2 Chronicles 33:1-25 Manasseh was 12 when he became king. he reigned in Jerusalem for 55 years. He began again to build the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he set up altars to the Baals, and made Asherah poles, and practiced astrology and served them. And he built pagan altars in the house of the Lord where the Lord said, “In Jerusalem My name will be perpetual.” He built altars for the starry assembly of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He even made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom; and he had conjurers, and witchcraft and sorcery, and séances, and fortune tellers. God was provoked.
Manasseh set a statue that he made in the house of God where God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem where I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel, there I have set My name perpetually. And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the ground that I have designated to your fathers, if only they will keep on doing everything that I have commanded them, the whole law, statutes, and judgments from the hand of Moses.” Manasseh made Judah and those living in Jerusalem to perform more evil than the nations that the Lord destroyed from the Promised Land.
The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not pay attention. The Lord brought on them the officials of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, and they bound him in bronze chains and led him to Babylon. And in his upset, he entreated the face of the Lord his God, and he greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. And he prayed to God, and God to pity and responded to his plea and returned him to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
After this Manasseh built a high outer wall for Jerusalem, west of Gihon, in the valley and toward the entrance of the Fish Gate, where it went around Ophel. Then he positioned military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Manasseh removed the pagan gods and statues from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he built on the hill of the house of the Lord and Jerusalem, and he cast them outside the city. He also restored the altar of the Lord, and he sacrificed fellowship and thanksgiving offerings, and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. However, the people continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
And the remainder of the acts of Manasseh and his prayer to God and the words of the prophets who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel were also reported in the journal of the kings of Israel. And his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and where he set up the Asherah poles and images before he repented, were recorded among the (now lost) sayings of Hozai. Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his palace, and Amon his son became king.
Amon was 22 when he began to reign. He was king for 2 years in Jerusalem. And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord as his father Manasseh had originally done. Amon sacrificed to and served all the idols that Manasseh his father had made. He did not repent before the Lord as had his father. He went from bad to worse.
His own servants plotted against him, and murdered him in his palace. Then the citizens struck down all those who conspired against King Amon, and Josiah his son was made king.
Oddly, non-believers will say,"Show me proof that God exists!" And yet they are so blind to the fact that calamities are likely the direct result of disobeying God. And that peace and harmony result only as God allows it when citizens and governments turn to the Creator for guidance. The Bible says as much over and over and over ---- with historic examples. And some wonder that the governments cannot get things right? TOTALLY CLUELESS!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
2 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
3 and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.
4 And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, `In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'
5 And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
6 And he hath caused his sons to pass over through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and observed clouds and used enchantments and witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and a wizard; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he placeth the graven image of the idol that he made in the house of God, of which God said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name to the age,
8 and I add not to turn aside the foot of Israel from off the ground that I appointed to your fathers, only, if they watch to do all that I have commanded them -- to all the law, and the statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'
9 And Manasseh maketh Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, to do evil above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.
10 And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
11 and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.
12 And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,
13 and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He [is] God.
14 And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
15 And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and casteth [them] to the outside of the city.
16 And he buildeth the altar of Jehovah, and sacrificeth upon it sacrifices of peace-offerings and thank-offering, and saith to Judah to serve Jehovah, God of Israel;
17 but still the people are sacrificing in high places, only -- to Jehovah their God.
18 And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the matters of the seers, those speaking unto him in the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, lo, they are [on the book of] the matters of the kings of Israel;
19 and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.
20 And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in his own house, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead.
21 A son of twenty and two years [is] Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
22 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father, and to all the graven images that Manasseh his father had made hath Amon sacrificed, and serveth them,
23 and hath not been humbled before Jehovah, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt.
24 And his servants conspire against him, and put him to death in his own house,
25 and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 34:1-33 Josiah was 8 when he began to reign, and he was king 31 years in Jerusalem. He did what was correct in the eyes of the God, and he walked with God as David his father and did, and as straight as a arrow.
In the 8th year of his reign, still young, he began to seek out the God of David his father; and in the 12 year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from pagan shrines, Asherah poles, idols, and carved and cast images. They tore down pagan altars dedicated to Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them and smashed the Asherah poles and carved and cast images. And he had them pulverized and scattered before the graves of those who died believing in such. them. He burned the bones of dead pagan priests on their altars and so cleansed Judah and Jerusalem --- throughout the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, their ruins all around. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
In the 18th year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple.
They came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had collected from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They gave handed it over to those appointed to do the work to repair and restore the temple. This would include craftsmen and builders to acquire quarried stones and timber for joists and beams for the buildings that the evil kings of Judah had ruined.
These men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites), of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, as supervisors. And other Levites, skilled with musical instruments, were above those laborers and supervised all those doing the work of all sorts, and other Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.
When they brought out the money that had been given towards the temple, Hilkiah the priest found the forgotten Book of the Law of the Lord from Moses. Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” Hilkiah gave that book to Shaphan.
Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Everything that has been delegated to your servants, they are doing. They have distributed the money that was in the house of the Lord and have allocated to those who are supervisors and those who are doing the work.” Shaphan the scribe also declared to the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it to the king.
And it happened that when the king heard the words of the Law, he ripped his robe. Then the king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the attendant of the king to beseech the Lord on the behalf of the kings & the remnant in Israel and Judah concerning what is written in the book that was found. The wrath of the Lord that is poured out is great because the fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do everything that is found in the book.
Hilkiah and those with the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, who kept the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter, and they spoke to her about this.
She said to them, “So says the Lord God of Israel: Speak to the man who sent you all to Me, So says the Lord: I am bringing disaster on this place and all who dwell in it, even all the curses that are written in the book that they read before the king of Judah. Because they have abandoned Me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods in order to provoke Me with everything they have made with their hands, so My rage will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched. And the king of Judah who sent you all to seek out the Lord, so you will speak to him: So says the Lord God of Israel: The words that you have heard, because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this nation and those who dwell here, and you have repented before Me and torn your clothes and wept before Me, I heard you, declares the Lord. I'm ending your life, and you will be brought to your grave peacefully, and your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this nation and on those who dwell here.”
So they returned this word to the king.
Josiah Restores True Worship
The king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. The king went to the temple with men from Judah and those living in Jerusalem, even the priests and Levites and all the people from the famous to the unknown, and he read within their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.
He appointed all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin to carry this out, and those living in Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God.
Josiah took away all the detestable things from the lands that belonged to the people of Israel and caused everyone in Israel to serve their Lord God. And all his days they did not turn away from the Lord God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
2 and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left.
3 And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.
4 And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that [are] on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,
5 and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,
6 and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
7 And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
8 And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God.
9 And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
10 and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of Jehovah, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of Jehovah, to repair and to strengthen the house;
11 and they give [it] to artificers, and to builders, to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams to the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,
13 and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
14 And in their bringing out the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, hath Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by the hand of Moses,
15 and Hilkiah answereth and saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;' and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan,
16 and Shaphan bringeth in the book unto the king, and bringeth the king back word again, saying, `All that hath been given into the hand of thy servants they are doing,
17 and they pour out the money that is found in the house of Jehovah, and give it into the hand of those appointed, and into the hands of those doing the work.'
18 And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth in it before the king.
19 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,
20 and the king commandeth Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,
21 `Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great [is] the fury of Jehovah that is poured on us, because that our fathers kept not the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written on this book.'
22 And Hilkiah goeth, and they of the king, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second, and they speak unto her thus.
23 And she saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,
24 Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the book that they read before the king of Judah;
25 because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.
26 `And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him: Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, whose words thou hast heard:
27 Because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah.
28 Lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy graves in peace, and thine eyes do not look on all the evil that I am bringing upon this place, and upon its inhabitants;' and they bring the king back word.
29 And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
30 and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even unto small, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.
31 And the king standeth on his station, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this book.
32 And he presenteth every one who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And Josiah turneth aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causeth every one who is found in Israel to serve, to serve Jehovah their God; all his days they turned not aside from after Jehovah, God of their fathers.
In the 8th year of his reign, still young, he began to seek out the God of David his father; and in the 12 year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from pagan shrines, Asherah poles, idols, and carved and cast images. They tore down pagan altars dedicated to Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them and smashed the Asherah poles and carved and cast images. And he had them pulverized and scattered before the graves of those who died believing in such. them. He burned the bones of dead pagan priests on their altars and so cleansed Judah and Jerusalem --- throughout the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, their ruins all around. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
In the 18th year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple.
They came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had collected from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They gave handed it over to those appointed to do the work to repair and restore the temple. This would include craftsmen and builders to acquire quarried stones and timber for joists and beams for the buildings that the evil kings of Judah had ruined.
These men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites), of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, as supervisors. And other Levites, skilled with musical instruments, were above those laborers and supervised all those doing the work of all sorts, and other Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.
When they brought out the money that had been given towards the temple, Hilkiah the priest found the forgotten Book of the Law of the Lord from Moses. Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” Hilkiah gave that book to Shaphan.
Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Everything that has been delegated to your servants, they are doing. They have distributed the money that was in the house of the Lord and have allocated to those who are supervisors and those who are doing the work.” Shaphan the scribe also declared to the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it to the king.
And it happened that when the king heard the words of the Law, he ripped his robe. Then the king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the attendant of the king to beseech the Lord on the behalf of the kings & the remnant in Israel and Judah concerning what is written in the book that was found. The wrath of the Lord that is poured out is great because the fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do everything that is found in the book.
Hilkiah and those with the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, who kept the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter, and they spoke to her about this.
She said to them, “So says the Lord God of Israel: Speak to the man who sent you all to Me, So says the Lord: I am bringing disaster on this place and all who dwell in it, even all the curses that are written in the book that they read before the king of Judah. Because they have abandoned Me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods in order to provoke Me with everything they have made with their hands, so My rage will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched. And the king of Judah who sent you all to seek out the Lord, so you will speak to him: So says the Lord God of Israel: The words that you have heard, because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this nation and those who dwell here, and you have repented before Me and torn your clothes and wept before Me, I heard you, declares the Lord. I'm ending your life, and you will be brought to your grave peacefully, and your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this nation and on those who dwell here.”
So they returned this word to the king.
Josiah Restores True Worship
The king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. The king went to the temple with men from Judah and those living in Jerusalem, even the priests and Levites and all the people from the famous to the unknown, and he read within their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.
He appointed all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin to carry this out, and those living in Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God.
Josiah took away all the detestable things from the lands that belonged to the people of Israel and caused everyone in Israel to serve their Lord God. And all his days they did not turn away from the Lord God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
2 and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left.
3 And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.
4 And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that [are] on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,
5 and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,
6 and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
7 And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
8 And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God.
9 And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
10 and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of Jehovah, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of Jehovah, to repair and to strengthen the house;
11 and they give [it] to artificers, and to builders, to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams to the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,
13 and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
14 And in their bringing out the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, hath Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by the hand of Moses,
15 and Hilkiah answereth and saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;' and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan,
16 and Shaphan bringeth in the book unto the king, and bringeth the king back word again, saying, `All that hath been given into the hand of thy servants they are doing,
17 and they pour out the money that is found in the house of Jehovah, and give it into the hand of those appointed, and into the hands of those doing the work.'
18 And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth in it before the king.
19 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,
20 and the king commandeth Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,
21 `Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great [is] the fury of Jehovah that is poured on us, because that our fathers kept not the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written on this book.'
22 And Hilkiah goeth, and they of the king, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second, and they speak unto her thus.
23 And she saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,
24 Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the book that they read before the king of Judah;
25 because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.
26 `And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him: Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, whose words thou hast heard:
27 Because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah.
28 Lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy graves in peace, and thine eyes do not look on all the evil that I am bringing upon this place, and upon its inhabitants;' and they bring the king back word.
29 And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
30 and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even unto small, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.
31 And the king standeth on his station, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this book.
32 And he presenteth every one who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And Josiah turneth aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causeth every one who is found in Israel to serve, to serve Jehovah their God; all his days they turned not aside from after Jehovah, God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 35:1-27 Josiah kept Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem; they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the 14th day of the 1st month. He appointed priests for duties and encouraged them in service in the temple. He said to the Levites who were consecrated to the Lord, “Set the holy ark in the house that Solomon, the son of David and king of Israel, built. You should not carry it on your shoulders. Serve the Lord and Israel. Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by divisions, as instructed in the writing of David, king of Israel, and the document of Solomon his son. Stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the fathers’ households of your brothers, laymen, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household. Slaughter the Passover lamb and consecrate yourselves and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.”
Josiah (of his own possession) contributed to the laypeople, Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the tune of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls. His officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 lambs and 300 bulls. Konaniah, his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and 500 bulls.
The priests stood in their positions and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command. They slaughtered the Passover offerings, and the priests sprinkled the blood given to them while the Levites skinned animals. They set aside the burnt offering to distribute according to each house of the fathers for the people to bring to the Lord, as written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the bulls. They cooked the Passover lamb with fire accordingly, and they cooked the holy offerings in pots, jars, bowls, and quickly brought them to all the people. Afterward they prepared the offerings for them and the priests because the priests, the sons of Aaron, offered burnt offerings and fat portions until night. So the Levites prepared for themselves and the priests, the sons of Aaron.
The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their positions according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers were at each of the gates; they did not need to leave their posts, for their brothers the Levites made preparations for them.
All the service of the Lord was carried out that day for Passover, and to offer the burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord according to the command of King Josiah. The sons of Israel who were present had the Passover at that time and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 days. Passover had been performed like this in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. And none of the kings of Israel had performed a Passover like Josiah had done. And the priests and Levites and all Judah and Israel were present along with those living in Jerusalem. In the 18th year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was performed.
After all this when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt went up to war in Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went to meet him. Necho sent messengers to him saying, “What is there between you and me, king of Judah? I am not fighting you this day. God has commanded that I hurry. Refrain from being against God who is on my side so that He does not destroy you.”
Josiah did not turn away but fought against him disguised. He did not listen to the words of Necho that came from the mouth of God, but he came to battle in the plain of Megiddo.
The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away for I am severely wounded.” Then his servants took him from the chariot, and they set him in a second chariot, and they brought him to Jerusalem. He died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Jeremiah composed a dirge for Josiah, and all the male and female singers speak of Josiah in their laments to the date of this written record. They set them as a statute over Israel.
And the remainder of the acts of Josiah, his deeds and covenant faithfulness, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord, his acts from beginning to end are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
2 and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
3 and saith to the Levites -- who are teaching all Israel -- who are sanctified to Jehovah, `Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. `Now, serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel,
4 and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,
5 and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,
6 and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.'
7 And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these [are] from the substance of the king.
8 And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred;
9 and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.
10 And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king,
11 and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;
12 and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses -- and so to the oxen.
13 And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans -- for all the sons of the people.
14 And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, [are] in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron.
15 And the singers, sons of Asaph, [are] on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers [are] at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.
16 And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.
17 And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.
18 And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.
20 After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;
21 and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who [is] with me, and He doth not destroy thee.'
22 And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;
23 and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.'
24 And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,
25 and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.
26 And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah,
27 even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Josiah (of his own possession) contributed to the laypeople, Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the tune of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls. His officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 lambs and 300 bulls. Konaniah, his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and 500 bulls.
The priests stood in their positions and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command. They slaughtered the Passover offerings, and the priests sprinkled the blood given to them while the Levites skinned animals. They set aside the burnt offering to distribute according to each house of the fathers for the people to bring to the Lord, as written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the bulls. They cooked the Passover lamb with fire accordingly, and they cooked the holy offerings in pots, jars, bowls, and quickly brought them to all the people. Afterward they prepared the offerings for them and the priests because the priests, the sons of Aaron, offered burnt offerings and fat portions until night. So the Levites prepared for themselves and the priests, the sons of Aaron.
The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their positions according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers were at each of the gates; they did not need to leave their posts, for their brothers the Levites made preparations for them.
All the service of the Lord was carried out that day for Passover, and to offer the burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord according to the command of King Josiah. The sons of Israel who were present had the Passover at that time and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 days. Passover had been performed like this in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. And none of the kings of Israel had performed a Passover like Josiah had done. And the priests and Levites and all Judah and Israel were present along with those living in Jerusalem. In the 18th year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was performed.
After all this when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt went up to war in Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went to meet him. Necho sent messengers to him saying, “What is there between you and me, king of Judah? I am not fighting you this day. God has commanded that I hurry. Refrain from being against God who is on my side so that He does not destroy you.”
Josiah did not turn away but fought against him disguised. He did not listen to the words of Necho that came from the mouth of God, but he came to battle in the plain of Megiddo.
The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away for I am severely wounded.” Then his servants took him from the chariot, and they set him in a second chariot, and they brought him to Jerusalem. He died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Jeremiah composed a dirge for Josiah, and all the male and female singers speak of Josiah in their laments to the date of this written record. They set them as a statute over Israel.
And the remainder of the acts of Josiah, his deeds and covenant faithfulness, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord, his acts from beginning to end are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
2 and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
3 and saith to the Levites -- who are teaching all Israel -- who are sanctified to Jehovah, `Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. `Now, serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel,
4 and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,
5 and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,
6 and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.'
7 And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these [are] from the substance of the king.
8 And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred;
9 and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.
10 And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king,
11 and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;
12 and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses -- and so to the oxen.
13 And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans -- for all the sons of the people.
14 And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, [are] in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron.
15 And the singers, sons of Asaph, [are] on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers [are] at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.
16 And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.
17 And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.
18 And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.
20 After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;
21 and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who [is] with me, and He doth not destroy thee.'
22 And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;
23 and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.'
24 And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,
25 and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.
26 And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah,
27 even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
2 Chronicles 36:1-23 Josiah's son Joahaz was anointed king in Jerusalem at age 23. He ruled in Jerusalem for 3 months. King Neco of Egypt captured him and made Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute. Neco made Joahaz' brother Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Joahaz was taken to Egypt by Neco.
Jehoiakim was 25 when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He sinned against God. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains. Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon. Everything that Jehoiakim did, including his disgusting practices and the evil he committed, were recorded in The annuals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 3 months, 10 days. He also sinned against God. When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He sinned against the Lord and did not listen humbly to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.
Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God's name that he would be loyal. He stubbornly refused to repent and return God. Additionally, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the surrounding nations by worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, made holy by God. The Lord continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple. But they ridiculed God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the Lord's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.
The Lord brought the king of Babylon to attack them. The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He showed no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him. The king of Babylon looted the Temple, the Temple treasury, and the wealth of the king and his officials --- taking everything back to Babylon. He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces, and tore down the city wall. He took all the survivors to Babylonia, where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire. The Lord prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled: “The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed.”
In the 1st year that Cyrus of Persia was emperor, the Lord made what he had said through the prophet Jeremiah come true. He prompted Cyrus to issue the following command and sent out the proclamation to be read aloud throughout his empire:
“This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The Lord, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah. Now, all of you who are God's people, go there, and may the Lord your God be with you.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
2 A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
3 and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;
4 and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.
5 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God;
6 against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.
7 And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.
8 And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he hath done, and that which is found against him, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and reign doth Jehoiachin his son in his stead.
9 A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;
10 and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
12 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God, he hath not been humbled before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah;
13 and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
14 Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.
15 And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,
16 and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.
17 And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes -- the whole he hath brought in to Babylon.
19 And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.
20 And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,
21 to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.
22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
23 `Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; who is among you of all His people? Jehovah his God [is] with him, and he doth go up.'
Jehoiakim was 25 when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He sinned against God. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains. Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon. Everything that Jehoiakim did, including his disgusting practices and the evil he committed, were recorded in The annuals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 3 months, 10 days. He also sinned against God. When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He sinned against the Lord and did not listen humbly to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.
Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God's name that he would be loyal. He stubbornly refused to repent and return God. Additionally, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the surrounding nations by worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, made holy by God. The Lord continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple. But they ridiculed God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the Lord's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.
The Lord brought the king of Babylon to attack them. The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He showed no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him. The king of Babylon looted the Temple, the Temple treasury, and the wealth of the king and his officials --- taking everything back to Babylon. He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces, and tore down the city wall. He took all the survivors to Babylonia, where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire. The Lord prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled: “The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed.”
In the 1st year that Cyrus of Persia was emperor, the Lord made what he had said through the prophet Jeremiah come true. He prompted Cyrus to issue the following command and sent out the proclamation to be read aloud throughout his empire:
“This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The Lord, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah. Now, all of you who are God's people, go there, and may the Lord your God be with you.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
2 A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
3 and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;
4 and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.
5 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God;
6 against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.
7 And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.
8 And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he hath done, and that which is found against him, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and reign doth Jehoiachin his son in his stead.
9 A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;
10 and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
12 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God, he hath not been humbled before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah;
13 and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
14 Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.
15 And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,
16 and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.
17 And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes -- the whole he hath brought in to Babylon.
19 And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.
20 And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,
21 to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.
22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
23 `Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; who is among you of all His people? Jehovah his God [is] with him, and he doth go up.'
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Book of Ezra
Author: The Book of Ezra does not specifically name its author. The tradition is that the prophet Ezra wrote the Book of Ezra. It is interesting to note that once Ezra appears on the scene in chapter 7, the author of the Book of Ezra switches from writing in the third person to first person. This would also lend credibility to Ezra being the author.
Date of Writing: The Book of Ezra was likely written between 460 and 440 B.C
Ezra 1:1-11 The Lord inspired the king of Persia to make an announcement throughout his whole kingdom and then to put it in writing. This would fulfill Jeremiah's prophetic message from God in Cyrus’ first year as king of Persia.
King Cyrus of Persia said: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the world. Then ordered me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem (in Judah). May God be with all of you who are his people. You may go to Jerusalem (in Judah) and build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem. All who choose to remain behind, wherever they may be living, should provide those leaving with silver, gold, supplies, livestock, and freewill offerings to be used in God’s temple in Jerusalem.
The heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone God had inspired—came forward to rebuild the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. All their neighbors remaining behind provided them with articles made from silver and gold, supplies, livestock, and valuable gifts besides everything that was freely offered. King Cyrus brought out the utensils belonging to the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar had taken these utensils from Jerusalem and placed them in the temple of his own god. King Cyrus of Persia put the treasurer Mithredath in charge of bringing them out. Mithredath listed them for Prince Sheshbazzar of Judah. The inventory:
gold dishes—30
silver dishes—1,000
knives—29
gold bowls—30
other silver bowls—410
other utensils—1,000
gold and silver utensils totaled 5,400.
Sheshbazzar took all this with him as the exiles left Babylon to return to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
2 `Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;
3 who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel -- He [is] God -- that [is] in Jerusalem.
4 `And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.'
5 And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;
6 and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.
7 And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods;
8 yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
9 And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
10 basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Author: The Book of Ezra does not specifically name its author. The tradition is that the prophet Ezra wrote the Book of Ezra. It is interesting to note that once Ezra appears on the scene in chapter 7, the author of the Book of Ezra switches from writing in the third person to first person. This would also lend credibility to Ezra being the author.
Date of Writing: The Book of Ezra was likely written between 460 and 440 B.C
Ezra 1:1-11 The Lord inspired the king of Persia to make an announcement throughout his whole kingdom and then to put it in writing. This would fulfill Jeremiah's prophetic message from God in Cyrus’ first year as king of Persia.
King Cyrus of Persia said: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the world. Then ordered me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem (in Judah). May God be with all of you who are his people. You may go to Jerusalem (in Judah) and build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem. All who choose to remain behind, wherever they may be living, should provide those leaving with silver, gold, supplies, livestock, and freewill offerings to be used in God’s temple in Jerusalem.
The heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone God had inspired—came forward to rebuild the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. All their neighbors remaining behind provided them with articles made from silver and gold, supplies, livestock, and valuable gifts besides everything that was freely offered. King Cyrus brought out the utensils belonging to the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar had taken these utensils from Jerusalem and placed them in the temple of his own god. King Cyrus of Persia put the treasurer Mithredath in charge of bringing them out. Mithredath listed them for Prince Sheshbazzar of Judah. The inventory:
gold dishes—30
silver dishes—1,000
knives—29
gold bowls—30
other silver bowls—410
other utensils—1,000
gold and silver utensils totaled 5,400.
Sheshbazzar took all this with him as the exiles left Babylon to return to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
2 `Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;
3 who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel -- He [is] God -- that [is] in Jerusalem.
4 `And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.'
5 And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;
6 and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.
7 And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods;
8 yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
9 And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
10 basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezra 2:1-70 These are the people of the province who came from the captivity of the exiles. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon originally took captives these Babylon (decendants returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):
The list of the men of the people of Israel:
Descendants of Parosh 2,172
" of Shephatiah 372
" of Arah 775
" of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812
" of Elam 1,254
" of Zattu 945
" of Zakkai 760
" of Bani 642
" of Bebai 623
" of Azgad 1,222
" of Adonikam 666
" of Bigvai 2,056
" of Adin 454
" of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98
" of Bezai 323
" of Jorah 112
" of Hashum 223
" of Gibbar 95
" of Bethlehem 123
" of Netophah 56
" of Anathoth 128
" of Azmaveth 42
" of Kiriath Jearim,[a] Kephirah and Beeroth 743
" of Ramah and Geba 621
" of Mikmash 122
" of Bethel and A.I. 223
" of Nebo 52
" of Magbish 156
" of the other Elam 1,254
" of Harim 320
" of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725
" of Jericho 345
" of Senaah 3,630
Those of the priesthood:
Descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973
" of Immer 1,052
" of Pashhur 1,247
" of Harim 1,017
Levites:
Descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74
Musicians:
Descendants of Asaph 128
Temple gatekeepers:
Descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139
Temple servants:
Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha
Solomon's servants:
Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
Temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, of unverifiable linage from Israel:
Descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652
And from among the priests:
The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unfit. The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
The entire company numbered 42,360, 65 besides their 7,337 male & female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
They took 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site ---- in accordance with their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.
The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their ancestral municipalities.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And these [are] sons of the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city --
2 who have come in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah: The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 Sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
4 Sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
5 Sons of Arah, seven hundred five and seventy.
6 Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 Sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8 Sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty and five.
9 Sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
10 Sons of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11 Sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12 Sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13 Sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14 Sons of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 Sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16 Sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17 Sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18 Sons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.
19 Sons of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
20 Sons of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21 Sons of Beth-Lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
22 Men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 Men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
24 Sons of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25 Sons of Kirjath-Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26 Sons of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
27 Men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.
28 Men of Beth-El and A.I., two hundred twenty and three.
29 Sons of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 Sons of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.
31 Sons of another Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32 Sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 Sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34 Sons of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35 Sons of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36 The Priests: sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
37 Sons of Imner, a thousand fifty and two.
38 Sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39 Sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites; sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
41 The singers: sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.
42 Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole [are] a hundred thirty and nine.
43 The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth,
44 Sons of Keros, sons of Siaha, sons of Padon,
45 Sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagabah, sons of Akkub,
46 Sons of Hagab, sons of Shalmai, sons of Hanan,
47 Sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar, sons of Reaiah,
48 Sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda, sons of Gazzam,
49 Sons of Uzza, sons of Paseah, sons of Besai,
50 Sons of Asnah, sons of Mehunim, sons of Nephusim,
51 Sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur,
52 Sons of Bazluth, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha,
53 Sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Thamah,
54 Sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha.
55 Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Peruda,
56 Sons of Jaalah, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,
57 Sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Ami.
58 All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon [are] three hundred ninety and two.
59 And these [are] those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel:
60 sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
61 And of the sons of the priests: sons of Habaiah, sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai (who took from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name;)
62 these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
63 and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64 All the assembly together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred.
66 Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty and six, their mules, two hundred forty and five,
67 their camels, four hundred thirty and five, asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base;
69 according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.
70 And the priests dwell, and the Levites, and of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.
The list of the men of the people of Israel:
Descendants of Parosh 2,172
" of Shephatiah 372
" of Arah 775
" of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812
" of Elam 1,254
" of Zattu 945
" of Zakkai 760
" of Bani 642
" of Bebai 623
" of Azgad 1,222
" of Adonikam 666
" of Bigvai 2,056
" of Adin 454
" of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98
" of Bezai 323
" of Jorah 112
" of Hashum 223
" of Gibbar 95
" of Bethlehem 123
" of Netophah 56
" of Anathoth 128
" of Azmaveth 42
" of Kiriath Jearim,[a] Kephirah and Beeroth 743
" of Ramah and Geba 621
" of Mikmash 122
" of Bethel and A.I. 223
" of Nebo 52
" of Magbish 156
" of the other Elam 1,254
" of Harim 320
" of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725
" of Jericho 345
" of Senaah 3,630
Those of the priesthood:
Descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973
" of Immer 1,052
" of Pashhur 1,247
" of Harim 1,017
Levites:
Descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74
Musicians:
Descendants of Asaph 128
Temple gatekeepers:
Descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139
Temple servants:
Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha
Solomon's servants:
Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
Temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, of unverifiable linage from Israel:
Descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652
And from among the priests:
The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unfit. The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
The entire company numbered 42,360, 65 besides their 7,337 male & female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
They took 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site ---- in accordance with their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.
The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their ancestral municipalities.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And these [are] sons of the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city --
2 who have come in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah: The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 Sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
4 Sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
5 Sons of Arah, seven hundred five and seventy.
6 Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 Sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8 Sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty and five.
9 Sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
10 Sons of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11 Sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12 Sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13 Sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14 Sons of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 Sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16 Sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17 Sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18 Sons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.
19 Sons of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
20 Sons of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21 Sons of Beth-Lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
22 Men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 Men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
24 Sons of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25 Sons of Kirjath-Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26 Sons of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
27 Men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.
28 Men of Beth-El and A.I., two hundred twenty and three.
29 Sons of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 Sons of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.
31 Sons of another Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32 Sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 Sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34 Sons of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35 Sons of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36 The Priests: sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
37 Sons of Imner, a thousand fifty and two.
38 Sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39 Sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites; sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
41 The singers: sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.
42 Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole [are] a hundred thirty and nine.
43 The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth,
44 Sons of Keros, sons of Siaha, sons of Padon,
45 Sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagabah, sons of Akkub,
46 Sons of Hagab, sons of Shalmai, sons of Hanan,
47 Sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar, sons of Reaiah,
48 Sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda, sons of Gazzam,
49 Sons of Uzza, sons of Paseah, sons of Besai,
50 Sons of Asnah, sons of Mehunim, sons of Nephusim,
51 Sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur,
52 Sons of Bazluth, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha,
53 Sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Thamah,
54 Sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha.
55 Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Peruda,
56 Sons of Jaalah, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,
57 Sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Ami.
58 All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon [are] three hundred ninety and two.
59 And these [are] those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel:
60 sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
61 And of the sons of the priests: sons of Habaiah, sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai (who took from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name;)
62 these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
63 and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64 All the assembly together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred.
66 Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty and six, their mules, two hundred forty and five,
67 their camels, four hundred thirty and five, asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base;
69 according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.
70 And the priests dwell, and the Levites, and of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Names, names, names; as important as your whole thread !
You are boring, pal; don't you concede who are you here?
You are boring, pal; don't you concede who are you here?
LittleNipper wrote:Ezra 2:1-70
Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha Sotai,
Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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Re: Bible verse by verse
ludwigm wrote:Names, names, names; as important as your whole thread !
You are boring, pal; don't you concede who are you here?LittleNipper wrote:Ezra 2:1-70
Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha Sotai,
Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
I do not see why you have such an aversion to God dealing with average common people. Names, histories, events and places is what ties us all together. The Bible is not some Hollywood movie, but even there, Lord of the Rings is tied together by names ---- people, places, and rings.
If you are bored, it might be that you do not see yourself portrayed. Perhaps you are not willing to find yourself in the fine print... 
The Bible is a paper trail. And I must admit that occasionally all works of art or historical events get a bit tedious --- as one seeks out the why, how, and where. And if you notice, the name are clustered together and so one can easily skim over Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha Sotai. But one maybe missing a fine name for some future grandchild. I like Padon! 
In Bible the meaning of the name Padon is: His redemption; ox-yokeSeraiah or Sraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince of the LORD"
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Re: Bible verse by verse
LittleNipper wrote:Ezra 2:1-70
Names, names, names;
ludwigm wrote:Names, names, names; as important as your whole thread !
You are boring, pal; don't you concede who are you here?
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Why? because there is no such thing as god.LittleNipper wrote:I do not see why you have such an aversion to God dealing with average common people.
REAL names, REAL histories, REAL events, REAL places...LittleNipper wrote:Names, histories, events and places is what ties us all together.
It is worse.LittleNipper wrote:The Bible is not some Hollywood movie
This is called cultural environment...LittleNipper wrote:If you are bored, it might be that you do not see yourself portrayed. Perhaps you are not willing to find yourself in the fine print...
God forbid! Our 20 (yes, twenty) grandchildren have sane names.LittleNipper wrote:And if you notice, the name are clustered together and so one can easily skim over Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha Sotai. But one maybe missing a fine name for some future grandchild.
by the way for Bazluth see bazmeg on wiktionary or google translate
I am sorry for you...LittleNipper wrote:I like Padon!
Seraiah or Sraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince of the LORD"
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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Re: Bible verse by verse
ludwigm wrote:LittleNipper wrote:Ezra 2:1-70
Names, names, names;ludwigm wrote:Names, names, names; as important as your whole thread !
You are boring, pal; don't you concede who are you here?
------------Why? because there is no such thing as god.LittleNipper wrote:I do not see why you have such an aversion to God dealing with average common people.REAL names, REAL histories, REAL events, REAL places...LittleNipper wrote:Names, histories, events and places is what ties us all together.It is worse.LittleNipper wrote:The Bible is not some Hollywood movieThis is called cultural environment...LittleNipper wrote:If you are bored, it might be that you do not see yourself portrayed. Perhaps you are not willing to find yourself in the fine print...God forbid! Our 20 (yes, twenty) grandchildren have sane names.LittleNipper wrote:And if you notice, the name are clustered together and so one can easily skim over Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah and Hatipha Sotai. But one maybe missing a fine name for some future grandchild.
by the way for Bazluth see bazmeg on wiktionary or google translateI am sorry for you...LittleNipper wrote:I like Padon!
Seraiah or Sraya (שְׂרָיָה "Soldier/Prince of the LORD"
So, you tell your 20 grandchildren that when they die they are just gone!?!? No God equals no one to care!?!?! I feel sorry for your grandchildren.