15:003:005 And 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.
15:003:006 From 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.
15:003:007 They 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.
15:003:008 Now 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.
15:003:009 Then 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.
15:003:010 And 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.
15:003:011 And 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.
15:003:012 But 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:
15:003:013 So 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.
15:004:001 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
heard that the
children
of the captivity builded the temple unto the lord
God
of
Israel;


