Ezra 8:2 - Prayer Tents

Ezra 8

People Who Went with Ezra

8THESE ARE the heads of their fathers' houses and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia in the reign of King Artaxerxes:H7218H1H3187H5927H894H4438H783H44282Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of Ithamar, Daniel; of David, HattushH1121H6372H1647H1121H385H1840H1121H1732H24073Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men by genealogy;H1121H7935H1121H6551H2148H3187H2145H3967H25724Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, with 200 men;H1121H6355H454H1121H2228H3967H21455Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, with 300 men;H1121H7935H1121H3166H7969H3967H21456Of the sons of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, with 50 men;H1121H5720H5651H1121H3129H2572H21457Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with 70 men;H1121H5867H3470H1121H6271H7657H21458Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, with 80 men;H1121H8203H2069H1121H4317H8084H21459Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, with 218 men;H1121H3097H5662H1121H3171H3967H8083H6240H214510Of the sons of [Bani], Shelomith son of Josiphiah, with 160 men;H1121H8019H1121H3131H3967H8346H214511Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, with 28 men;H1121H893H2148H1121H893H6242H8083H214512Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, with 110 men;H1121H5803H3110H1121H6997H3967H6235H214513Of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, their names are Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with 60 men;H314H1121H140H8034H467H3273H8098H8346H214514Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud [Zaccur], with 70 men.H1121H902H5793H2072H2139H7657H2145

Ezra Sends for Levites

15I [Ezra] gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, and there we encamped three days. I reviewed the people and the priests, and found no Levites.H6908H5104H935H163H2583H7969H3117H995H5971H3548H4672H1121H387816Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, Meshullam, who were chief men, and also for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.H7971H461H740H8098H494H3402H494H5416H2148H4918H7218H3114H494H99517And I sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them to say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim [temple servants] at the place Casiphia, Bring to us servants for the house of our God.H6680H3318H112H7218H4725H3703H7760H6310H1697H1696H112H251H5411H5411H4725H3703H935H8334H1004H43018And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his kinsmen, 18;H2896H3027H430H935H376H7922H1121H4249H1121H3878H1121H3478H8274H1121H251H8083H624019And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;H2811H3470H1121H4847H251H1121H624220Also 220 of the Nethinim, whose forefathers David and the officials had set apart [with their descendants] to attend the Levites. They were all mentioned by name.H5411H1732H8269H5414H5656H3881H3967H6242H5411H5344H8034

Protection of God Invoked

21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight {and} right way for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.H7121H6685H5104H163H6031H6440H430H1245H3477H1870H2945H739922For I was ashamed to request of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, The hand of our God is upon all them for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.H954H7592H4428H2428H6571H5826H341H1870H559H4428H559H3027H430H2896H1245H5797H639H580023So we fasted and besought our God for this, and He heard our entreaty.H6684H1245H430H627924Then I set apart twelve leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen,H914H8147H6240H8269H3548H8274H2811H6235H25125And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered.H8254H3701H2091H3627H8641H1004H430H4428H3289H8269H3478H4672H731126I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold;H8254H3027H8337H3967H2572H3603H3701H3701H3627H3967H3603H2091H3967H360327Also 20 basins of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.H6242H3713H2091H505H150H8147H3627H2896H6668H5178H2532H209128And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord, the vessels are holy also, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.H559H6944H3068H3627H6944H3701H2091H5071H3068H430H129Guard and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord.H8245H8104H8254H6440H8269H3548H3881H8269H1H3478H3389H3957H1004H306830So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.H6901H3548H3881H4948H3701H2091H3627H935H3389H1004H43031We left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the enemy and those who lay in wait by the way.H5265H5104H163H8147H6240H7223H2320H3212H3389H3027H430H5337H3709H341H693H187032And we came to Jerusalem, and [had been] there three days.H935H3389H3427H7969H3117

Treasure Placed in the Temple

33On the fourth day, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui--the Levites.H7243H3117H3701H2091H3627H8254H1004H430H3027H4822H1121H223H3548H499H1121H6372H3107H1121H3442H5129H1121H1131H388134Every piece was counted and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at once.H4557H4948H4948H3789H625635Also those returned exiles whose parents had been carried into captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve young bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.H1121H1473H935H7628H7126H5930H430H3478H8147H6240H6499H3478H8673H8337H352H7657H7651H3532H8147H6240H6842H2403H5930H306836And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants and to the governors west of the River, and they aided the people and God's house.H5414H4428H1881H4428H323H6346H5676H5104H5375H5971H1004H430