Old Testament, 2 Ezra, ed. Michael Paul Johnson, 2

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It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his presence.

The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?

Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.

The king said to me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.

Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.

Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king?

Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

2 Ezra. Old Testament. ed. Michael Paul Johnson. . 2000-2024.

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Ἔσδρας Βʹ First1KGreek (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.) — 2 focus

Καὶ οὗτοι υἱοὶ τῆς χώρας οἱ ἀναβαίνοντες ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς ἀποικίας ἧς ἀποίκισεν Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ Ἰουδὰ ἀνὴρ εἰς πόλιν αὐτοῦ·

οἳ ἦλθον μετὰ Ζοροβαβέλ, Ἰησοῦς, Νεέμιος, Ἀραίας. Ῥεελειά, Μαραθχαῖος, Βασφάμ, Μαλσάρ, Βατουσί, Βαλλειά. ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμὸς Ἰσραήλ·

υἱοὶ Φαρές, δισχίλιοι ἑκατὸν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο.

καὶ υἱοὶ Ἀσάφ, τετρακόσιοι ἑβδομήκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Ἠρά, ἑπτακόσιοι ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε·

υἱοὶ Φαλαβμωάβ, τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰησοῦε Ἰωβάβ, δισχίλιοι ὀκτακόσιοι δέκα δύο·

υἱοὶ Μαλάμ, χίλιοι διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα τέσσαρες·

υἱοὶ Ζαθουά, ἐννακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα πέντε·

υἱοὶ Ζακχού, ἑπτακόσιοι ἐξήκοντα·

υἱοὶ Βανού, ἑξακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Βαβεί, ἑξακόσιοι εἴκοσι τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Ἀσγάδ, τρισχίλιοι διακόσιοι εἴκοσι δύο·

υἱοὶ Ἀδωνικάν, ἑξακόσιοι ἐξήκοντα ἕξ· 14υἱοὶ Βαογεί, δισχίλιοι πεντήκοντα ἕξ·

υἱοὶ Ἀδίν, τετρακόσιοι πεντήκοντα τέσσαρες·

υἱοὶ Ἀτὴρ τῷ Ἑζεκίᾳ, ἐνενήκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Βασού, τριακόσιοι εἴκοσι τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Οὐρά, ἑκατὸν δέκα δύο.

υἱοὶ Ἁσέμ, διακόσιοι εἴκοσι τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Ταβέρ, ἐνενήκοντα πέντε·

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υἱοὶ Βαρθαλέεμ, ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι τρεῖς· ²²υἱοὶ Νετωφά, πεντήκοντα ἕξ·

υἱοὶ Ἀναθὼθ, ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ὀκτώ·

υἱοὶ Ἀσμώθ, τεσσεράκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Καριωθιαρόμ, Καφειρὰ καὶ Βηρώθ, ἑπτακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Ἀρὰμ καὶ Γάβαα, ἑξακόσιοι εἴκοσι εἷς·

ἄνδρες Μαχμάς, ἑκατὸν εἵκοσι δύο·

ἄνδρες Γαιθὴλ καὶ Ἀιά, διακόσιοι εἴκοσι τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Ναβού, πεντήκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Μαγεβώς, ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἕξ·

υἱοὶ Ἠλαμάρ, δισχίλιοι διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα τέσσαρες·

υἱοὶ Ἡράμ, τριακόσιοι εἴκοσι·

υἱοὶ Λόδ, Ἁρὼθ καὶ Ὠνών, ἑξακόσιοι εἴκοσι πέντε·

υἱοὶ Ἰερειά, τριακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα πέντε·

υἱοὶ Σαανά, τρισχίλιοι ἑξακόσιοι τριαάκοντα.

καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς υἱοὶ Ἰεουδὰ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰησοῖ, ἐννακόσιοι ἑβδομήκοντα τρεῖς·

υἱοὶ Ἐμμήρ, α πεντήκοντα δύο·

υἱοὶ Φασσούρ, α διακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα ἑπτά·

καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται· υἱοὶ Ἰησοῦε καὶ Καδμιὴλ τοῖς υἱοῖς Σοδουιά, ἑβδομήκοντα τέσσαρες·

οἱ ἄδοντες υἱοὶ Ἀσάφ, ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα ὀκτώ·

υἱοὶ τῶν πυλῶν υἱοὶ Σαλούμ, υἱοὶ Ἀτήρ, υἱοὶ Τελμών, υἱοὶ Ἀκούμ. υἱοὶ Ἁτητά, υἱοὶ Ἀβαού, οἱ πάντες ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἐννέα.

οἱ Ναθεινίμ· υἱοὶ Σουθιά, υἱοὶ Ἁσουφέ, υἱοὶ Ταβώθ,

υἱοὶ Καδής, υἱοὶ Σωήλ, υἱοὶ Φαδών,

υἱοὶ Λαβάνώ, υἱοὶ Ἁγαβά, υἱοὶ Ἀκαβώθ,

υἱοὶ Ἁγάβ, υἱοὶ Σαμαάν, υἱοὶ Ἁνάν,

υἱοὶ Κεδέδ, υἱοὶ Γάελ, υρὶ Ῥεήλ,

υἱοὶ Ῥασών, υἱοὶ Νεχωδά, υἱοὶ Γαζέμ,

υἱοὶ Οὐσά, υἱοὶ Φισόν, υἱοὶ Βασεί,

υἱοὶ Ἀσενά, υἱοὶ Μανωεμείν, υἱοὶ Ναφεισών,

υἱοὶ Βακκούκ, υἱοὶ Ἁφεικά, υἱοὶ Ἁρούρ,

υἱοὶ Βασαδῶε, υἱοὶ Μαουδά, υἱοὶ Ἁρησά,

υἱοὶ Βαρκούς, υἱοὶ Θέμα,

υἱοὶ Νασούς, υἱοὶ Ἁτουφά,

υἱοὶ Ἀβδησει, ⁴⁵ υἱοὶ Σατεί, υἱοὶ Ἀσεφῆραθ, υἱοὶ Φαδουρά,

θἱοὶ Ἰεηλά, υἱοὶ ⁶ Δαρκών, υἱοὶ Γεδηά,

υἱοὶ Σαφατειά, υἱοὶ Ἀτειά, υἱοὶ Ἀσεβωείν, υἱοὶ Τμεί

πάντες οἱ Ναθεινὶν καὶ υἱοὶ Ἀσεδησελμὰ τοβ

καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἀναβάντες ἀπὸ ἡερμέλεθ, ααρησά, Καρούς, Ἠδαν, Ἐμήρ· καὶ οὐκ ἡδυνάσθησαν ἀναγγεῖλαι οἶκον πατριᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ σπέρμα αὐτῶν εἰ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ εἰσίν·

υἱοὶ Λαχεά, υἱοὶ Βουά, υἱοὶ Γωβειά, υἱοὶ Nεκωδά, ἑξακόσιοι πεντήκοντα δύο.

καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἱερέων υἰρὶ Λαβειά, υἱοὶ Ἀκούς, υἱοὶ ΖαρβελθεΊ, ὅς ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Βερζελλαεὶ τοῦ Γαλααδείτου γυναῖκα καὶ ἐκλήθη ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτῶν·

οὖτοι ἐζήτησαν γραφὴν αὐτῶν οἱ μεθωεσείμ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, καὶ ἠγχιστεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερατείας.

καὶ εἶπεν Ἁθερσαὰ αὐτοῖς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων ἕως ἀναστῇ ἱερεὺς τοῖς φωτίζουσιν καὶ τοῖς τελείοις.

Μᾶσα δὲ ἡ ἐκκλησία ὡσεὶ τέσσαρες μυριάδες δισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι ἐξήκοντα,

χωρὶς δούλων αὐτῶν παιδισκῶν, οὖτοι ἑπτακισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι τριάκοντα τέσσαρες· καὶ οὗτοι ἄδοντες καὶ ᾠδαὶ διακόσιοι.

ἵπτ ποι αὐτῶν ἑπτακόσιοι τριάκοντα καὶ ἡμίονοι αὐτῶν διακόσιοι τεσσεράκοντα πέντη.

κά. μηλοι αὐτῶν τετρακόσιοι τριάκοντα πέντε· ὄνοι αὐτῶν ἑπτακόσιοι εἶκοσι.

Καὶ ἀπὸ ἀρχόντων πατριῶν ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἡκουσιάσαντο εἰς οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ στῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν αὐτοῦ·

ὡς ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν, ἔδωκαν εἰς θησαυρὸν τοῦ ἔργου χρυσίον καθαρόν· μναῖ ἓξ μυριάδες καὶ χίλιαι, καὶ ἀργυρίου μναῖ πεντακισχίλιαι, καὶ κοθωνοὶ τῶν ἱερέων ἑκατόν.

καὶ ἐκάθισαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ οἱ ἄδοντες καὶ οἱ πυλωροὶ καὶ οἱ ανιεὶμ ἐν πόλεσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν πόλεσιν αὐτῶν.

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Ezra Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 2 focus

Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.

The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.

The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.

The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.

The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.

The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.

The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.

The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.

The children of Hashum, two hundred Twenty-three.

The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.

The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.

The men of Netophah, fifty-six.

The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.

The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.

The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.

The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.

The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.

The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.

The children of Nebo, fifty-two.

The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.

The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.

The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.

The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.

The children of the porters: 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 one hundred thirty-nine.

The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,

the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,

the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,

the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.

All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.

These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.

Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.

Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;

their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Some of the heads of fathers’ [houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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