<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line<n id="1" /> of Jeshua and<n id="2" /> Joab): 2,812;p>

<p class="bodytext">from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;p>

<p class="bodytext">From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.p>

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line<n id="1" /> of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;p>

<p class="bodytext">The leaders<n id="1" /> of the people were as follows:p> <p class="bodytext">Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,p>

<p class="poetry">Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab.p> <p class="poetry">Go and live in the cliffs.p> <p class="poetry">Be like a dove that makes its nestp> <p class="poetry">high on the sides of a ravine.<n id="1" />p>

Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: &#8216;I am ready<n id="1" /> to shake the sky<n id="2" /> and the earth.

Certainly you will not refuse one of my master&#8217;s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates &#8211; all of you stay far away from there!

Leave the work on this temple of God alone.<n id="1" /> Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly &#8211; with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions.<n id="1" />

Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction<n id="1" /> of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

Certainly you will not refuse one of my master&#8217;s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.<n id="1" />

&#8220;Ask the following questions to<n id="1" /> Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak,<n id="2" /> and the remnant of the people:

<p class="bodytext">At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked, &#8220;Who gave you authority<n id="1" /> to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the first day of the sixth month<n id="1" /> of King Darius&#8217;<n id="2" /> second year, the <sc>Lordsc> spoke this message through the prophet Haggai<n id="3" /> to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak:<n id="4" />p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> energized and encouraged<n id="1" /> Zerubbabel<n id="2" /> son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak,<n id="3" /> and the whole remnant of the people.<n id="4" /> They came and worked on the temple of their God, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.