two: the children of Emerus, two
hundred fiftie two: 25 the children of Phasurius, three hundred fiftie
seuen the children of Caree, two hundred twentie seuen. 26 The Leuites:
The children of Iesus in Caduhel, and Bamis, and Serebias, and Edias,
seuentie foure, the whole number from the twelfth yeare, thiritie
thousand foure hundred sixtie two. 27 The sonnes, and daughters, and
wiues, the whole number, fourtie thousand two hundred fourtie two. 28
The children of the Priestes, that sang in the temple: the children of
Asaph, an hundred twentie eight. 29 And the porters: the children of
Esmeni, the children of Azer, the children of Amon, the children of
Accuba, of Topa, the children of Tobi, al an hundred thirtie nine. 30
Priestes that serued in the temple: the children of Sel, the children
of Gaspha, the children of Tobloch, the children of Caria, the children
of Su, the children of Hellu, the children of Lobana, the children of
Armacha, the children of Accub, the children of Vtha, the children of
Cetha, the children of Aggab, the children of Obai, the children of
Anani, the children of Canna, the children of Geddu, 31 the children or
An, the children of Radin, the children of Desanon, the children of
Nachoba, the children of Caseba, the children of Gaze, the children of
Ozui, the children of Sinone, the children of Attre, the children of
Hasten, the children of Asiana, the children of Manei, the children of
Nasissim, the children of Acusu, the children of Agista, the children
of Azui, the children of Fauon, the children of Phasalon, 32 the
children of Meedda, the children of Phusa, the children of Caree, the
children of Burcus, the children of Saree, the children of Coesi, the
children of Nasith, the children of Agisti, the children of Pedon. 33
Salomon his children, the children of Asophot, the children of Phasida,
the children of Celi, the children of Dedon, the children of Gaddehel,
the children of Sephegi, 34 the children of Aggia, the children of
Sachareth, the children of Sabathen, the children of Caroneth, the
children of Malsith, the children of Ama, the children of Sasus, the
children of Addus, the children of Suba, the children of Eura, the
children of Rahotis, the children of Phasphat, the children of Malmon.
35 Al that serued the sanctuarie, and the seruantes of Salomon, foure
hundred eightie two. 36 These are the children that came vp from
Thelmela, Thelharsa: the princes of them, Carmellam, and Careth: 37 and
they could not declare their cities, and their progenies, how they are
of Israel. The children of Dalari, the children of Tubal, the children
of Nechodaici, 38 of the Priestes, that did the function of priesthood:
and there were not found the children of Obia, the children of Achisos,
the children of Addin, who tooke a wife of the daughters of Pargeleu:
39 and they were called by his name, and the writing of the kinred of
these was sought in the register, and it was not found, and they were
forbid to doe the function of priesthood. 40 And Nehemias and Astharus
sayd to them: Let not the holie thinges be participated, til there
arise a hiegh priest lerned for declaration and truth. 41 And al Israel
was beside men seruantes, and wemen seruantes, fourtie two thousand
three hundred fourtie. 42 Their men seruantes and wemen seruantes,
seuen thousand three hundred thirtie seuen. Singing men and singing
wemen, two hundred three score fiue. 43 Camels, foure hundred thiritie
fiue. Horses, seuen thousand thirtie six. Mules, two hundred thousand
fourtie fiue. Beastes vnder yoke, fiue thousand twentie fiue. 44 And of
the rulers themselues by their villages, when they came into the temple
of God, which was in Ierusalem, to renew and raise vp the temple in his
place, according to their power: 45 and to be geuen into the temple to
the sacred treasure of the workes, of gold twelue thousand mnas, and
fiue thousand mnas of siluer, and stoles for Priestes an hundred. 46
And the Priestes and Leuites, and they that came out of the people,
dwelt in Ierusalem, and in the countrie, and the sacred singingmen, and
porters, and al Israel in their countries. 47 And the seuenth moneth
being at hand, and when the children of Israel were euerie man in his
owne affayres, they came together with one minde into the court, that
was before the east gate. (1 Esd 3:1) 48 And Iesus the sonne of
Iosedec, and his brethren the priestes: Zorobabel the sonne of
Salathiel, and his brethren standing vp, prepared an altar, 49 that
they might offer vpon it holocaustes, according to the thinges that are
writen in the booke of Moyses the man of God. 50 And there assembled
there of other nations of the land, and al the nations of the land
erected the altar in his place, and they offered hostes, and morning
holocaustes to our Lord. 51 And they celebrated the feast of
Tabernacles, and the solemne day, as it is commanded in the lawe: and
sacrifices dayly, as it behoued: 52 and after these the appointed
oblations, and the hostes of the sabbathes, and of the newmoones, and
of al the solemne sanctified dayes. 53 And as manie as vowed to our
Lord from the new moone of the seuenth moneth, began to offer the
hostes to God, and the temple of our Lord was not yet built. 54 And
they gaue monie to the masones and workemen, and drinke and victuals
with ioy. 55 And they gaue cartes to the Sidonians, and Tyrianes, that
with them they should carie ceder beames from Lybanus, and should make
boates in the hauen Ioppe, according to the decre that was writen for
them by Cyrus king of the Persians. 56 And in the second yeare coming
into the temple of God in Ierusalem, in the second moneth began Zorobel
the sonne of Salathiel, and Iosue the sonne of Iosedec, and their
bretheren, and the Priestes and Leuites, and al that were come from the
captiuitie into Ierusalem. 57 and they founded the temple of God in the
newmoone of the second moneth of the second yeare, after that they came
into Iurie and Ierusalem. 58 And they appoynted the Leuites from
twentie yeares, ouer the workes of our Lord: and Iesus stood and his
sonne, and the bretheren, al Leuites ioyning together, & executors of
the lawe, doing the workes in the house of our Lord. 59 And al the
Priestes stood, hauing stoles with trumpettes: 60 and Leuites the
children of Asaph, hauing cymbals together praysing our Lord, and
blessing him according to Dauid king of Israel. 61 And they song a song
to our Lord, because his sweetenes, and honour is for euer vpon Israel.
62 And al the people sounded with trumpet, and cried out with a loud
voice, praysing our Lord in the raysing vp of the house of our Lord. 63
And there came of the Priestes and Leuites, and presidentes by their
villages the more ancientes, which had sene the old house: 64 and to
the building of this with crie and great lamentation, and manie with
trumpettes and great ioy: 65 in so much that the people heard not the
trumpettes for the lamentatinon of the people. For the multitude was
sounding with trumpettes magnifically, so that it was heard far of. 66
And the enimes of the tribe of Iuda, and Beniamin heard it, and they
came to knowe what the voyce of the trumpettes was: 67 And they knew
that they which were of the captiuitie doe build a temple to our Lord
the God of Israel. 68 And coming to Zorobabel & Iesus, the ouerseers of
the villages, they sayd to them: We will build together with you: (1
Esd 4:2) 69 For we haue in like maner heard your Lord, & we walke like
from the dayes of Asbazareth king of the Assyrians, who transported vs
hither. 70 And Zorobabel, and Iesus, & the princes of the villages of
Israel, sayd to them: 71 It is not for vs and you to build the house of
our God. For we alone wil build to our Lord of Israel according as
Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded. 72 And the nations of
the land lying vpon them that are in Iurie, and lifting vp the worke of
the building, and bringing ambushmentes, and peoples, prohibited them
to build. 73 and practising assaultes hindred them, that the building
might not be finished al the time of the life of king Cyrus, and they
differred the building for two yeares vntil the reigne of Darius.