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And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

But he did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed vnto all the carued images, which Manasseh his father had made, and serued them;

And humbled not himselfe before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himselfe: but Amon trespassed more and more.

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon, and the people of the land made Iosiah his sonne, king in his stead.

And they rosted the Passeouer with fire, according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in cauldrons, and in pannes, and diuided them speedily among all the people.

But hee sent Embassadours to him, saying, What haue I to doe with thee, thou king of Iudah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house, wherewith I haue warre: for God commaunded mee to make haste: forbeare thee from medling with God, who is with mee, that hee destroy thee not.

Neuerthelesse Iosiah would not turne his face from him, but disguised himselfe that he might fight with him, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him sweare by God: but he stiffened his necke, and hardened his heart from turning vnto the Lord God of Israel.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his wordes, and misused his prophets, vntill the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedie.

And these were they which went vp from Tel-melah, Tel-Harfa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel.

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie, but they were not found: therefore were they as polluted, put from the priesthood.

span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="ezr.2.1" class="versetxt"> Now these are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those which had beene caried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away vnto Babylon, and came againe vnto Ierusalem and Iudah, euery one vnto his citie; Which came with Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Saraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Biguai, Rehum, Baanah: The number of the men of the people of Israel. The children of Parosh, two thousand, an hundred seuentie and two. The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seuentie and two. The children of Arah, seuen hundred, seuentie and fiue. The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelue. The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred fiftie and foure. The children of Zattu, nine hundred fourtie and fiue. The children of Zaccai, seuen hundred and threescore. The children of Bani, sixe hundred, fourtie and two. The children of Bebai, sixe hundred, twentie and three. The children of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred, twentie and two. The children of Adonikam, sixe hundred, sixtie and sixe. The children of Biguai, two thousand fiftie and sixe. The children of Adin, foure hundred, fiftie and foure. The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninetie and eight. The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. The children of Iorah, an hundred and twelue. The children of Hashum, two hundred twentie and three. The children of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue. The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie and three. The children of Netophah, fiftie and sixe. The men of Anathoth, an hundred twentie and eight. The children of Azmaueth, fortie and two. The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundred, and fourtie and three. The children of Ramah and Gaba, sixe hundred, twentie and one. The men of Michmas, an hundred, twentie and two. The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred, twentie and three. The children of Nebo, fiftie and two. The children of Magbish, an hundred fiftie and sixe. The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred, fiftie and foure. The children of Harim, three hundred and twentie. The children of Lod Hadid, and Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and fiue. The children of Iericho, three hundred fourtie and fiue. The children of Senaah, three thousand and sixe hundred and thirtie. The Priests. The children of Iedaiah, of the house of Ieshua, nine hundred, seuentie and three. The children of Immer, a thousand, fiftie and two. The children of Pashur, a thousand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen. The children of Harim, a thousand and seuenteene. The Leuites. The children of Ieshua, and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodauia, seuentie and foure. The singers. The children of Asaph, an hundred twentie and 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, an hundred thirtie and nine. The Nethinims. 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 Shalmai, 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 Mehunim, the children of Nephushim, 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 Thamah, The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The children of Solomons seruants. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, The children of Iaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons seruants, were three hundred ninetie and two. And these were they which went vp from Tel-melah, Tel-Harfa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: sixe hundred fiftie and two. And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, (which tooke a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.) These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie, but they were not found: therefore were they as polluted, put from the priesthood. And the Tirshatha said vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy things, till there stood vp a priest with Urim & with Thummim. The whole Congregation together, was fourtie and two thousand, three hundred and threescore: Beside their seruants and their maids, of whom there were seuen thousand, three hundred thirtie and seuen: and there were among them two hundred singing men, and singing women. Their horses were seuen hundred, thirtie and sixe: their mules, two hundred fourtie and fiue: Their camels, foure hundred, thirty and fiue: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundred and twentie. And some of the chiefe of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Ierusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to set it vp in his place:

From the first day of the seuenth moneth, began they to offer burnt offerings vnto the Lord: but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

But many of the Priests and Leuites, and chiefe of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seene the first house; when the foundation of this house was laide before their eyes, wept with a loude voice, and many shouted aloude for ioy:

But Zerubbabel and Ieshua, and the rest of the chiefe of the fathers of Israel, said vnto them, You haue nothing to doe with vs, to build an house vnto our God, but we our selues together will build vnto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the King of Persia hath commanded vs.

But the eye of their God was vpon the Elders of the Iewes, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answere by letter concerning this matter.

But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath: he gaue them into the hande of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Caldean, who destroyed this house, and caried the people away into Babylon.

But in the first yere of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of souldiers and horsmen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way: because wee had spoken vnto the king, saying, The hand of our God is vpon all them for good, that seeke him, but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

For wee were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath extended mercie vnto vs in the sight of the kings of Persia, to giue vs a reuiuing to set vp the house of our God, and to repaire the desolations thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.