36 *Then athe people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt †put him down at Jerusalem, and †condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 *And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5 *bJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 cAgainst him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in ||fetters, to dcarry him to Babylon. 7 *eNebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 fNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and ||Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

9 gJehoiachin was height years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 *And †when the year was expired, iking Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, kwith the †goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made ||lZedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 mZedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before nJeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. 13 *And he also orebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, pwho had made him swear by God: but he qstiffened his neck, and rhardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, stransgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And the Lord God of their fathers tsent to them †by his messengers, rising up ||betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they umocked the messengers of God, and xdespised his words, and ymisused his prophets, until zthe wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no †remedy. 17 aTherefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who bslew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or chim that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 18 And dall the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 *eAnd they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the fpalaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the ggoodly vessels thereof. 20 *And †hthem that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where ithey were servants to him and his sons until kthe reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of lJeremiah, until mthe land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate nshe kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

22 oNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 *Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.

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1 *Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord aby the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, bthat he †made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath ccharged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, d(he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place †help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit eGod had fraised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them ||strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with gprecious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 hAlso Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, iwhich Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth jby the hand of kMithredath the ltreasurer, and numbered them unto mSheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty nknives, 10 Thirty obasons of gold, silver basons of a second sort nfour hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were pfive thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of †the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

2 *Now athese are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, bwhom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with cZerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, ||Seraiah, ||Reelaiah, dMordecai, Bilshan, ||Mispar, Bigvai, ||Rehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of eParosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of fShephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of gArah, gseven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of hPahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua iand Joab, two thousand eight hundred and gtwelve. 7 The children of jElam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of kZattu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of lZaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of ||Bani, six hundred forty and mtwo. 11 The children of nBebai, six hundred twenty and mthree. 12 The children of oAzgad, a mthousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of oAdonikam, six hundred sixty and msix. 14 The children of pBigvai, two thousand mfifty and six. 15 The children of pAdin, mfour hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of qAter of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of qBezai, three hundred twenty and rthree. 18 The children of ||Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 19 The children of sHashum, rtwo hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of ||Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of tBeth-lehem, an hundred rtwenty and three. 22 The men of uNetophah, tfifty and six. 23 The men of vAnathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of ||Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of wxKirjath-arim, xChephirah, and xBeeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of yRamah and yGeba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of zMichmas, an hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of aBeth-el and Ai, btwo hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of cNebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of dMagbish, an hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of ethe other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of fLod, ||gHadid, and fOno, seven hundred twenty and hfive. 34 The children of iJericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of jSenaah, three thousand and ksix hundred and thirty.

36 The priests: the children of lJedaiah, of the house of mJeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of nImmer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of oPashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of pHarim, a thousand and seventeen.

40 The Levites: the children of qJeshua and qKadmiel, of the children of ||Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers: the children of rAsaph, an hundred stwenty and eight. 42 The children of the tporters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and snine.

43 The uNethinims: the children of xZiha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of ||Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of ||Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of yPaseah, the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of ||Nephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of ||Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

55 The children of zSolomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of ||Peruda, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of aZebaim, the children of ||Ami. 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, ||Addan, band Immer: but they could not cshew their father’s house, and their ||seed, whether they were of Israel: 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred dfifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of eKoz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of fBarzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore †were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the ||Tirshatha said unto them, that they gshould not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with hUrim and with Thummim.

64 The whole congregation together was iforty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them ktwo hundred singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: 69 They gave after their ability unto the ltreasure of the work mthreescore and one thousand ndrams of gold, and five thousand opound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.