| 8:1 | These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 8:2 | Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. |
| 8:3 | Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. |
| 8:4 | Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. |
| 8:5 | Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. |
| 8:6 | Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. |
| 8:7 | And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. |
| 8:8 | And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. |
| 8:9 | Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. |
| 8:10 | And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. |
| 8:11 | And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. |
| 8:12 | And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. |
| 8:13 | And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. |
| 8:14 | Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. |
| 8:15 | And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. |
| 8:16 | Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. |
| 8:17 | And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. |
| 8:18 | And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; |
| 8:19 | And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; |
| 8:20 | Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. |
| 8:21 | Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. |
| 8:22 | For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. |
| 8:22 | 我求王撥步兵馬兵、幫助我們抵擋路上的仇敵、本以為羞恥、因我曾對王說、我們 神施恩的手、必幫助一切尋求他的．但他的能力和忿怒、必攻擊一切離棄他的。 |
| 8:22 | 我求王拨步兵马兵帮助我们抵挡路上的仇敌，本以为羞耻。因我曾对王说，我们神施恩的手必帮助一切寻求他的。但他的能力和忿怒，必攻击一切离弃他的。 |
| ezr:7:6 | This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. |
| ezr:7:9 | For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. |
| ezr:7:28 | And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. |
| ezr:8:18 | And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; |
| ezr:8:31 | Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. |
| neh:2:8 | And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. |
| neh:2:18 | Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. |
| 2ch:15:2 | And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. |
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| 8:23 | So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. |
| 8:24 | Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, |
| 8:25 | And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: |
| 8:26 | I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; |
| 8:27 | Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. |
| 8:28 | And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. |
| 8:29 | Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. |
| 8:30 | So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. |
| 8:31 | Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. |
| 8:32 | And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. |
| 8:33 | Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; |
| 8:34 | By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. |
| 8:35 | Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. |
| 8:36 | And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. |
