Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of [a]Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, (A)the[b] priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the (B)ordinance[c] of David king of Israel. 11 (C)And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord:

(D)“For He is good,
(E)For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”

Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:9 Hodaviah, Ezra 2:40
  2. Ezra 3:10 So with LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT they stationed the priests
  3. Ezra 3:10 Lit. hands

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