⁸In the second month of the second year after they arrived at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, ^cand the rest of their brothers, including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began to build. They appointed the Levites who were 20 years old or more to supervise the work on the Lord’s house. ^d⁹Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah ^eand of Henadad, with their sons and brothers, the Levites, ^fjoined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

Temple Foundation Completed

¹⁰When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, ^gholding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed. ^h¹¹They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: “For He is good; His faithful love to Israel endures forever.” ⁱThen all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid. ^j

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Ezra 3:11: And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

Footnotes

e3:9 Or Hodaviah; Neh 7:43; 1 Esdras 5:58

Cross references

c3:8 Ezr 4:3; 5:2; Hg 1:1
d3:8 1Ch 23:4, 24
f3:9 Ezr 2:40
g3:10 Ezr 2:41
h3:10 1Ch 6:31; 25:1, 6; 2Ch 29:25–26; Neh 12:24, 45
i3:11 1Ch 16:34; 2Ch 5:13; 7:3; Neh 12:31
j3:11 Hg 2:18; Zch 4:9