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king james study

NE-1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the

month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

NE-1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah;

and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the

captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

NE-1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity

there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of

Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

NE-1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and

wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of

heaven,

NE-1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible

God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his

commandments:

NE-1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest

hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night,

for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children

of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house

have sinned.

NE-1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the

commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy

servant Moses.

NE-1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant

Moses, saying, [If] ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the

nations:

NE-1:9 But [if] ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;

though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, [yet]

will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have

chosen to set my name there.

NE-1:10 Now these [are] thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed

by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

NE-1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer

of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy

name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in

the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

NE-2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of

Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and

gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.

NE-2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing

thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart. Then I was

very sore afraid,

NE-2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my

countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres,

[lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

NE-2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I

prayed to the God of heaven.

NE-2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant

have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto

the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

NE-2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how

long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king

to send me; and I set him a time.

NE-2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be

given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till

I come into Judah;

NE-2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may

give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained]

to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall

enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon

me.

NE-2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the

king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with

me.

NE-2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,

heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek

the welfare of the children of Israel.

NE-2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

NE-2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I

[any] man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither [was

there any] beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

NE-2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the

dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which

were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

NE-2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool:

but [there was] no place for the beast [that was] under me to pass.

NE-2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and

turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and [so] returned.

NE-2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I

as yet told [it] to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to

the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

NE-2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how

Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and

let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

NE-2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as

also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise

up and build. So they strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].

NE-2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the

Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and

despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against

the king?

NE-2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will

prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no

portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

NE-3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,

and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of

it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of

Hananeel.

NE-3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded

Zaccur the son of Imri.

NE-3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who [also] laid the

beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars

thereof.

NE-3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of

Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of

Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

NE-3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not

their necks to the work of their Lord.

NE-3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and

Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the

doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

NE-3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the

Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor

on this side the river.

NE-3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.

Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of [one of] the apothecaries, and

they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

NE-3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the

half part of Jerusalem.

NE-3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over

against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.

NE-3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,

repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

NE-3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of

the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

NE-3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they

built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars

thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

NE-3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of

part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks

thereof, and the bars thereof.

NE-3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh,

the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors

thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of

Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of

David.

NE-3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half

part of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to

the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

NE-3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him

repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

NE-3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the

ruler of the half part of Keilah.

NE-3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,

another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning [of the

wall].

NE-3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other

piece, from the turning [of the wall] unto the door of the house of Eliashib

the high priest.

NE-3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another

piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of

Eliashib.

NE-3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

NE-3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.

After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his

house.

NE-3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the

house of Azariah unto the turning [of the wall], even unto the corner.

NE-3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning [of the wall], and

the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that [was] by the court

of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

NE-3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against

the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

NE-3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the

great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

NE-3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over

against his house.

NE-3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.

After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east

gate.

NE-3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth

son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of

Berechiah over against his chamber.

NE-3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the

Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the

going up of the corner.

NE-3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired

the goldsmiths and the merchants.

NE-4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the

wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

NE-4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said,

What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?

will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps

of the rubbish which are burned?

NE-4:3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which

they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

NE-4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon

their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

NE-4:5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out

from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

NE-4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the

half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

NE-4:7 But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the

Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of

Jerusalem were made up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they

were very wroth,

NE-4:8 And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against

Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

NE-4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against

them day and night, because of them.

NE-4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,

and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

NE-4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we

come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

NE-4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,

they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us

[they will be upon you].

NE-4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the

higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,

their spears, and their bows.

NE-4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the

rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the

Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons,

and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

NE-4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto

us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to

the wall, every one unto his work.

NE-4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my

servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears,

the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind

all the house of Judah.

NE-4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with

those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and

with the other [hand] held a weapon.

NE-4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and

[so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.

NE-4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the

people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one

far from another.

NE-4:20 In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye

thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

NE-4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the

rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

NE-4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with

his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to

us, and labour on the day.

NE-4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the

guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every

one put them off for washing.

NE-5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against

their brethren the Jews.

NE-5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many:

therefore we take up corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.

NE-5:3 [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,

vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

NE-5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's

tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

NE-5:5 Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as

their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to

be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]:

neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands

and vineyards.

NE-5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

NE-5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the

rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I

set a great assembly against them.

NE-5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren

the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your

brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found

nothing [to answer].

NE-5:9 Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the

fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

NE-5:10 I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them

money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

NE-5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their

vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of

the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

NE-5:12 Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of

them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an

oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

NE-5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his

house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he

shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the

LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

NE-5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in

the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth

year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have

not eaten the bread of the governor.

NE-5:15 But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable

unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of

silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I,

because of the fear of God.

NE-5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any

land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.

NE-5:17 Moreover [there were] at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews

and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that [are]

about us.

NE-5:18 Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six

choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of

all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor,

because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

NE-5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done

for this people.

NE-6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the

Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and

[that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up

the doors upon the gates;)

NE-6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet

together in [some one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought

to do me mischief.

NE-6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so

that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and

come down to you?

NE-6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them

after the same manner.

NE-6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time

with an open letter in his hand;

NE-6:6 Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu

saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou

buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

NE-6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,

saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king

according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel

together.

NE-6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou

sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

NE-6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened

from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God], strengthen my

hands.

NE-6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the

son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the

house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for

they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

NE-6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that,

[being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go

in.

NE-6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he

pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

NE-6:13 Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and

sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might

reproach me.

NE-6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their

works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would

have put me in fear.

NE-6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month]

Elul, in fifty and two days.

NE-6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and

all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast

down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our

God.

NE-6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto

Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.

NE-6:18 For [there were] many in Judah sworn unto him, because he [was] the

son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the

daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

NE-6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to

him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

NE-7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the

doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

NE-7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace,

charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.

NE-7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until

the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar

[them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his

watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

NE-7:4 Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein,

and the houses [were] not builded.

NE-7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the

rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found

a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found

written therein,

NE-7:6 These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the

captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king

of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every

one unto his city;

NE-7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,

Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I

say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];

NE-7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

NE-7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

NE-7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

NE-7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two

thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen.

NE-7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

NE-7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

NE-7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

NE-7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

NE-7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

NE-7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

NE-7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

NE-7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

NE-7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

NE-7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

NE-7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

NE-7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

NE-7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

NE-7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

NE-7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

NE-7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

NE-7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

NE-7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty

and three.

NE-7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

NE-7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

NE-7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

NE-7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

NE-7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and

four.

NE-7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

NE-7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

NE-7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

NE-7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

NE-7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine

hundred seventy and three.

NE-7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

NE-7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

NE-7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

NE-7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, [and] of the

children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

NE-7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

NE-7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the

children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the

children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

NE-7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the

children of Tabbaoth,

NE-7:47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

NE-7:48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of

Shalmai,

NE-7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

NE-7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of

Nekoda,

NE-7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of

Phaseah,

NE-7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of

Nephishesim,

NE-7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of

Harhur,

NE-7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of

Harsha,

NE-7:55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of

Tamah,

NE-7:56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

NE-7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

NE-7:58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of

Giddel,

NE-7:59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

NE-7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were]

three hundred ninety and two.

NE-7:61 And these [were] they which went up [also] from Telmelah, Telharesha,

Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor

their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.

NE-7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

NE-7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the

children of Barzillai, which took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the

Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

NE-7:64 These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from

the priesthood.

NE-7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the

most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.

NE-7:66 The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three

hundred and threescore,

NE-7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom [there were]

seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty

and five singing men and singing women.

NE-7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred

forty and five:

NE-7:69 [Their] camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven

hundred and twenty asses.

NE-7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The

Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five

hundred and thirty priests' garments.

NE-7:71 And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the

work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of

silver.

NE-7:72 And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand

drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven

priests' garments.

NE-7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,

and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their

cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in

their cities.

NE-8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the

street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe

to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

NE-8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of

men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day

of the seventh month.

NE-8:3 And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate

from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that

could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the

book of the law.

NE-8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made

for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and

Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand,

Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah,

[and] Meshullam.

NE-8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was

above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

NE-8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered,

Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and

worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.

NE-8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,

Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,

caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their

place.

NE-8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the

sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.

NE-8:9 And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the

scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This

day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people

wept, when they heard the words of the law.

NE-8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the

sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this]

day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is

your strength.

NE-8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for

the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.

NE-8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send

portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that

were declared unto them.

NE-8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers

of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to

understand the words of the law.

NE-8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by

Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the

seventh month:

NE-8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in

Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine

branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees,

to make booths, as [it is] written.

NE-8:16 So the people went forth, and brought [them], and made themselves

booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the

courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the

street of the gate of Ephraim.

NE-8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the

captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua

the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there

was very great gladness.

NE-8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the

book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth

day [was] a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

NE-9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel

were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

NE-9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and

stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

NE-9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of

the LORD their God [one] fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part

they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

NE-9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,

Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a

loud voice unto the LORD their God.

NE-9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah,

Hodijah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up [and] bless the LORD your

God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted

above all blessing and praise.

NE-9:6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven

of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are]

therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all;

and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

NE-9:7 Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest

him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

NE-9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant

with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and

the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say],

to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:

NE-9:9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest

their cry by the Red sea;

NE-9:10 And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants,

and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly

against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.

NE-9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through

the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into

the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

NE-9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the

night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should

go.

NE-9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from

heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and

commandments:

NE-9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them

precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

NE-9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest

forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them

that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give

them.

NE-9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and

hearkened not to thy commandments,

NE-9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou

didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a

captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon,

gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest

them not.

NE-9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This [is] thy

God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

NE-9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the

wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead

them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and

the way wherein they should go.

NE-9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest

not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

NE-9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that]

they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

NE-9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them

into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of

Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

NE-9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and

broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their

fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].

NE-9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst

before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into

their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do

with them as they would.

NE-9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses

full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in

abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted

themselves in thy great goodness.

NE-9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and

cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against

them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

NE-9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who

vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou

heardest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest

them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

NE-9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore

leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion

over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them]

from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

NE-9:29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again

unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments,

but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;)

and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

NE-9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them

by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest

thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

NE-9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly

consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.

NE-9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God,

who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before

thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our

priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since

the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

NE-9:33 Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast

done right, but we have done wickedly:

NE-9:34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,

kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies,

wherewith thou didst testify against them.

NE-9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great

goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou

gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

NE-9:36 Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou

gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold,

we [are] servants in it:

NE-9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over

us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our

cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.

NE-9:38 And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it];

and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].

NE-10:1 Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of

Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

NE-10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

NE-10:3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

NE-10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

NE-10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

NE-10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

NE-10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

NE-10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these [were] the priests.

NE-10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons

of Henadad, Kadmiel;

NE-10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

NE-10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

NE-10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

NE-10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

NE-10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

NE-10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

NE-10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

NE-10:17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

NE-10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

NE-10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

NE-10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

NE-10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

NE-10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

NE-10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

NE-10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

NE-10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

NE-10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

NE-10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

NE-10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters,

the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from

the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and

their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

NE-10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a

curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the

servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our

Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

NE-10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the

land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

NE-10:31 And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the

sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on

the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of

every debt.

NE-10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the

third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

NE-10:33 For the showbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the

continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set

feasts, and for the holy [things], and for the sin offerings to make an

atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

NE-10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,

for the wood offering, to bring [it] into the house of our God, after the

houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar

of the LORD our God, as [it is] written in the law:

NE-10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of

all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

NE-10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as [it is]

written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to

bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of

our God:

NE-10:37 And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our

offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the

priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground

unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the

cities of our tillage.

NE-10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the

Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes

unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

NE-10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the

offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where

[are] the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the

porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

NE-11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the

people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy

city, and nine parts [to dwell] in [other] cities.

NE-11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves

to dwell at Jerusalem.

NE-11:3 Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:

but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities,

[to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the

children of Solomon's servants.

NE-11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and of the

children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the

son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of

Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

NE-11:5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of

Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son

of Shiloni.

NE-11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four hundred

threescore and eight valiant men.

NE-11:7 And these [are] the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the

son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the

son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

NE-11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

NE-11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri [was] their overseer: and Judah the son of

Senuah [was] second over the city.

NE-11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.

NE-11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,

the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, [was] the ruler of the house of God.

NE-11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house [were] eight

hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah,

the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

NE-11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:

and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth,

the son of Immer,

NE-11:14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and

eight: and their overseer [was] Zabdiel, the son of [one of] the great men.

NE-11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam,

the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

NE-11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the

oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

NE-11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,

[was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the

second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the

son of Jeduthun.

NE-11:18 All the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred fourscore and

four.

NE-11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept

the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

NE-11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were]

in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

NE-11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the

Nethinims.

NE-11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem [was] Uzzi the son of

Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the

sons of Asaph, the singers [were] over the business of the house of God.

NE-11:23 For [it was] the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain

portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

NE-11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the

son of Judah, [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

NE-11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, [some] of the children of

Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and

[in] the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and [in] the villages thereof,

NE-11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

NE-11:27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages thereof,

NE-11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

NE-11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

NE-11:30 Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields

thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from

Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

NE-11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and

Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,

NE-11:32 [And] at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

NE-11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

NE-11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

NE-11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

NE-11:36 And of the Levites [were] divisions [in] Judah, [and] in Benjamin.

NE-12:1 Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with

Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

NE-12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

NE-12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

NE-12:4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

NE-12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

NE-12:6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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

and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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

[and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

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

the watches.

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

begat Joiada,

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;

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

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

NE-12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, 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;

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

NE-12:20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of 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.

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.

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.

NE-12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were]

porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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

the people, and the gates, and the wall.

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:

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

NE-12:33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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:

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.

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.

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;

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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:

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.

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

stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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.

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.

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.

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

the oil unto the treasuries.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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

and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the 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;

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

firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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