1:1 Now therefore give[05414][8799] not your daughters[01323] unto their sons[01121], neither take[05375][8799] their daughters[01323] unto your sons[01121], nor seek[01875][8799] their peace[07965] or their wealth[02896] for[05704] ever[05769]: that ye may be strong[02388][8799], and eat[0398][8804] the good[02898] of the land[0776], and leave it for an inheritance[03423][8689] to your children[01121] for ever[05769].
1:2 And after[0310] all that is come[0935][8802] upon us for our evil[07451] deeds[04639], and for our great[01419] trespass[0819], seeing that thou our God[0430] hast punished[02820][8804] us less[04295] than our iniquities[05771] deserve , and hast given[05414][8804] us such deliverance[06413] as this; hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities
1:3 Should we again[07725][8799] break[06565][8687] thy commandments[04687], and join in affinity[02859][8692] with the people[05971] of these abominations[08441]? wouldest not thou be angry[0599][8799] with us till thou hadst consumed[03615][8763] us , so that there should be no remnant[07611] nor escaping[06413]?
1:4 O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], thou art righteous[06662]: for we remain[07604][8738] yet escaped[06413], as it is this day[03117]: behold, we are before[06440] thee in our trespasses[0819]: for we cannot stand[05975][8800] before[06440] thee because of this.
1:5 Now when Ezra[05830] had prayed[06419][8692], and when he had confessed[03034][8692], weeping[01058][8802] and casting himself down[05307][8693] before[06440] the house[01004] of God[0430], there assembled[06908][8738] unto him out of Israel[03478] a very[03966] great[07227] congregation[06951] of men[0582] and women[0802] and children[03206]: for the people[05971] wept[01058][8804] very[07235][8687] sore[01059]. wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping
1:6 And Shechaniah[07935] the son[01121] of Jehiel[03171], one of the sons[01121] of Elam[05867], answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] unto Ezra[05830], We have trespassed[04603][8804] against our God[0430], and have taken[03427][8686] strange[05237] wives[0802] of the people[05971] of the land[0776]: yet now there is[03426] hope[04723] in Israel[03478] concerning this thing.
1:7 Now therefore let us make[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] with our God[0430] to put away[03318][8687] all the wives[0802], and such as are born[03205][8737] of them, according to the counsel[06098] of my lord[0136], and of those that tremble[02730] at the commandment[04687] of our God[0430]; and let it be done[06213][8735] according to the law[08451]. to put...: Heb. to bring forth
1:8 Arise[06965][8798]; for this matter[01697] belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage[02388][8798], and do[06213][8798] it .
1:9 Then arose[06965][8799] Ezra[05830], and made the chief[08269] priests[03548], the Levites[03881], and all Israel[03478], to swear[07650][8686] that they should do[06213][8800] according to this word[01697]. And they sware[07650][8735].
1:10 Then Ezra[05830] rose up[06965][8799] from before[06440] the house[01004] of God[0430], and went[03212][8799] into the chamber[03957] of Johanan[03076] the son[01121] of Eliashib[0475]: and when he came[03212][8799] thither, he did eat[0398][8804] no bread[03899], nor drink[08354][8804] water[04325]: for he mourned[056][8693] because of the transgression[04604] of them that had been carried away[01473].
1:11 And they made proclamation[05674][8686][06963] throughout Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389] unto all the children[01121] of the captivity[01473], that they should gather themselves together[06908][8736] unto Jerusalem[03389];
2:1 And that whosoever would not come[0935][8799] within three[07969] days[03117], according to the counsel[06098] of the princes[08269] and the elders[02205], all his substance[07399] should be forfeited[02763][8714], and himself separated[0914][8735] from the congregation[06951] of those that had been carried away[01473]. forfeited: Heb. devoted
2:2 Then all the men[0582] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144] gathered themselves together[06908][8735] unto Jerusalem[03389] within three[07969] days[03117]. It was the ninth[08671] month[02320], on the twentieth[06242] day of the month[02320]; and all the people[05971] sat[03427][8799] in the street[07339] of the house[01004] of God[0430], trembling[07460][8688] because of this matter[01697], and for the great rain[01653]. the great...: Heb. the showers
2:3 And Ezra[05830] the priest[03548] stood up[06965][8799], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Ye have transgressed[04603][8804], and have taken[03427][8686] strange[05237] wives[0802], to increase[03254][8687] the trespass[0819] of Israel[03478]. have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back
2:4 Now therefore make[05414][8798] confession[08426] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of your fathers[01], and do[06213][8798] his pleasure[07522]: and separate[0914][8734] yourselves from the people[05971] of the land[0776], and from the strange[05237] wives[0802].
2:5 Then all the congregation[06951] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963], As thou hast said[01697], so must we do[06213][8800].
2:6 But[061] the people[05971] are many[07227], and it is a time[06256] of much rain[01653], and we are not able[03581] to stand[05975][8800] without[02351], neither is this a work[04399] of one[0259] day[03117] or two[08147]: for we are many[07235][8689] that have transgressed[06586][8800] in this thing[01697]. we are many...: or, we have greatly offended in this thing
2:7 Let now our rulers[08269] of all the congregation[06951] stand[05975][8799], and let all them which have taken[03427][8689] strange[05237] wives[0802] in our cities[05892] come[0935][8799] at appointed[02163][8794] times[06256], and with them the elders[02205] of every city[05892], and the judges[08199][8802] thereof, until the fierce[02740] wrath[0639] of our God[0430] for this matter[01697] be turned[07725][8687] from us. for this...: or, till this matter be dispatched
2:8 Only Jonathan[03129] the son[01121] of Asahel[06214] and Jahaziah[03167] the son[01121] of Tikvah[08616] were employed[05975][8804] about this matter : and Meshullam[04918] and Shabbethai[07678] the Levite[03881] helped[05826][8804] them. were...: Heb. stood
2:9 And the children[01121] of the captivity[01473] did so[06213][8799]. And Ezra[05830] the priest[03548], with certain[0582] chief[07218] of the fathers[01], after the house[01004] of their fathers[01], and all of them by their names[08034], were separated[0914][8735], and sat down[03427][8799] in the first[0259] day[03117] of the tenth[06224] month[02320] to examine[01875][8800] the matter[01697].
2:10 And they made an end[03615][8762] with all the men[0582] that had taken[03427][8689] strange[05237] wives[0802] by the first[0259] day[03117] of the first[07223] month[02320].
2:11 And among the sons[01121] of the priests[03548] there were found[04672][8735] that had taken[03427][8689] strange[05237] wives[0802]: namely , of the sons[01121] of Jeshua[03442] the son[01121] of Jozadak[03136], and his brethren[0251]; Maaseiah[04641], and Eliezer[0461], and Jarib[03402], and Gedaliah[01436].
2:12 And they gave[05414][8799] their hands[03027] that they would put away[03318][8687] their wives[0802]; and being guilty[0818], they offered a ram[0352] of the flock[06629] for their trespass[0819].
2:13 And of the sons[01121] of Immer[0564]; Hanani[02607], and Zebadiah[02069].
2:14 And of the sons[01121] of Harim[02766]; Maaseiah[04641], and Elijah[0452], and Shemaiah[08098], and Jehiel[03171], and Uzziah[05818].
2:15 And of the sons[01121] of Pashur[06583]; Elioenai[0454], Maaseiah[04641], Ishmael[03458], Nethaneel[05417], Jozabad[03107], and Elasah[0501].
2:16 Also of the Levites[03881]; Jozabad[03107], and Shimei[08096], and Kelaiah[07041], (the same is Kelita[07042],) Pethahiah[06611], Judah[03063], and Eliezer[0461].
2:17 Of the singers[07891][8789] also; Eliashib[0475]: and of the porters[07778]; Shallum[07967], and Telem[02928], and Uri[0221].
2:18 Moreover of Israel[03478]: of the sons[01121] of Parosh[06551]; Ramiah[07422], and Jeziah[03150], and Malchiah[04441], and Miamin[04326], and Eleazar[0499], and Malchijah[04441], and Benaiah[01141].
2:19 And of the sons[01121] of Elam[05867]; Mattaniah[04983], Zechariah[02148], and Jehiel[03171], and Abdi[05660], and Jeremoth[03406], and Eliah[0452].
2:20 And of the sons[01121] of Zattu[02240]; Elioenai[0454], Eliashib[0475], Mattaniah[04983], and Jeremoth[03406], and Zabad[02066], and Aziza[05819].
3:1 Of the sons[01121] also of Bebai[0893]; Jehohanan[03076], Hananiah[02608], Zabbai[02140][8675][02079], and Athlai[06270].
3:2 And of the sons[01121] of Bani[01137]; Meshullam[04918], Malluch[04409], and Adaiah[05718], Jashub[03437], and Sheal[07594], and Ramoth[07433].
3:3 And of the sons[01121] of Pahathmoab[06355]; Adna[05733], and Chelal[03636], Benaiah[01141], Maaseiah[04641], Mattaniah[04983], Bezaleel[01212], and Binnui[01131], and Manasseh[04519].
3:4 And of the sons[01121] of Harim[02766]; Eliezer[0461], Ishijah[03449], Malchiah[04441], Shemaiah[08098], Shimeon[08095],
3:5 Benjamin[01144], Malluch[04409], and Shemariah[08114].
3:6 Of the sons[01121] of Hashum[02828]; Mattenai[04982], Mattathah[04992], Zabad[02066], Eliphelet[0467], Jeremai[03413], Manasseh[04519], and Shimei[08096].
3:7 Of the sons[01121] of Bani[01137]; Maadai[04572], Amram[06019], and Uel[0177],
3:8 Benaiah[01141], Bedeiah[0912], Chelluh[03622],
3:9 Vaniah[02057], Meremoth[04822], Eliashib[0475],
3:10 Mattaniah[04983], Mattenai[04982], and Jaasau[03299],
3:11 And Bani[01137], and Binnui[01131], Shimei[08096],
3:12 And Shelemiah[08018], and Nathan[05416], and Adaiah[05718],
3:13 Machnadebai[04367], Shashai[08343], Sharai[08298], Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies
3:14 Azareel[05832], and Shelemiah[08018], Shemariah[08114],
3:15 Shallum[07967], Amariah[0568], and Joseph[03130].
3:16 Of the sons[01121] of Nebo[05015]; Jeiel[03273], Mattithiah[04993], Zabad[02066], Zebina[02081], Jadau[03035], and Joel[03100], Benaiah[01141].
3:17 All these had taken[05375][8804][8675][05375][8802] strange[05237] wives[0802]: and some of them had[03426] wives[0802] by whom they had[07760][8799] children[01121].
3:18 The words[01697] of Nehemiah[05166] the son[01121] of Hachaliah[02446]. And it came to pass in the month[02320] Chisleu[03691], in the twentieth[06242] year[08141], as I was in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002],
3:19 That Hanani[02607], one[0259] of my brethren[0251], came[0935][8799], he and certain men[0582] of Judah[03063]; and I asked[07592][8799] them concerning the Jews[03064] that had escaped[06413], which were left[07604][8738] of the captivity[07628], and concerning Jerusalem[03389].
3:20 And they said[0559][8799] unto me, The remnant[07604][8737] that are left[07604][8738] of the captivity[07628] there in the province[04082] are in great[01419] affliction[07451] and reproach[02781]: the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] also is broken down[06555][8794], and the gates[08179] thereof are burned[03341][8738] with fire[0784].
3:21 And it came to pass, when I heard[08085][8800] these words[01697], that I sat down[03427][8804] and wept[01058][8799], and mourned[056][8691] certain days[03117], and fasted[06684][8802], and prayed[06419][8693] before[06440] the God[0430] of heaven[08064],
3:22 And said[0559][8799], I beseech[0577] thee, O LORD[03068] God[0430] of heaven[08064], the great[01419] and terrible[03372][8737] God[0410], that keepeth[08104][8802] covenant[01285] and mercy[02617] for them that love[0157][8802] him and observe[08104][8802] his commandments[04687]:
3:23 Let thine ear[0241] now be attentive[07183], and thine eyes[05869] open[06605][8803], that thou mayest hear[08085][8800] the prayer[08605] of thy servant[05650], which I pray[06419][8693] before[06440] thee now[03117], day[03119] and night[03915], for the children[01121] of Israel[03478] thy servants[05650], and confess[03034][8693] the sins[02403] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478], which we have sinned[02398][8804] against thee: both I and my father's[01] house[01004] have sinned[02398][8804].
3:24 We have dealt very[02254][8800] corruptly[02254][8804] against thee, and have not kept[08104][8804] the commandments[04687], nor the statutes[02706], nor the judgments[04941], which thou commandedst[06680][8765] thy servant[05650] Moses[04872].
3:25 Remember[02142][8798], I beseech thee, the word[01697] that thou commandedst[06680][8765] thy servant[05650] Moses[04872], saying[0559][8800], If ye transgress[04603][8799], I will scatter you abroad[06327][8686] among the nations[05971]:
3:26 But if ye turn[07725][8804] unto me, and keep[08104][8804] my commandments[04687], and do[06213][8804] them; though there were of you cast out[05080][8737] unto the uttermost part[07097] of the heaven[08064], yet  will I gather[06908][8762] them from thence, and will bring[0935][8689] them unto the place[04725] that I have chosen[0977][8804] to set[07931][8763] my name[08034] there.
3:27 Now these are thy servants[05650] and thy people[05971], whom thou hast redeemed[06299][8804] by thy great[01419] power[03581], and by thy strong[02389] hand[03027].
3:28 O Lord[0136], I beseech[0577] thee, let now thine ear[0241] be attentive[07183] to the prayer[08605] of thy servant[05650], and to the prayer[08605] of thy servants[05650], who desire[02655] to fear[03372][8800] thy name[08034]: and prosper[06743][8685], I pray thee, thy servant[05650] this day[03117], and grant[05414][8798] him mercy[07356] in the sight[06440] of this man[0376]. For I was the king's[04428] cupbearer[08248][8688].
3:29 And it came to pass in the month[02320] Nisan[05212], in the twentieth[06242] year[08141] of Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04428], that wine[03196] was before[06440] him: and I took up[05375][8799] the wine[03196], and gave[05414][8799] it unto the king[04428]. Now I had not been beforetime sad[07451] in his presence[06440].
3:30 Wherefore the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto me, Why is thy countenance[06440] sad[07451], seeing thou art not sick[02470][8802]? this is nothing else  but sorrow[07455] of heart[03820]. Then I was very[03966] sore[07235][8687] afraid[03372][8799],
3:31 And said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Let the king[04428] live[02421][8799] for ever[05769]: why should not my countenance[06440] be sad[03415][8799], when the city[05892], the place[01004] of my fathers[01]' sepulchres[06913], lieth waste[02720], and the gates[08179] thereof are consumed[0398][8795] with fire[0784]?
3:32 Then the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto me, For what dost thou make request[01245][8764]? So I prayed[06419][8691] to the God[0430] of heaven[08064].
4:1 And I said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], If it please[02895][8804] the king[04428], and if thy servant[05650] have found favour[03190][8799] in thy sight[06440], that thou wouldest send[07971][8799] me unto Judah[03063], unto the city[05892] of my fathers[01]' sepulchres[06913], that I may build[01129][8799] it.
4:2 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto me, (the queen[07694] also sitting[03427][8802] by him[0681],) For how long shall thy journey[04109] be? and when wilt thou return[07725][8799]? So it pleased[03190][8799][06440] the king[04428] to send[07971][8799] me; and I set[05414][8799] him a time[02165]. queen: Heb. wife
4:3 Moreover I said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], If it please[02895][8804] the king[04428], let letters[0107] be given[05414][8799] me to the governors[06346] beyond[05676] the river[05104], that they may convey me over[05674][8686] till I come[0935][8799] into Judah[03063];
4:4 And a letter[0107] unto Asaph[0623] the keeper[08104][8802] of the king's[04428] forest[06508], that he may give[05414][8799] me timber[06086] to make beams[07136][8763] for the gates[08179] of the palace[01002] which  appertained to the house[01004], and for the wall[02346] of the city[05892], and for the house[01004] that I shall enter into[0935][8799]. And the king[04428] granted[05414][8799] me, according to the good[02896] hand[03027] of my God[0430] upon me.
4:5 Then I came[0935][8799] to the governors[06346] beyond[05676] the river[05104], and gave[05414][8799] them the king's[04428] letters[0107]. Now the king[04428] had sent[07971][8799] captains[08269] of the army[02428] and horsemen[06571] with me.
4:6 When Sanballat[05571] the Horonite[02772], and Tobiah[02900] the servant[05650], the Ammonite[05984], heard[08085][8799] of it , it grieved[03415][8799] them exceedingly[07451][01419] that there was come[0935][8804] a man[0120] to seek[01245][8763] the welfare[02896] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
4:7 So I came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], and was there three[07969] days[03117].
4:8 And I arose[06965][8799] in the night[03915], I and some[04592] few[04592] men[0582] with me; neither told[05046][8689] I any man[0120] what my God[0430] had put[05414][8802] in my heart[03820] to do[06213][8800] at Jerusalem[03389]: neither was there any beast[0929] with me, save the beast[0929] that I rode upon[07392][8802].
4:9 And I went out[03318][8799] by night[03915] by the gate[08179] of the valley[01516], even before[06440] the dragon[08577] well[05869][8677][05886], and to the dung[0830] port[08179], and viewed[07663][8802][8675][07665][8799] the walls[02346] of Jerusalem[03389], which were broken down[06555][8803], and the gates[08179] thereof were consumed[0398][8795] with fire[0784].
4:10 Then I went on[05674][8799] to the gate[08179] of the fountain[05869], and to the king's[04428] pool[01295]: but there was no place[04725] for the beast[0929] that was under me to pass[05674][8800].
4:11 Then went I up[05927][8802] in the night[03915] by the brook[05158], and viewed[07663][8802][8675][07665][8799] the wall[02346], and turned back[07725][8799], and entered[0935][8799] by the gate[08179] of the valley[01516], and so returned[07725][8799].
4:12 And the rulers[05461] knew[03045][8804] not whither I went[01980][8804], or what I did[06213][8802]; neither had I as yet[03651] told[05046][8689] it to the Jews[03064], nor to the priests[03548], nor to the nobles[02715], nor to the rulers[05461], nor to the rest[03499] that did[06213][8802] the work[04399].
4:13 Then said[0559][8799] I unto them, Ye see[07200][8802] the distress[07451] that we are in, how Jerusalem[03389] lieth waste[02720], and the gates[08179] thereof are burned[03341][8738] with fire[0784]: come[03212][8798], and let us build up[01129][8799] the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389], that we be no more a reproach[02781].
4:14 Then I told[05046][8686] them of the hand[03027] of my God[0430] which was good[02896] upon me; as also the king's[04428] words[01697] that he had spoken[0559][8804] unto me. And they said[0559][8799], Let us rise up[06965][8799] and build[01129][8804]. So they strengthened[02388][8762] their hands[03027] for this good[02896] work .
4:15 But when Sanballat[05571] the Horonite[02772], and Tobiah[02900] the servant[05650], the Ammonite[05984], and Geshem[01654] the Arabian[06163], heard[08085][8799] it , they laughed us to scorn[03932][8686], and despised[0959][8799] us, and said[0559][8799], What is this thing[01697] that ye do[06213][8802]? will ye rebel[04775][8802] against the king[04428]?
4:16 Then answered[07725][8686][01697] I them, and said[0559][8799] unto them, The God[0430] of heaven[08064], he will prosper[06743][8686] us; therefore we his servants[05650] will arise[06965][8799] and build[01129][8804]: but ye have no portion[02506], nor right[06666], nor memorial[02146], in Jerusalem[03389].
4:17 Then Eliashib[0475] the high[01419] priest[03548] rose up[06965][8799] with his brethren[0251] the priests[03548], and they builded[01129][8799] the sheep[06629] gate[08179]; they sanctified[06942][8765] it, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] of it; even unto the tower[04026] of Meah[03968] they sanctified[06942][8765] it, unto the tower[04026] of Hananeel[02606].
4:18 And next unto him[03027] builded[01129][8804] the men[0582] of Jericho[03405]. And next to them builded[01129][8804] Zaccur[02139] the son[01121] of Imri[0566]. next unto...: Heb. at his hand
4:19 But the fish[01709] gate[08179] did the sons[01121] of Hassenaah[05570] build[01129][8804], who also laid the beams[07136][8765] thereof, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] thereof, the locks[04514] thereof, and the bars[01280] thereof.
4:20 And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Meremoth[04822] the son[01121] of Urijah[0223], the son[01121] of Koz[06976]. And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Meshullam[04918] the son[01121] of Berechiah[01296], the son[01121] of Meshezabeel[04898]. And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Zadok[06659] the son[01121] of Baana[01195].
4:21 And next unto them[03027] the Tekoites[08621] repaired[02388][8689]; but their nobles[0117] put[0935][8689] not their necks[06677] to the work[05656] of their Lord[0113].
4:22 Moreover the old[03465] gate[08179] repaired[02388][8689] Jehoiada[03111] the son[01121] of Paseah[06454], and Meshullam[04918] the son[01121] of Besodeiah[01152]; they laid the beams[07136][8765] thereof, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] thereof, and the locks[04514] thereof, and the bars[01280] thereof.
4:23 And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Melatiah[04424] the Gibeonite[01393], and Jadon[03036] the Meronothite[04824], the men[0582] of Gibeon[01391], and of Mizpah[04709], unto the throne[03678] of the governor[06346] on this side[05676] the river[05104].
5:1 Next unto him[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Uzziel[05816] the son[01121] of Harhaiah[02736], of the goldsmiths[06884][8802]. Next unto him[03027] also repaired[02388][8689] Hananiah[02608] the son[01121] of one of  the apothecaries[07546], and they fortified[05800][8799] Jerusalem[03389] unto the broad[07342] wall[02346]. fortified...: or, left Jerusalem unto the broad wall
5:2 And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Rephaiah[07509] the son[01121] of Hur[02354], the ruler[08269] of the half[02677] part[06418] of Jerusalem[03389].
5:3 And next unto them[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Jedaiah[03042] the son[01121] of Harumaph[02739], even over against his house[01004]. And next unto him[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Hattush[02407] the son[01121] of Hashabniah[02813].
5:4 Malchijah[04441] the son[01121] of Harim[02766], and Hashub[02815] the son[01121] of Pahathmoab[06355], repaired[02388][8689] the other[08145] piece[04060], and the tower[04026] of the furnaces[08574]. other...: Heb. second measure
5:5 And next unto him[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Halohesh[03873], the ruler[08269] of the half[02677] part[06418] of Jerusalem[03389], he and his daughters[01323].
5:6 The valley[01516] gate[08179] repaired[02388][8689] Hanun[02586], and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Zanoah[02182]; they built[01129][8804] it, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] thereof, the locks[04514] thereof, and the bars[01280] thereof, and a thousand[0505] cubits[0520] on the wall[02346] unto the dung[0830] gate[08179].
5:7 But the dung[0830] gate[08179] repaired[02388][8689] Malchiah[04441] the son[01121] of Rechab[07394], the ruler[08269] of part[06418] of Bethhaccerem[01021]; he built[01129][8799] it, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] thereof, the locks[04514] thereof, and the bars[01280] thereof.
5:8 But the gate[08179] of the fountain[05869] repaired[02388][8689] Shallun[07968] the son[01121] of Colhozeh[03626], the ruler[08269] of part[06418] of Mizpah[04709]; he built[01129][8799] it, and covered[02926][8762] it, and set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817] thereof, the locks[04514] thereof, and the bars[01280] thereof, and the wall[02346] of the pool[01295] of Siloah[07975] by the king's[04428] garden[01588], and unto the stairs[04609] that go down[03381][8802] from the city[05892] of David[01732].
5:9 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Nehemiah[05166] the son[01121] of Azbuk[05802], the ruler[08269] of the half[02677] part[06418] of Bethzur[01049], unto the place over against the sepulchres[06913] of David[01732], and to the pool[01295] that was made[06213][8803], and unto the house[01004] of the mighty[01368].
5:10 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] the Levites[03881], Rehum[07348] the son[01121] of Bani[01137]. Next unto him[03027] repaired[02388][8689] Hashabiah[02811], the ruler[08269] of the half[02677] part[06418] of Keilah[07084], in his part[06418].
5:11 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] their brethren[0251], Bavai[0942] the son[01121] of Henadad[02582], the ruler[08269] of the half[02677] part[06418] of Keilah[07084].
5:12 And next to him[03027] repaired[02388][8762] Ezer[05829] the son[01121] of Jeshua[03442], the ruler[08269] of Mizpah[04709], another[08145] piece[04060] over against the going up[05927][8800] to the armoury[05402] at the turning[04740] of the wall .
5:13 After[0310] him Baruch[01263] the son[01121] of Zabbai[02079] earnestly[02734][8689] repaired[02388][8689] the other[08145] piece[04060], from the turning[04740] of the wall  unto the door[06607] of the house[01004] of Eliashib[0475] the high[01419] priest[03548]. Zabbai: also called, Zaccai
5:14 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Meremoth[04822] the son[01121] of Urijah[0223] the son[01121] of Koz[06976] another[08145] piece[04060], from the door[06607] of the house[01004] of Eliashib[0475] even to the end[08503] of the house[01004] of Eliashib[0475].
5:15 And after[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] the priests[03548], the men[0582] of the plain[03603].
5:16 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Benjamin[01144] and Hashub[02815] over against their house[01004]. After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Maaseiah[04641] the son[01121] of Ananiah[06055] by[0681] his house[01004].
5:17 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Binnui[01131] the son[01121] of Henadad[02582] another[08145] piece[04060], from the house[01004] of Azariah[05838] unto the turning[04740] of the wall , even unto the corner[06438].
5:18 Palal[06420] the son[01121] of Uzai[0186], over against the turning[04740] of the wall , and the tower[04026] which lieth out[03318][8802] from the king's[04428] high[05945] house[01004], that was by the court[02691] of the prison[04307]. After[0310] him Pedaiah[06305] the son[01121] of Parosh[06551].
5:19 Moreover the Nethinims[05411] dwelt[03427][8802] in Ophel[06077], unto the place over against the water[04325] gate[08179] toward the east[04217], and the tower[04026] that lieth out[03318][8802]. dwelt...: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto Ophel: or, tower
6:1 After[0310] them the Tekoites[08621] repaired[02388][8689] another[08145] piece[04060], over against the great[01419] tower[04026] that lieth out[03318][8802], even unto the wall[02346] of Ophel[06077].
6:2 From above the horse[05483] gate[08179] repaired[02388][8689] the priests[03548], every one[0376] over against[05048] his house[01004].
6:3 After[0310] them repaired[02388][8689] Zadok[06659] the son[01121] of Immer[0564] over against his house[01004]. After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] also Shemaiah[08098] the son[01121] of Shechaniah[07935], the keeper[08104][8802] of the east[04217] gate[08179].
6:4 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Hananiah[02608] the son[01121] of Shelemiah[08018], and Hanun[02586] the sixth[08345] son[01121] of Zalaph[06764], another[08145] piece[04060]. After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Meshullam[04918] the son[01121] of Berechiah[01296] over against his chamber[05393].
6:5 After[0310] him repaired[02388][8689] Malchiah[04441] the goldsmith's[06885] son[01121] unto the place[01004] of the Nethinims[05411], and of the merchants[07402][8802], over against the gate[08179] Miphkad[04663], and to the going up[05944] of the corner[06438]. going...: or, corner chamber
6:6 And between the going up[05944] of the corner[06438] unto the sheep[06629] gate[08179] repaired[02388][8689] the goldsmiths[06884][8802] and the merchants[07402][8802]. going...: or, corner chamber
6:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat[05571] heard[08085][8804] that we builded[01129][8802] the wall[02346], he was wroth[02734][8799], and took great[07235][8687] indignation[03707][8799], and mocked[03932][8686] the Jews[03064].
6:8 And he spake[0559][8799] before[06440] his brethren[0251] and the army[02428] of Samaria[08111], and said[0559][8799], What do[06213][8802] these feeble[0537] Jews[03064]? will they fortify[05800][8799] themselves? will they sacrifice[02076][8799]? will they make an end[03615][8762] in a day[03117]? will they revive[02421][8762] the stones[068] out of the heaps[06194] of the rubbish[06083] which are burned[08313][8803]? fortify...: Heb. leave to themselves
6:9 Now Tobiah[02900] the Ammonite[05984] was by him[0681], and he said[0559][8799], Even that which they build[01129][8802], if a fox[07776] go up[05927][8799], he shall even break down[06555][8804] their stone[068] wall[02346].
6:10 Hear[08085][8798], O our God[0430]; for we are despised[0939]: and turn[07725][8685] their reproach[02781] upon their own head[07218], and give[05414][8798] them for a prey[0961] in the land[0776] of captivity[07633]: despised: Heb. despite
6:11 And cover[03680][8762] not their iniquity[05771], and let not their sin[02403] be blotted out[04229][8735] from before[06440] thee: for they have provoked thee to anger[03707][8689] before the builders[01129][8802].
6:12 So built[01129][8799] we the wall[02346]; and all the wall[02346] was joined together[07194][8735] unto the half[02677] thereof: for the people[05971] had a mind[03820] to work[06213][8800].
6:13 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat[05571], and Tobiah[02900], and the Arabians[06163], and the Ammonites[05984], and the Ashdodites[0796], heard[08085][8804] that the walls[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] were made up[0724][05927][8804], and that the breaches[06555][8803] began[02490][8689] to be stopped[05640][8736], then they were very[03966] wroth[02734][8799], were made up: Heb. ascended
6:14 And conspired[07194][8799] all of them together[03162] to come[0935][8800] and to fight[03898][8736] against Jerusalem[03389], and to hinder[06213][8800][08442] it. to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it
6:15 Nevertheless we made our prayer[06419][8691] unto our God[0430], and set[05975][8686] a watch[04929] against them day[03119] and night[03915], because[06440] of them.
6:16 And Judah[03063] said[0559][8799], The strength[03581] of the bearers of burdens[05449] is decayed[03782][8804], and there is much[07235][8687] rubbish[06083]; so that we are not able[03201][8799] to build[01129][8800] the wall[02346].
6:17 And our adversaries[06862] said[0559][8799], They shall not know[03045][8799], neither see[07200][8799], till we come[0935][8799] in the midst[08432] among[08432] them, and slay[02026][8804] them, and cause the work[04399] to cease[07673][8689].
6:18 And it came to pass, that when the Jews[03064] which dwelt[03427][8802] by them[0681] came[0935][8804], they said[0559][8799] unto us ten[06235] times[06471], From all places[04725] whence ye shall return[07725][8799] unto us they will be upon you . From all...: or, That from all places ye must return to us
6:19 Therefore set[05975][8686] I in the lower[08482] places[04725] behind[0310] the wall[02346], and on the higher places[06706][8675][06708], I even set[05975][8686] the people[05971] after their families[04940] with their swords[02719], their spears[07420], and their bows[07198]. in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc
7:1 And I looked[07200][8799], and rose up[06965][8799], and said[0559][8799] unto the nobles[02715], and to the rulers[05461], and to the rest[03499] of the people[05971], Be not ye afraid[03372][8799] of them[06440]: remember[02142][8798] the Lord[0136], which is great[01419] and terrible[03372][8737], and fight[03898][8734] for your brethren[0251], your sons[01121], and your daughters[01323], your wives[0802], and your houses[01004].
7:2 And it came to pass, when our enemies[0341][8802] heard[08085][8804] that it was known[03045][8738] unto us, and God[0430] had brought[06565][00] their counsel[06098] to nought[06565][8686], that we returned[07725][8799] all of us to the wall[02346], every one[0376] unto his work[04399].
7:3 And it came to pass from that time[03117] forth, that the half[02677] of my servants[05288] wrought[06213][8802] in the work[04399], and the other half[02677] of them held[02388][8688] both the spears[07420], the shields[04043], and the bows[07198], and the habergeons[08302]; and the rulers[08269] were behind[0310] all the house[01004] of Judah[03063].
7:4 They which builded[01129][8802] on the wall[02346], and they that bare[05375][8802] burdens[05447], with those that laded[06006][8802], every one with one[0259] of his hands[03027] wrought[06213][8802] in the work[04399], and with the other[0259] hand held[02388][8688] a weapon[07973].
7:5 For the builders[01129][8802], every one[0376] had his sword[02719] girded[0631][8803] by his side[04975], and so builded[01129][8802]. And he that sounded[08628][8802] the trumpet[07782] was by me[0681]. by his side: Heb. on his loins
7:6 And I said[0559][8799] unto the nobles[02715], and to the rulers[05461], and to the rest[03499] of the people[05971], The work[04399] is great[07235][8687] and large[07342], and we are separated[06504][8737] upon the wall[02346], one[0376] far from[07350] another[0251].
7:7 In what place[04725] therefore ye hear[08085][8799] the sound[06963] of the trumpet[07782], resort[06908][8735] ye thither unto us: our God[0430] shall fight[03898][8735] for us.
7:8 So we laboured[06213][8802] in the work[04399]: and half[02677] of them held[02388][8688] the spears[07420] from the rising[05927][8800] of the morning[07837] till the stars[03556] appeared[03318][8800].
7:9 Likewise at the same time[06256] said[0559][8804] I unto the people[05971], Let every one[0376] with his servant[05288] lodge[03885][8799] within[08432] Jerusalem[03389], that in the night[03915] they may be a guard[04929] to us, and labour[04399] on the day[03117].
7:10 So neither I, nor my brethren[0251], nor my servants[05288], nor the men[0582] of the guard[04929] which followed[0310] me, none of us[0587] put off[06584][8802] our clothes[0899], saving that every one[0376] put them off[07973] for washing[04325]. saving...: or, every one went with his weapon for water
7:11 And there was a great[01419] cry[06818] of the people[05971] and of their wives[0802] against their brethren[0251] the Jews[03064].
7:12 For there were[03426] that said[0559][8802], We, our sons[01121], and our daughters[01323], are many[07227]: therefore we take up[03947][8799] corn[01715] for them , that we may eat[0398][8799], and live[02421][8799].
7:13 Some also there were[03426] that said[0559][8802], We have mortgaged[06148][8802] our lands[07704], vineyards[03754], and houses[01004], that we might buy[03947][8799] corn[01715], because of the dearth[07458].
7:14 There were[03426] also that said[0559][8802], We have borrowed[03867][8804] money[03701] for the king's[04428] tribute[04060], and that upon our lands[07704] and vineyards[03754].
7:15 Yet now our flesh[01320] is as the flesh[01320] of our brethren[0251], our children[01121] as their children[01121]: and, lo, we bring into bondage[03533][8802] our sons[01121] and our daughters[01323] to be servants[05650], and some of our daughters[01323] are[03426] brought unto bondage[03533][8737] already : neither is it in our power[0410][03027] to redeem them ; for other men[0312] have our lands[07704] and vineyards[03754].
7:16 And I was very[03966] angry[02734][8799] when I heard[08085][8804] their cry[02201] and these words[01697].
7:17 Then I consulted[04427][8735] with myself[03820], and I rebuked[07378][8799] the nobles[02715], and the rulers[05461], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Ye exact[05378][8801][8678][05383][8802][8675][05375][8802] usury[04855], every one[0376] of his brother[0251]. And I set[05414][8799] a great[01419] assembly[06952] against them. I consulted...: Heb. my heart consulted in me
7:18 And I said[0559][8799] unto them, We after our ability[01767] have redeemed[07069][8804] our brethren[0251] the Jews[03064], which were sold[04376][8737] unto the heathen[01471]; and will ye even sell[04376][8799] your brethren[0251]? or shall they be sold[04376][8738] unto us? Then held they their peace[02790][8686], and found[04672][8804] nothing[01697] to answer .
7:19 Also I said[0559][8799], It is not good[02896] that[01697] ye do[06213][8802]: ought ye not to walk[03212][8799] in the fear[03374] of our God[0430] because of the reproach[02781] of the heathen[01471] our enemies[0341][8802]?
7:20 I likewise, and my brethren[0251], and my servants[05288], might exact[05383][8802] of them money[03701] and corn[01715]: I pray you, let us leave off[05800][8799] this usury[04855].
7:21 Restore[07725][8685], I pray you, to them, even this day[03117], their lands[07704], their vineyards[03754], their oliveyards[02132], and their houses[01004], also the hundredth[03967] part of the money[03701], and of the corn[01715], the wine[08492], and the oil[03323], that ye exact[05383][8802] of them.
7:22 Then said[0559][8799] they, We will restore[07725][8686] them , and will require[01245][8762] nothing of them; so will we do[06213][8799] as thou sayest[0559][8802]. Then I called[07121][8799] the priests[03548], and took an oath[07650][8686] of them, that they should do[06213][8800] according to this promise[01697].
7:23 Also I shook[05287][8804] my lap[02684], and said[0559][8799], So God[0430] shake out[05287][8762] every man[0376] from his house[01004], and from his labour[03018], that performeth[06965][8686] not this promise[01697], even thus be he shaken out[05287][8803], and emptied[07386]. And all the congregation[06951] said[0559][8799], Amen[0543], and praised[01984][8762] the LORD[03068]. And the people[05971] did[06213][8799] according to this promise[01697]. emptied: Heb. empty, or, void
7:24 Moreover from the time[03117] that I was appointed[06680][8765] to be their governor[06346] in the land[0776] of Judah[03063], from the twentieth[06242] year[08141] even unto the two[08147] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of Artaxerxes[0783] the king[04428], that is , twelve[08147][06240] years[08141], I and my brethren[0251] have not eaten[0398][8804] the bread[03899] of the governor[06346].
7:25 But the former[07223] governors[06346] that had been before[06440] me were chargeable[03513][8689] unto the people[05971], and had taken[03947][8799] of them bread[03899] and wine[03196], beside[0310] forty[0705] shekels[08255] of silver[03701]; yea, even[01571] their servants[05288] bare rule[07980][8804] over the people[05971]: but so did[06213][8804] not I, because[06440] of the fear[03374] of God[0430].
7:26 Yea, also I continued[02388][8689] in the work[04399] of this wall[02346], neither bought[07069][8804] we any land[07704]: and all my servants[05288] were gathered[06908][8803] thither unto the work[04399].
7:27 Moreover there were at my table[07979] an hundred[03967] and fifty[02572][0376] of the Jews[03064] and rulers[05461], beside those that came[0935][8802] unto us from among the heathen[01471] that are about us[05439].
7:28 Now that which was prepared[06213][8737] for me daily[03117] was one[0259] ox[07794] and six[08337] choice[01305][8803] sheep[06629]; also fowls[06833] were prepared[06213][8738] for me, and once in ten[06235] days[03117] store[07235][8687] of all sorts of wine[03196]: yet for all[05973] this required[01245][8765] not I the bread[03899] of the governor[06346], because the bondage[05656] was heavy[03513][8804] upon this people[05971].
7:29 Think[02142][8798] upon me, my God[0430], for good[02896], according to all that I have done[06213][8804] for this people[05971].
7:30 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat[05571], and Tobiah[02900], and Geshem[01654] the Arabian[06163], and the rest[03499] of our enemies[0341][8802], heard[08085][8738] that I had builded[01129][8804] the wall[02346], and that there was no breach[06556] left[03498][8738] therein; (though[01571][05704] at that time[06256] I had not set up[05975][8689] the doors[01817] upon the gates[08179];)
7:31 That Sanballat[05571] and Geshem[01654] sent[07971][8799] unto me, saying[0559][8800], Come[03212][8798], let us meet[03259][8735] together[03162] in some one of the villages[03715] in the plain[01237] of Ono[0207]. But they thought[02803][8802] to do[06213][8800] me mischief[07451].
7:32 And I sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto them, saying[0559][8800], I am doing[06213][8802] a great[01419] work[04399], so that I cannot[03201][8799] come down[03381][8800]: why should the work[04399] cease[07673][8799], whilst[0834] I leave[07503][8686] it, and come down[03381][8804] to you?
7:33 Yet they sent[07971][8799] unto me four[0702] times[06471] after this sort[01697]; and I answered[07725][8686] them after the same manner[01697].
7:34 Then sent[07971][8799] Sanballat[05571] his servant[05288] unto me in like manner[01697] the fifth[02549] time[06471] with an open[06605][8803] letter[0107] in his hand[03027];
7:35 Wherein was written[03789][8803], It is reported[08085][8738] among the heathen[01471], and Gashmu[01654] saith[0559][8802] it, that thou and the Jews[03064] think[02803][8802] to rebel[04775][8800]: for which cause[03651] thou buildest[01129][8802] the wall[02346], that thou mayest be[01933][8802] their king[04428], according to these words[01697]. Gashmu: also called, Geshem
7:36 And thou hast also appointed[05975][8689] prophets[05030] to preach[07121][8800] of thee at Jerusalem[03389], saying[0559][8800], There is a king[04428] in Judah[03063]: and now shall it be reported[08085][8735] to the king[04428] according to these words[01697]. Come[03212][8798] now therefore, and let us take counsel[03289][8735] together[03162].
7:37 Then I sent[07971][8799] unto him, saying[0559][8800], There are[01961][00] no such things[01697] done[01961][8738] as thou sayest[0559][8802], but thou feignest[0908][8802] them out of thine own heart[03820].
7:38 For they all made us afraid[03372][8764], saying[0559][8800], Their hands[03027] shall be weakened[07503][8799] from the work[04399], that it be not done[06213][8735]. Now therefore, O God , strengthen[02388][8761] my hands[03027].
7:39 Afterward I came[0935][8804] unto the house[01004] of Shemaiah[08098] the son[01121] of Delaiah[01806] the son[01121] of Mehetabeel[04105], who was shut up[06113][8803]; and he said[0559][8799], Let us meet together[03259][8735] in the house[01004] of God[0430], within[08432] the temple[01964], and let us shut[05462][8799] the doors[01817] of the temple[01964]: for they will come[0935][8802] to slay[02026][8800] thee; yea, in the night[03915] will they come[0935][8802] to slay[02026][8800] thee.
7:40 And I said[0559][8799], Should such[03644] a man[0376] as I flee[01272][8799]? and who is there , that, being as I am , would go[0935][8799] into the temple[01964] to save his life[02425][8804]? I will not go in[0935][8799].
7:41 And, lo, I perceived[05234][8686] that God[0430] had not sent[07971][8804] him; but that he pronounced[01696][8765] this prophecy[05016] against me: for Tobiah[02900] and Sanballat[05571] had hired[07936][8804] him.
7:42 Therefore was he hired[07936][8803], that I should be afraid[03372][8799], and do so[06213][8799], and sin[02398][8804], and that they might have matter for an evil[07451] report[08034], that they might reproach[02778][8762] me.
7:43 My God[0430], think[02142][8798] thou upon Tobiah[02900] and Sanballat[05571] according to these their works[04639], and on the prophetess[05031] Noadiah[05129], and the rest[03499] of the prophets[05030], that would have put me in fear[03372][8764].
7:44 So the wall[02346] was finished[07999][8799] in the twenty[06242] and fifth[02568] day of the month Elul[0435], in fifty[02572] and two[08147] days[03117].
7:45 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies[0341][8802] heard[08085][8804] thereof , and all the heathen[01471] that were about us[05439] saw[07200][8799] these things , they were much[03966] cast down[05307][8799] in their own eyes[05869]: for they perceived[03045][8799] that this work[04399] was wrought[06213][8738] of our God[0430].
7:46 Moreover in those days[03117] the nobles[02715] of Judah[03063] sent[01980][8802] many[07235][8688] letters[0107] unto Tobiah[02900], and the letters of Tobiah[02900] came[0935][8802] unto them. sent...: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah
7:47 For there were many[07227] in Judah[03063] sworn[01167][07621] unto him, because he was the son in law[02860] of Shechaniah[07935] the son[01121] of Arah[0733]; and his son[01121] Johanan[03076] had taken[03947][8804] the daughter[01323] of Meshullam[04918] the son[01121] of Berechiah[01296].
7:48 Also they reported[0559][8802] his good deeds[02896] before[06440] me, and uttered[03318][8688] my words[01697] to him. And Tobiah[02900] sent[07971][8804] letters[0107] to put me in fear[03372][8763]. words: or, matters
7:49 Now it came to pass, when the wall[02346] was built[01129][8738], and I had set up[05975][8686] the doors[01817], and the porters[07778] and the singers[07891][8789] and the Levites[03881] were appointed[06485][8735],
7:50 That I gave my brother[0251] Hanani[02607], and Hananiah[02608] the ruler[08269] of the palace[01002], charge[06680][8762] over Jerusalem[03389]: for he was a faithful[0571] man[0376], and feared[03372][8804] God[0430] above many[07227].
7:51 And I said[0559][8799] unto them, Let not the gates[08179] of Jerusalem[03389] be opened[06605][8735] until the sun[08121] be hot[02527]; and while they stand by[05975][8802], let them shut[01479][8686] the doors[01817], and bar[0270][8798] them : and appoint[05975][8687] watches[04931] of the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389], every one[0376] in his watch[04929], and every one[0376] to be over against his house[01004].
7:52 Now the city[05892] was large[07342][03027] and great[01419]: but the people[05971] were few[04592] therein[08432], and the houses[01004] were not builded[01129][8803]. large: Heb. broad in spaces
7:53 And my God[0430] put[05414][8799] into mine heart[03820] to gather together[06908][8799] the nobles[02715], and the rulers[05461], and the people[05971], that they might be reckoned by genealogy[03187][8692]. And I found[04672][8799] a register[05612] of the genealogy[03188] of them which came up[05927][8802] at the first[07223], and found[04672][8799] written[03789][8803] therein,
7:54 These are the children[01121] of the province[04082], that went up[05927][8802] out of the captivity[07628], of those that had been carried away[01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar[05019] the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] had carried away[01540][8689], and came again[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] and to Judah[03063], every one[0376] unto his city[05892];
7:55 Who came[0935][8802] with Zerubbabel[02216], Jeshua[03442], Nehemiah[05166], Azariah[05838], Raamiah[07485], Nahamani[05167], Mordecai[04782], Bilshan[01114], Mispereth[04559], Bigvai[0902], Nehum[05149], Baanah[01196]. The number[04557], I say , of the men[0582] of the people[05971] of Israel[03478] was this ; Azariah: also called, Seraiah
7:56 The children[01121] of Parosh[06551], two[08147] thousand[0505] an hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and two[08147].
7:57 The children[01121] of Shephatiah[08203], three[07969] hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and two[08147].
7:58 The children[01121] of Arah[0733], six[08337] hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and two[08147].
7:59 The children[01121] of Pahathmoab[06355], of the children[01121] of Jeshua[03442] and Joab[03097], two thousand[0505] and eight[08083] hundred[03967] and eighteen[08083][06240].
7:60 The children[01121] of Elam[05867], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and four[0702].
7:61 The children[01121] of Zattu[02240], eight[08083] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568].
7:62 The children[01121] of Zaccai[02140], seven[07651] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346].
7:63 The children[01121] of Binnui[01131], six[08337] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and eight[08083]. Binnui: also called, Bani
7:64 The children[01121] of Bebai[0893], six[08337] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
7:65 The children[01121] of Azgad[05803], two[08147] thousand[0505] three[07969] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and two[08147].
7:66 The children[01121] of Adonikam[0140], six[08337] hundred[03967] threescore[08346] and seven[07651].
7:67 The children[01121] of Bigvai[0902], two thousand[0505] threescore[08346] and seven[07651].
7:68 The children[01121] of Adin[05720], six[08337] hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and five[02568].
7:69 The children[01121] of Ater[0333] of Hezekiah[02396], ninety[08673] and eight[08083].
7:70 The children[01121] of Hashum[02828], three[07969] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
7:71 The children[01121] of Bezai[01209], three[07969] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and four[0702].
7:72 The children[01121] of Hariph[02756], an hundred[03967] and twelve[08147][06240]. Hariph: also called, Jora
7:73 The children[01121] of Gibeon[01391], ninety[08673] and five[02568]. Gibeon: also called, Gibbar
8:1 The men[0582] of Bethlehem[01035] and Netophah[05199], an hundred[03967] fourscore[08084] and eight[08083].
8:2 The men[0582] of Anathoth[06068], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
8:3 The men[0582] of Bethazmaveth[01041], forty[0705] and two[08147]. Bethazmaveth: also called, Azmaveth
8:4 The men[0582] of Kirjathjearim[07157], Chephirah[03716], and Beeroth[0881], seven[07651] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and three[07969]. Kirjathjearim: also called, Kirjatharim
8:5 The men[0582] of Ramah[07414] and Geba[01387], six[08337] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and one[0259].
8:6 The men[0582] of Michmas[04363], an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] and two[08147].
8:7 The men[0582] of Bethel[01008] and Ai[05857], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and three[07969].
8:8 The men[0582] of the other[0312] Nebo[05015], fifty[02572] and two[08147].
8:9 The children[01121] of the other[0312] Elam[05867], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] fifty[02572] and four[0702].
8:10 The children[01121] of Harim[02766], three[07969] hundred[03967] and twenty[06242].
8:11 The children[01121] of Jericho[03405], three[07969] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568].
8:12 The children[01121] of Lod[03850], Hadid[02307], and Ono[0207], seven[07651] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and one[0259].
8:13 The children[01121] of Senaah[05570], three[07969] thousand[0505] nine[08672] hundred[03967] and thirty[07970].
8:14 The priests[03548]: the children[01121] of Jedaiah[03048], of the house[01004] of Jeshua[03442], nine[08672] hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and three[07969].
8:15 The children[01121] of Immer[0564], a thousand[0505] fifty[02572] and two[08147].
8:16 The children[01121] of Pashur[06583], a thousand[0505] two hundred[03967] forty[0705] and seven[07651].
8:17 The children[01121] of Harim[02766], a thousand[0505] and seventeen[07651][06240].
8:18 The Levites[03881]: the children[01121] of Jeshua[03442], of Kadmiel[06934], and of the children[01121] of Hodevah[01937], seventy[07657] and four[0702]. Hodevah: also called, Hodaviah or Judah
9:1 The singers[07891][8789]: the children[01121] of Asaph[0623], an hundred[03967] forty[0705] and eight[08083].
9:2 The porters[07778]: the children[01121] of Shallum[07967], the children[01121] of Ater[0333], the children[01121] of Talmon[02929], the children[01121] of Akkub[06126], the children[01121] of Hatita[02410], the children[01121] of Shobai[07630], an hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and eight[08083].
9:3 The Nethinims[05411]: the children[01121] of Ziha[06727], the children[01121] of Hashupha[02817], the children[01121] of Tabbaoth[02884],
9:4 The children[01121] of Keros[07026], the children[01121] of Sia[05517], the children[01121] of Padon[06303],
9:5 The children[01121] of Lebana[03838], the children[01121] of Hagaba[02286], the children[01121] of Shalmai[08014],
9:6 The children[01121] of Hanan[02605], the children[01121] of Giddel[01435], the children[01121] of Gahar[01515],
9:7 The children[01121] of Reaiah[07211], the children[01121] of Rezin[07526], the children[01121] of Nekoda[05353],
9:8 The children[01121] of Gazzam[01502], the children[01121] of Uzza[05798], the children[01121] of Phaseah[06454],
9:9 The children[01121] of Besai[01153], the children[01121] of Meunim[04586], the children[01121] of Nephishesim[05300][8676][05304],
9:10 The children[01121] of Bakbuk[01227], the children[01121] of Hakupha[02709], the children[01121] of Harhur[02744],
9:11 The children[01121] of Bazlith[01213], the children[01121] of Mehida[04240], the children[01121] of Harsha[02797],
9:12 The children[01121] of Barkos[01302], the children[01121] of Sisera[05516], the children[01121] of Tamah[08547],
9:13 The children[01121] of Neziah[05335], the children[01121] of Hatipha[02412].
9:14 The children[01121] of Solomon's[08010] servants[05650]: the children[01121] of Sotai[05479], the children[01121] of Sophereth[05618], the children[01121] of Perida[06514],
9:15 The children[01121] of Jaala[03279], the children[01121] of Darkon[01874], the children[01121] of Giddel[01435],
9:16 The children[01121] of Shephatiah[08203], the children[01121] of Hattil[02411], the children[01121] of Pochereth of Zebaim[06380], the children[01121] of Amon[0526]. Amon: also called, Ami
9:17 All the Nethinims[05411], and the children[01121] of Solomon's[08010] servants[05650], were three[07969] hundred[03967] ninety[08673] and two[08147].
9:18 And these were they which went up[05927][8802] also from Telmelah[08528], Telharesha[08521], Cherub[03743], Addon[0114], and Immer[0564]: but they could[03201][8804] not shew[05046][8687] their father's[01] house[01004], nor their seed[02233], whether they were of Israel[03478]. seed: or, pedigree
9:19 The children[01121] of Delaiah[01806], the children[01121] of Tobiah[02900], the children[01121] of Nekoda[05353], six[08337] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and two[08147].
9:20 And of the priests[03548]: the children[01121] of Habaiah[02252], the children[01121] of Koz[06976], the children[01121] of Barzillai[01271], which took[03947][8804] one of the daughters[01323] of Barzillai[01271] the Gileadite[01569] to wife[0802], and was called[07121][8735] after their name[08034].
9:21 These sought[01245][8765] their register[03791] among those that were reckoned by genealogy[03187][8693], but it was not found[04672][8738]: therefore were they, as polluted[01351][8792], put from the priesthood[03550].
9:22 And the Tirshatha[08660] said[0559][8799] unto them, that they should not eat[0398][8799] of the most[06944] holy things[06944], till there stood[05975][8800] up a priest[03548] with Urim[0224] and Thummim[08550]. the Tirshatha: or, the governor
9:23 The whole congregation[06951] together[0259] was forty[0702][07239] and two thousand[0505] three[07969] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346],
9:24 Beside their manservants[05650] and their maidservants[0519], of whom there were seven[07651] thousand[0505] three[07969] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and seven[07651]: and they had two hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568] singing men[07891][8789] and singing women[07891][8789].
9:25 Their horses[05483], seven[07651] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and six[08337]: their mules[06505], two hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568]:
9:26 Their camels[01581], four[0702] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and five[02568]: six[08337] thousand[0505] seven[07651] hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] asses[02543].
9:27 And some of[07117] the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] gave[05414][8804] unto the work[04399]. The Tirshatha[08660] gave[05414][8804] to the treasure[0214] a thousand[0505] drams[01871] of gold[02091], fifty[02572] basons[04219], five[02568] hundred[03967] and thirty[07970] priests[03548]' garments[03801]. some: Heb. part. the Tirshatha: or, the governor
9:28 And some of the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] gave[05414][8804] to the treasure[0214] of the work[04399] twenty[08147] thousand[07239] drams[01871] of gold[02091], and two thousand[0505] and two hundred[03967] pound[04488] of silver[03701].
9:29 And that which the rest[07611] of the people[05971] gave[05414][8804] was twenty[08147] thousand[07239] drams[01871] of gold[02091], and two thousand[0505] pound[04488] of silver[03701], and threescore[08346] and seven[07651] priests[03548]' garments[03801].
9:30 So the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and the porters[07778], and the singers[07891][8789], and some of the people[05971], and the Nethinims[05411], and all Israel[03478], dwelt[03427][8799] in their cities[05892]; and when the seventh[07637] month[02320] came[05060][8799], the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were in their cities[05892].
9:31 And all the people[05971] gathered themselves together[0622][8735] as one[0259] man[0376] into the street[07339] that was before[06440] the water[04325] gate[08179]; and they spake[0559][8799] unto Ezra[05830] the scribe[05608][8802] to bring[0935][8687] the book[05612] of the law[08451] of Moses[04872], which the LORD[03068] had commanded[06680][8765] to Israel[03478].
9:32 And Ezra[05830] the priest[03548] brought[0935][8686] the law[08451] before[06440] the congregation[06951] both of men[0376] and women[0802], and all that could hear[08085][8800] with understanding[0995][8688], upon the first[0259] day[03117] of the seventh[07637] month[02320]. that...: Heb. that understood in hearing
9:33 And he read[07121][8799] therein before[06440] the street[07339] that was before[06440] the water[04325] gate[08179] from the morning[0216] until midday[04276][03117], before the men[0582] and the women[0802], and those that could understand[0995][8688]; and the ears[0241] of all the people[05971] were attentive unto the book[05612] of the law[08451]. from...: Heb. from the light
9:34 And Ezra[05830] the scribe[05608][8802] stood[05975][8799] upon a pulpit[04026] of wood[06086], which they had made[06213][8804] for the purpose[01697]; and beside[0681] him stood[05975][8799] Mattithiah[04993], and Shema[08087], and Anaiah[06043], and Urijah[0223], and Hilkiah[02518], and Maaseiah[04641], on his right hand[03225]; and on his left hand[08040], Pedaiah[06305], and Mishael[04332], and Malchiah[04441], and Hashum[02828], and Hashbadana[02806], Zechariah[02148], and Meshullam[04918]. pulpit...: Heb. tower of wood
9:35 And Ezra[05830] opened[06605][8799] the book[05612] in the sight[05869] of all the people[05971]; (for he was above all the people[05971];) and when he opened[06605][8800] it, all the people[05971] stood up[05975][8804]: sight: Heb. eyes
9:36 And Ezra[05830] blessed[01288][8762] the LORD[03068], the great[01419] God[0430]. And all the people[05971] answered[06030][8799], Amen[0543], Amen[0543], with lifting up[04607] their hands[03027]: and they bowed[06915][8799] their heads, and worshipped[07812][8691] the LORD[03068] with their faces[0639] to the ground[0776].
9:37 Also Jeshua[03442], and Bani[01137], and Sherebiah[08274], Jamin[03226], Akkub[06126], Shabbethai[07678], Hodijah[01941], Maaseiah[04641], Kelita[07042], Azariah[05838], Jozabad[03107], Hanan[02605], Pelaiah[06411], and the Levites[03881], caused the people[05971] to understand[0995][8688] the law[08451]: and the people[05971] stood in their place[05977].
9:38 So they read[07121][8799] in the book[05612] in the law[08451] of God[0430] distinctly[06567][8794], and gave[07760][8800] the sense[07922], and caused them to understand[0995][8799] the reading[04744].
10:1 And Nehemiah[05166], which is the Tirshatha[08660], and Ezra[05830] the priest[03548] the scribe[05608][8802], and the Levites[03881] that taught[0995][8688] the people[05971], said[0559][8799] unto all the people[05971], This day[03117] is holy[06918] unto the LORD[03068] your God[0430]; mourn[056][8691] not, nor weep[01058][8799]. For all the people[05971] wept[01058][8802], when they heard[08085][8800] the words[01697] of the law[08451]. the Tirshatha: or, the governor
10:2 Then he said[0559][8799] unto them, Go your way[03212][8798], eat[0398][8798] the fat[04924], and drink[08354][8798] the sweet[04477], and send[07971][8798] portions[04490] unto them for whom nothing is prepared[03559][8737]: for this day[03117] is holy[06918] unto our Lord[0113]: neither be ye sorry[06087][8735]; for the joy[02304] of the LORD[03068] is your strength[04581].
10:3 So the Levites[03881] stilled[02814][8688] all the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Hold your peace[02013][8761], for the day[03117] is holy[06918]; neither be ye grieved[06087][8735].
10:4 And all the people[05971] went their way[03212][8799] to eat[0398][8800], and to drink[08354][8800], and to send[07971][8763] portions[04490], and to make[06213][8800] great[01419] mirth[08057], because they had understood[0995][8689] the words[01697] that were declared[03045][8689] unto them.
10:5 And on the second[08145] day[03117] were gathered together[0622][8738] the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of all the people[05971], the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], unto Ezra[05830] the scribe[05608][8802], even to understand[07919][8687] the words[01697] of the law[08451]. to understand...: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law
10:6 And they found[04672][8799] written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] which the LORD[03068] had commanded[06680][8765] by[03027] Moses[04872], that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] should dwell[03427][8799] in booths[05521] in the feast[02282] of the seventh[07637] month[02320]: by: Heb. by the hand of
10:7 And that they should publish[08085][8686] and proclaim[05674][8686][06963] in all their cities[05892], and in Jerusalem[03389], saying[0559][8800], Go forth[03318][8798] unto the mount[02022], and fetch[0935][8685] olive[02132] branches[05929], and pine[08081] branches[06086][05929], and myrtle[01918] branches[05929], and palm[08558] branches[05929], and branches[05929] of thick[05687] trees[06086], to make[06213][8800] booths[05521], as it is written[03789][8803].
10:8 So the people[05971] went forth[03318][8799], and brought[0935][8686] them , and made[06213][8799] themselves booths[05521], every one[0376] upon the roof of his house[01406], and in their courts[02691], and in the courts[02691] of the house[01004] of God[0430], and in the street[07339] of the water[04325] gate[08179], and in the street[07339] of the gate[08179] of Ephraim[0669].
10:9 And all the congregation[06951] of them that were come again[07725][8802] out of the captivity[07628] made[06213][8799] booths[05521], and sat[03427][8799] under the booths[05521]: for since the days[03117] of Jeshua[03442] the son[01121] of Nun[05126] unto that day[03117] had not the children[01121] of Israel[03478] done so[06213][8804]. And there was very[03966] great[01419] gladness[08057].
10:10 Also day[03117] by day[03117], from the first[07223] day[03117] unto the last[0314] day[03117], he read[07121][8799] in the book[05612] of the law[08451] of God[0430]. And they kept[06213][8799] the feast[02282] seven[07651] days[03117]; and on the eighth[08066] day[03117] was a solemn assembly[06116], according unto the manner[04941]. a solemn...: Heb. a restraint
10:11 Now in the twenty[06242] and fourth[0702] day[03117] of this month[02320] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were assembled[0622][8738] with fasting[06685], and with sackclothes[08242], and earth[0127] upon them.
10:12 And the seed[02233] of Israel[03478] separated[0914][8735] themselves from all strangers[01121][05236], and stood[05975][8799] and confessed[03034][8691] their sins[02403], and the iniquities[05771] of their fathers[01]. strangers: Heb. strange children
10:13 And they stood up[06965][8799] in their place[05977], and read[07121][8799] in the book[05612] of the law[08451] of the LORD[03068] their God[0430] one fourth part[07243] of the day[03117]; and another fourth part[07243] they confessed[03034][8693], and worshipped[07812][8693] the LORD[03068] their God[0430].
10:14 Then stood up[06965][8799] upon the stairs[04608], of the Levites[03881], Jeshua[03442], and Bani[01137], Kadmiel[06934], Shebaniah[07645], Bunni[01138], Sherebiah[08274], Bani[01137], and Chenani[03662], and cried[02199][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963] unto the LORD[03068] their God[0430]. stairs: or, scaffold
10:15 Then the Levites[03881], Jeshua[03442], and Kadmiel[06934], Bani[01137], Hashabniah[02813], Sherebiah[08274], Hodijah[01941], Shebaniah[07645], and Pethahiah[06611], said[0559][8799], Stand up[06965][8798] and  bless[01288][8761] the LORD[03068] your God[0430] for ever[05769] and ever[05769]: and blessed[01288][8762] be thy glorious[03519] name[08034], which is exalted[07311][8784] above all blessing[01293] and praise[08416].
10:16 Thou, even thou, art LORD[03068] alone; thou hast made[06213][8804] heaven[08064], the heaven[08064] of heavens[08064], with all their host[06635], the earth[0776], and all things that are therein, the seas[03220], and all that is therein, and thou preservest[02421][8764] them all; and the host[06635] of heaven[08064] worshippeth[07812][8693] thee.
10:17 Thou art the LORD[03068] the God[0430], who didst choose[0977][8804] Abram[087], and broughtest him forth[03318][8689] out of Ur[0218] of the Chaldees[03778], and gavest[07760][8804] him the name[08034] of Abraham[085];
10:18 And foundest[04672][8804] his heart[03824] faithful[0539][8737] before[06440] thee, and madest[03772][8800] a covenant[01285] with him to give[05414][8800] the land[0776] of the Canaanites[03669], the Hittites[02850], the Amorites[0567], and the Perizzites[06522], and the Jebusites[02983], and the Girgashites[01622], to give[05414][8800] it, I say , to his seed[02233], and hast performed[06965][8686] thy words[01697]; for thou art righteous[06662]:
10:19 And didst see[07200][8799] the affliction[06040] of our fathers[01] in Egypt[04714], and heardest[08085][8804] their cry[02201] by the Red[05488] sea[03220];
10:20 And shewedst[05414][8799] signs[0226] and wonders[04159] upon Pharaoh[06547], and on all his servants[05650], and on all the people[05971] of his land[0776]: for thou knewest[03045][8804] that they dealt proudly[02102][8689] against them. So didst thou get[06213][8799] thee a name[08034], as it is this day[03117].
10:21 And thou didst divide[01234][8804] the sea[03220] before[06440] them, so that they went through[05674][8799] the midst[08432] of the sea[03220] on the dry land[03004]; and their persecutors[07291][8802] thou threwest[07993][8689] into the deeps[04688], as a stone[068] into the mighty[05794] waters[04325].
10:22 Moreover thou leddest[05148][8689] them in the day[03119] by a cloudy[06051] pillar[05982]; and in the night[03915] by a pillar[05982] of fire[0784], to give them light[0215][8687] in the way[01870] wherein they should go[03212][8799].
10:23 Thou camest down[03381][8804] also upon mount[02022] Sinai[05514], and spakest[01696][8763] with them from heaven[08064], and gavest[05414][8799] them right[03477] judgments[04941], and true[0571] laws[08451], good[02896] statutes[02706] and commandments[04687]: true...: Heb. laws of truth
10:24 And madest known[03045][8689] unto them thy holy[06944] sabbath[07676], and commandedst[06680][8765] them precepts[04687], statutes[02706], and laws[08451], by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872] thy servant[05650]:
10:25 And gavest[05414][8804] them bread[03899] from heaven[08064] for their hunger[07458], and broughtest forth[03318][8689] water[04325] for them out of the rock[05553] for their thirst[06772], and promisedst[0559][8799] them that they should go in[0935][8800] to possess[03423][8800] the land[0776] which thou hadst sworn[03027][05375][8804] to give[05414][8800] them. which...: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them
10:26 But they and our fathers[01] dealt proudly[02102][8689], and hardened[07185][8686] their necks[06203], and hearkened[08085][8804] not to thy commandments[04687],
10:27 And refused[03985][8762] to obey[08085][8800], neither were mindful[02142][8804] of thy wonders[06381][8737] that thou didst[06213][8804] among them; but hardened[07185][8686] their necks[06203], and in their rebellion[04805] appointed[05414][8799] a captain[07218] to return[07725][8800] to their bondage[05659]: but thou art a God[0433] ready to pardon[05547], gracious[02587] and merciful[07349], slow[0750] to anger[0639], and of great[07227] kindness[02617], and forsookest[05800][8804] them not. a God...: Heb. a God of pardons
10:28 Yea, when they had made[06213][8804] them a molten[04541] calf[05695], and said[0559][8799], This is thy God[0430] that brought thee up[05927][8689] out of Egypt[04714], and had wrought[06213][8799] great[01419] provocations[05007];
10:29 Yet thou in thy manifold[07227] mercies[07356] forsookest[05800][8804] them not in the wilderness[04057]: the pillar[05982] of the cloud[06051] departed[05493][8804] not from them by day[03119], to lead[05148][8687] them in the way[01870]; neither the pillar[05982] of fire[0784] by night[03915], to shew them light[0215][8687], and the way[01870] wherein they should go[03212][8799].
10:30 Thou gavest[05414][8804] also thy good[02896] spirit[07307] to instruct[07919][8687] them, and withheldest[04513][8804] not thy manna[04478] from their mouth[06310], and gavest[05414][8804] them water[04325] for their thirst[06772].
10:31 Yea, forty[0705] years[08141] didst thou sustain[03557][8773] them in the wilderness[04057], so that they lacked[02637][8804] nothing; their clothes[08008] waxed not old[01086][8804], and their feet[07272] swelled[01216][8804] not.
10:32 Moreover thou gavest[05414][8799] them kingdoms[04467] and nations[05971], and didst divide[02505][8799] them into corners[06285]: so they possessed[03423][8799] the land[0776] of Sihon[05511], and the land[0776] of the king[04428] of Heshbon[02809], and the land[0776] of Og[05747] king[04428] of Bashan[01316].
10:33 Their children[01121] also multipliedst[07235][8689] thou as the stars[03556] of heaven[08064], and broughtest[0935][8686] them into the land[0776], concerning which thou hadst promised[0559][8804] to their fathers[01], that they should go in[0935][8800] to possess[03423][8800] it .
10:34 So the children[01121] went in[0935][8799] and possessed[03423][8799] the land[0776], and thou subduedst[03665][8686] before[06440] them the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the land[0776], the Canaanites[03669], and gavest[05414][8799] them into their hands[03027], with their kings[04428], and the people[05971] of the land[0776], that they might do[06213][8800] with them as they would[07522]. as they...: Heb. according to their will
10:35 And they took[03920][8799] strong[01219][8803] cities[05892], and a fat[08082] land[0127], and possessed[03423][8799] houses[01004] full[04392] of all goods[02898], wells[0953] digged[02672][8803], vineyards[03754], and oliveyards[02132], and fruit[03978] trees[06086] in abundance[07230]: so they did eat[0398][8799], and were filled[07646][8799], and became fat[08080][8686], and delighted[05727][8691] themselves in thy great[01419] goodness[02898]. wells: or, cisterns fruit...: Heb. tree of food
10:36 Nevertheless they were disobedient[04784][8686], and rebelled[04775][8799] against thee, and cast[07993][8686] thy law[08451] behind[0310] their backs[01458], and slew[02026][8804] thy prophets[05030] which testified[05749][8689] against them to turn[07725][8687] them to thee, and they wrought[06213][8799] great[01419] provocations[05007].
10:37 Therefore thou deliveredst[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of their enemies[06862], who vexed[06887][8686] them: and in the time[06256] of their trouble[06869], when they cried[06817][8799] unto thee, thou heardest[08085][8799] them from heaven[08064]; and according to thy manifold[07227] mercies[07356] thou gavest[05414][8799] them saviours[03467][8688], who saved[03467][8686] them out of the hand[03027] of their enemies[06862].
10:38 But after they had rest[05117][8800], they did[06213][8800] evil[07451] again[07725][8799] before[06440] thee: therefore leftest[05800][8799] thou them in the hand[03027] of their enemies[0341][8802], so that they had the dominion[07287][8799] over them: yet when they returned[07725][8799], and cried[02199][8799] unto thee, thou heardest[08085][8799] them from heaven[08064]; and many[07227] times[06256] didst thou deliver[05337][8686] them according to thy mercies[07356]; they did...: Heb. they returned to do evil
10:39 And testifiedst[05749][8686] against them, that thou mightest bring them again[07725][8687] unto thy law[08451]: yet they dealt proudly[02102][8689], and hearkened[08085][8804] not unto thy commandments[04687], but sinned[02398][8804] against thy judgments[04941], (which if a man[0120] do[06213][8799], he shall live[02421][8804] in them;) and withdrew[05414][8799][05637][8802] the shoulder[03802], and hardened[07185][8689] their neck[06203], and would not hear[08085][8804]. withdrew...: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder
11:1 Yet many[07227] years[08141] didst thou forbear[04900][8799] them, and testifiedst[05749][8686] against them by thy spirit[07307] in[03027] thy prophets[05030]: yet would they not give ear[0238][8689]: therefore gavest[05414][8799] thou them into the hand[03027] of the people[05971] of the lands[0776]. forbear...: Heb. protract over them in thy...: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets
11:2 Nevertheless for thy great[07227] mercies[07356]' sake thou didst[06213][8804] not utterly consume[03617] them, nor forsake[05800][8804] them; for thou art a gracious[02587] and merciful[07349] God[0410].
11:3 Now therefore, our God[0430], the great[01419], the mighty[01368], and the terrible[03372][8737] God[0410], who keepest[08104][8802] covenant[01285] and mercy[02617], let not all the trouble[08513] seem little[04591][8799] before[06440] thee, that hath come[04672][8804] upon us, on our kings[04428], on our princes[08269], and on our priests[03548], and on our prophets[05030], and on our fathers[01], and on all thy people[05971], since the time[03117] of the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804] unto this day[03117]. trouble: Heb. weariness that...: Heb. that hath found us
11:4 Howbeit thou art just[06662] in all that is brought[0935][8802] upon us; for thou hast done[06213][8804] right[0571], but we have done wickedly[07561][8689]:
11:5 Neither have our kings[04428], our princes[08269], our priests[03548], nor our fathers[01], kept[06213][8804] thy law[08451], nor hearkened[07181][8689] unto thy commandments[04687] and thy testimonies[05715], wherewith thou didst testify[05749][8689] against them.
11:6 For they have not served[05647][8804] thee in their kingdom[04438], and in thy great[07227] goodness[02898] that thou gavest[05414][8804] them, and in the large[07342] and fat[08082] land[0776] which thou gavest[05414][8804] before[06440] them, neither turned[07725][8804] they from their wicked[07451] works[04611].
11:7 Behold, we are servants[05650] this day[03117], and for the land[0776] that thou gavest[05414][8804] unto our fathers[01] to eat[0398][8800] the fruit[06529] thereof and the good[02898] thereof, behold, we  are servants[05650] in it:
11:8 And it yieldeth much[07235][8688] increase[08393] unto the kings[04428] whom thou hast set[05414][8804] over us because of our sins[02403]: also they have dominion[04910][8802] over our bodies[01472], and over our cattle[0929], at their pleasure[07522], and we are in great[01419] distress[06869].
11:9 And because of all this we make[03772][8802] a sure[0548] covenant , and write[03789][8802] it ; and our princes[08269], Levites[03881], and priests[03548], seal[02856][8803] unto it . seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed
11:10 Now those that sealed[02856][8803] were , Nehemiah[05166], the Tirshatha[08660], the son[01121] of Hachaliah[02446], and Zidkijah[06667], those...: Heb. at the sealings the Tirshatha: or, the governor
11:11 Seraiah[08304], Azariah[05838], Jeremiah[03414],
11:12 Pashur[06583], Amariah[0568], Malchijah[04441],
11:13 Hattush[02407], Shebaniah[07645], Malluch[04409],
11:14 Harim[02766], Meremoth[04822], Obadiah[05662],
11:15 Daniel[01840], Ginnethon[01599], Baruch[01263],
11:16 Meshullam[04918], Abijah[029], Mijamin[04326],
11:17 Maaziah[04590], Bilgai[01084], Shemaiah[08098]: these were the priests[03548].
11:18 And the Levites[03881]: both Jeshua[03442] the son[01121] of Azaniah[0245], Binnui[01131] of the sons[01121] of Henadad[02582], Kadmiel[06934];
11:19 And their brethren[0251], Shebaniah[07645], Hodijah[01941], Kelita[07042], Pelaiah[06411], Hanan[02605],
11:20 Micha[04316], Rehob[07340], Hashabiah[02811],
11:21 Zaccur[02139], Sherebiah[08274], Shebaniah[07645],
11:22 Hodijah[01941], Bani[01137], Beninu[01148].
11:23 The chief[07218] of the people[05971]; Parosh[06551], Pahathmoab[06355], Elam[05867], Zatthu[02240], Bani[01137],
11:24 Bunni[01138], Azgad[05803], Bebai[0893],
11:25 Adonijah[0138], Bigvai[0902], Adin[05720],
11:26 Ater[0333], Hizkijah[02396], Azzur[05809],
11:27 Hodijah[01941], Hashum[02828], Bezai[01209],
11:28 Hariph[02756], Anathoth[06068], Nebai[05109],
11:29 Magpiash[04047], Meshullam[04918], Hezir[02387],
11:30 Meshezabeel[04898], Zadok[06659], Jaddua[03037],
11:31 Pelatiah[06410], Hanan[02605], Anaiah[06043],
11:32 Hoshea[01954], Hananiah[02608], Hashub[02815],
11:33 Hallohesh[03873], Pileha[06401], Shobek[07733],
11:34 Rehum[07348], Hashabnah[02812], Maaseiah[04641],
11:35 And Ahijah[0281], Hanan[02605], Anan[06052],
11:36 Malluch[04409], Harim[02766], Baanah[01196].
12:1 And the rest[07605] of the people[05971], the priests[03548], the Levites[03881], the porters[07778], the singers[07891][8789], the Nethinims[05411], and all they that had separated[0914][8737] themselves from the people[05971] of the lands[0776] unto the law[08451] of God[0430], their wives[0802], their sons[01121], and their daughters[01323], every one having knowledge[03045][8802], and having understanding[0995][8688];
12:2 They clave[02388][8688] to their brethren[0251], their nobles[0117], and entered[0935][8802] into a curse[0423], and into an oath[07621], to walk[03212][8800] in God's[0430] law[08451], which was given[05414][8738] by[03027] Moses[04872] the servant[05650] of God[0430], and to observe[08104][8800] and do[06213][8800] all the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068] our Lord[0113], and his judgments[04941] and his statutes[02706]; by: Heb. by the hand of
12:3 And that we would not give[05414][8799] our daughters[01323] unto the people[05971] of the land[0776], nor take[03947][8799] their daughters[01323] for our sons[01121]:
12:4 And if the people[05971] of the land[0776] bring[0935][8688] ware[04728] or any victuals[07668] on the sabbath[07676] day[03117] to sell[04376][8800], that we would not buy[03947][8799] it of them on the sabbath[07676], or on the holy[06944] day[03117]: and that we would leave[05203][8799] the seventh[07637] year[08141], and the exaction[04853] of every debt[03027]. every...: Heb. every hand
12:5 Also we made[05975][8689] ordinances[04687] for us, to charge[05414][8800] ourselves yearly[08141] with the third part[07992] of a shekel[08255] for the service[05656] of the house[01004] of our God[0430];
12:6 For the shewbread[04635][03899], and for the continual[08548] meat offering[04503], and for the continual[08548] burnt offering[05930], of the sabbaths[07676], of the new moons[02320], for the set feasts[04150], and for the holy[06944] things , and for the sin offerings[02403] to make an atonement[03722][8763] for Israel[03478], and for all the work[04399] of the house[01004] of our God[0430].
12:7 And we cast[05307][8689] the lots[01486] among the priests[03548], the Levites[03881], and the people[05971], for the wood[06086] offering[07133], to bring[0935][8687] it into the house[01004] of our God[0430], after the houses[01004] of our fathers[01], at times[06256] appointed[02163][8794] year[08141] by year[08141], to burn[01197][8763] upon the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068] our God[0430], as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451]:
12:8 And to bring[0935][8687] the firstfruits[01061] of our ground[0127], and the firstfruits[01061] of all fruit[06529] of all trees[06086], year[08141] by year[08141], unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]:
12:9 Also the firstborn[01060] of our sons[01121], and of our cattle[0929], as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451], and the firstlings[01062] of our herds[01241] and of our flocks[06629], to bring[0935][8687] to the house[01004] of our God[0430], unto the priests[03548] that minister[08334][8764] in the house[01004] of our God[0430]:
12:10 And that we should bring[0935][8686] the firstfruits[07225] of our dough[06182], and our offerings[08641], and the fruit[06529] of all manner of trees[06086], of wine[08492] and of oil[03323], unto the priests[03548], to the chambers[03957] of the house[01004] of our God[0430]; and the tithes[04643] of our ground[0127] unto the Levites[03881], that the same Levites[03881] might have the tithes[06237][8764] in all the cities[05892] of our tillage[05656].
12:11 And the priest[03548] the son[01121] of Aaron[0175] shall be with the Levites[03881], when the Levites[03881] take tithes[06237][8687]: and the Levites[03881] shall bring up[05927][8686] the tithe[04643] of the tithes[04643] unto the house[01004] of our God[0430], to the chambers[03957], into the treasure[0214] house[01004].
12:12 For the children[01121] of Israel[03478] and the children[01121] of Levi[03878] shall bring[0935][8686] the offering[08641] of the corn[01715], of the new wine[08492], and the oil[03323], unto the chambers[03957], where  are the vessels[03627] of the sanctuary[04720], and the priests[03548] that minister[08334][8764], and the porters[07778], and the singers[07891][8789]: and we will not forsake[05800][8799] the house[01004] of our God[0430].
12:13 And the rulers[08269] of the people[05971] dwelt[03427][8799] at Jerusalem[03389]: the rest[07605] of the people[05971] also cast[05307][8689] lots[01486], to bring[0935][8687] one[0259] of ten[06235] to dwell[03427][8800] in Jerusalem[03389] the holy[06944] city[05892], and nine[08672] parts[03027] to dwell in other cities[05892].
12:14 And the people[05971] blessed[01288][8762] all the men[0582], that willingly offered[05068][8693] themselves to dwell[03427][8800] at Jerusalem[03389].
12:15 Now these are the chief[07218] of the province[04082] that dwelt[03427][8804] in Jerusalem[03389]: but in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063] dwelt[03427][8804] every one[0376] in his possession[0272] in their cities[05892], to wit , Israel[03478], the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and the Nethinims[05411], and the children[01121] of Solomon's[08010] servants[05650].
12:16 And at Jerusalem[03389] dwelt[03427][8804] certain of the children[01121] of Judah[03063], and of the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144]. Of the children[01121] of Judah[03063]; Athaiah[06265] the son[01121] of Uzziah[05818], the son[01121] of Zechariah[02148], the son[01121] of Amariah[0568], the son[01121] of Shephatiah[08203], the son[01121] of Mahalaleel[04111], of the children[01121] of Perez[06557]; Perez: also called, Pharez
12:17 And Maaseiah[04641] the son[01121] of Baruch[01263], the son[01121] of Colhozeh[03626], the son[01121] of Hazaiah[02382], the son[01121] of Adaiah[05718], the son[01121] of Joiarib[03114], the son[01121] of Zechariah[02148], the son[01121] of Shiloni[08023].
12:18 All the sons[01121] of Perez[06557] that dwelt[03427][8802] at Jerusalem[03389] were four[0702] hundred[03967] threescore[08346] and eight[08083] valiant[02428] men[0582].
12:19 And these are the sons[01121] of Benjamin[01144]; Sallu[05543] the son[01121] of Meshullam[04918], the son[01121] of Joed[03133], the son[01121] of Pedaiah[06305], the son[01121] of Kolaiah[06964], the son[01121] of Maaseiah[04641], the son[01121] of Ithiel[0384], the son[01121] of Jesaiah[03470].
12:20 And after[0310] him Gabbai[01373], Sallai[05543], nine[08672] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083].
12:21 And Joel[03100] the son[01121] of Zichri[02147] was their overseer[06496]: and Judah[03063] the son[01121] of Senuah[05574] was second[04932] over the city[05892].
12:22 Of the priests[03548]: Jedaiah[03048] the son[01121] of Joiarib[03114], Jachin[03199].
12:23 Seraiah[08304] the son[01121] of Hilkiah[02518], the son[01121] of Meshullam[04918], the son[01121] of Zadok[06659], the son[01121] of Meraioth[04812], the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285], was the ruler[05057] of the house[01004] of God[0430].
12:24 And their brethren[0251] that did[06213][8802] the work[04399] of the house[01004] were eight[08083] hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and two[08147]: and Adaiah[05718] the son[01121] of Jeroham[03395], the son[01121] of Pelaliah[06421], the son[01121] of Amzi[0557], the son[01121] of Zechariah[02148], the son[01121] of Pashur[06583], the son[01121] of Malchiah[04441],
12:25 And his brethren[0251], chief[07218] of the fathers[01], two[08147] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and two[08147]: and Amashai[06023] the son[01121] of Azareel[05832], the son[01121] of Ahasai[0273], the son[01121] of Meshillemoth[04919], the son[01121] of Immer[0564],
12:26 And their brethren[0251], mighty men[01368] of valour[02428], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and eight[08083]: and their overseer[06496] was Zabdiel[02068], the son[01121] of one of the great men[01419]. the son...: or, the son of Haggedolim
12:27 Also of the Levites[03881]: Shemaiah[08098] the son[01121] of Hashub[02815], the son[01121] of Azrikam[05840], the son[01121] of Hashabiah[02811], the son[01121] of Bunni[01138];
12:28 And Shabbethai[07678] and Jozabad[03107], of the chief[07218] of the Levites[03881], had the oversight of the outward[02435] business[04399] of the house[01004] of God[0430]. had...: Heb. were over
12:29 And Mattaniah[04983] the son[01121] of Micha[04316], the son[01121] of Zabdi[02067], the son[01121] of Asaph[0623], was the principal[07218] to begin[08462] the thanksgiving[03034][8686] in prayer[08605]: and Bakbukiah[01229] the second[04932] among his brethren[0251], and Abda[05653] the son[01121] of Shammua[08051], the son[01121] of Galal[01559], the son[01121] of Jeduthun[03038].
12:30 All the Levites[03881] in the holy[06944] city[05892] were two hundred[03967] fourscore[08084] and four[0702].
12:31 Moreover the porters[07778], Akkub[06126], Talmon[02929], and their brethren[0251] that kept[08104][8802] the gates[08179], were an hundred[03967] seventy[07657] and two[08147]. the gates: Heb. at the gates
12:32 And the residue[07605] of Israel[03478], of the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], were in all the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], every one[0376] in his inheritance[05159].
12:33 But the Nethinims[05411] dwelt[03427][8802] in Ophel[06077]: and Ziha[06727] and Gispa[01658] were over the Nethinims[05411]. Ophel: or, the tower
12:34 The overseer[06496] also of the Levites[03881] at Jerusalem[03389] was Uzzi[05813] the son[01121] of Bani[01137], the son[01121] of Hashabiah[02811], the son[01121] of Mattaniah[04983], the son[01121] of Micha[04316]. Of the sons[01121] of Asaph[0623], the singers[07891][8789] were over[05048] the business[04399] of the house[01004] of God[0430].
12:35 For it was the king's[04428] commandment[04687] concerning them, that a certain portion[0548] should be for the singers[07891][8789], due[01697] for every day[03117]. a certain...: or, a sure ordinance
12:36 And Pethahiah[06611] the son[01121] of Meshezabeel[04898], of the children[01121] of Zerah[02226] the son[01121] of Judah[03063], was at the king's[04428] hand[03027] in all matters[01697] concerning the people[05971]. Zerah: also called, Zarah
12:37 And for the villages[02691], with their fields[07704], some of the children[01121] of Judah[03063] dwelt[03427][8804] at Kirjatharba[07153], and in the villages[02691] thereof, and at Dibon[01769], and in  the villages[01323] thereof, and at Jekabzeel[03343], and in the villages[01323] thereof,
12:38 And at Jeshua[03442], and at Moladah[04137], and at Bethphelet[01046],
12:39 And at Hazarshual[02705], and at Beersheba[0884], and in the villages[01323] thereof,
12:40 And at Ziklag[06860], and at Mekonah[04368], and in the villages[01323] thereof,
12:41 And at Enrimmon[05884], and at Zareah[06881], and at Jarmuth[03412],
12:42 Zanoah[02182], Adullam[05725], and in their villages[02691], at Lachish[03923], and the fields[07704] thereof, at Azekah[05825], and in the villages[01323] thereof. And they dwelt[02583][8799] from Beersheba[0884] unto the valley[01516] of Hinnom[02011].
12:43 The children[01121] also of Benjamin[01144] from Geba[01387] dwelt at Michmash[04363], and Aija[05857], and Bethel[01008], and in their villages[01323], from: or, of at: or, to
12:44 And at Anathoth[06068], Nob[05011], Ananiah[06055],
12:45 Hazor[02674], Ramah[07414], Gittaim[01664],
12:46 Hadid[02307], Zeboim[06650], Neballat[05041],
12:47 Lod[03850], and Ono[0207], the valley[01516] of craftsmen[02791][8677][02798].
13:1 And of the Levites[03881] were divisions[04256] in Judah[03063], and in Benjamin[01144].
13:2 Now these are the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] that went up[05927][8804] with Zerubbabel[02216] the son[01121] of Shealtiel[07597], and Jeshua[03442]: Seraiah[08304], Jeremiah[03414], Ezra[05830],
13:3 Amariah[0568], Malluch[04409], Hattush[02407], Malluch: also called, Melicu
13:4 Shechaniah[07935], Rehum[07348], Meremoth[04822], Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah Rehum: also called, Harim Meremoth: also called, Meraioth
13:5 Iddo[05714], Ginnetho[01599], Abijah[029], Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon
13:6 Miamin[04326], Maadiah[04573], Bilgah[01083], Miamin: also called, Miniamin Maadiah: also called, Moadiah
13:7 Shemaiah[08098], and Joiarib[03114], Jedaiah[03048],
13:8 Sallu[05543], Amok[05987], Hilkiah[02518], Jedaiah[03048]. These were the chief[07218] of the priests[03548] and of their brethren[0251] in the days[03117] of Jeshua[03442]. Sallu: also called, Sallai
13:9 Moreover the Levites[03881]: Jeshua[03442], Binnui[01131], Kadmiel[06934], Sherebiah[08274], Judah[03063], and Mattaniah[04983], which was over the thanksgiving[01960], he and his brethren[0251]. the thanksgiving: that is, the psalms of thanksgiving
13:10 Also Bakbukiah[01229] and Unni[06042], their brethren[0251], were over against them in the watches[04931].
13:11 And Jeshua[03442] begat[03205][8689] Joiakim[03113], Joiakim[03113] also begat[03205][8689] Eliashib[0475], and Eliashib[0475] begat[03205][8689] Joiada[03111],
13:12 And Joiada[03111] begat[03205][8689] Jonathan[03129], and Jonathan[03129] begat[03205][8689] Jaddua[03037].
13:13 And in the days[03117] of Joiakim[03113] were priests[03548], the chief[07218] of the fathers[01]: of Seraiah[08304], Meraiah[04811]; of Jeremiah[03414], Hananiah[02608];
13:14 Of Ezra[05830], Meshullam[04918]; of Amariah[0568], Jehohanan[03076];
13:15 Of Melicu[04409], Jonathan[03129]; of Shebaniah[07645], Joseph[03130];
13:16 Of Harim[02766], Adna[05733]; of Meraioth[04812], Helkai[02517];
13:17 Of Iddo[05714], Zechariah[02148]; of Ginnethon[01599], Meshullam[04918];
13:18 Of Abijah[029], Zichri[02147]; of Miniamin[04509], of Moadiah[04153], Piltai[06408];
13:19 Of Bilgah[01083], Shammua[08051]; of Shemaiah[08098], Jehonathan[03083];
13:20 And of Joiarib[03114], Mattenai[04982]; of Jedaiah[03048], Uzzi[05813];
13:21 Of Sallai[05543], Kallai[07040]; of Amok[05987], Eber[05677];
13:22 Of Hilkiah[02518], Hashabiah[02811]; of Jedaiah[03048], Nethaneel[05417].
13:23 The Levites[03881] in the days[03117] of Eliashib[0475], Joiada[03111], and Johanan[03110], and Jaddua[03037], were recorded[03789][8803] chief[07218] of the fathers[01]: also the priests[03548], to the reign[04438] of Darius[01867] the Persian[06542].
13:24 The sons[01121] of Levi[03878], the chief[07218] of the fathers[01], were written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697], even until the days[03117] of Johanan[03110] the son[01121] of Eliashib[0475].
13:25 And the chief[07218] of the Levites[03881]: Hashabiah[02811], Sherebiah[08274], and Jeshua[03442] the son[01121] of Kadmiel[06934], with their brethren[0251] over against them, to praise[01984][8763] and to give thanks[03034][8687], according to the commandment[04687] of David[01732] the man[0376] of God[0430], ward[04929] over against[05980] ward[04929].
13:26 Mattaniah[04983], and Bakbukiah[01229], Obadiah[05662], Meshullam[04918], Talmon[02929], Akkub[06126], were porters[07778] keeping[08104][8802] the ward[04929] at the thresholds[0624] of the gates[08179]. thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies
13:27 These were in the days[03117] of Joiakim[03113] the son[01121] of Jeshua[03442], the son[01121] of Jozadak[03136], and in the days[03117] of Nehemiah[05166] the governor[06346], and of Ezra[05830] the priest[03548], the scribe[05608][8802].
13:28 And at the dedication[02598] of the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] they sought[01245][8765] the Levites[03881] out of all their places[04725], to bring[0935][8687] them to Jerusalem[03389], to keep[06213][8800] the dedication[02598] with gladness[08057], both with thanksgivings[08426], and with singing[07892], with cymbals[04700], psalteries[05035], and with harps[03658].
13:29 And the sons[01121] of the singers[07891][8789] gathered themselves together[0622][8735], both out of the plain country[03603] round about[05439] Jerusalem[03389], and from the villages[02691] of Netophathi[05200];
13:30 Also from the house[01004] of Gilgal[01537][8677][01019], and out of the fields[07704] of Geba[01387] and Azmaveth[05820]: for the singers[07891][8789] had builded[01129][8804] them villages[02691] round about[05439] Jerusalem[03389].
13:31 And the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] purified[02891][8691] themselves, and purified[02891][8762] the people[05971], and the gates[08179], and the wall[02346].
