Ezra 3:8-11

8 In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the LORD.
9 Joshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah[a] ) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.
10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel.
11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

Cross References 12

  • 1. 1 Kings 6:1
  • 2. Zechariah 4:9
  • 3. S Numbers 4:3; 1 Chronicles 23:24
  • 4. Ezra 2:40
  • 5. Ezra 5:16; Ezra 6:3; Haggai 2:15
  • 6. S Numbers 10:2; S 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 16:6; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Nehemiah 12:35
  • 7. S 1 Chronicles 25:1
  • 8. S 1 Chronicles 6:31
  • 9. Zechariah 6:12
  • 10. 1 Chronicles 16:34,41; S 2 Chronicles 7:3; Psalms 30:5; Psalms 107:1; Psalms 118:1; Psalms 138:8
  • 11. S Joshua 6:5,10; Nehemiah 12:24
  • 12. Haggai 2:18; Zechariah 4:9; Zechariah 8:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew "Yehudah," a variant of "Hodaviah"
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