And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

These sought their register {among} those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

These sought their register {among} those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. {were they...: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood}

And these {were} they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, {and} Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they {were} of Israel: {Addan: also called, Addon} {seed: or, pedigree}

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that {were} with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. {of the king: Heb. which were the king's} {fetters: or, chains}

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. {captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen}

Jehoiachin {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all {these} he brought to Babylon.

Which was {the son} of Melchi, which was {the son} of Addi, which was {the son} of Cosam, which was {the son} of Elmodam, which was {the son} of Er,

These sought their register {among} those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Now these {are} the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, {to wit}, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

These {are} now the chief of their fathers, and {this is} the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, {was} the ruler of the house of God.

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which {is} in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, {even} with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.