1	And when the seventh month was come# , and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together# as one man to Jerusalem.
			2	Then stood up# Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded# the altar of the God of Israel, to offer# burnt offerings thereon, as it is written# in the law of Moses the man of God. [Jeshua: also called, Joshua] [Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel] [Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel]
			3	And they set# the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered# burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
			4	They kept# also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written# , and offered the daily# burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; [as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day]
			5	And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated# , and of every one that willingly offered# a freewill offering unto the LORD.
			6	From the first day of the seventh month began# they to offer# burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation# of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid# . [the foundation...: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded]
			7	They gave# money also unto the masons# , and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring# cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. [carpenters: or, workmen]
			8	Now in the second year of their coming# unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began# Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out# of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed# the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward# the work of the house of the LORD.
			9	Then stood# Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward# the workmen# # in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. [Judah: also called, Hodaviah] [together: Heb. as one]
			10	And when the builders# laid the foundation# of the temple of the LORD, they set# the priests in their apparel# with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise# the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
			11	And they sang together by course# in praising# and giving thanks# unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever 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# .
			12	But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen# the first house, when the foundation# of this house was laid# before their eyes, wept# with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud# for joy:
			13	So that the people could not discern# the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted# with a loud shout, and the noise was heard# afar off.