I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.

So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’