The Family of Jeconiah

¹⁷ And the sons of ^[a]Jeconiah ^[b]were Assir, Shealtiel ^(A)his son,

² Then ^[a]Jeshua the son of ^(A)Jozadak^[b] and his brethren the priests, ^(B)and Zerubbabel the son of ^(C)Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is ^(D)written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

¹² And after they were brought to Babylon, ^(A)Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot ^(B)Zerubbabel.

² So ^(A)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of ^[a]Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and ^(B)the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

Restoration of the Temple Begins

⁸ Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, ^(A)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of ^[a]Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work ^(B)and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.