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Ezra 3

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1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

3And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

4They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

5And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

12But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

13So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • בֵּןbênH112112× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306811× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • עַלʻalH592110× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • בַּיִתbayithH10046× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • עֹלָהʻôlâhH59306× in this chapter

    a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

  • עַםʻamH59716× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אָחʼâchH2515× in this chapter

    a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

  • יוֹםyôwmH31175× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîyH38815× in this chapter

    a Levite or descendant of Levi

  • קוֹלqôwlH69635× in this chapter

    a voice or sound

  • חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23204× in this chapter

    the new moon; by implication, a month

  • יָסַדyâçadH32454× in this chapter

    to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • כֹּהֵןkôhênH35484× in this chapter

    literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

  • כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • תְּרוּעָהtᵉrûwʻâhH86434× in this chapter

    clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangorof trumpets, as an alarum

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

  • הָלַלhâlalH19843× in this chapter

    to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33893× in this chapter

    Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

  • יֵשׁוּעַYêshûwaʻH34423× in this chapter

    Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine

  • אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • עָלָהʻâlâhH59273× in this chapter

    to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

  • עָמַדʻâmadH59753× in this chapter

    to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • בָּנָהbânâhH11292× in this chapter

    to build (literally and figuratively)

  • הֵיכָלhêykâlH19642× in this chapter

    a large public building, such as a palace or temple

  • זְרֻבָּבֶלZᵉrubbâbelH22162× in this chapter

    Zerubbabel, an Israelite

  • חָלַלchâlalH24902× in this chapter

    properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

  • יוֹצָדָקYôwtsâdâqH31362× in this chapter

    Jotsadak, an Israelite

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • כָּתַבkâthabH37892× in this chapter

    to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

  • מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41962× in this chapter

    an altar

  • מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâhH43992× in this chapter

    properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

  • מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter

    a king

  • נָצַחnâtsachH53292× in this chapter

    properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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