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And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and their brethren, and the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity;
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and they laid the foundation of the house of God on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
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And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jeshua and his sons and brethren, and Kadmiel his brother, and the sons of Jeshua Emadabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Iliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, setters forward of the business, laboring with one accord to advance the work on the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord.
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And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
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singing songs of thanksgiving and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
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And they sang with loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, because His mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel.
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And all the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
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Also of the priests and Levites and of the chief of their families, the elders who had seen the former house, came to the building of this with weeping and great crying.
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But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
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insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people; yet the multitude sounded marvelously, so that it was heard afar off.
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Therefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.