26 And whoſoever will not do the law of thy God, ang:the law of the king «, let judgment be executed ſpeedily upon him, 2h:ther it be unto death, or + to,
KD bahiſhmenc, "or coconhiſcation of goods, or to impri- | To wit concerning theſe matters Or, which Law of Gad is by ; Fiiszhyrlandion now become 'my Law allo, to which I expect their unQualiand ready obedience. For as for the Civil Laws of the mpuse,; Ezra neither was skilful in them, 'nor was intruſted with
tae Execution of them, which was committed to other hands. 27''Blefſſed be the LORD God of our Fathers, which hath-pur ſach a thing as this in the kings heart, . to beaurifie the houſe. of. the LORD, which 5 in Jeruſalem;
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the
king-andhis counſellors,and before all the kings mighty pritices;;” and TI was firengthened as the hand of the
LORTfmy God was upon me, and I gathered together
outof all {rael chief men to go up with me.
yg Re 2 i G04 p. VIE:
_ Companions who returned from Babylon, 1——=14. He ſexdeth to Talks for Levites ts be Miniſters for the Temple, 15 20. He keepeth
' & Faſt-ar * Arw08, 2123» Hs committeth the Treaſures to the
© Ciiftody*of. the Priefts, 24——30. From Ahava they come to Feruſa- ak Ina 132, Tie. Treaſure is weighed in the Temple, 33 35. The l ©. Commiſſion is delivered 0" the” Adverſaries, and they further the Houſe
I al
"T Heſ& &re now the chief of their Fathers, and th;* =. 55 the genealogy of them that went up with me
, from Babylon, in-the reign of Artaxerxes the king. = 2: Of the ſons of Phineas ;/ Gerſhom : of the {ons of
+Ichamar : Daniel : of the ſons of David ; Hattuſh,
"© Fl Of the ſons'of- Shechaniah:- of the ſons of * Pha- roſh 2; Zecharia'- and' wich him* were reckoned by genealogy of the miles b, an hundred and fifry.
a i. e. One of the Soas of Pharoſt': whereby he is diffcrenced from the ether Shechanish, ve 5. b: Though che Males only be Cx- preſſed here, and in'rhe ſuccetding Verſes, yer it is more than pro- bable they carried the Women aloag with them, as they d:d car-
ry lit:l: ones, as it is exprelſcd here, v. 21.
\* 4 Of the ſons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai, che ſon of Zerahiah, and with him two hundr cd males.
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Requeſt.
what they ſhould ſay unto Iddo, and to his brethren the pon way Nethinims, at the place Caſiphia, that they ſhould ,,,yy, bring unto us miniſters for the houſe of our God» : £ Which he might do, partly by virtue of that Authority whick he had over them by his Prieſthood ; and partly by that Authority which le either had received, or could eaſily procure from the King to that purpoſe. þ The head of the reſt, either by Ecc'cſia* ſtical Order or Government, which the Perſian Kings allowed ta the Jews; 6r by ſome Grant or Commiſſion from the King. : Not 2 place near the Caſpian Lake, as ſome gueſs from the likeneſs of the names; for that was at tod great a diſtance for his preſent pur poſe, but ſome other place not far from Ahavs ; where he knew that there was a Colledge, or conſiderable company of Levites together. 18' And by the good hand of our Ged upon us, they brought us a man of underftanding,of the ſons of Mahli the ſon of Levi, the ſon of Iſrael and Sherebia, with his ſons, and with his brethren, eighteen ; ED: 19 And Haſbabiah, and with him Jeſhajali of the ſons of Merari; his brethren and their ſons, twenty, # Gee 20.* Alfo of the Nethinims, whom David and the a, (;, princes had appointed for the ſervice of the Levites &;
wo hundred and twenty Nethinims : all of them were
expreſſed: by name. i
k The Gibeonites who were devoted to this Service by. Joſs, and the Princes of his time, Joſ. 9. 21: and are ſaid to be appointed by David and his Princes, becauſe ehey were confirmed by them
in their former Office, and more particularly applied to the ſeveral
Services of the Temple: Though. this be nor diſtinctly related in 1 Chy. 24: & 25, & 26. becauſe his buſineſs there was to give an ac-
count only of the new Conſtitutions and Alterations made by De* vid in thoſe matters.
' 21 Then I proclaimed a faft there, at the river Aha-
va, that we might aMi& our ſelves before our God, to ſeek of him a right way / for us, and for our little ones, ' and for all our fubſtance.
17. e. A ſafe and proſperous Journey ; or ſuch a way and courſe
as might be beſt for us.
22 For I was aſhamed to require of the king a band
of Soldiers and Horſemen, to belp us againſt the enemy in the way: Þecauſe we had ſpoken unto the king, fay- ings, The hand of our God is upon all them for good, that ſeek him, but his power and his wrath 5s againft all them that forſake him.
23 So we faſted and beſought our God for this, and
he was intreated of us mx.
»» Hz gave us ſome Aſſurance of his gracious Anſwer to our
24 Then
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I2 And of the ſons of Azgad ; Johanan || the ſon of | Or, the,
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| Chap» 13:
24 Then [ ſeparated twelve of the chief of the prieſts,
Sherebiah, Haſbabiah ; and ten of their brethren with
them 7: |
un Or, and Sherebiah, &c. who were the Levites mentioned v 18.
who were joynrly intruſted together with the Prieſts with the
charge of carrying theſe things carefully and ſafely. The Particle and, 1s oft underſtood,
25 And weighed unto them the filver 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. . . _
26 I even weighed unto their hand, ſix hundted and ſifty ralents of 11ilver, and ſilver veſſels an hundred ta- lents, and of gold an hundred talents :
27 Alſo twenty baſons of gold, of athouſand drams, #Hebz!- and two veſſels of + fine copper, + precious as gold o. lm,orſpin= o Heb. deſirable as gold; not that it was of equal price and worth ing braſs. with it- bur for irs incomparable Excellency in its kind, and for
+ Heb» its great Rarity, for which cauſe there were only two Veſlels of defrable. that ſort. ;
28 And I ſaid unto them, Ye are | holy unto the LORD, the veſſels are Þ holy alfo, and the filver and ainſs, The gold are a free-will-offering unto the LORD God Lev.21-6- of your fathers. te we 29 Watch ye, and keep them, untill ye weigh them #. before the chief of the prieſts, and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Iſrael at Jeruſalem, iz thecham- bers of the houſe of che LORD.