,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #af ,nehemiah #af3jja3jja ,the words of ,nehemiah the son of ,hachaliah4 ,and it came to pass in the month ,chisleu1 in the twentieth year1 as ,i was in ,shushan the palace1 #af3jja3jjb ,that ,hanani1 one of my brethren1 came1 he and certain men of ,judah2 and ,i asked them concerning the ,jews that had escaped1 which were left of the captivity1 and concerning ,jerusalem4 #af3jja3jjc ,and they said unto me1 ,the remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach3 the wall of ,jerusalem also is broken down1 and the gates thereof are burned with fire4 #af3jja3jjd ,and it came to pass1 when ,i heard these words1 that ,i sat down and wept1 and mourned certain days1 and fasted1 and prayed before the ,god of heaven1 #af3jja3jje ,and said1 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,,lord ,god of heaven1 the great and terrible ,god1 that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments3 #af3jja3jjf ,let thine ear now be attentive1 and thine eyes open1 that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant1 which ,i pray before thee now1 day and night1 for the children of ,israel thy servants1 and confess the sins of the children of ,israel1 which we have sinned against thee3 both ,i and my father's house have sinned4 #af3jja3jjg ,we have dealt very corruptly against thee1 and have not kept the commandments1 nor the statutes1 nor the judgments1 which thou commandedst thy servant ,moses4 #af3jja3jjh ,remember1 ,i beseech thee1 the word that thou commandedst thy servant ,moses1 saying1 ,if ye transgress1 ,i will scatter you abroad among the nations3 #af3jja3jji ,but if ye turn unto me1 and keep my commandments1 and do them2 though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven1 yet will ,i gather them from thence1 and will bring them unto the place that ,i have chosen to set my name there4 #af3jja3jaj ,now these are thy servants and thy people1 whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power1 and by thy strong hand4 #af3jja3jaa ,o ,,lord1 ,i beseech thee1 let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant1 and to the prayer of thy servants1 who desire to fear thy name3 and prosper1 ,i pray thee1 thy servant this day1 and grant him mercy in the sight of this man4 ,for ,i was the king's cupbearer4 #af3jjb3jja ,and it came to pass in the month ,nisan1 in the twentieth year of ,artaxerxes the king1 that wine was before him3 and ,i took up the wine1 and gave it unto the king4 ,now ,i had not been beforetime sad in his presence4 #af3jjb3jjb ,wherefore the king said unto me1 ,why is thy countenance sad1 seeing thou art not sick8 this is nothing else but sorrow of heart4 ,then ,i was very sore afraid1 #af3jjb3jjc ,and said unto the king1 ,let the king live for ever3 why should not my countenance be sad1 when the city1 the place of my fathers' sepulchres1 lieth waste1 and the gates thereof are consumed with fire8 #af3jjb3jjd ,then the king said unto me1 ,for what dost thou make request8 ,so ,i prayed to the ,god of heaven4 #af3jjb3jje ,and ,i said unto the king1 ,if it please the king1 and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight1 that thou wouldest send me unto ,judah1 unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres1 that ,i may build it4 #af3jjb3jjf ,and the king said unto me1 7the queen also sitting by him17 ,for how long shall thy journey be8 and when wilt thou return8 ,so it pleased the king to send me2 and ,i set him a time4 #af3jjb3jjg ,moreover ,i said unto the king1 ,if it please the king1 let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river1 that they may convey me over till ,i come into ,judah2 #af3jjb3jjh ,and a letter unto ,asaph the keeper of the king's forest1 that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house1 and for the wall of the city1 and for the house that ,i shall enter into4 ,and the king granted me1 according to the good hand of my ,god upon me4 #af3jjb3jji ,then ,i came to the governors beyond the river1 and gave them the king's letters4 ,now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me4 #af3jjb3jaj ,when ,sanballat the ,horonite1 and ,tobiah the servant1 the ,ammonite1 heard of it1 it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of ,israel4 #af3jjb3jaa ,so ,i came to ,jerusalem1 and was there three days4 #af3jjb3jab ,and ,i arose in the night1 ,i and some few men with me2 neither told ,i any man what my ,god had put in my heart to do at ,jerusalem3 neither was there any beast with me1 save the beast that ,i rode upon4 #af3jjb3jac ,and ,i went out by night by the gate of the valley1 even before the dragon well1 and to the dung port1 and viewed the walls of ,jerusalem1 which were broken down1 and the gates thereof were consumed with fire4 #af3jjb3jad ,then ,i went on to the gate of the fountain1 and to the king's pool3 but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass4 #af3jjb3jae ,then went ,i up in the night by the brook1 and viewed the wall1 and turned back1 and entered by the gate of the valley1 and so returned4 #af3jjb3jaf ,and the rulers knew not whither ,i went1 or what ,i did2 neither had ,i as yet told it to the ,jews1 nor to the priests1 nor to the nobles1 nor to the rulers1 nor to the rest that did the work4 #af3jjb3jag ,then said ,i unto them1 ,ye see the distress that we are in1 how ,jerusalem lieth waste1 and the gates thereof are burned with fire3 come1 and let us build up the wall of ,jerusalem1 that we be no more a reproach4 #af3jjb3jah ,then ,i told them of the hand of my ,god which was good upon me2 as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me4 ,and they said1 ,let us rise up and build4 ,so they strengthened their hands for this good work4 #af3jjb3jai ,but when ,sanballat the ,horonite1 and ,tobiah the servant1 the ,ammonite1 and ,geshem the ,arabian1 heard it1 they laughed us to scorn1 and despised us1 and said1 ,what is this thing that ye do8 will ye rebel against the king8 #af3jjb3jbj ,then answered ,i them1 and said unto them1 ,the ,god of heaven1 he will prosper us2 therefore we his servants will arise and build3 but ye have no portion1 nor right1 nor memorial1 in ,jerusalem4 #af3jjc3jja ,then ,eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests1 and they builded the sheep gate2 they sanctified it1 and set up the doors of it2 even unto the tower of ,meah they sanctified it1 unto the tower of ,hananeel4 #af3jjc3jjb ,and next unto him builded the men of ,jericho4 ,and next to them builded ,zaccur the son of ,imri4 #af3jjc3jjc ,but the fish gate did the sons of ,hassenaah build1 who also laid the beams thereof1 and set up the doors thereof1 the locks thereof1 and the bars thereof4 #af3jjc3jjd ,and next unto them repaired ,meremoth the son of ,urijah1 the son of ,koz4 ,and next unto them repaired ,meshullam the son of ,berechiah1 the son of ,meshezabeel4 ,and next unto them repaired ,zadok the son of ,baana4 #af3jjc3jje ,and next unto them the ,tekoites repaired2 but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their ,,lord4 #af3jjc3jjf ,moreover the old gate repaired ,jehoiada the son of ,paseah1 and ,meshullam the son of ,besodeiah2 they laid the beams thereof1 and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks thereof1 and the bars thereof4 #af3jjc3jjg ,and next unto them repaired ,melatiah the ,gibeonite1 and ,jadon the ,meronothite1 the men of ,gibeon1 and of ,mizpah1 unto the throne of the governor on this side the river4 #af3jjc3jjh ,next unto him repaired ,uzziel the son of ,harhaiah1 of the goldsmiths4 ,next unto him also repaired ,hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries1 and they fortified ,jerusalem unto the broad wall4 #af3jjc3jji ,and next unto them repaired ,rephaiah the son of ,hur1 the ruler of the half part of ,jerusalem4 #af3jjc3jaj ,and next unto them repaired ,jedaiah the son of ,harumaph1 even over against his house4 ,and next unto him repaired ,hattush the son of ,hashabniah4 #af3jjc3jaa ,malchijah the son of ,harim1 and ,hashub the son of ,pahathmoab1 repaired the other piece1 and the tower of the furnaces4 #af3jjc3jab ,and next unto him repaired ,shallum the son of ,halohesh1 the ruler of the half part of ,jerusalem1 he and his daughters4 #af3jjc3jac ,the valley gate repaired ,hanun1 and the inhabitants of ,zanoah2 they built it1 and set up the doors thereof1 the locks thereof1 and the bars thereof1 and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate4 #af3jjc3jad ,but the dung gate repaired ,malchiah the son of ,rechab1 the ruler of part of ,bethhaccerem2 he built it1 and set up the doors thereof1 the locks thereof1 and the bars thereof4 #af3jjc3jae ,but the gate of the fountain repaired ,shallun the son of ,colhozeh1 the ruler of part of ,mizpah2 he built it1 and covered it1 and set up the doors thereof1 the locks thereof1 and the bars thereof1 and the wall of the pool of ,siloah by the king's garden1 and unto the stairs that go down from the city of ,david4 #af3jjc3jaf ,after him repaired ,nehemiah the son of ,azbuk1 the ruler of the half part of ,bethzur1 unto the place over against the sepulchres of ,david1 and to the pool that was made1 and unto the house of the mighty4 #af3jjc3jag ,after him repaired the ,levites1 ,rehum the son of ,bani4 ,next unto him repaired ,hashabiah1 the ruler of the half part of ,keilah1 in his part4 #af3jjc3jah ,after him repaired their brethren1 ,bavai the son of ,henadad1 the ruler of the half part of ,keilah4 #af3jjc3jai ,and next to him repaired ,ezer the son of ,jeshua1 the ruler of ,mizpah1 another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall4 #af3jjc3jbj ,after him ,baruch the son of ,zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece1 from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of ,eliashib the high priest4 #af3jjc3jba ,after him repaired ,meremoth the son of ,urijah the son of ,koz another piece1 from the door of the house of ,eliashib even to the end of the house of ,eliashib4 #af3jjc3jbb ,and after him repaired the priests1 the men of the plain4 #af3jjc3jbc ,after him repaired ,benjamin and ,hashub over against their house4 ,after him repaired ,azariah the son of ,maaseiah the son of ,ananiah by his house4 #af3jjc3jbd ,after him repaired ,binnui the son of ,henadad another piece1 from the house of ,azariah unto the turning of the wall1 even unto the corner4 #af3jjc3jbe ,palal the son of ,uzai1 over against the turning of the wall1 and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house1 that was by the court of the prison4 ,after him ,pedaiah the son of ,parosh4 #af3jjc3jbf ,moreover the ,nethinims dwelt in ,ophel1 unto the place over against the water gate toward the east1 and the tower that lieth out4 #af3jjc3jbg ,after them the ,tekoites repaired another piece1 over against the great tower that lieth out1 even unto the wall of ,ophel4 #af3jjc3jbh ,from above the horse gate repaired the priests1 every one over against his house4 #af3jjc3jbi ,after them repaired ,zadok the son of ,immer over against his house4 ,after him repaired also ,shemaiah the son of ,shechaniah1 the keeper of the east gate4 #af3jjc3jcj ,after him repaired ,hananiah the son of ,shelemiah1 and ,hanun the sixth son of ,zalaph1 another piece4 ,after him repaired ,meshullam the son of ,berechiah over against his chamber4 #af3jjc3jca ,after him repaired ,malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the ,nethinims1 and of the merchants1 over against the gate ,miphkad1 and to the going up of the corner4 #af3jjc3jcb ,and between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants4 #af3jjd3jja ,but it came to pass1 that when ,sanballat heard that we builded the wall1 he was wroth1 and took great indignation1 and mocked the ,jews4 #af3jjd3jjb ,and he spake before his brethren and the army of ,samaria1 and said1 ,what do these feeble ,jews8 will they fortify themselves8 will they sacrifice8 will they make an end in a day8 will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned8 #af3jjd3jjc ,now ,tobiah the ,ammonite was by him1 and he said1 ,even that which they build1 if a fox go up1 he shall even break down their stone wall4 #af3jjd3jjd ,hear1 ,o our ,god2 for we are despised3 and turn their reproach upon their own head1 and give them for a prey in the land of captivity3 #af3jjd3jje ,and cover not their iniquity1 and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee3 for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders4 #af3jjd3jjf ,so built we the wall2 and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof3 for the people had a mind to work4 #af3jjd3jjg ,but it came to pass1 that when ,sanballat1 and ,tobiah1 and the ,arabians1 and the ,ammonites1 and the ,ashdodites1 heard that the walls of ,jerusalem were made up1 and that the breaches began to be stopped1 then they were very wroth1 #af3jjd3jjh ,and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against ,jerusalem1 and to hinder it4 #af3jjd3jji ,nevertheless we made our prayer unto our ,god1 and set a watch against them day and night1 because of them4 #af3jjd3jaj ,and ,judah said1 ,the strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed1 and there is much rubbish2 so that we are not able to build the wall4 #af3jjd3jaa ,and our adversaries said1 ,they shall not know1 neither see1 till we come in the midst among them1 and slay them1 and cause the work to cease4 #af3jjd3jab ,and it came to pass1 that when the ,jews which dwelt by them came1 they said unto us ten times1 ,from all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you4 #af3jjd3jac ,therefore set ,i in the lower places behind the wall1 and on the higher places1 ,i even set the people after their families with their swords1 their spears1 and their bows4 #af3jjd3jad ,and ,i looked1 and rose up1 and said unto the nobles1 and to the rulers1 and to the rest of the people1 ,be not ye afraid of them3 remember the ,,lord1 which is great and terrible1 and fight for your brethren1 your sons1 and your daughters1 your wives1 and your houses4 #af3jjd3jae ,and it came to pass1 when our enemies heard that it was known unto us1 and ,god had brought their counsel to nought1 that we returned all of us to the wall1 every one unto his work4 #af3jjd3jaf ,and it came to pass from that time forth1 that the half of my servants wrought in the work1 and the other half of them held both the spears1 the shields1 and the bows1 and the habergeons2 and the rulers were behind all the house of ,judah4 #af3jjd3jag ,they which builded on the wall1 and they that bare burdens1 with those that laded1 every one with one of his hands wrought in the work1 and with the other hand held a weapon4 #af3jjd3jah ,for the builders1 every one had his sword girded by his side1 and so builded4 ,and he that sounded the trumpet was by me4 #af3jjd3jai ,and ,i said unto the nobles1 and to the rulers1 and to the rest of the people1 ,the work is great and large1 and we are separated upon the wall1 one far from another4 #af3jjd3jbj ,in what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet1 resort ye thither unto us3 our ,god shall fight for us4 #af3jjd3jba ,so we laboured in the work3 and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared4 #af3jjd3jbb ,likewise at the same time said ,i unto the people1 ,let every one with his servant lodge within ,jerusalem1 that in the night they may be a guard to us1 and labour on the day4 #af3jjd3jbc ,so neither ,i1 nor my brethren1 nor my servants1 nor the men of the guard which followed me1 none of us put off our clothes1 saving that every one put them off for washing4 #af3jje3jja ,and there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the ,jews4 #af3jje3jjb ,for there were that said1 ,we1 our sons1 and our daughters1 are many3 therefore we take up corn for them1 that we may eat1 and live4 #af3jje3jjc ,some also there were that said1 ,we have mortgaged our lands1 vineyards1 and houses1 that we might buy corn1 because of the dearth4 #af3jje3jjd ,there were also that said1 ,we have borrowed money for the king's tribute1 and that upon our lands and vineyards4 #af3jje3jje ,yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren1 our children as their children3 and1 lo1 we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants1 and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already3 neither is it in our power to redeem them2 for other men have our lands and vineyards4 #af3jje3jjf ,and ,i was very angry when ,i heard their cry and these words4 #af3jje3jjg ,then ,i consulted with myself1 and ,i rebuked the nobles1 and the rulers1 and said unto them1 ,ye exact usury1 every one of his brother4 ,and ,i set a great assembly against them4 #af3jje3jjh ,and ,i said unto them1 ,we after our ability have redeemed our brethren the ,jews1 which were sold unto the heathen2 and will ye even sell your brethren8 or shall they be sold unto us8 ,then held they their peace1 and found nothing to answer4 #af3jje3jji ,also ,i said1 ,it is not good that ye do3 ought ye not to walk in the fear of our ,god because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies8 #af3jje3jaj ,i likewise1 and my brethren1 and my servants1 might exact of them money and corn3 ,i pray you1 let us leave off this usury4 #af3jje3jaa ,restore1 ,i pray you1 to them1 even this day1 their lands1 their vineyards1 their oliveyards1 and their houses1 also the hundredth part of the money1 and of the corn1 the wine1 and the oil1 that ye exact of them4 #af3jje3jab ,then said they1 ,we will restore them1 and will require nothing of them2 so will we do as thou sayest4 ,then ,i called the priests1 and took an oath of them1 that they should do according to this promise4 #af3jje3jac ,also ,i shook my lap1 and said1 ,so ,god shake out every man from his house1 and from his labour1 that performeth not this promise1 even thus be he shaken out1 and emptied4 ,and all the congregation said1 ,amen1 and praised the ,,lord4 ,and the people did according to this promise4 #af3jje3jad ,moreover from the time that ,i was appointed to be their governor in the land of ,judah1 from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of ,artaxerxes the king1 that is1 twelve years1 ,i and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor4 #af3jje3jae ,but the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people1 and had taken of them bread and wine1 beside forty shekels of silver2 yea1 even their servants bare rule over the people3 but so did not ,i1 because of the fear of ,god4 #af3jje3jaf ,yea1 also ,i continued in the work of this wall1 neither bought we any land3 and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work4 #af3jje3jag ,moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the ,jews and rulers1 beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us4 #af3jje3jah ,now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep2 also fowls were prepared for me1 and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine3 yet for all this required not ,i the bread of the governor1 because the bondage was heavy upon this people4 #af3jje3jai ,think upon me1 my ,god1 for good1 according to all that ,i have done for this people4 #af3jjf3jja ,now it came to pass when ,sanballat1 and ,tobiah1 and ,geshem the ,arabian1 and the rest of our enemies1 heard that ,i had builded the wall1 and that there was no breach left therein2 7though at that time ,i had not set up the doors upon the gates27 #af3jjf3jjb ,that ,sanballat and ,geshem sent unto me1 saying1 ,come1 let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of ,ono4 ,but they thought to do me mischief4 #af3jjf3jjc ,and ,i sent messengers unto them1 saying1 ,i am doing a great work1 so that ,i cannot come down3 why should the work cease1 whilst ,i leave it1 and come down to you8 #af3jjf3jjd ,yet they sent unto me four times after this sort2 and ,i answered them after the same manner4 #af3jjf3jje ,then sent ,sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand2 #af3jjf3jjf ,wherein was written1 ,it is reported among the heathen1 and ,gashmu saith it1 that thou and the ,jews think to rebel3 for which cause thou buildest the wall1 that thou mayest be their king1 according to these words4 #af3jjf3jjg ,and thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at ,jerusalem1 saying1 ,there is a king in ,judah3 and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words4 ,come now therefore1 and let us take counsel together4 #af3jjf3jjh ,then ,i sent unto him1 saying1 ,there are no such things done as thou sayest1 but thou feignest them out of thine own heart4 #af3jjf3jji ,for they all made us afraid1 saying1 ,their hands shall be weakened from the work1 that it be not done4 ,now therefore1 ,o ,god1 strengthen my hands4 #af3jjf3jaj ,afterward ,i came unto the house of ,shemaiah the son of ,delaiah the son of ,mehetabeel1 who was shut up2 and he said1 ,let us meet together in the house of ,god1 within the temple1 and let us shut the doors of the temple3 for they will come to slay thee2 yea1 in the night will they come to slay thee4 #af3jjf3jaa ,and ,i said1 ,should such a man as ,i flee8 and who is there1 that1 being as ,i am1 would go into the temple to save his life8 ,i will not go in4 #af3jjf3jab ,and1 lo1 ,i perceived that ,god had not sent him2 but that he pronounced this prophecy against me3 for ,tobiah and ,sanballat had hired him4 #af3jjf3jac ,therefore was he hired1 that ,i should be afraid1 and do so1 and sin1 and that they might have matter for an evil report1 that they might reproach me4 #af3jjf3jad ,my ,god1 think thou upon ,tobiah and ,sanballat according to these their works1 and on the prophetess ,noadiah1 and the rest of the prophets1 that would have put me in fear4 #af3jjf3jae ,so the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month ,elul1 in fifty and two days4 #af3jjf3jaf ,and it came to pass1 that when all our enemies heard thereof1 and all the heathen that were about us saw these things1 they were much cast down in their own eyes3 for they perceived that this work was wrought of our ,god4 #af3jjf3jag ,moreover in those days the nobles of ,judah sent many letters unto ,tobiah1 and the letters of ,tobiah came unto them4 #af3jjf3jah ,for there were many in ,judah sworn unto him1 because he was the son in law of ,shechaniah the son of ,arah2 and his son ,johanan had taken the daughter of ,meshullam the son of ,berechiah4 #af3jjf3jai ,also they reported his good deeds before me1 and uttered my words to him4 ,and ,tobiah sent letters to put me in fear4 #af3jjg3jja ,now it came to pass1 when the wall was built1 and ,i had set up the doors1 and the porters and the singers and the ,levites were appointed1 #af3jjg3jjb ,that ,i gave my brother ,hanani1 and ,hananiah the ruler of the palace1 charge over ,jerusalem3 for he was a faithful man1 and feared ,god above many4 #af3jjg3jjc ,and ,i said unto them1 ,let not the gates of ,jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot2 and while they stand by1 let them shut the doors1 and bar them3 and appoint watches of the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 every one in his watch1 and every one to be over against his house4 #af3jjg3jjd ,now the city was large and great3 but the people were few therein1 and the houses were not builded4 #af3jjg3jje ,and my ,god put into mine heart to gather together the nobles1 and the rulers1 and the people1 that they might be reckoned by genealogy4 ,and ,i found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first1 and found written therein1 #af3jjg3jjf ,these are the children of the province1 that went up out of the captivity1 of those that had been carried away1 whom ,nebuchadnezzar the king of ,babylon had carried away1 and came again to ,jerusalem and to ,judah1 every one unto his city2 #af3jjg3jjg ,who came with ,zerubbabel1 ,jeshua1 ,nehemiah1 ,azariah1 ,raamiah1 ,nahamani1 ,mordecai1 ,bilshan1 ,mispereth1 ,bigvai1 ,nehum1 ,baanah4 ,the number1 ,i say1 of the men of the people of ,israel was this2 #af3jjg3jjh ,the children of ,parosh1 two thousand an hundred seventy and two4 #af3jjg3jji ,the children of ,shephatiah1 three hundred seventy and two4 #af3jjg3jaj ,the children of ,arah1 six hundred fifty and two4 #af3jjg3jaa ,the children of ,pahathmoab1 of the children of ,jeshua and ,joab1 two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen4 #af3jjg3jab ,the children of ,elam1 a thousand two hundred fifty and four4 #af3jjg3jac ,the children of ,zattu1 eight hundred forty and five4 #af3jjg3jad ,the children of ,zaccai1 seven hundred and threescore4 #af3jjg3jae ,the children of ,binnui1 six hundred forty and eight4 #af3jjg3jaf ,the children of ,bebai1 six hundred twenty and eight4 #af3jjg3jag ,the children of ,azgad1 two thousand three hundred twenty and two4 #af3jjg3jah ,the children of ,adonikam1 six hundred threescore and seven4 #af3jjg3jai ,the children of ,bigvai1 two thousand threescore and seven4 #af3jjg3jbj ,the children of ,adin1 six hundred fifty and five4 #af3jjg3jba ,the children of ,ater of ,hezekiah1 ninety and eight4 #af3jjg3jbb ,the children of ,hashum1 three hundred twenty and eight4 #af3jjg3jbc ,the children of ,bezai1 three hundred twenty and four4 #af3jjg3jbd ,the children of ,hariph1 an hundred and twelve4 #af3jjg3jbe ,the children of ,gibeon1 ninety and five4 #af3jjg3jbf ,the men of ,bethlehem and ,netophah1 an hundred fourscore and eight4 #af3jjg3jbg ,the men of ,anathoth1 an hundred twenty and eight4 #af3jjg3jbh ,the men of ,bethazmaveth1 forty and two4 #af3jjg3jbi ,the men of ,kirjathjearim1 ,chephirah1 and ,beeroth1 seven hundred forty and three4 #af3jjg3jcj ,the men of ,ramah and ,gaba1 six hundred twenty and one4 #af3jjg3jca ,the men of ,michmas1 an hundred and twenty and two4 #af3jjg3jcb ,the men of ,bethel and ,ai1 an hundred twenty and three4 #af3jjg3jcc ,the men of the other ,nebo1 fifty and two4 #af3jjg3jcd ,the children of the other ,elam1 a thousand two hundred fifty and four4 #af3jjg3jce ,the children of ,harim1 three hundred and twenty4 #af3jjg3jcf ,the children of ,jericho1 three hundred forty and five4 #af3jjg3jcg ,the children of ,lod1 ,hadid1 and ,ono1 seven hundred twenty and one4 #af3jjg3jch ,the children of ,senaah1 three thousand nine hundred and thirty4 #af3jjg3jci ,the priests3 the children of ,jedaiah1 of the house of ,jeshua1 nine hundred seventy and three4 #af3jjg3jdj ,the children of ,immer1 a thousand fifty and two4 #af3jjg3jda ,the children of ,pashur1 a thousand two hundred forty and seven4 #af3jjg3jdb ,the children of ,harim1 a thousand and seventeen4 #af3jjg3jdc ,the ,levites3 the children of ,jeshua1 of ,kadmiel1 and of the children of ,hodevah1 seventy and four4 #af3jjg3jdd ,the singers3 the children of ,asaph1 an hundred forty and eight4 #af3jjg3jde ,the porters3 the children of ,shallum1 the children of ,ater1 the children of ,talmon1 the children of ,akkub1 the children of ,hatita1 the children of ,shobai1 an hundred thirty and eight4 #af3jjg3jdf ,the ,nethinims3 the children of ,ziha1 the children of ,hashupha1 the children of ,tabbaoth1 #af3jjg3jdg ,the children of ,keros1 the children of ,sia1 the children of ,padon1 #af3jjg3jdh ,the children of ,lebana1 the children of ,hagaba1 the children of ,shalmai1 #af3jjg3jdi ,the children of ,hanan1 the children of ,giddel1 the children of ,gahar1 #af3jjg3jej ,the children of ,reaiah1 the children of ,rezin1 the children of ,nekoda1 #af3jjg3jea ,the children of ,gazzam1 the children of ,uzza1 the children of ,phaseah1 #af3jjg3jeb ,the children of ,besai1 the children of ,meunim1 the children of ,nephishesim1 #af3jjg3jec ,the children of ,bakbuk1 the children of ,hakupha1 the children of ,harhur1 #af3jjg3jed ,the children of ,bazlith1 the children of ,mehida1 the children of ,harsha1 #af3jjg3jee ,the children of ,barkos1 the children of ,sisera1 the children of ,tamah1 #af3jjg3jef ,the children of ,neziah1 the children of ,hatipha4 #af3jjg3jeg ,the children of ,solomon's servants3 the children of ,sotai1 the children of ,sophereth1 the children of ,perida1 #af3jjg3jeh ,the children of ,jaala1 the children of ,darkon1 the children of ,giddel1 #af3jjg3jei ,the children of ,shephatiah1 the children of ,hattil1 the children of ,pochereth of ,zebaim1 the children of ,amon4 #af3jjg3jfj ,all the ,nethinims1 and the children of ,solomon's servants1 were three hundred ninety and two4 #af3jjg3jfa ,and these were they which went up also from ,telmelah1 ,telharesha1 ,cherub1 ,addon1 and ,immer3 but they could not shew their father's house1 nor their seed1 whether they were of ,israel4 #af3jjg3jfb ,the children of ,delaiah1 the children of ,tobiah1 the children of ,nekoda1 six hundred forty and two4 #af3jjg3jfc ,and of the priests3 the children of ,habaiah1 the children of ,koz1 the children of ,barzillai1 which took one of the daughters of ,barzillai the ,gileadite to wife1 and was called after their name4 #af3jjg3jfd ,these sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy1 but it was not found3 therefore were they1 as polluted1 put from the priesthood4 #af3jjg3jfe ,and the ,tirshatha said unto them1 that they should not eat of the most holy things1 till there stood up a priest with ,urim and ,thummim4 #af3jjg3jff ,the whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore1 #af3jjg3jfg ,beside their manservants and their maidservants1 of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven3 and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women4 #af3jjg3jfh ,their horses1 seven hundred thirty and six3 their mules1 two hundred forty and five3 #af3jjg3jfi ,their camels1 four hundred thirty and five3 six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses4 #af3jjg3jgj ,and some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work4 ,the ,tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold1 fifty basons1 five hundred and thirty priests' garments4 #af3jjg3jga ,and some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold1 and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver4 #af3jjg3jgb ,and that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold1 and two thousand pound of silver1 and threescore and seven priests' garments4 #af3jjg3jgc ,so the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the porters1 and the singers1 and some of the people1 and the ,nethinims1 and all ,israel1 dwelt in their cities2 and when the seventh month came1 the children of ,israel were in their cities4 #af3jjh3jja ,and all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate2 and they spake unto ,ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of ,moses1 which the ,,lord had commanded to ,israel4 #af3jjh3jjb ,and ,ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women1 and all that could hear with understanding1 upon the first day of the seventh month4 #af3jjh3jjc ,and he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday1 before the men and the women1 and those that could understand2 and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law4 #af3jjh3jjd ,and ,ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood1 which they had made for the purpose2 and beside him stood ,mattithiah1 and ,shema1 and ,anaiah1 and ,urijah1 and ,hilkiah1 and ,maaseiah1 on his right hand2 and on his left hand1 ,pedaiah1 and ,mishael1 and ,malchiah1 and ,hashum1 and ,hashbadana1 ,zechariah1 and ,meshullam4 #af3jjh3jje ,and ,ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people2 7for he was above all the people27 and when he opened it1 all the people stood up3 #af3jjh3jjf ,and ,ezra blessed the ,,lord1 the great ,god4 ,and all the people answered1 ,amen1 ,amen1 with lifting up their hands3 and they bowed their heads1 and worshipped the ,,lord with their faces to the ground4 #af3jjh3jjg ,also ,jeshua1 and ,bani1 and ,sherebiah1 ,jamin1 ,akkub1 ,shabbethai1 ,hodijah1 ,maaseiah1 ,kelita1 ,azariah1 ,jozabad1 ,hanan1 ,pelaiah1 and the ,levites1 caused the people to understand the law3 and the people stood in their place4 #af3jjh3jjh ,so they read in the book in the law of ,god distinctly1 and gave the sense1 and caused them to understand the reading4 #af3jjh3jji ,and ,nehemiah1 which is the ,tirshatha1 and ,ezra the priest the scribe1 and the ,levites that taught the people1 said unto all the people1 ,this day is holy unto the ,,lord your ,god2 mourn not1 nor weep4 ,for all the people wept1 when they heard the words of the law4 #af3jjh3jaj ,then he said unto them1 ,go your way1 eat the fat1 and drink the sweet1 and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared3 for this day is holy unto our ,,lord3 neither be ye sorry2 for the joy of the ,,lord is your strength4 #af3jjh3jaa ,so the ,levites stilled all the people1 saying1 ,hold your peace1 for the day is holy2 neither be ye grieved4 #af3jjh3jab ,and all the people went their way to eat1 and to drink1 and to send portions1 and to make great mirth1 because they had understood the words that were declared unto them4 #af3jjh3jac ,and on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people1 the priests1 and the ,levites1 unto ,ezra the scribe1 even to understand the words of the law4 #af3jjh3jad ,and they found written in the law which the ,,lord had commanded by ,moses1 that the children of ,israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month3 #af3jjh3jae ,and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities1 and in ,jerusalem1 saying1 ,go forth unto the mount1 and fetch olive branches1 and pine branches1 and myrtle branches1 and palm branches1 and branches of thick trees1 to make booths1 as it is written4 #af3jjh3jaf ,so the people went forth1 and brought them1 and made themselves booths1 every one upon the roof of his house1 and in their courts1 and in the courts of the house of ,god1 and in the street of the water gate1 and in the street of the gate of ,ephraim4 #af3jjh3jag ,and all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths1 and sat under the booths3 for since the days of ,jeshua the son of ,nun unto that day had not the children of ,israel done so4 ,and there was very great gladness4 #af3jjh3jah ,also day by day1 from the first day unto the last day1 he read in the book of the law of ,god4 ,and they kept the feast seven days2 and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly1 according unto the manner4 #af3jji3jja ,now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of ,israel were assembled with fasting1 and with sackclothes1 and earth upon them4 #af3jji3jjb ,and the seed of ,israel separated themselves from all strangers1 and stood and confessed their sins1 and the iniquities of their fathers4 #af3jji3jjc ,and they stood up in their place1 and read in the book of the law of the ,,lord their ,god one fourth part of the day2 and another fourth part they confessed1 and worshipped the ,,lord their ,god4 #af3jji3jjd ,then stood up upon the stairs1 of the ,levites1 ,jeshua1 and ,bani1 ,kadmiel1 ,shebaniah1 ,bunni1 ,sherebiah1 ,bani1 and ,chenani1 and cried with a loud voice unto the ,,lord their ,god4 #af3jji3jje ,then the ,levites1 ,jeshua1 and ,kadmiel1 ,bani1 ,hashabniah1 ,sherebiah1 ,hodijah1 ,shebaniah1 and ,pethahiah1 said1 ,stand up and bless the ,,lord your ,god for ever and ever3 and blessed be thy glorious name1 which is exalted above all blessing and praise4 #af3jji3jjf ,thou1 even thou1 art ,,lord alone2 thou hast made heaven1 the heaven of heavens1 with all their host1 the earth1 and all things that are therein1 the seas1 and all that is therein1 and thou preservest them all2 and the host of heaven worshippeth thee4 #af3jji3jjg ,thou art the ,,lord the ,god1 who didst choose ,abram1 and broughtest him forth out of ,ur of the ,chaldees1 and gavest him the name of ,abraham2 #af3jji3jjh ,and foundest his heart faithful before thee1 and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the ,canaanites1 the ,hittites1 the ,amorites1 and the ,perizzites1 and the ,jebusites1 and the ,girgashites1 to give it1 ,i say1 to his seed1 and hast performed thy words2 for thou art righteous3 #af3jji3jji ,and didst see the affliction of our fathers in ,egypt1 and heardest their cry by the ,red sea2 #af3jji3jaj ,and shewedst signs and wonders upon ,pharaoh1 and on all his servants1 and on all the people of his land3 for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them4 ,so didst thou get thee a name1 as it is this day4 #af3jji3jaa ,and thou didst divide the sea before them1 so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land2 and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps1 as a stone into the mighty waters4 #af3jji3jab ,moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar2 and in the night by a pillar of fire1 to give them light in the way wherein they should go4 #af3jji3jac ,thou camest down also upon mount ,sinai1 and spakest with them from heaven1 and gavest them right judgments1 and true laws1 good statutes and commandments3 #af3jji3jad ,and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath1 and commandedst them precepts1 statutes1 and laws1 by the hand of ,moses thy servant3 #af3jji3jae ,and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger1 and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst1 and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them4 #af3jji3jaf ,but they and our fathers dealt proudly1 and hardened their necks1 and hearkened not to thy commandments1 #af3jji3jag ,and refused to obey1 neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them2 but hardened their necks1 and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage3 but thou art a ,god ready to pardon1 gracious and merciful1 slow to anger1 and of great kindness1 and forsookest them not4 #af3jji3jah ,yea1 when they had made them a molten calf1 and said1 ,this is thy ,god that brought thee up out of ,egypt1 and had wrought great provocations2 #af3jji3jai ,yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness3 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day1 to lead them in the way2 neither the pillar of fire by night1 to shew them light1 and the way wherein they should go4 #af3jji3jbj ,thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them1 and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth1 and gavest them water for their thirst4 #af3jji3jba ,yea1 forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness1 so that they lacked nothing2 their clothes waxed not old1 and their feet swelled not4 #af3jji3jbb ,moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations1 and didst divide them into corners3 so they possessed the land of ,sihon1 and the land of the king of ,heshbon1 and the land of ,og king of ,bashan4 #af3jji3jbc ,their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven1 and broughtest them into the land1 concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers1 that they should go in to possess it4 #af3jji3jbd ,so the children went in and possessed the land1 and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land1 the ,canaanites1 and gavest them into their hands1 with their kings1 and the people of the land1 that they might do with them as they would4 #af3jji3jbe ,and they took strong cities1 and a fat land1 and possessed houses full of all goods1 wells digged1 vineyards1 and oliveyards1 and fruit trees in abundance3 so they did eat1 and were filled1 and became fat1 and delighted themselves in thy great goodness4 #af3jji3jbf ,nevertheless they were disobedient1 and rebelled against thee1 and cast thy law behind their backs1 and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee1 and they wrought great provocations4 #af3jji3jbg ,therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies1 who vexed them3 and in the time of their trouble1 when they cried unto thee1 thou heardest them from heaven2 and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours1 who saved them out of the hand of their enemies4 #af3jji3jbh ,but after they had rest1 they did evil again before thee3 therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies1 so that they had the dominion over them3 yet when they returned1 and cried unto thee1 thou heardest them from heaven2 and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies2 #af3jji3jbi ,and testifiedst against them1 that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law3 yet they dealt proudly1 and hearkened not unto thy commandments1 but sinned against thy judgments1 7which if a man do1 he shall live in them27 and withdrew the shoulder1 and hardened their neck1 and would not hear4 #af3jji3jcj ,yet many years didst thou forbear them1 and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets3 yet would they not give ear3 therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands4 #af3jji3jca ,nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them1 nor forsake them2 for thou art a gracious and merciful ,god4 #af3jji3jcb ,now therefore1 our ,god1 the great1 the mighty1 and the terrible ,god1 who keepest covenant and mercy1 let not all the trouble seem little before thee1 that hath come upon us1 on our kings1 on our princes1 and on our priests1 and on our prophets1 and on our fathers1 and on all thy people1 since the time of the kings of ,assyria unto this day4 #af3jji3jcc ,howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us2 for thou hast done right1 but we have done wickedly3 #af3jji3jcd ,neither have our kings1 our princes1 our priests1 nor our fathers1 kept thy law1 nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies1 wherewith thou didst testify against them4 #af3jji3jce ,for they have not served thee in their kingdom1 and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them1 and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them1 neither turned they from their wicked works4 #af3jji3jcf ,behold1 we are servants this day1 and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof1 behold1 we are servants in it3 #af3jji3jcg ,and it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins3 also they have dominion over our bodies1 and over our cattle1 at their pleasure1 and we are in great distress4 #af3jji3jch ,and because of all this we make a sure covenant1 and write it2 and our princes1 ,levites1 and priests1 seal unto it4 #af3jaj3jja ,now those that sealed were1 ,nehemiah1 the ,tirshatha1 the son of ,hachaliah1 and ,zidkijah1 #af3jaj3jjb ,seraiah1 ,azariah1 ,jeremiah1 #af3jaj3jjc ,pashur1 ,amariah1 ,malchijah1 #af3jaj3jjd ,hattush1 ,shebaniah1 ,malluch1 #af3jaj3jje ,harim1 ,meremoth1 ,obadiah1 #af3jaj3jjf ,daniel1 ,ginnethon1 ,baruch1 #af3jaj3jjg ,meshullam1 ,abijah1 ,mijamin1 #af3jaj3jjh ,maaziah1 ,bilgai1 ,shemaiah3 these were the priests4 #af3jaj3jji ,and the ,levites3 both ,jeshua the son of ,azaniah1 ,binnui of the sons of ,henadad1 ,kadmiel2 #af3jaj3jaj ,and their brethren1 ,shebaniah1 ,hodijah1 ,kelita1 ,pelaiah1 ,hanan1 #af3jaj3jaa ,micha1 ,rehob1 ,hashabiah1 #af3jaj3jab ,zaccur1 ,sherebiah1 ,shebaniah1 #af3jaj3jac ,hodijah1 ,bani1 ,beninu4 #af3jaj3jad ,the chief of the people2 ,parosh1 ,pahathmoab1 ,elam1 ,zatthu1 ,bani1 #af3jaj3jae ,bunni1 ,azgad1 ,bebai1 #af3jaj3jaf ,adonijah1 ,bigvai1 ,adin1 #af3jaj3jag ,ater1 ,hizkijah1 ,azzur1 #af3jaj3jah ,hodijah1 ,hashum1 ,bezai1 #af3jaj3jai ,hariph1 ,anathoth1 ,nebai1 #af3jaj3jbj ,magpiash1 ,meshullam1 ,hezir1 #af3jaj3jba ,meshezabeel1 ,zadok1 ,jaddua1 #af3jaj3jbb ,pelatiah1 ,hanan1 ,anaiah1 #af3jaj3jbc ,hoshea1 ,hananiah1 ,hashub1 #af3jaj3jbd ,hallohesh1 ,pileha1 ,shobek1 #af3jaj3jbe ,rehum1 ,hashabnah1 ,maaseiah1 #af3jaj3jbf ,and ,ahijah1 ,hanan1 ,anan1 #af3jaj3jbg ,malluch1 ,harim1 ,baanah4 #af3jaj3jbh ,and the rest of the people1 the priests1 the ,levites1 the porters1 the singers1 the ,nethinims1 and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of ,god1 their wives1 their sons1 and their daughters1 every one having knowledge1 and having understanding2 #af3jaj3jbi ,they clave to their brethren1 their nobles1 and entered into a curse1 and into an oath1 to walk in ,god's law1 which was given by ,moses the servant of ,god1 and to observe and do all the commandments of the ,,lord our ,lord1 and his judgments and his statutes2 #af3jaj3jcj ,and that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land1 not take their daughters for our sons3 #af3jaj3jca ,and if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell1 that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath1 or on the holy day3 and that we would leave the seventh year1 and the exaction of every debt4 #af3jaj3jcb ,also we made ordinances for us1 to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our ,god2 #af3jaj3jcc ,for the shewbread1 and for the continual meat offering1 and for the continual burnt offering1 of the sabbaths1 of the new moons1 for the set feasts1 and for the holy things1 and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for ,israel1 and for all the work of the house of our ,god4 #af3jaj3jcd ,and we cast the lots among the priests1 the ,levites1 and the people1 for the wood offering1 to bring it into the house of our ,god1 after the houses of our fathers1 at times appointed year by year1 to burn upon the altar of the ,,lord our ,god1 as it is written in the law3 #af3jaj3jce ,and to bring the firstfruits of our ground1 and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees1 year by year1 unto the house of the ,,lord3 #af3jaj3jcf ,also the firstborn of our sons1 and of our cattle1 as it is written in the law1 and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks1 to bring to the house of our ,god1 unto the priests that minister in the house of our ,god3 #af3jaj3jcg ,and that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough1 and our offerings1 and the fruit of all manner of trees1 of wine and of oil1 unto the priests1 to the chambers of the house of our ,god2 and the tithes of our ground unto the ,levites1 that the same ,levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage4 #af3jaj3jch ,and the priest the son of ,aaron shall be with the ,levites1 when the ,levites take tithes3 and the ,levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our ,god1 to the chambers1 into the treasure house4 #af3jaj3jci ,for the children of ,israel and the children of ,levi shall bring the offering of the corn1 of the new wine1 and the oil1 unto the chambers1 where are the vessels of the sanctuary1 and the priests that minister1 and the porters1 and the singers3 and we will not forsake the house of our ,god4 #af3jaa3jja ,and the rulers of the people dwelt at ,jerusalem3 the rest of the people also cast lots1 to bring one of ten to dwell in ,jerusalem the holy city1 and nine parts to dwell in other cities4 #af3jaa3jjb ,and the people blessed all the men1 that willingly offered themselves to dwell at ,jerusalem4 #af3jaa3jjc ,now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in ,jerusalem3 but in the cities of ,judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities1 to wit1 ,israel1 the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the ,nethinims1 and the children of ,solomon's servants4 #af3jaa3jjd ,and at ,jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of ,judah1 and of the children of ,benjamin4 ,of the children of ,judah2 ,athaiah the son of ,uzziah1 the son of ,zechariah1 the son of ,amariah1 the son of ,shephatiah1 the son of ,mahalaleel1 of the children of ,perez2 #af3jaa3jje ,and ,maaseiah the son of ,baruch1 the son of ,colhozeh1 the son of ,hazaiah1 the son of ,adaiah1 the son of ,joiarib1 the son of ,zechariah1 the son of ,shiloni4 #af3jaa3jjf ,all the sons of ,perez that dwelt at ,jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men4 #af3jaa3jjg ,and these are the sons of ,benjamin2 ,sallu the son of ,meshullam1 the son of ,joed1 the son of ,pedaiah1 the son of ,kolaiah1 the son of ,maaseiah1 the son of ,ithiel1 the son of ,jesaiah4 #af3jaa3jjh ,and after him ,gabbai1 ,sallai1 nine hundred twenty and eight4 #af3jaa3jji ,and ,joel the son of ,zichri was their overseer3 and ,judah the son of ,senuah was second over the city4 #af3jaa3jaj ,of the priests3 ,jedaiah the son of ,joiarib1 ,jachin4 #af3jaa3jaa ,seraiah the son of ,hilkiah1 the son of ,meshullam1 the son of ,zadok1 the son of ,meraioth1 the son of ,ahitub1 was the ruler of the house of ,god4 #af3jaa3jab ,and their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two3 and ,adaiah the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,pelaliah1 the son of ,amzi1 the son of ,zechariah1 the son of ,pashur1 the son of ,malchiah4 #af3jaa3jac ,and his brethren1 chief of the fathers1 two hundred forty and two3 and ,amashai the son of ,azareel1 the son of ,ahasai1 the son of ,meshillemoth1 the son of ,immer1 #af3jaa3jad ,and their brethren1 mighty men of valour1 an hundred twenty and eight3 and their overseer was ,zabdiel1 the son of one of the great men4 #af3jaa3jae ,also of the ,levites3 ,shemaiah the son of ,hashub1 the son of ,azrikam1 the son of ,hashabiah1 the son of ,bunni2 #af3jaa3jaf ,and ,shabbethai and ,jozabad1 of the chief of the ,levites1 had the oversight of the outward business of the house of ,god4 #af3jaa3jag ,and ,mattaniah the son of ,micha1 the son of ,zabdi1 the son of ,asaph1 was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer3 and ,bakbukiah the second among his brethren1 and ,abda the son of ,shammua1 the son of ,galal1 the son of ,jeduthun4 #af3jaa3jah ,all the ,levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four4 #af3jaa3jai ,moreover the porters1 ,akkub1 ,talmon1 and their brethren that kept the gates1 were an hundred seventy and two4 #af3jaa3jbj ,and the residue of ,israel1 of the priests1 and the ,levites1 were in all the cities of ,judah1 every one in his inheritance4 #af3jaa3jba ,but the ,nethinims dwelt in ,ophel3 and ,ziha and ,gispa were over the ,nethinims4 #af3jaa3jbb ,the overseer also of the ,levites at ,jerusalem was ,uzzi the son of ,bani1 the son of ,hashabiah1 the son of ,mattaniah1 the son of ,micha4 ,of the sons of ,asaph1 the singers were over the business of the house of ,god4 #af3jaa3jbc ,for it was the king's commandment concerning them1 that a certain portion should be for the singers1 due for every day4 #af3jaa3jbd ,and ,pethahiah the son of ,meshezabeel1 of the children of ,zerah the son of ,judah1 was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people4 #af3jaa3jbe ,and for the villages1 with their fields1 some of the children of ,judah dwelt at ,kirjatharba1 and in the villages thereof1 and at ,dibon1 and in the villages thereof1 and at ,jekabzeel1 and in the villages thereof1 #af3jaa3jbf ,and at ,jeshua1 and at ,moladah1 and at ,bethphelet1 #af3jaa3jbg ,and at ,hazarshual1 and at ,beersheba1 and in the villages thereof1 #af3jaa3jbh ,and at ,ziklag1 and at ,mekonah1 and in the villages thereof1 #af3jaa3jbi ,and at ,enrimmon1 and at ,zareah1 and at ,jarmuth1 #af3jaa3jcj ,zanoah1 ,adullam1 and in their villages1 at ,lachish1 and the fields thereof1 at ,azekah1 and in the villages thereof4 ,and they dwelt from ,beersheba unto the valley of ,hinnom4 #af3jaa3jca ,the children also of ,benjamin from ,geba dwelt at ,michmash1 and ,aija1 and ,bethel1 and in their villages4 #af3jaa3jcb ,and at ,anathoth1 ,nob1 ,ananiah1 #af3jaa3jcc ,hazor1 ,ramah1 ,gittaim1 #af3jaa3jcd ,hadid1 ,zeboim1 ,neballat1 #af3jaa3jce ,lod1 and ,ono1 the valley of craftsmen4 #af3jaa3jcf ,and of the ,levites were divisions in ,judah1 and in ,benjamin4 #af3jab3jja ,now these are the priests and the ,levites that went up with ,zerubbabel the son of ,shealtiel1 and ,jeshua3 ,seraiah1 ,jeremiah1 ,ezra1 #af3jab3jjb ,amariah1 ,malluch1 ,hattush1 #af3jab3jjc ,shechaniah1 ,rehum1 ,meremoth1 #af3jab3jjd ,iddo1 ,ginnetho1 ,abijah1 #af3jab3jje ,miamin1 ,maadiah1 ,bilgah1 #af3jab3jjf ,shemaiah1 and ,joiarib1 ,jedaiah1 #af3jab3jjg ,sallu1 ,amok1 ,hilkiah1 ,jedaiah4 ,these were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of ,jeshua4 #af3jab3jjh ,moreover the ,levites3 ,jeshua1 ,binnui1 ,kadmiel1 ,sherebiah1 ,judah1 and ,mattaniah1 which was over the thanksgiving1 he and his brethren4 #af3jab3jji ,also ,bakbukiah and ,unni1 their brethren1 were over against them in the watches4 #af3jab3jaj ,and ,jeshua begat ,joiakim1 ,joiakim also begat ,eliashib1 and ,eliashib begat ,joiada1 #af3jab3jaa ,and ,joiada begat ,jonathan1 and ,jonathan begat ,jaddua4 #af3jab3jab ,and in the days of ,joiakim were priests1 the chief of the fathers3 of ,seraiah1 ,meraiah2 of ,jeremiah1 ,hananiah2 #af3jab3jac ,of ,ezra1 ,meshullam2 of ,amariah1 ,jehohanan2 #af3jab3jad ,of ,melicu1 ,jonathan2 of ,shebaniah1 ,joseph2 #af3jab3jae ,of ,harim1 ,adna2 of ,meraioth1 ,helkai2 #af3jab3jaf ,of ,iddo1 ,zechariah2 of ,ginnethon1 ,meshullam2 #af3jab3jag ,of ,abijah1 ,zichri2 of ,miniamin1 of ,moadiah1 ,piltai3 #af3jab3jah ,of ,bilgah1 ,shammua2 of ,shemaiah1 ,jehonathan2 #af3jab3jai ,and of ,joiarib1 ,mattenai2 of ,jedaiah1 ,uzzi2 #af3jab3jbj ,of ,sallai1 ,kallai2 of ,amok1 ,eber2 #af3jab3jba ,of ,hilkiah1 ,hashabiah2 of ,jedaiah1 ,nethaneel4 #af3jab3jbb ,the ,levites in the days of ,eliashib1 ,joiada1 and ,johanan1 and ,jaddua1 were recorded chief of the fathers3 also the priests1 to the reign of ,darius the ,persian4 #af3jab3jbc ,the sons of ,levi1 the chief of the fathers1 were written in the book of the chronicles1 even until the days of ,johanan the son of ,eliashib4 #af3jab3jbd ,and the chief of the ,levites3 ,hashabiah1 ,sherebiah1 and ,jeshua the son of ,kadmiel1 with their brethren over against them1 to praise and to give thanks1 according to the commandment of ,david the man of ,god1 ward over against ward4 #af3jab3jbe ,mattaniah1 and ,bakbukiah1 ,obadiah1 ,meshullam1 ,talmon1 ,akkub1 were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates4 #af3jab3jbf ,these were in the days of ,joiakim the son of ,jeshua1 the son of ,jozadak1 and in the days of ,nehemiah the governor1 and of ,ezra the priest1 the scribe4 #af3jab3jbg ,and at the dedication of the wall of ,jerusalem they sought the ,levites out of all their places1 to bring them to ,jerusalem1 to keep the dedication with gladness1 both with thanksgivings1 and with singing1 with cymbals1 psalteries1 and with harps4 #af3jab3jbh ,and the sons of the singers gathered themselves together1 both out of the plain country round about ,jerusalem1 and from the villages of ,netophathi2 #af3jab3jbi ,also from the house of ,gilgal1 and out of the fields of ,geba and ,azmaveth3 for the singers had builded them villages round about ,jerusalem4 #af3jab3jcj ,and the priests and the ,levites purified themselves1 and purified the people1 and the gates1 and the wall4 #af3jab3jca ,then ,i brought up the princes of ,judah upon the wall1 and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks1 whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate3 #af3jab3jcb ,and after them went ,hoshaiah1 and half of the princes of ,judah1 #af3jab3jcc ,and ,azariah1 ,ezra1 and ,meshullam1 #af3jab3jcd ,judah1 and ,benjamin1 and ,shemaiah1 and ,jeremiah1 #af3jab3jce ,and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets2 namely1 ,zechariah the son of ,jonathan1 the son of ,shemaiah1 the son of ,mattaniah1 the son of ,michaiah1 the son of ,zaccur1 the son of ,asaph3 #af3jab3jcf ,and his brethren1 ,shemaiah1 and ,azarael1 ,milalai1 ,gilalai1 ,maai1 ,nethaneel1 and ,judah1 ,hanani1 with the musical instruments of ,david the man of ,god1 and ,ezra the scribe before them4 #af3jab3jcg ,and at the fountain gate1 which was over against them1 they went up by the stairs of the city of ,david1 at the going up of the wall1 above the house of ,david1 even unto the water gate eastward4 #af3jab3jch ,and the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them1 and ,i after them1 and the half of the people upon the wall1 from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall2 #af3jab3jci ,and from above the gate of ,ephraim1 and above the old gate1 and above the fish gate1 and the tower of ,hananeel1 and the tower of ,meah1 even unto the sheep gate3 and they stood still in the prison gate4 #af3jab3jdj ,so stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of ,god1 and ,i1 and the half of the rulers with me3 #af3jab3jda ,and the priests2 ,eliakim1 ,maaseiah1 ,miniamin1 ,michaiah1 ,elioenai1 ,zechariah1 and ,hananiah1 with trumpets2 #af3jab3jdb ,and ,maaseiah1 and ,shemaiah1 and ,eleazar1 and ,uzzi1 and ,jehohanan1 and ,malchijah1 and ,elam1 and ,ezer4 ,and the singers sang loud1 with ,jezrahiah their overseer4 #af3jab3jdc ,also that day they offered great sacrifices1 and rejoiced3 for ,god had made them rejoice with great joy3 the wives also and the children rejoiced3 so that the joy of ,jerusalem was heard even afar off4 #af3jab3jdd ,and at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures1 for the offerings1 for the firstfruits1 and for the tithes1 to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and ,levites3 for ,judah rejoiced for the priests and for the ,levites that waited4 #af3jab3jde ,and both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their ,god1 and the ward of the purification1 according to the commandment of ,david1 and of ,solomon his son4 #af3jab3jdf ,for in the days of ,david and ,asaph of old there were chief of the singers1 and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto ,god4 #af3jab3jdg ,and all ,israel in the days of ,zerubbabel1 and in the days of ,nehemiah1 gave the portions of the singers and the porters1 every day his portion3 and they sanctified holy things unto the ,levites2 and the ,levites sanctified them unto the children of ,aaron4 #af3jac3jja ,on that day they read in the book of ,moses in the audience of the people2 and therein was found written1 that the ,ammonite and the ,moabite should not come into the congregation of ,god for ever2 #af3jac3jjb ,because they met not the children of ,israel with bread and with water1 but hired ,balaam against them1 that he should curse them3 howbeit our ,god turned the curse into a blessing4 #af3jac3jjc ,now it came to pass1 when they had heard the law1 that they separated from ,israel all the mixed multitude4 #af3jac3jjd ,and before this1 ,eliashib the priest1 having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our ,god1 was allied unto ,tobiah3 #af3jac3jje ,and he had prepared for him a great chamber1 where aforetime they laid the meat offerings1 the frankincense1 and the vessels1 and the tithes of the corn1 the new wine1 and the oil1 which was commanded to be given to the ,levites1 and the singers1 and the porters2 and the offerings of the priests4 #af3jac3jjf ,but in all this time was not ,i at ,jerusalem3 for in the two and thirtieth year of ,artaxerxes king of ,babylon came ,i unto the king1 and after certain days obtained ,i leave of the king3 #af3jac3jjg ,and ,i came to ,jerusalem1 and understood of the evil that ,eliashib did for ,tobiah1 in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of ,god4 #af3jac3jjh ,and it grieved me sore3 therefore ,i cast forth all the household stuff to ,tobiah out of the chamber4 #af3jac3jji ,then ,i commanded1 and they cleansed the chambers3 and thither brought ,i again the vessels of the house of ,god1 with the meat offering and the frankincense4 #af3jac3jaj ,and ,i perceived that the portions of the ,levites had not been given them3 for the ,levites and the singers1 that did the work1 were fled every one to his field4 #af3jac3jaa ,then contended ,i with the rulers1 and said1 ,why is the house of ,god forsaken8 ,and ,i gathered them together1 and set them in their place4 #af3jac3jab ,then brought all ,judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries4 #af3jac3jac ,and ,i made treasurers over the treasuries1 ,shelemiah the priest1 and ,zadok the scribe1 and of the ,levites1 ,pedaiah3 and next to them was ,hanan the son of ,zaccur1 the son of ,mattaniah3 for they were counted faithful1 and their office was to distribute unto their brethren4 #af3jac3jad ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 concerning this1 and wipe not out my good deeds that ,i have done for the house of my ,god1 and for the offices thereof4 #af3jac3jae ,in those days saw ,i in ,judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath1 and bringing in sheaves1 and lading asses2 as also wine1 grapes1 and figs1 and all manner of burdens1 which they brought into ,jerusalem on the sabbath day3 and ,i testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals4 #af3jac3jaf ,there dwelt men of ,tyre also therein1 which brought fish1 and all manner of ware1 and sold on the sabbath unto the children of ,judah1 and in ,jerusalem4 #af3jac3jag ,then ,i contended with the nobles of ,judah1 and said unto them1 ,what evil thing is this that ye do1 and profane the sabbath day8 #af3jac3jah ,did not your fathers thus1 and did not our ,god bring all this evil upon us1 and upon this city8 yet ye bring more wrath upon ,israel by profaning the sabbath4 #af3jac3jai ,and it came to pass1 that when the gates of ,jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath1 ,i commanded that the gates should be shut1 and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath3 and some of my servants set ,i at the gates1 that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day4 #af3jac3jbj ,so the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without ,jerusalem once or twice4 #af3jac3jba ,then ,i testified against them1 and said unto them1 ,why lodge ye about the wall8 if ye do so again1 ,i will lay hands on you4 ,from that time forth came they no more on the sabbath4 #af3jac3jbb ,and ,i commanded the ,levites that they should cleanse themselves1 and that they should come and keep the gates1 to sanctify the sabbath day4 ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 concerning this also1 and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy4 #af3jac3jbc ,in those days also saw ,i ,jews that had married wives of ,ashdod1 of ,ammon1 and of ,moab3 #af3jac3jbd ,and their children spake half in the speech of ,ashdod1 and could not speak in the ,jews' language1 but according to the language of each people4 #af3jac3jbe ,and ,i contended with them1 and cursed them1 and smote certain of them1 and plucked off their hair1 and made them swear by ,god1 saying1 ,ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons1 nor take their daughters unto your sons1 or for yourselves4 #af3jac3jbf ,did not ,solomon king of ,israel sin by these things8 yet among many nations was there no king like him1 who was beloved of his ,god1 and ,god made him king over all ,israel3 nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin4 #af3jac3jbg ,shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil1 to transgress against our ,god in marrying strange wives8 #af3jac3jbh ,and one of the sons of ,joiada1 the son of ,eliashib the high priest1 was son in law to ,sanballat the ,horonite3 therefore ,i chased him from me4 #af3jac3jbi ,remember them1 ,o my ,god1 because they have defiled the priesthood1 and the covenant of the priesthood1 and of the ,levites4 #af3jac3jcj ,thus cleansed ,i them from all strangers1 and appointed the wards of the priests and the ,levites1 every one in his business2 #af3jac3jca ,and for the wood offering1 at times appointed1 and for the firstfruits4 ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 for good4