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NE-12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of

the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. <amok>

NE-12:8 Moreover the Levites:Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,

Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he

and his brethren. <binnui> <brethren> <jeshua> <judah> <kadmiel>

NE-12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over

against them in the watches. <against> <also> <bakbukiah>

NE-12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib,

and Eliashib begat Joiada, <also> <begat> <eliashib> <jeshua>

NE-12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

NE-12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of

the fathers:of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; <chief>

NE-12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; <amariah>

NE-12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; <jonathan>

NE-12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; <harim> <helkai>

NE-12:16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

NE-12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

NE-12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; <bilgah>

NE-12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; <jedaiah>

NE-12:20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; <amok> <eber>

NE-12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

NE-12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and

Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers:also

the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. <also> <chief>

NE-12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, [were]

written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of

Johanan the son of Eliashib. <book> <chief> <chronicles> <days>

NE-12:24 And the chief of the Levites:Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and

Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them,

to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of

David the man of God, ward over against ward. <against>

NE-12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon,

Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the

gates. <akkub> <bakbukiah> <gates> <keeping> <mattaniah>

NE-12:26 These [were] in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua,

the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor,

and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. <days> <ezra> <governor>

<these>

NE-12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they

sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to

Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with

thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and

with harps. <all> <both> <bring> <cymbals> <dedication>

NE-12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves

together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem,

and from the villages of Netophathi; <both> <country> <gathered>

NE-12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of

Geba and Azmaveth:for the singers had builded them villages

round about Jerusalem. <also> <azmaveth> <builded> <fields>

NE-12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,

and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. <gates>

NE-12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall,

and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks,

[whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the

dung gate:<appointed> <brought> <companies> <dung> <gate> <gave>

NE-12:32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes

of Judah, <after> <half> <hoshaiah> <judah> <princes> <went>

NE-12:33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, <azariah> <ezra>

NE-12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

NE-12:35 And [certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets;

[namely] , Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah,

the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur,

the son of Asaph:<asaph> <certain> <jonathan> <mattaniah>

NE-12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai,

Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical

instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before

them. <azarael> <before> <brethren> <david> <ezra> <gilalai>

NE-12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them,

they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up

of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate

eastward. <against> <city> <david> <eastward> <even> <fountain>

<which>

NE-12:38 And the other [company of them that gave] thanks went

over against [them] , and I after them, and the half of the

people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even

unto the broad wall; <after> <against> <beyond> <broad>

NE-12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old

gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and

the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate:and they stood still

in the prison gate. <ephraim> <even> <fish> <gate> <hananeel>

NE-12:40 So stood the two [companies of them that gave] thanks

in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

NE-12:41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,

Elioenai, Zechariah, [and] Hananiah, with trumpets; <eliakim>

NE-12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and

Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers

sang loud, with Jezrahiah [their] overseer. <elam> <eleazar>

NE-12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and

rejoiced:for God had made them rejoice with great joy:the wives

also and the children rejoiced:so that the joy of Jerusalem was

heard even afar off. <afar> <also> <children> <day> <even> <god>

NE-12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers

for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and

for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the

cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites:for

Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

NE-12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of

their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the

commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son. <both>

NE-12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were]

chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto

God. <asaph> <chief> <david> <days> <god> <old> <praise>

NE-12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the

days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the

porters, every day his portion:and they sanctified [holy things]

unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the

children of Aaron. <all> <children> <day> <days> <every> <gave>

NE-13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the

audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the

Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation

of God for ever; <ammonite> <audience> <book> <come>

NE-13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread

and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should

curse them:howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

NE-13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that

they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. <all> <came>

NE-13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the

oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied

unto Tobiah:<allied> <before> <chamber> <eliashib> <god>

NE-13:5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where

aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and

the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the

oil, which was commanded [to be given] to the Levites, and the

singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

NE-13:6 But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem:for in the

two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto

the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

NE-13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that

Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the

courts of the house of God. <came> <chamber> <courts> <did>

NE-13:8 And it grieved me sore:therefore I cast forth all the

household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. <all> <cast>

NE-13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers:and

thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with

the meat offering and the frankincense. <again> <brought>

NE-13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had

not been given [them] :for the Levites and the singers, that did

the work, were fled every one to his field. <been> <did> <every>

NE-13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the

house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set

them in their place. <contended> <forsaken> <gathered> <god>

<with>

NE-13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the

new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. <all> <brought> <corn>

NE-13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah

the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah:

and next to them [was] Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of

Mattaniah:for they were counted faithful, and their office [was]

to distribute unto their brethren. <brethren> <counted>

NE-13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not

out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and

for the offices thereof. <concerning> <deeds> <done> <god>

<wipe>

NE-13:15 In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine

presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading

asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of]

burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day:

and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold

victuals. <against> <all> <also> <asses> <bringing> <brought>

NE-13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought

fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the

children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. <all> <also> <brought>

NE-13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said

unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the

sabbath day? <contended> <day> <do> <evil> <judah> <nobles>

NE-13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring

all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more

wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <all> <bring> <city>

NE-13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem

began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates

should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till

after the sabbath:and [some] of my servants set I at the gates,

[that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

NE-13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged

without Jerusalem once or twice. <all> <jerusalem> <kind>

NE-13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why

lodge ye about the wall? if ye do [so] again, I will lay hands

on you. From that time forth came they no [more] on the sabbath.

NE-13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse

themselves, and [that] they should come [and] keep the gates, to

sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning]

this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

NE-13:23 In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives

of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:<also> <ammon> <ashdod>

NE-13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod,

and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the

language of each people. <ashdod> <children> <could> <each>

NE-13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote

certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear

by God, [saying] , Ye shall not give your daughters unto their

sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

NE-13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet

among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved

of his God, and God made him king over all Israel:nevertheless

even him did outlandish women cause to sin. <all> <among>

<yet>

NE-13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great

evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

NE-13:28 And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib

the high priest, [was] son in law to Sanballat the Horonite:

therefore I chased him from me. <chased> <eliashib> <high> <him>

NE-13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the

priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the

Levites. <because> <covenant> <defiled> <god> <have> <levites>

NE-13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed

the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his

business; <all> <appointed> <business> <cleansed> <every>

NE-13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for

the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. <appointed>

ES-1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, ( this [is]

Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over]

an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) <ahasuerus> <came>

ES-1:2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the

throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,

ES-1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all

his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the

nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:<all>

ES-1:4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the

honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] and hundred

and fourscore days. <days> <even> <excellent> <fourscore>

ES-1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast

unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace,

both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the

garden of the king's palace; <all> <both> <court> <days>

ES-1:6 [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings] ,

fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and

pillars of marble:the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a

pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. <beds>

ES-1:7 And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, ( the

vessels being diverse one from another, ) and royal wine in

abundance, according to the state of the king. <another> <being>

ES-1:8 And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did

compel:for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his

house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

ES-1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the

royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus. <ahasuerus>

ES-1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry

with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and

Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served

in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, <ahasuerus> <bigtha>

ES-1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown

royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty:for she

[was] fair to look on. <beauty> <before> <bring> <crown> <fair>

ES-1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's

commandment by [his] chamberlains:therefore was the king very

wroth, and his anger burned in him. <anger> <burned>

ES-1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times,

( for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and

judgment:<all> <judgment> <king> <knew> <law> <manner> <men>

ES-1:14 And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,

Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of

Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, [and] which sat the

first in the kingdom; ) <carshena> <face> <first> <him>

ES-1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law,

because she hath not performed the commandment of the king

Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? <ahasuerus> <because>

ES-1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes,

Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also

to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the

provinces of the king Ahasuerus. <ahasuerus> <all> <also>

ES-1:17 For [this] deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all

women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes,

when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti

the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

ES-1:18 [Likewise] shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this

day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of

the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.

ES-1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment

from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians

and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more

before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate

unto another that is better than she. <ahasuerus> <altered>

ES-1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be

published throughout all his empire, ( for it is great, ) all

the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and

small. <all> <both> <decree> <empire> <give> <great> <honour>

ES-1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the

king did according to the word of Memucan:<did> <king> <memucan>

ES-1:22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into

every province according to the writing thereof, and to every

people after their language, that every man should bear rule in

his own house, and that [it] should be published according to

the language of every people. <after> <all> <bear> <every>

ES-2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was

appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what

was decreed against her. <after> <against> <ahasuerus>

ES-2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,

Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:<fair> <him>

ES-2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of

his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young

virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto

the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women;

and let their things for purification be given [them] :<all>

ES-2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen

instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

ES-2:5 [Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew,

whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei,

the son of Kish, a Benjamite; <benjamite> <certain> <jair> <jew>

ES-2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the

captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of

Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

<with>

ES-2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that [is] , Esther, his

uncle's daughter:for she had neither father nor mother, and the

maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father

and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. <beautiful>

ES-2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his

decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together

unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther

was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai,

keeper of the women. <also> <brought> <came> <commandment>

ES-2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of

him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with

such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were]

meet to be given her, out of the king's house:and he preferred

her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the

women. <belonged> <best> <gave> <given> <him> <house> <kindness>

ES-2:10 Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred:for

Mordecai had charged her that she should not show [it] .

ES-2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the

women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of

her. <become> <before> <court> <day> <did> <esther> <every>

ES-2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king

Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to

the manner of the women, ( for so were the days of their

purifications accomplished, [to wit] , six months with oil of

myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things

for the purifying of the women; ) <after> <ahasuerus> <been>

ES-2:13 Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever

she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the

women unto the king's house. <came> <desired> <every> <given>

ES-2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned

into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz,

the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines:she came in

unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and

that she were called by name. <called> <came> <chamberlain>

ES-2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the

uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come

to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the

king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And

Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon

her. <all> <appointed> <chamberlain> <come> <daughter> <esther>

ES-2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house

royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the

seventh year of his reign. <ahasuerus> <esther> <house> <into>

ES-2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she

obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins;

so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her

queen instead of Vashti. <all> <crown> <esther> <favour> <grace>

<women>

ES-2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes

and his servants, [even] Esther's feast; and he made a release

to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the

king. <all> <even> <feast> <gave> <gifts> <great> <king> <made>

ES-2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second

time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. <gate> <gathered>

<when>

ES-2:20 Esther had not [yet] showed her kindred nor her people;

as Mordecai had charged her:for Esther did the commandment of

Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. <brought>

<yet>

ES-2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate,

two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those

which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the

king Ahasuerus. <ahasuerus> <bigthan> <chamberlains> <days>

ES-2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told [it] unto

Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king [thereof] in

Mordecai's name. <certified> <esther> <king> <known> <mordecai>

ES-2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was

found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree:and it was

written in the book of the chronicles before the king. <before>

ES-3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the

son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his

seat above all the princes that [were] with him. <advanced>

ES-3:2 And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's

gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman:for the king had so commanded

concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

ES-3:3 Then the king's servants, which [were] in the king's gate,

said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's

commandment? <commandment> <gate> <mordecai> <said> <servants>

ES-3:4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and

he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether

Mordecai's matters would stand:for he had told them that he

[was] a Jew. <came> <daily> <had> <haman> <hearkened> <him>

ES-3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him

reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. <bowed> <did> <full>

<wrath>

ES-3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for

they had showed him the people of Mordecai:wherefore Haman

sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole

kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai. <ahasuerus>

ES-3:7 In the first month, that [is] , the month Nisan, in the

twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is] , the

lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to]

the twelfth [month] , that [is] , the month Adar. <ahasuerus>

ES-3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain

people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all

the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from

all people; neither keep they the king's laws:therefore it [is]

not for the king's profit to suffer them. <ahasuerus> <all>

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