Wisdom & Truth Verses

The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

The whole congregation together {was} forty and two thousand three hundred {and} threescore,

Their horses {were} seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; {their} asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they {unto him} an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. {Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh}

The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that {were} the chief of them.

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that {is} in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein {was} a record thus written: {Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer}

Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. {let him...: Chaldee, let him be destroyed}

For upon the first {day} of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first {day} of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. {began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up}

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, {those} deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing {how much}. {measures: Chaldee, cors}