The Foundation of the Temple of Yahweh

⁸ Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, ^(A)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and ^(B)appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh. ⁹ Then ^(C)Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of ^[a]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to direct those who do the work in the house of God.

¹⁰ So the builders ^(D)laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh. Then ^[b]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Yahweh ^(E)according to the ^[c]directions of King David of Israel.

¹⁸ ‘^(A)Oh set your heart to consider from this day ^[a]onward, from the ^(B)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was ^(C)founded, set your heart to consider: