Verse 22
Ezra 8:22
Bible in Basic English
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For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God (Elohim) is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י בֹ֗שְׁתִּי לִ/שְׁא֤וֹל מִן הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ חַ֣יִל וּ/פָרָשִׁ֔ים לְ/עָזְרֵ֥/נוּ מֵ/אוֹיֵ֖ב בַּ/דָּ֑רֶךְ כִּֽי אָמַ֨רְנוּ לַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר יַד אֱלֹהֵ֤י/נוּ עַל כָּל מְבַקְשָׁי/ו֙ לְ/טוֹבָ֔ה וְ/עֻזּ֣/וֹ וְ/אַפּ֔/וֹ עַ֖ל כָּל עֹזְבָֽי/ו
English Translation
For I was ashamed to speak to the king of warriors and horsemen to help us from the enemy on the way, for we had said to the king, to say, "The hand of our God is upon all who seek good for us and His strength and His anger is upon all who forsake us."
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Chapter 8 Context
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Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when...
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Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;
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Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and f...
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Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
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Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
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And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
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And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
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And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
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Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
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And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.
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And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
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And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.
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And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with the...
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And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
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And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three da...
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Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechar...
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And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo an...
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And by the help of our God (Elohim) they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of...
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And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
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Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make...
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For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us...
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So we went without food, requesting our God (Elohim) for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
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And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house o...
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And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in val...
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And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold a...
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Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests an...
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So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to J...
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