Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The VIII. Chapter.

THese are the heades of their fathers that were named, which wente vp w^t me from Babilon, what tyme as kyn¦ge Artaxerses reigned. Of the childrē of Phi¦neas, Gersom: of the children of Ithamar, Daniel: of the children of Dauid, Hattus: of the childrē of Pareos, Zachary, and the men childrē nombred with him, an hundreth and fiftye. Of the children of Pahath Moab, Eleoenai the sonne of Serahia, and w^t him two hundreth males.

Of the children of Sechania, the sonne of Iehasiel, and with him thre hundreth ma¦les. Of the children of Adin Ebed, the son∣ne of Ionathan, and with him fiftie males.

Of the children of Elam, Iesaia the sonne of Athalia, and with him seuentie males. Of the children of Sephatia, Sebadia the son∣ne of Michael, and w^t him foure score males.

Op the children of Ioab, Obadia the son¦ne of Iehiel, and with him two hundreth & eightene men children. Of the children of Selomith, the sonne of Iosiphia, and with him an hundreth and thre score males.

[ B] Of the children of Bebai, Zachary the son¦ne of Bebai, and with him eight and twen∣tye males. Of the children of Asgad, Ioha∣nan the yongest sonne, and with him an hun¦dreth and ten males. Of the last children of Adonicam, and these were their names: Eli¦phelet, Ieiel and Semaia, and with them thre score males. Of the children of Bige∣nai, Vthai and Sabud, and with them seuē males. And I gathered them together by the water that renneth towarde Ahena, & there abode we thre dayes.

And whan I loked amonge the people & the prestes, I founde no Leuites there. Thē sent I Elieser, Ariel, Semaia, Elnathan, Ia¦rib, Elnathan, Natha, Zachary and Mesul∣lam the rulers, and Ioiarib and Elnathan the teachers, and those sent I vnto Iddo y^e chefest at Casiphia, that they shulde fetch us mynysters for the house of oure God, and I tolde them what they shulde saye vnto Id¦do and to his brethren the Nethinims at Ca¦siphia.

[ C] And (acordinge to the good hande of oure God vpon us) they broughte us a wy∣se man from amonge the children of Maheli the sonne of Leuithe sonne of Israel, euen Serebia with his sonnes and brethren, eigh¦tene. And Hasabia, and with him Iesaia of the children of Merari, with his brethren & their sonnes, twentye. And of the Ne••hi∣nims, whom Dauid and the princes gaue to mynister vnto the Leuites, two hundreth & twentye, all named by name.

And euen there at the water besyde Ahe∣na, caused I a fastinge to be proclamed, y^t we mighte humble oure selues before oure God, to seke of him a righte waye for us, & oure children and all oure substaunce. For I was ashamed to require of the kynge, sou¦dyers & horsmen, to helpe us agaynst the ene¦mye in the waye. For we had sayde vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is for the best vpon all them that seke him, and his vio¦lence and wrath vpon all them that forsake him. So we fasted, and soughte this at ou∣re God, and he herde us.

[ D] And I toke out twolue of the chefe pres∣tes, Serebia and Hasabia, and ten of their brethren with them, and weyed them there the syluer and golde and vessels for the Heue offeringe vnto the house of oure God, which the kynge, and the lordes of his councell and prynces, and all Israel that were at hande, had geuen to the Heue offerynge: and there weyed I them vnder their hande sixe hun∣dreth and fiftye talentes of syluer, and in syl∣uer vessell an hundreth talentes, and in gol∣de an hundreth talentes, twentye cuppes of golde of a thousande guldens, and two cos∣tly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde, and sayde vnto them: Ye are holy vn¦to the LORDE, therfore are the vessels ho∣ly also, and so is the syluer and golde that is geuen of a good wyll vnto the LORDE God of youre fathers: Watch ye therfore and ke∣pe it, tyll ye weye it downe before the chefe prestes and Leuites, and awncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the chestes of the house of the LORDE. Then toke the prestes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde & vessell, to brynge it to Ierusalem vnto y^e hou¦se of oure God.

So we brake vp, from the water of Ahe∣na [ B] on the twolueth daye of the first moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem: and the hande of ou∣re God was vpon us, and delyuered us frō the hande of the enemies and preuy waytin∣ges by the waye. And we came to Ierusa∣lem, and abode there thre dayes. But on y^e fourth daye was the syluer and golde, and vessell weyed in the house of oure God vn∣der the hande of Meremoth the sonne of V∣rias the prest, and with him Eleasar the son¦ne of Phineas, and with them Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia y^e sonne of Be¦nui the Leuites, acordinge to the nombre & weight of euery one. And the weight was all wrytten vp at the same tyme.

And the children of the captiuyte, which were come out of preson, offred burnt offerin¦ges vnto y^e God of Israel: twolue bullockes for all Israel, sixe and nynetye rammes, seuen and seuentye lambes, and twolue goates for a syn offerynge, all to the burnt offeringe of the LORDE. And they delyuered the kyn∣ges commyssion vnto the kynges officers, & to the Debytes on this syde the water. And they promoted the people and the house of God.