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Nehemiah 1:1--12:47

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>_,
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>_.
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>_.
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>_,
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>_:
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)_.
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>_.
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>_:
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.
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>_.
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)_.
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>_.
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)_,
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>_?
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>_.
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.
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}
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>_;
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.
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.
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>_.
So I came
<0935> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_,
and was there three
<07969>
days
<03117>_.
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)_.
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>_.
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)_.
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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].
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>_?
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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.
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>_.
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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].
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}
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>_.
And after
<0310>
him repaired
<02388> (8689)
the priests
<03548>_,
the men
<0582>
of the plain
<03603>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
From above the horse
<05483>
gate
<08179>
repaired
<02388> (8689)
the priests
<03548>_,
every one
<0376>
over against
<05048>
his house
<01004>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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}
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
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)_.
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)_.
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}
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}
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.
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>_.
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)_.
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}
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}
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>_.
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> (0)
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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.
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)_.
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>_.
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}
And there was a great
<01419>
cry
<06818>
of the people
<05971>
and of their wives
<0802>
against their brethren
<0251>
the Jews
<03064>_.
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)_.
[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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
And I was very
<03966>
angry
<02734> (8799)
when I heard
<08085> (8804)
their cry
<02201>
and these words
<01697>_.
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}
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].
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)_?
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
Think
<02142> (8798)
upon me, my God
<0430>_,
for good
<02896>_,
[according] to all that I have done
<06213> (8804)
for this people
<05971>_.
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>;)
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>_.
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?
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>_.
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>_;
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}
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>_.
Then I sent
<07971> (8799)
unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
There are
<01961> (0)
no such things
<01697>
done
<01961> (8738)
as thou sayest
<0559> (8802)_,
but thou feignest
<0908> (8802)
them out of thine own heart
<03820>_.
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>_.
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.
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)_.
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.
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.
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
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)_,
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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,
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>_;
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}
The children
<01121>
of Parosh
<06551>_,
two
<08147>
thousand
<0505>
an hundred
<03967>
seventy
<07657>
and two
<08147>_.
The children
<01121>
of Shephatiah
<08203>_,
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
seventy
<07657>
and two
<08147>_.
The children
<01121>
of Arah
<0733>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
fifty
<02572>
and two
<08147>_.
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>_.
The children
<01121>
of Elam
<05867>_,
a thousand
<0505>
two hundred
<03967>
fifty
<02572>
and four
<0702>_.
The children
<01121>
of Zattu
<02240>_,
eight
<08083>
hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and five
<02568>_.
The children
<01121>
of Zaccai
<02140>_,
seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
and threescore
<08346>_.
The children
<01121>
of Binnui
<01131>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and eight
<08083>_.
{Binnui: also called, Bani}
The children
<01121>
of Bebai
<0893>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and eight
<08083>_.
The children
<01121>
of Azgad
<05803>_,
two
<08147>
thousand
<0505>
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and two
<08147>_.
The children
<01121>
of Adonikam
<0140>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
threescore
<08346>
and seven
<07651>_.
The children
<01121>
of Bigvai
<0902>_,
two thousand
<0505>
threescore
<08346>
and seven
<07651>_.
The children
<01121>
of Adin
<05720>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
fifty
<02572>
and five
<02568>_.
The children
<01121>
of Ater
<0333>
of Hezekiah
<02396>_,
ninety
<08673>
and eight
<08083>_.
The children
<01121>
of Hashum
<02828>_,
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and eight
<08083>_.
The children
<01121>
of Bezai
<01209>_,
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and four
<0702>_.
The children
<01121>
of Hariph
<02756>_,
an hundred
<03967>
and twelve
<08147> <06240>_.
{Hariph: also called, Jora}
The children
<01121>
of Gibeon
<01391>_,
ninety
<08673>
and five
<02568>_.
{Gibeon: also called, Gibbar}
The men
<0582>
of Bethlehem
<01035>
and Netophah
<05199>_,
an hundred
<03967>
fourscore
<08084>
and eight
<08083>_.
The men
<0582>
of Anathoth
<06068>_,
an hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and eight
<08083>_.
The men
<0582>
of Bethazmaveth
<01041>_,
forty
<0705>
and two
<08147>_.
{Bethazmaveth: also called, Azmaveth}
The men
<0582>
of Kirjathjearim
<07157>_,
Chephirah
<03716>_,
and Beeroth
<0881>_,
seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and three
<07969>_.
{Kirjathjearim: also called, Kirjatharim}
The men
<0582>
of Ramah
<07414>
and Geba
<01387>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and one
<0259>_.
The men
<0582>
of Michmas
<04363>_,
an hundred
<03967>
and twenty
<06242>
and two
<08147>_.
The men
<0582>
of Bethel
<01008>
and Ai
<05857>_,
an hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and three
<07969>_.
The men
<0582>
of the other
<0312>
Nebo
<05015>_,
fifty
<02572>
and two
<08147>_.
The children
<01121>
of the other
<0312>
Elam
<05867>_,
a thousand
<0505>
two hundred
<03967>
fifty
<02572>
and four
<0702>_.
The children
<01121>
of Harim
<02766>_,
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
and twenty
<06242>_.
The children
<01121>
of Jericho
<03405>_,
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and five
<02568>_.
The children
<01121>
of Lod
<03850>_,
Hadid
<02307>_,
and Ono
<0207>_,
seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and one
<0259>_.
The children
<01121>
of Senaah
<05570>_,
three
<07969>
thousand
<0505>
nine
<08672>
hundred
<03967>
and thirty
<07970>_.
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>_.
The children
<01121>
of Immer
<0564>_,
a thousand
<0505>
fifty
<02572>
and two
<08147>_.
The children
<01121>
of Pashur
<06583>_,
a thousand
<0505>
two hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and seven
<07651>_.
The children
<01121>
of Harim
<02766>_,
a thousand
<0505>
and seventeen
<07651> <06240>_.
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}
The singers
<07891> (8789)_:
the children
<01121>
of Asaph
<0623>_,
an hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and eight
<08083>_.
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>_.
The Nethinims
<05411>_:
the children
<01121>
of Ziha
<06727>_,
the children
<01121>
of Hashupha
<02817>_,
the children
<01121>
of Tabbaoth
<02884>_,
The children
<01121>
of Keros
<07026>_,
the children
<01121>
of Sia
<05517>_,
the children
<01121>
of Padon
<06303>_,
The children
<01121>
of Lebana
<03838>_,
the children
<01121>
of Hagaba
<02286>_,
the children
<01121>
of Shalmai
<08014>_,
The children
<01121>
of Hanan
<02605>_,
the children
<01121>
of Giddel
<01435>_,
the children
<01121>
of Gahar
<01515>_,
The children
<01121>
of Reaiah
<07211>_,
the children
<01121>
of Rezin
<07526>_,
the children
<01121>
of Nekoda
<05353>_,
The children
<01121>
of Gazzam
<01502>_,
the children
<01121>
of Uzza
<05798>_,
the children
<01121>
of Phaseah
<06454>_,
The children
<01121>
of Besai
<01153>_,
the children
<01121>
of Meunim
<04586>_,
the children
<01121>
of Nephishesim
<05300> (8676) <05304>_,
The children
<01121>
of Bakbuk
<01227>_,
the children
<01121>
of Hakupha
<02709>_,
the children
<01121>
of Harhur
<02744>_,
The children
<01121>
of Bazlith
<01213>_,
the children
<01121>
of Mehida
<04240>_,
the children
<01121>
of Harsha
<02797>_,
The children
<01121>
of Barkos
<01302>_,
the children
<01121>
of Sisera
<05516>_,
the children
<01121>
of Tamah
<08547>_,
The children
<01121>
of Neziah
<05335>_,
the children
<01121>
of Hatipha
<02412>_.
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>_,
The children
<01121>
of Jaala
<03279>_,
the children
<01121>
of Darkon
<01874>_,
the children
<01121>
of Giddel
<01435>_,
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}
All the Nethinims
<05411>_,
and the children
<01121>
of Solomon's
<08010>
servants
<05650>_,
[were] three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
ninety
<08673>
and two
<08147>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
The whole congregation
<06951>
together
<0259>
[was] forty
<0702> <07239>
and two thousand
<0505>
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
and threescore
<08346>_,
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)_.
Their horses
<05483>_,
seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
thirty
<07970>
and six
<08337>_:
their mules
<06505>_,
two hundred
<03967>
forty
<0705>
and five
<02568>_:
[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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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}
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}
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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)_.
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.
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}
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}
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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.
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}
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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.
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>_;
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>_:
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>_;
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>_.
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>_.
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)_.
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}
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>_:
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}
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>_,
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}
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>_;
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)_.
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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].
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}
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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}
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}
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>_.
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}
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)_:
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.
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>_.
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:
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>_.
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}
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}
Seraiah
<08304>_,
Azariah
<05838>_,
Jeremiah
<03414>_,
Pashur
<06583>_,
Amariah
<0568>_,
Malchijah
<04441>_,
Hattush
<02407>_,
Shebaniah
<07645>_,
Malluch
<04409>_,
Harim
<02766>_,
Meremoth
<04822>_,
Obadiah
<05662>_,
Daniel
<01840>_,
Ginnethon
<01599>_,
Baruch
<01263>_,
Meshullam
<04918>_,
Abijah
<029>_,
Mijamin
<04326>_,
Maaziah
<04590>_,
Bilgai
<01084>_,
Shemaiah
<08098>_:
these [were] the priests
<03548>_.
And the Levites
<03881>_:
both Jeshua
<03442>
the son
<01121>
of Azaniah
<0245>_,
Binnui
<01131>
of the sons
<01121>
of Henadad
<02582>_,
Kadmiel
<06934>_;
And their brethren
<0251>_,
Shebaniah
<07645>_,
Hodijah
<01941>_,
Kelita
<07042>_,
Pelaiah
<06411>_,
Hanan
<02605>_,
Micha
<04316>_,
Rehob
<07340>_,
Hashabiah
<02811>_,
Zaccur
<02139>_,
Sherebiah
<08274>_,
Shebaniah
<07645>_,
Hodijah
<01941>_,
Bani
<01137>_,
Beninu
<01148>_.
The chief
<07218>
of the people
<05971>_;
Parosh
<06551>_,
Pahathmoab
<06355>_,
Elam
<05867>_,
Zatthu
<02240>_,
Bani
<01137>_,
Bunni
<01138>_,
Azgad
<05803>_,
Bebai
<0893>_,
Adonijah
<0138>_,
Bigvai
<0902>_,
Adin
<05720>_,
Ater
<0333>_,
Hizkijah
<02396>_,
Azzur
<05809>_,
Hodijah
<01941>_,
Hashum
<02828>_,
Bezai
<01209>_,
Hariph
<02756>_,
Anathoth
<06068>_,
Nebai
<05109>_,
Magpiash
<04047>_,
Meshullam
<04918>_,
Hezir
<02387>_,
Meshezabeel
<04898>_,
Zadok
<06659>_,
Jaddua
<03037>_,
Pelatiah
<06410>_,
Hanan
<02605>_,
Anaiah
<06043>_,
Hoshea
<01954>_,
Hananiah
<02608>_,
Hashub
<02815>_,
Hallohesh
<03873>_,
Pileha
<06401>_,
Shobek
<07733>_,
Rehum
<07348>_,
Hashabnah
<02812>_,
Maaseiah
<04641>_,
And Ahijah
<0281>_,
Hanan
<02605>_,
Anan
<06052>_,
Malluch
<04409>_,
Harim
<02766>_,
Baanah
<01196>_.
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)_;
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}
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>_:
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}
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>_;
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>_.
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>_:
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>_:
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>_:
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
And the people
<05971>
blessed
<01288> (8762)
all the men
<0582>_,
that willingly offered
<05068> (8693)
themselves to dwell
<03427> (8800)
at Jerusalem
<03389>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
And after
<0310>
him Gabbai
<01373>_,
Sallai
<05543>_,
nine
<08672>
hundred
<03967>
twenty
<06242>
and eight
<08083>_.
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>_.
Of the priests
<03548>_:
Jedaiah
<03048>
the son
<01121>
of Joiarib
<03114>_,
Jachin
<03199>_.
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>_.
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>_,
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>_,
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}
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>_;
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}
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>_.
All the Levites
<03881>
in the holy
<06944>
city
<05892>
[were] two hundred
<03967>
fourscore
<08084>
and four
<0702>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
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}
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,
And at Jeshua
<03442>_,
and at Moladah
<04137>_,
and at Bethphelet
<01046>_,
And at Hazarshual
<02705>_,
and at Beersheba
<0884>_,
and [in] the villages
<01323>
thereof,
And at Ziklag
<06860>_,
and at Mekonah
<04368>_,
and in the villages
<01323>
thereof,
And at Enrimmon
<05884>_,
and at Zareah
<06881>_,
and at Jarmuth
<03412>_,
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>_.
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}
[And] at Anathoth
<06068>_,
Nob
<05011>_,
Ananiah
<06055>_,
Hazor
<02674>_,
Ramah
<07414>_,
Gittaim
<01664>_,
Hadid
<02307>_,
Zeboim
<06650>_,
Neballat
<05041>_,
Lod
<03850>_,
and Ono
<0207>_,
the valley
<01516>
of craftsmen
<02791> (8677) <02798>_.
And of the Levites
<03881>
[were] divisions
<04256>
[in] Judah
<03063>_,
[and] in Benjamin
<01144>_.
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>_,
Amariah
<0568>_,
Malluch
<04409>_,
Hattush
<02407>_,
{Malluch: also called, Melicu}
Shechaniah
<07935>_,
Rehum
<07348>_,
Meremoth
<04822>_,
{Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah} {Rehum: also called, Harim} {Meremoth: also called, Meraioth}
Iddo
<05714>_,
Ginnetho
<01599>_,
Abijah
<029>_,
{Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon}
Miamin
<04326>_,
Maadiah
<04573>_,
Bilgah
<01083>_,
{Miamin: also called, Miniamin} {Maadiah: also called, Moadiah}
Shemaiah
<08098>_,
and Joiarib
<03114>_,
Jedaiah
<03048>_,
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}
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}
Also Bakbukiah
<01229>
and Unni
<06042>_,
their brethren
<0251>_,
[were] over against them in the watches
<04931>_.
And Jeshua
<03442>
begat
<03205> (8689)
Joiakim
<03113>_,
Joiakim
<03113>
also begat
<03205> (8689)
Eliashib
<0475>_,
and Eliashib
<0475>
begat
<03205> (8689)
Joiada
<03111>_,
And Joiada
<03111>
begat
<03205> (8689)
Jonathan
<03129>_,
and Jonathan
<03129>
begat
<03205> (8689)
Jaddua
<03037>_.
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>_;
Of Ezra
<05830>_,
Meshullam
<04918>_;
of Amariah
<0568>_,
Jehohanan
<03076>_;
Of Melicu
<04409>_,
Jonathan
<03129>_;
of Shebaniah
<07645>_,
Joseph
<03130>_;
Of Harim
<02766>_,
Adna
<05733>_;
of Meraioth
<04812>_,
Helkai
<02517>_;
Of Iddo
<05714>_,
Zechariah
<02148>_;
of Ginnethon
<01599>_,
Meshullam
<04918>_;
Of Abijah
<029>_,
Zichri
<02147>_;
of Miniamin
<04509>_,
of Moadiah
<04153>_,
Piltai
<06408>_;
Of Bilgah
<01083>_,
Shammua
<08051>_;
of Shemaiah
<08098>_,
Jehonathan
<03083>_;
And of Joiarib
<03114>_,
Mattenai
<04982>_;
of Jedaiah
<03048>_,
Uzzi
<05813>_;
Of Sallai
<05543>_,
Kallai
<07040>_;
of Amok
<05987>_,
Eber
<05677>_;
Of Hilkiah
<02518>_,
Hashabiah
<02811>_;
of Jedaiah
<03048>_,
Nethaneel
<05417>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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)_.
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>_.
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>_;
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>_.
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>_.
Then I brought up
<05927> (8686)
the princes
<08269>
of Judah
<03063>
upon the wall
<02346>_,
and appointed
<05975> (8686)
two
<08147>
great
<01419>
[companies of them that gave] thanks
<08426>_,
[whereof one] went
<08418>
on the right hand
<03225>
upon the wall
<02346>
toward the dung
<0830>
gate
<08179>_:
And after
<0310>
them went
<03212> (8799)
Hoshaiah
<01955>_,
and half
<02677>
of the princes
<08269>
of Judah
<03063>_,
And Azariah
<05838>_,
Ezra
<05830>_,
and Meshullam
<04918>_,
Judah
<03063>_,
and Benjamin
<01144>_,
and Shemaiah
<08098>_,
and Jeremiah
<03414>_,
And [certain] of the priests
<03548>_'
sons
<01121>
with trumpets
<02689>_;
[namely], Zechariah
<02148>
the son
<01121>
of Jonathan
<03129>_,
the son
<01121>
of Shemaiah
<08098>_,
the son
<01121>
of Mattaniah
<04983>_,
the son
<01121>
of Michaiah
<04320>_,
the son
<01121>
of Zaccur
<02139>_,
the son
<01121>
of Asaph
<0623>_:
And his brethren
<0251>_,
Shemaiah
<08098>_,
and Azarael
<05832>_,
Milalai
<04450>_,
Gilalai
<01562>_,
Maai
<04597>_,
Nethaneel
<05417>_,
and Judah
<03063>_,
Hanani
<02607>_,
with the musical
<07892>
instruments
<03627>
of David
<01732>
the man
<0376>
of God
<0430>_,
and Ezra
<05830>
the scribe
<05608> (8802)
before
<06440>
them.
And at the fountain
<05869>
gate
<08179>_,
which was over against them, they went up
<05927> (8804)
by the stairs
<04609>
of the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>_,
at the going up
<04608>
of the wall
<02346>_,
above the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_,
even unto the water
<04325>
gate
<08179>
eastward
<04217>_.
And the other
<08145>
[company of them that gave] thanks
<08426>
went
<01980> (8802)
over against
<04136>
[them], and I after
<0310>
them, and the half
<02677>
of the people
<05971>
upon the wall
<02346>_,
from beyond the tower
<04026>
of the furnaces
<08574>
even unto the broad
<07342>
wall
<02346>_;
And from above the gate
<08179>
of Ephraim
<0669>_,
and above the old
<03465>
gate
<08179>_,
and above the fish
<01709>
gate
<08179>_,
and the tower
<04026>
of Hananeel
<02606>_,
and the tower
<04026>
of Meah
<03968>_,
even unto the sheep
<06629>
gate
<08179>_:
and they stood still
<05975> (8804)
in the prison
<04307>
gate
<08179>_.
So stood
<05975> (8799)
the two
<08147>
[companies of them that gave] thanks
<08426>
in the house
<01004>
of God
<0430>_,
and I, and the half
<02677>
of the rulers
<05461>
with me:
And the priests
<03548>_;
Eliakim
<0471>_,
Maaseiah
<04641>_,
Miniamin
<04509>_,
Michaiah
<04320>_,
Elioenai
<0454>_,
Zechariah
<02148>_,
[and] Hananiah
<02608>_,
with trumpets
<02689>_;
And Maaseiah
<04641>_,
and Shemaiah
<08098>_,
and Eleazar
<0499>_,
and Uzzi
<05813>_,
and Jehohanan
<03076>_,
and Malchijah
<04441>_,
and Elam
<05867>_,
and Ezer
<05829>_.
And the singers
<07891> (8789)
sang loud
<08085> (8686)_,
with Jezrahiah
<03156>
[their] overseer
<06496>_.
{sang...: Heb. made their voice to be heard}
Also that day
<03117>
they offered
<02076> (8799)
great
<01419>
sacrifices
<02077>_,
and rejoiced
<08055> (8799)_:
for God
<0430>
had made them rejoice
<08055> (8765)
with great
<01419>
joy
<08057>_:
the wives
<0802>
also and the children
<03206>
rejoiced
<08055> (8804)_:
so that the joy
<08057>
of Jerusalem
<03389>
was heard
<08085> (8735)
even afar off
<07350>_.
And at that time
<03117>
were some
<0582>
appointed
<06485> (8735)
over the chambers
<05393>
for the treasures
<0214>_,
for the offerings
<08641>_,
for the firstfruits
<07225>_,
and for the tithes
<04643>_,
to gather
<03664> (8800)
into them out of the fields
<07704>
of the cities
<05892>
the portions
<04521>
of the law
<08451>
for the priests
<03548>
and Levites
<03881>_:
for Judah
<03063>
rejoiced
<08057>
for the priests
<03548>
and for the Levites
<03881>
that waited
<05975> (8802)_.
{of the law: that is, appointed by the law} {for Judah...: Heb. for the joy of Judah} {waited: Heb. stood}
And both the singers
<07891> (8789)
and the porters
<07778>
kept
<08104> (8799)
the ward
<04931>
of their God
<0430>_,
and the ward
<04931>
of the purification
<02893>_,
according to the commandment
<04687>
of David
<01732>_,
[and] of Solomon
<08010>
his son
<01121>_.
For in the days
<03117>
of David
<01732>
and Asaph
<0623>
of old
<06924>
[there were] chief
<07218>
of the singers
<07891> (8789)_,
and songs
<07892>
of praise
<08416>
and thanksgiving
<03034> (8687)
unto God
<0430>_.
And all Israel
<03478>
in the days
<03117>
of Zerubbabel
<02216>_,
and in the days
<03117>
of Nehemiah
<05166>_,
gave
<05414> (8802)
the portions
<04521>
of the singers
<07891> (8789)
and the porters
<07778>_,
every day
<03117>
his portion
<01697>_:
and they sanctified
<06942> (8688)
[holy things] unto the Levites
<03881>_;
and the Levites
<03881>
sanctified
<06942> (8688)
[them] unto the children
<01121>
of Aaron
<0175>_.
{sanctified: that is, set apart}


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