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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.
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And they perceived that those who were of the captivity were building the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
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So they went to Zerubbabel and Jeshua and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, "We will build together with you.