Now these are the heads{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} [houses], and this is the genealogy{H3187} of them that went up{H5927} with me from Babylon,{H894} in the reign{H4438} of Artaxerxes{H783} the king:{H4438}

Of the sons{H1121} of Phinehas,{H6372} Gershom.{H1647} Of the sons{H1121} of Ithamar,{H385} Daniel.{H1840} Of the sons{H1121} of David,{H1732} Hattush.{H2407}

Of the sons{H1121} of Shecaniah,{H7935} of the sons{H1121} of Parosh,{H6551} Zechariah;{H2148} and with him were reckoned by genealogy{H3187} of the males{H2145} a hundred{H3967} and fifty.{H2572}

Of the sons{H1121} of Pahath-moab,{H6355} Eliehoenai{H454} the son{H1121} of Zerahiah;{H2228} and with him two hundred{H3967} males.{H2145}

Of the sons{H1121} of Shecaniah,{H7935} the son{H1121} of Jahaziel;{H3166} and with him three{H7969} hundred{H3967} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Adin,{H5720} Ebed{H5651} the son{H1121} of Jonathan;{H3129} and with him fifty{H2572} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Elam,{H5867} Jeshaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Athaliah;{H6271} and with him seventy{H7657} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Shephatiah,{H8203} Zebadiah{H2069} the son{H1121} of Michael;{H4317} and with him fourscore{H8084} males.{H2145}

Of the sons{H1121} of Joab,{H3097} Obadiah{H5662} the son{H1121} of Jehiel;{H3171} and with him two hundred{H3967} and eighteen{H8083} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Shelomith,{H8019} the son{H1121} of Josiphiah;{H3131} and with him a hundred{H3967} and threescore{H8346} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Bebai,{H893} Zechariah{H2148} the son{H1121} of Bebai;{H893} and with him twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Azgad,{H5803} Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Hakkatan;{H6997} and with him a hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Adonikam,{H140} [that were] the last;{H314} and these are their names:{H8034} Eliphelet,{H467} Jeuel,{H3273} and Shemaiah;{H8098} and with them threescore{H8346} males.{H2145}

And of the sons{H1121} of Bigvai,{H902} Uthai{H5793} and Zabbud;{H2072} and with them seventy{H7657} males.{H2145}

And I gathered them together{H6908} to the river{H5104} that runneth{H935} to Ahava;{H163} and there we encamped{H2583} three{H7969} days:{H3117} and I viewed{H995} the people,{H5971} and the priests,{H3548} and found{H4672} there none of the sons{H1121} of Levi.{H3878}

Then sent{H7971} I for Eliezer,{H461} for Ariel,{H740} for Shemaiah,{H8098} and for Elnathan,{H494} and for Jarib,{H3402} and for Elnathan,{H494} and for Nathan,{H5416} and for Zechariah,{H2148} and for Meshullam,{H4918} chief men;{H7218} also for Joiarib,{H3114} and for Elnathan,{H494} who were teachers.{H995}

And I sent{H6680} them forth{H3318} unto Iddo{H112} the chief{H7218} at the place{H4725} Casiphia;{H3703} and I told{H7760} them what{H1697} they should say{H1696} unto Iddo,{H112} [and] his brethren{H251} the Nethinim,{H5411} at the place{H4725} Casiphia,{H3703} that they should bring{H935} unto us ministers{H8334} for the house{H1004} of our God.{H430}

And according to the good{H2896} hand{H3027} of our God{H430} upon us they brought{H935} us a man{H376} of discretion,{H7922} of the sons{H1121} of Mahli,{H4249} the son{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} the son{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and Sherebiah,{H8274} with his sons{H1121} and his brethren,{H251} eighteen;{H8083}

and Hashabiah,{H2811} and with him Jeshaiah{H3470} of the sons{H1121} of Merari,{H4847} his brethren{H251} and their sons,{H1121} twenty;{H6242}

and of the Nethinim,{H5411} whom David{H1732} and the princes{H8269} had given{H5414} for the service{H5656} of the Levites,{H3881} two hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} Nethinim:{H5411} all of them were mentioned{H5344} by name.{H8034}

Then I proclaimed{H7121} a fast{H6685} there, at the river{H5104} Ahava,{H163} that we might humble{H6031} ourselves before{H6440} our God,{H430} to seek{H1245} of him a straight{H3477} way{H1870} for us, and for our little ones,{H2945} and for all our substance.{H7399}

For I was ashamed{H954} to ask{H7592} of the king{H4428} a band of soldiers{H2428} and horsemen{H6571} to help{H5826} us against the enemy{H341} in the way,{H1870} because we had spoken{H559} unto the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} The hand{H3027} of our God{H430} is upon all them that seek{H1245} him, for good;{H2896} but his power{H5797} and his wrath{H639} is against all them that forsake{H5800} him.

So we fasted{H6684} and besought{H1245} our God{H430} for this: and he was entreated{H6279} of us.

Then I set apart{H914} twelve{H8147} of the chiefs{H8269} of the priests,{H3548} even Sherebiah,{H8274} Hashabiah,{H2811} and ten{H6235} of their brethren{H251} with them,

and weighed{H8254} unto them the silver,{H3701} and the gold,{H2091} and the vessels,{H3627} even the offering{H8641} for the house{H1004} of our God,{H430} which the king,{H4428} and his counsellors,{H3289} and his princes,{H8269} and all Israel{H3478} there present,{H4672} had offered:{H7311}

I weighed{H8254} into their hand{H3027} six{H8337} hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} talents{H3603} of silver,{H3701} and silver{H3701} vessels{H3627} a hundred{H3967} talents;{H3603} of gold{H2091} a hundred{H3967} talents;{H3603}

and twenty{H6242} bowls{H3713} of gold,{H2091} of a thousand{H505} darics;{H150} and two{H8147} vessels{H3627} of fine{H2896} bright brass,{H5178} precious{H2532} as gold.{H2091}

And I said{H559} unto them, Ye are holy{H6944} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and the vessels{H3627} are holy;{H6944} and the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} are a freewill-offering{H5071} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of your fathers.{H1}

Watch{H8245} ye, and keep{H8104} them, until ye weigh{H8254} them before{H6440} the chiefs{H8269} of the priests{H3548} and the Levites,{H3881} and the princes{H8269} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Israel,{H3478} at Jerusalem,{H3389} in the chambers{H3957} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

So the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} received{H6901} the weight{H4948} of the silver{H3701} and the gold,{H2091} and the vessels,{H3627} to bring{H935} them to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the house{H1004} of our God.{H430}

Then we departed{H5265} from the river{H5104} Ahava{H163} on the twelfth{H8147} [day] of the first{H7223} month,{H2320} to go{H3212} unto Jerusalem:{H3389} and the hand{H3027} of our God{H430} was upon us, and he delivered{H5337} us from the hand{H3709} of the enemy{H341} and the lier-in-wait{H693} by the way.{H1870}

And we came{H935} to Jerusalem,{H3389} and abode{H3427} there three{H7969} days.{H3117}

And on the fourth{H7243} day{H3117} the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} and the vessels{H3627} were weighed{H8254} in the house{H1004} of our God{H430} into the hand{H3027} of Meremoth{H4822} the son{H1121} of Uriah{H223} the priest;{H3548} and with him was Eleazar{H499} the son{H1121} of Phinehas;{H6372} and with them was Jozabad{H3107} the son{H1121} of Jeshua,{H3442} and Noadiah{H5129} the son{H1121} of Binnui,{H1131} the Levite;{H3881}

the whole by number{H4557} and by weight:{H4948} and all the weight{H4948} was written{H3789} at that time.{H6256}

The children{H1121} of the captivity,{H1473} that were come out{H935} of exile,{H7628} offered{H7126} burnt-offerings{H5930} unto the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} twelve{H8147} bullocks{H6499} for all Israel,{H3478} ninety{H8673} and six{H8337} rams,{H352} seventy{H7657} and seven{H7651} lambs,{H3532} twelve{H8147} he-goats{H6842} for a sin-offering:{H2403} all this was a burnt-offering{H5930} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

And they delivered{H5414} the king's{H4428} commissions{H1881} unto the king's{H4428} satraps,{H323} and to the governors{H6346} beyond{H5676} the River:{H5104} and they furthered{H5375} the people{H5971} and the house{H1004} of God.{H430}