Therefore said he unto them, "Go your way, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part unto them also that have not prepared themselves: for this day is holy unto our LORD. Be not ye sorry therefore: for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

And they said unto me, "The remnant of the captivity are there in the land in great misfortune and rebuke. The walls of Jerusalem are broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire."

Now when the seventh month drew nigh, and the children of Israel were in their cities, all the people gathered themselves together as one man upon the street before the Watergate, and said unto Ezra the scribe that he should fetch the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD commanded to Israel.

and showed tokens and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they were presumptuous and cruel against them; and so madest thou thee a name as it is this day.

When I heard these words, I sat me down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

And Nehemiah - which is Hathirsatha - and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites that caused the people to take heed, said unto all the people, "This day is holy unto the LORD your God: be not ye sorry therefore, and weep not." For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

And the reed sea didst thou divide in sunder before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea dry-shoed: and their persecutors threwest thou into the deep as a stone, in the mighty waters;

and said, "O LORD God of heaven, thou great and terrible God, thou that keepest covenant and mercy for them that love thee and observe thy commandments:

O LORD, let thine ears mark the prayer of thy servant, and the prayer of thy servants, whose desire is to fear thy name; and let thy servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's butler."

Let thine ears mark and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray now before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy servants, and knowledge the sins of the children of Israel, which we have committed against thee. And I and my father's house have sinned also.

Yet call to remembrance the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, and saidest, 'If ye transgress, then will I scatter you abroad among the nations.

We have been corrupt unto thee, in that we have not kept the commandments, statutes, and laws which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Cover not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out from thy presence: for they have provoked the builders.

They are thy servants, and thy people whom thou hast delivered through thy great power and mighty hand.

The children of Parosh were two thousand, a hundred, and two and seventy;

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments and do them: though ye were cast out unto the uttermost part of heaven, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you from thence, even unto the place that I have chosen for my name to dwell there.'

Nevertheless I was sore afraid and said unto the king, "God save the king's life forever, should I not look sadly? The city of my fathers' burial lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire."

and leddest them in the daytime in a cloudy pillar; and on the night season in a pillar of fire, to show them light in the way that they went.

Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

under Ezra, Meshullam; under Amariah, Jehohanan;

and his brethren that performed the work in the house, of whom there were eight hundred twenty two. And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

Next unto him builded Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz. Next unto him builded Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel. Next unto him builded Zadok the son of Baana.

Think upon me, O my God, herein, and wipe not out my mercy, that I have showed on the house of my God, and on the officers thereof!

and hast ordained the Prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, and to say, 'He is king of Judah.' Now shall this come to the king's ears: come now therefore, and let us take our counsel together."

But when I heard their complaint and such words, it displeased me sore,

And all the people went their way to eat and to drink, and to send part unto others, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

the children of Shephatiah, three hundred and two and seventy;

And the Levites stilled all the people, and said, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy: vex not ye yourselves."

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

and I advised so in my mind, that I rebuked the councilors and the rulers, and said unto them, "Will ye require usury one of another?" And I brought a great congregation against them,

under Malluchi, Jonathan; under Shebaniah, Joseph;

And they found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month.

and his brethren, chief among the fathers: of whom there were two hundred and two and forty. And Amahsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer:

But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that they had begun to stop up the gaps, they were very wroth;

Then said the king unto me, "What, then, is thy request?" Then made I my prayer to the God of heaven,

under Joiarib, Mattenai; under Jedaiah, Uzzi;

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest unto them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, true laws, good commandments and statutes,

The heads of the people were: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

and conspired all together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to make a hindrance therein.

And on the next day were gathered together the chief fathers among all the people and the priests and Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, that he should teach them the words of the law.

And the people went up, and fetched them, and made them booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street by the Watergate, and in the street by port Ephraim.

At the same time saw I some treading wine presses on the Sabbath and bringing in clusters, and asses laden with wine, grapes, figs, and bringing all manner of burdens unto Jerusalem, upon the Sabbath day. And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they sold the victuals.

Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord.

Nevertheless, I sent unto him, saying, "There is no such thing done as thou sayest: thou hast feigned it out of thine own heart."

and gavest them bread from heaven when they were hungry, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock when they were thirsty: and promised them, that they should go in, and take possession of the land, over which thou hadst lift up thine hand for to give them.

and refused to hear, and were not mindful of the wonders that thou didst for them: but became obstinate and heady insomuch that they turned back to their bondage in their disobedience. But thou, my God, forgavest, and wast gracious, merciful, patient, and of great goodness, and forsookest them not.

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all manner of wares, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah and Jerusalem.

and declared unto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, ordinances, and laws, by Moses thy servant:

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Hodiah, Bani and Beninu.

under Abijah, Zichri; under Miniamin and Moadiah Piltai;

And so they caused it be declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, "Go up unto the mount and fetch Olive branches, and Pine branches, Myrtle branches, Palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."

Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

But our fathers were proud, and hard necked, so that they followed not thy commandments,

under Bilgah, Shammua; under Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

And thou gavest them thy good spirit to inform them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water when they were thirsty.

For they were all minded to make us afraid and thought, "They shall withdraw their hands from the work, that they shall not labour." Howbeit I strengthened my hand the more.

And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."

And in the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, were the chief fathers among the Levites and the priests written under the reign of Darius the Persian.

These are the priests and Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

under Iddo, Zechariah; under Ginnethon, Meshullam;

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, in the outward business of the house of God.

These were in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the time of Nehemiah the captain and of the priest Ezra the scribe.

The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem, was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Of the children of Asaph, there were singers about the business in the house of God:

And every day from the first day unto the last, read he in the book of the law of God. And seven days held they the feast, and on the eighth day they gathered together, according unto the manner.

Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night over against them.

And the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the ports, were a hundred and two and seventy.

yet thou forsookest them not in the wilderness, according to thy great mercy. And the cloudy pillar departed not from them in the daytime to lead them the way, neither the pillar of fire in the night season, to show them light in the way that they went.

Then reproved I the rulers in Judah, and said unto them, "What evil thing is this that ye do, and break the Sabbath day?

And these were the chief among the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren over against them, to give praise and thanks, according as David the man of God had ordained it, one watch over against another.

under Hilkiah, Hashabiah; under Jedaiah, Nethanel.

As for the residue of Israel, the priests, and Levites: they were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred and five and forty;

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims.

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and four and fourscore.

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

And I caused the princes of Judah to go up upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs of thanksgiving, which went on the righthand of the wall toward the Dung gate,

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were porters in the watch at the thresholds of the gates.

And the wall was finished on the five and twentieth day of the month Elul, in two and fifty days.

Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni:

And when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the others of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall, and that there were no more gaps therein - howbeit at the same time had I not hanged the doors upon the gates -

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

And the children of the singers gathered themselves together from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

under Sallai, Kallai; under Amok, Eber;

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Also I said, "It is not good, that ye do. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of God because of the rebuke of the Heathen our enemies?

Therefore took he the money, that through fear I should do so, and sin: that they might have an evil report of me, to blaspheme me.

Hazarshual, Beersheba, and in their villages;

And at Ziklag, and Meconah, and in their villages;

and at Kabzeel, and in the villages thereof; And at Jeshua, Moladah, Bethpelet,

And the king said unto me, the queen his wife sitting by him, "How long shall thy journey continue, and when wilt thou come again?" And it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time,

For there were many in Judah that were sworn unto him, for he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Johanan had the daughter of Meshullam the son of Barachiah.

The children of Arah, six hundred and two and fifty.

and said unto them, "We, after our ability, have bought our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the Heathen. And will ye sell your brethren, whom we have bought unto us?" Then held they their peace, and could find nothing to answer.

and said unto the king, "If it please the king, and if thy servant be favoured in thy sight, I beseech thee: send me in to Judah unto the city of my fathers' burial, that I may build it."

And though they made a molten calf, and said 'This is thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt,' and did great blasphemies,

Forty years long madest thou provision for them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing: their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

And they spake good of him before me, and told him my words; and Tobiah sent letters, to put me in fear.

The children of Ater of Hezekiah, eight and ninety;

under Harim, Adna; under Meraioth, Helkai;

And letters unto Asaph the lord of the king's wood, that he may give me wood for beams to the gates of the palace, which are hard on the house and hard on the walls of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." And the king gave me according to the good hand of God upon me.

and his brethren were valiant men, of whom there were a hundred and eight and twenty. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

The old gate builded Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they covered it, and set on the doors, locks and bars of it.

Did not our fathers even thus, and our God brought all this plague upon us and upon this city? And ye make the wrath more yet upon Israel, in that ye break the Sabbath."

And they won their strong cities, and a fat land, and took possession of houses that were full of all manner goods, wells digged out, vineyards, olive gardens, and many fruitful trees: and they ate and were filled, and became fat, and lived in wealth through thy great goodness.

I and my brethren, and my servants have lent them money and corn: but as for usury, let us leave it.

As for me and my brethren, and my servants, and the men of the watch behind me, we put never off our clothes, so much as to wash ourselves.

But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth and took great indignation and mocked the Jews

And at the same time saw I Jews, that married wives of Ashdod, Ammon, and of Moab;

And I said unto the principal men, and rulers, and to the other people, "The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant of the Ammonites heard that, it grieved them sore that there was come a man which sought the wealth of the children of Israel.

Therefore this same day see that ye restore them their lands again, their vineyards, oil gardens, and houses, and the hundredth part of the money of the corn, wine, and oil, that ye have won of them."

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

The children of Pahathmoab among the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred, and eighteen;

Next unto them builded Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizphah; where he that was captain on this side the water had a mansion.

And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, were the Levites sought out of all their places, that they might be brought to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication and gladness, with thanksgivings, with singing, with cymbals, Psalteries, and harps.

And Eliashib the high priest gat him up with his brethren the priests, and builded the Sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up the doors of it: even unto the tower of Meah hallowed they it, namely unto the tower of Hananel.

And I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, and he had shut himself within, and said, "Let us come together in to the house of God, even unto the midst of the temple, and shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee, yea even in the night will they come to put thee to death."

and said unto the king, "If it please the king, let him give me letters to the captains beyond the water, that they may convey me over, till I come into Judah:

And our adversaries thought, "They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and hinder the work."

And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews.

Then reproved I them sore, and said unto them, "Why tarry ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once again, I will lay hands upon you." From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.

And I said unto the Levites which were clean, that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the Sabbath day. Think upon me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to thy great mercy!

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem. But the other people cast lots therefore, so that among ten one part went to Jerusalem into the holy city to dwell, and nine parts in the cities.

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity, made booths, and dwelt therein. For since the time of Jeshua the son of Nun unto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great gladness.

These sealers were: Nehemiah, that is Hathirsatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

and looked, and gat me up, and said unto the chief men and rulers, and to the other people, "Be not ye afraid of them, but think rather upon the great LORD, which ought to be feared; and fight for your brethren, sons, daughters, wives, and houses."

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

And when I came to Jerusalem, and had been there three days,

And when I came to the captains beyond the water, I gave them the king's letters. And the king sent captains and horsemen with me.

Next unto him builded Uzziel the son of Harhaiah the goldsmith. Next unto him builded Hananiah the Apothecary's son, and they repaired Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

Then remained the chapmen and merchants once or twice overnight without Jerusalem with all manner of wares.

Did not Solomon the king of Israel sin therein? And yet among many Heathen was there no king like him, and he was dear unto his God, and God made him king over all Israel, and yet nevertheless outlandish women caused him to sin?

then set I the people after their kindreds with their swords, spears, and bows beneath, in the low places behind the wall;

And one of the children of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, had made a contract with Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me.

and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of the one people and the other people.

I gat me up in the night season, and a few men with me: for I told no man what God had given me in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was not one beast with me, save it that I rode upon.

And if the people of the land brought wares on the Sabbath, and all manner of victuals to sell, that we would not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy days. And that we would let the seventh year be free concerning all manner of charge.

For the old captains that were before me, had been chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, and forty sicles of silver: yea and their servants had oppressed the people. But so did not I, and that because of the fear of God.

For I perceived that God had not sent him; Yet spake he prophecy upon me. Nevertheless, Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him for money.

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

And I reproved them, and cursed them, and smote certain men of them, and plucked them up, and took an oath of them by God, "Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

And from the time forth that it was committed unto me to be a captain in the land of Judah, namely from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes - that is twelve years - I and my brethren lived not of such sustenance as was given to a captain:

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

And I rode by night unto the valley port before the Dragon well, and to the Dung port, and considered the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down, and the ports thereof consumed with the fire.

And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and of all that could understand it, upon the first day of the seventh month.

After him builded Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half quarter of Bethzur, until the other side over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was repaired, and unto the house of the mighty.

and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God:

And I said unto them, "Ye see the misery that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and how the gates thereof are burnt with fire. Come, let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, that we be no more a rebuke."

And the priests and Levites purified themselves, and cleansed the people, the gates and the wall.

And I shook my lap, and said, "God shake out every man after the same manner from his house and labour, that maintaineth not this word: even thus be he shaken out, and void." And all the congregation said, "Amen," and praised the LORD. And the people did so.

and that we would not give our daughters unto the people in the land, neither to take their daughters for our sons.

And I told them of the good hand of my God which was upon me; and the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, "Then let us get up and build," and strengthened their hands to good.

Next unto him builded Jedaiah the son of Harumaph over against his house. Next unto him builded Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.

In the four and twentieth day of this month came the children of Israel together with fasting, and sackcloth, and earth upon them,

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant of the Ammonites, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, "What is this that ye do? Will ye fall away again from the king?"

And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did: for hitherto had I not told the Jews and the priests, the councilors and the rulers, and the others that laboured in the work.

And in the time of Joiakim were these the chief fathers among the priests: under Seraiah was Meraiah; under Jeremiah was Hananiah;

But when the Jews that dwelt beside them came out of all the places where they dwelt about us, and told us - as good as ten times -

The Levites were: Jeshua the son of Azariah, Binnui among the children of Henadad and Kadmiel.

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according unto these their works, and of the Prophetess Noadiah and of the other Prophets, that would have put me in fear.

The Levites were these: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, over the office of thanksgiving, they and their brethren:

Next unto him builded Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem.

But the Well gate builded Shallum the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the fourth part of Mizphah; He builded it, covered it, and set on the doors, locks, and bars thereof, and the wall unto the pool of Siloam by the king's garden, unto the steps that go down from the city of David.

And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it,

And Ezra praised the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with their hands up, and bowed themselves, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

But I said, "Should any such man as I flee? Who is that, being as I am, that will go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."

The valley gate builded Hanun, and the citizens of Zanoah. They builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall, unto the Dung port.

These are the children of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.

But Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab builded the other piece, and the tower beside the furnace.

Then went I on in the night by the brook side, and considered the wall, and turned back and came home again to the valley port.

And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

And shall we then obey unto you, to do all this great evil, and to transgress against our God, and marry strange wives?"

The children of Levi the principal fathers were written in the Chronicles, until the time of Jonathan the son of Eliashib.

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, next to the king in all matters concerning the people

Of the priests there dwelt: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore;

And the people thanked all the men that were willingly to dwell at Jerusalem.

Then said they, "We will restore them again and will require nothing of them and will do as thou hast spoken." And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do so.

and certain of the priests' children with trumpets, namely Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

and from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages about Jerusalem.

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

Next unto him builded Shallum the son of Hallohesh the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem, and his daughters.

And Joel the son of Zichri had the oversight of them: and Judah the son of Senuah over the second part of the city.

And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Joiada begat Jonathan, Jonathan begat Jaddua.

But the fishport did the children of Hassenaah build; they covered it and set on the doors, locks and bars of it.

Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim begat Eliashib, Eliashib begat Joiada.

For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that the singers should deal faithfully every day as according was.

All the children of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and eight and threescore valiant men.

Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted."

which builded on the wall, and bare burdens from those that laded them. With one hand did they the work, and with the other held they their weapon.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads among the priests and their brethren in the time of Jeshua.

Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

After him builded the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him builded Hashabiah the ruler of the half quarter at Keilah in his quarter.

And at Enrimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

And I went over unto the well port, and to the king's conduit; and there was no room for my beast, that it could go under me.

and their villages, throughout all their regions. And the children of Judah that were without in the towns of their land, dwelt some at Kiriatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof;

Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

and said before his brethren and the soldiers of Samaria, "What do these impotent Jews? Shall they be thus suffered? Shall they offer? Shall they perform it in one day? Shall they make the stones whole again that are brought to dust, and burnt?"

And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to give heed unto the law, and the people stood in their place.

Bakbukiah and Unni, and their brethren, were about them in the watches.

Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages; At Lachish, and in the fields thereof; At Azekah, and in the villages thereof; And dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

Seraiah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was prince in the house of God:

And after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and eight and twenty.

Then answered I them, and said, "The God of heaven, he it is that causeth us to prosper: and we be his servants. Let us get up and build. As for you: ye have no portion, nor right, nor remembrance in Jerusalem."

Judah, Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah:

And from that time forth it came to pass, that the half part of the young men did the labour, and the other half part held spears, shields, bows, and breastplates: and the rulers stood behind all the house of Judah,

Shemaiah, and Joiarib and Jedaiah,

Pashhur, Amariah, Malchiah,

Next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And beside him builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

Nevertheless, when our enemies heard that we had gotten word of it, God brought their counsel to nought, and we turned all again to the wall, every one unto his labour.

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai builded the other piece worshipfully and costly, from the corner unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

As for the Nethinims, they dwelt in Ophel, unto the Watergate, toward the east and to the tower that lieth out.

Thus cleansed I them from all such as were outlandish, and appointed the courses of the priests and Levites, every one to his office,

But the Dung port builded Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of the vineyards: he builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof.

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Look in what place now ye hear the noise of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us. Our God shall fight for us,

After him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizphah, builded the other piece hard over against the harness corner.

And read therein in the street that is before the Watergate, from the morning until the noon day before men and women, and such as could understand it: and the ears of all the people were inclined unto the book of the law.

and we will be laboring in the work." And the half part of them held the spears from the morning spring, till the stars came forth.

After him builded their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half quarter of Keilah.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high pulpit of wood, which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his righthand: and on his left hand stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

After him builded Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the son of Zalaph the sixth, that other peice. After him builded Meshullam the son of Barachiah over against his chest.

And their brethren: Shecaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

After him builded Malchijah the goldsmith's son, until the house of the Nethinims, and of the merchants over against the council gate, and to the parlor in the corner.

I laboured also in the work upon the wall, and bought no land. And all my servants came thither together unto the work.

After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel.

And Ezra opened the book before all the people, for he stood above all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stood up.

The children of Binnui, six hundred and eight and forty;

And I commanded my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace at Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God more than did many others,

After him builded Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz the other piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even as long as the house of Eliashib extended.

After him builded Palal the son of Uzai over against the corner and the high tower, which lieth out over from the king's house, beside the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah: these were priests.

After him builded Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them builded Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah next to his house.

And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up praise the LORD your God forever: and let thanks be given unto the name of thy glory, which exceedeth all thanksgiving and praise.

The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve;

The children of Adin, six hundred, and five and fifty;

Now when we had builded the wall I hanged on the doors; and the porters, singers and Levites were appointed.

And Tobiah the Ammonite beside him said, "Let them build on: if a fox go up, he shall break down their stony wall."

And at the same time said I unto the people, "Every one abide with his servant at Jerusalem, that in the night season we may give attendance to the watch, and to labour on the daytime."

Think upon me my God unto the best, according to all that I have done for this people.

After him builded Binnui the son of Henadad the other piece from the house of Azariah unto the turning, and unto the corner.

And everyone that builded, had his sword gird by his side, and so builded they. And the trumpeters stood beside me.

And there was prepared me daily an ox, and six chosen sheep, and birds, and once in every ten days a great sum of wine. Yet required not I the living of a captain for the bondage was grievous unto the people.

And after him builded the priests, the men of the country.

And thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and partest them according to their portions, so that they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon, and the land of Og the king of Bashan.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets, which exhorted them so earnestly, that they should convert unto thee, and did great blasphemies.

Some said, "Let us set our lands, vineyards, and houses, to pledge, and take up corn in the dearth."

Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, which came unto me, from among the Heathen that are about us.

Hear, O thou our God, how we are despised! Turn their shame upon their own head, that thou mayest give them over into despising in the land of their captivity.

The children of Azgad, two thousand, three hundred and two and twenty;

And my God gave me in my heart, that I gathered together the principal men and the people to number them. And I found a register of the number of them, which came up afore out of the captivity: and found written therein:

And when all our enemies heard thereof, all the Heathen that were about us were afraid, and their courage failed them: for they perceived, that this work came of God.

After them builded Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him builded Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah the keeper of the east gate.

But from the Horsegate forth builded the priests, every one over against his house.

The children of Bigvai, two thousand, and seven and threescore;

The children of Adonikam, six hundred and seven and threescore;

which came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nahum, Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel.

Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, "Come and let us meet together in the villages upon the plain of the city Ono." Nevertheless, they thought to do me evil.

For there were some that said, "Our sons and daughters and we are too many, let us take corn for them to eat, that we may live."

LORD, thou alone hast made heaven, and the heaven of all heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein: thou givest life unto all, and the host of heaven bow themselves unto thee.

The children of Hashum, three hundred eight and twenty;

Now are our brethrens' bodies as our own bodies and their children as our children: else should we subdue our sons and daughters into bondage, and some of our daughters are subdued already, and no strength is there in our hands, and other men shall have our lands and vineyards."

Notwithstanding, I sent messengers unto them, saying, "I have a great business to do, I cannot come down. The work should stand still, if I were negligent, and came down to you."

The children of Bebai, six hundred and eight and twenty;

Thou art the LORD, the God that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Ur in Chaldea, and called him Abraham:

"These are the sons of the land that went up from the captivity of the carrying away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had brought away, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

The children of Bezai, three hundred and four and twenty;

And at the same time were there many of the chiefs of Judah, whose letters went unto Tobiah, and from Tobiah unto them.

wherein was written, "It is told the Heathen, and Geshem hath said it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for the which cause thou buildest the wall, and wilt be their king in these matters;

and I said unto them, "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they are yet standing in the watch, the doors shall be shut and barred." And there were certain citizens of Jerusalem appointed to be watchmen every one in his watch, and about his house.

And the children went in, and possessed the land, and thou subduedest before them the inhabiters of the land, even the Cananites, and gavest them into their hand, and their kings and the people of the land, that they might do with them what they would.

But some said, "Let us borrow money of the king's tribute for our lands and vineyards.

Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

The children of Gibeon, five and ninety.

As for the city, it was large of room, and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Therefore gavest thou them over into the hand of their enemies that vexed them. And in the time of their trouble they cried unto thee, and thou heardest them from heaven and through thy great mercy thou gavest them saviours, which helped them out of the hand of their enemies.

and separated the seed of Israel from all the strange children and stood and acknowledged their sins, and the wickedness of their fathers,

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;

And their children multipliedest thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land whereof thou hadst spoken unto their fathers, that they should go in to it, and have it in possession.

The men of Kiriathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and three and forty;

And the Levites stood on high, namely Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenaniah, and cried loud unto the LORD their God.

The men of Anathoth, a hundred and eight and twenty;

In the month Nisan in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, when the wine stood before him, I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king and I was heavy in his presence.

Howbeit they sent unto me as good as four times after the same manner. And I gave the same answer.

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. It fortuned in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, that I was in the castle at Susa:

And many years didst thou forbear them, and testified unto them through thy spirit, even by the office of thy prophets, and yet would they not hear. Therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the nations in the lands.

and testified unto them, that they should turn again unto thy law. Notwithstanding, they were proud, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned in thy laws, which a man should do and live in them, and turned the shoulder away, and were stiff-necked, and would not hear.

and they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God four times on the day; and they acknowledged, and worshipped the LORD their God four times on the day.

The men of Bethazmaveth, two and forty;

and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give unto his seed the land of the Cananites, Hittites, Amorites, Perezites, Jebusites, and Girgashites - and hast made good thy words: for thou art righteous,

The men of Michmash, a hundred and two and twenty;

The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and one and twenty;

But when they came to rest, they turned back again to do evil before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them. So they converted, and cried unto thee, and thou heardest them from heaven; and many times hast thou delivered them according to thy great mercy,

and hast considered the misery of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their complaint by the reed sea,

And it fortuned, that when the ports of Jerusalem began to be dark in the evening before the Sabbath, I commanded to shut the gates, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.

And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly, so that men understood the thing that was read.

And what time as the book of Moses was read in the ears of the people there was found written therein, that the Ammonites and Moabites should never come into the congregation of God,

Yet builded we the wall, and joined it whole together, unto the half height. And the people were well minded to labour.

and Hanani, one of my brethren, came with certain men of Judah, and I asked them how the Jews did that were delivered and escaped from the captivity, and how it went at Jerusalem.

And before this had the Priest Eliashib delivered the chest of the house of our God unto his kinsman Tobiah:

And I perceived that the portions of the Levites were not given them, for the which cause the Levites and singers were fled, everyone, to his land for to work.

And we decreed a statute upon ourselves, to give yearly the third part of a sicle to the ministration in the house of our God,

Now our God, thou great God, mighty and terrible, thou that keepest covenant and mercy, regard not a little all the travail that hath happened unto us, and our kings, princes, priests, prophets, fathers and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

for he had made him a great chest, and there had they afore time laid the meat offerings, frankincense, vessel, and the tithes of corn, wine and oil - according to the commandment given to the Levites, singers and porters - and the heave offerings of the priests.

And Hathirsatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy, till there came up a Priest with light and perfectness.

namely to the shewbread, to the daily meat offering, to the daily burnt offering of the Sabbaths, of the new moons and feast days, and to the things that were sanctified, and to the sin offerings, to reconcile Israel withal, and to all the business in the house of our God.

because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, and hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: nevertheless our God turned the curse into a blessing.

And the priests and Levites, the Porters, the singers, and the other of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities."

At the same time were there men appointed over the treasure chests - wherein were the Heave offerings, the firstlings and the tithes - that they should gather them out of the fields about the cities, to distribute them unto the priests and Levites according to the law: for Judah was glad of the priests, and Levites,

And in all this make we a sure covenant, and write it, and let our princes, Levites, and priests seal it."

and that we should bring the firstlings of our dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruits of all manner of trees, of wine also and of oil, unto the priests to the chests the house of our God. And the tithes of our land unto the Levites, that the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our ministration.

Thou art righteous in all that thou hast brought upon us: for thou hast done right.

And I made treasurers over the treasure, even Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah, and under their hand Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

But for thy great mercies' sake thou hast not utterly consumed them, neither forsaken them: for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall with the Levites have also of the tithes of the Levites, so that the Levites shall bring up the tithes of their tithes unto the house of our God to the chest in the treasure house.

and to offer the wood at times appointed, and the firstfruits. Think thou upon me, O my God, for the best!

The children of Benjamin of Geba, dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, Bethel, and in their villages.

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

and to the port of Ephraim, and to the Oldgate, and to the Fishgate, and to the tower of Hananel, and to the tower of Meah, until the Sheepgate. And in the prison gate they stood still,

O my God, think thou upon them that are quit of the priesthood, and have defiled the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

Lod, and Ono and in the carpenters valley.

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring up the heave offerings of the corn, wine, and oil unto the chests. And there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and singers, that we forsake not the house of our God.

As for us: we have been ungodly, and our kings, princes, priests, and fathers have not done after thy law, nor regarded thy commandments, and thy earnest exhortations wherewith thou hast exhorted them,

and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe before them,

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

And we cast the lot among the priests, Levites and the people, for offering of the wood to be brought unto the house of our God from year to year, after the houses of our fathers that it might be burnt at times appointed, upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

But in all this was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I license of the king

Now when they heard the Law, they separated from Israel everyone that had mixed himself therein.

The whole congregation as one man, was two and forty thousand, three hundred and threescore;

And the same day were there great sacrifices offered, and they rejoiced: for God had given them great gladness, so that both the wives and children were joyful, and the mirth of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

Then brought all Judah the tithes of corn, wine and oil unto the treasury.

to come to Jerusalem. And I gat knowledge of the evil that Eliashib did unto Tobiah, in that he had made him a chest in the court of the house of God,

and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, and Jezrahiah was the overseer.

And of the priests, the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was named after their name.

Then reproved I the rulers, and said, "Why forsake we the house of God?" But I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

and commanded them to cleanse the chest. And thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the meat offering and the incense.

and the priests, namely Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets,

In the time of Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah, did all Israel give portions unto the singers and porters, every day his portion, and they gave things hallowed unto the Levites, and the Levites gave things that were sanctified, unto the children of Aaron.

and it grieved me sore, and I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chest,

and yearly to bring the firstlings of our land, and the firstlings of our fruits of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

And certain of the ancient fathers gave unto the work. Hathirsatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams, fifty basens, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

The other choir of thanksgiving went over against them, and I after them, and the half part of the people upon the wall, toward the Furnacegate upward, until the broad wall,

Beside their servants and maidens, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and seven and thirty. And they had two hundred and seven and forty singing men and women,

The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and three and twenty;

The Levites: the children of Jeshua of Kadmiel, among the children of Hodevah, four and seventy.

The priests: The children of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and three and seventy;

And these went up also, Telmelah, Telharsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

for in the time of David and Asaph, were the chief singers founded, and the songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

toward the Wellgate, and they went up over against them upon the steps of the city of David at the going up of the wall to the house of David, unto the Watergate Eastward.

And between the parlor of the corner unto the Sheepgate builded the goldsmiths and the merchants.

and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law: and the firstlings of our oxen and of our sheep, that we should bring all this to the house of our God unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

and have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goods that thou gavest them, and in the large and plenteous land which thou gavest them; and have not converted from their wicked works.

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,

The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, all together a hundred and eight and thirty.

and so stood the two choirs of thanksgiving of the house of God, and I and the half of the rulers with me,

Behold, therefore are we in bondage this day: yea, even in the land that thou gavest unto our fathers, to enjoy the fruits and goods thereof, behold, there are we bondsmen.

And some of the chief fathers gave unto the treasure of the work, twenty thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

These sought the register of their generation, and when they found it not, they were put from the priesthood.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and two and forty.

And great is the increase of it unto the kings, whom thou hast set over us because of our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and cattle, and we are in great trouble.

The children of Senaah, three thousand, nine hundred and thirty.

The children of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and one and twenty;

The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and seven and forty;

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

that they stood and waited upon the office of their God, and the office of the purification. And the singers and porters stood after the commandment of David and of Solomon his son:

The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Shalmai,

And certain of the Levites that had portions in Judah, dwelt in Benjamin.

The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

The children of Immer, a thousand, and two and fifty;

The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and eight and forty.

the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,

The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

The children of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;

The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

The men of Nebo, a hundred and two and fifty.

And the other people gave twenty thousand drams, and two thousand pound of silver, and seven and three score priests' garments.

the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and four and fifty;

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.

seven hundred and six and thirty horses, two hundred and five and forty Mules,

four hundred and five and thirty Camels, and six thousand, seven hundred and twenty Asses.