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Nehemiah 3:1--7:4

3:1

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>_.

3:2

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}

3:3

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.

3:4

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>_.

3:5

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>_.

3:6

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.

3:7

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>_.

3:8

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}

3:9

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>_.

3:10

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>_.

3:11

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}

3:12

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>_.

3:13

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>_.

3:14

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.

3:15

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>_.

3:16

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>_.

3:17

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>_.

3:18

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>_.

3:19

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].

3:20

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}

3:21

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>_.

3:22

And after
<0310>

him repaired
<02388> (8689)

the priests
<03548>_,

the men
<0582>

of the plain
<03603>_.

3:23

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>_.

3:24

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>_.

3:25

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>_.

3:26

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}

3:27

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>_.

3:28

From above the horse
<05483>

gate
<08179>

repaired
<02388> (8689)

the priests
<03548>_,

every one
<0376>

over against
<05048>

his house
<01004>_.

3:29

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>_.

3:30

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>_.

3:31

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}

3:32

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}

4:1

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>_.

4:2

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}

4:3

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>_.

4:4

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}

4:5

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)_.

4:6

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)_.

4:7

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}

4:8

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}

4:9

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.

4:10

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>_.

4:11

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)_.

4:12

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}

4:13

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}

4:14

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>_.

4:15

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>_.

4:16

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>_.

4:17

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>_.

4:18

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}

4:19

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>_.

4:20

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.

4:21

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)_.

4:22

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>_.

4:23

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}

5:1

And there was a great
<01419>

cry
<06818>

of the people
<05971>

and of their wives
<0802>

against their brethren
<0251>

the Jews
<03064>_.

5:2

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)_.

5:3

[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>_.

5:4

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>_.

5:5

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>_.

5:6

And I was very
<03966>

angry
<02734> (8799)

when I heard
<08085> (8804)

their cry
<02201>

and these words
<01697>_.

5:7

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}

5:8

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].

5:9

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)_?

5:10

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>_.

5:11

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.

5:12

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>_.

5:13

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}

5:14

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>_.

5:15

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>_.

5:16

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>_.

5:17

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>_.

5:18

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>_.

5:19

Think
<02142> (8798)

upon me, my God
<0430>_,

for good
<02896>_,

[according] to all that I have done
<06213> (8804)

for this people
<05971>_.

6:1

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>;)

6:2

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>_.

6:3

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?

6:4

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>_.

6:5

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>_;

6:6

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}

6:7

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>_.

6:8

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>_.

6:9

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>_.

6:10

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.

6:11

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)_.

6:12

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.

6:13

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.

6:14

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)_.

6:15

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>_.

6:16

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>_.

6:17

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}

6:18

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>_.

6:19

Also they reported
<0559> (8802)

his good deeds
<02896>

before
<06440>

me, and uttered
<03318> (8688)

my words
<01697>

to him. [And] Tobiah
<02900>

sent
<07971> (8804)

letters
<0107>

to put me in fear
<03372> (8763)_.

{words: or, matters}

7:1

Now it came to pass, when the wall
<02346>

was built
<01129> (8738)_,

and I had set up
<05975> (8686)

the doors
<01817>_,

and the porters
<07778>

and the singers
<07891> (8789)

and the Levites
<03881>

were appointed
<06485> (8735)_,

7:2

That I gave my brother
<0251>

Hanani
<02607>_,

and Hananiah
<02608>

the ruler
<08269>

of the palace
<01002>_,

charge
<06680> (8762)

over Jerusalem
<03389>_:

for he [was] a faithful
<0571>

man
<0376>_,

and feared
<03372> (8804)

God
<0430>

above many
<07227>_.

7:3

And I said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Let not the gates
<08179>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

be opened
<06605> (8735)

until the sun
<08121>

be hot
<02527>_;

and while they stand by
<05975> (8802)_,

let them shut
<01479> (8686)

the doors
<01817>_,

and bar
<0270> (8798)

[them]: and appoint
<05975> (8687)

watches
<04931>

of the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

every one
<0376>

in his watch
<04929>_,

and every one
<0376>

[to be] over against his house
<01004>_.

7:4

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}