Thenstood 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 offerburntofferingsthereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
And they set the altarupon his bases; for fear was uponthembecause of the people of thosecountries: and theyofferedburntofferingsthereonunto the LORD, evenburntofferingsmorning and evening.
Theykeptalso the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the dailyburntofferings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
And afterwardoffered the continualburntoffering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORDthatwereconsecrated, and of every one thatwillinglyoffered a freewillofferingunto the LORD.
Theygavemoneyalsounto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, untothem of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bringcedartreesfromLebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grantthatthey had of Cyrusking of Persia.
Now in the secondyear of theircomingunto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the secondmonth, beganZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of theirbrethren the priests and the Levites, and all theythatwerecome out of the captivityuntoJerusalem; and appointed the Levites, fromtwentyyears old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
ThenstoodJeshuawith 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, withtheirsons and theirbrethren the Levites.
And when the builderslaid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in theirapparelwithtrumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaphwithcymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of Davidking of Israel.
And theysangtogether by course in praising and givingthanksunto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercyendureth for evertowardIsrael. And all the peopleshoutedwith a greatshout, whentheypraised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who wereancient men, that had seen the firsthouse, when the foundation of thishouse was laidbeforetheireyes, weptwith a loudvoice; and manyshoutedaloud for joy:
So that the peoplecould not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the peopleshoutedwith a loudshout, and the noise was heardafar off.