Between Heaven & Hell 2/BetweenHeavenHell.cdr/bible/neh.txt

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NEH 1:1  The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the
 month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

NEH 1:2  That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;
 and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the
 captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

NEH 1:3  And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity
 there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of
 Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

NEH 1:4  And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
 wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
 heaven,

NEH 1:5  And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible
 God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his
 commandments:

NEH 1:6  Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
 hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night,
 for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children
 of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house
 have sinned.

NEH 1:7  We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
 commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy
 servant Moses.

NEH 1:8  Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant
 Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

NEH 1:9  But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though
 there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I
 gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have
 chosen to set my name there.

NEH 1:10  Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by
 thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

NEH 1:11  O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer
 of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy
 name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy
 in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

NEH 2:1  And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of
 Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and
 gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

NEH 2:2  Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing
 thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
 sore afraid,

NEH 2:3  And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my
 countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth
 waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

NEH 2:4  Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I
 prayed to the God of heaven.

NEH 2:5  And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
 have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto
 the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

NEH 2:6  And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how
 long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king
 to send me; and I set him a time.

NEH 2:7  Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be
 given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till
 I come into Judah;

NEH 2:8  And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may
 give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained
 to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall
 enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God
 upon me.

NEH 2:9  Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the
 king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with
 me.

NEH 2:10  When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
 heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek
 the welfare of the children of Israel.

NEH 2:11  So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

NEH 2:12  And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I
 any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there
 any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

NEH 2:13  And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
 dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which
 were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

NEH 2:14  Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool:
 but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

NEH 2:15  Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
 turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

NEH 2:16  And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I
 as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the
 rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

NEH 2:17  Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
 Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and
 let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

NEH 2:18  Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as
 also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise
 up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

NEH 2:19  But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
 Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and
 despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against
 the king?

NEH 2:20  Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will
 prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no
 portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

NEH 3:1  Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,
 and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of
 it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of
 Hananeel.

NEH 3:2  And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded
 Zaccur the son of Imri.

NEH 3:3  But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the
 beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
 thereof.

NEH 3:4  And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of
 Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
 Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

NEH 3:5  And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not
 their necks to the work of their LORD.

NEH 3:6  Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
 Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the
 doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

NEH 3:7  And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the
 Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the
 governor on this side the river.

NEH 3:8  Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.
 Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and
 they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

NEH 3:9  And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the
 half part of Jerusalem.

NEH 3:10  And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over
 against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.

NEH 3:11  Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
 repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

NEH 3:12  And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler
 of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

NEH 3:13  The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they
 built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
 thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

NEH 3:14  But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of
 part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
 thereof, and the bars thereof.

NEH 3:15  But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of
 Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set
 up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall
 of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down
 from the city of David.

NEH 3:16  After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half
 part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and
 to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

NEH 3:17  After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him
 repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

NEH 3:18  After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
 ruler of the half part of Keilah.

NEH 3:19  And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
 another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the
 wall.

NEH 3:20  After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
 piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib
 the high priest.

NEH 3:21  After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another
 piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of
 Eliashib.

NEH 3:22  And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

NEH 3:23  After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.
 After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his
 house.

NEH 3:24  After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the
 house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

NEH 3:25  Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the
 tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court
 of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

NEH 3:26  Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against
 the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

NEH 3:27  After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the
 great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

NEH 3:28  From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over
 against his house.

NEH 3:29  After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.
 After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the
 east gate.

NEH 3:30  After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
 son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of
 Berechiah over against his chamber.

NEH 3:31  After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the
 Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the
 going up of the corner.

NEH 3:32  And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired
 the goldsmiths and the merchants.

NEH 4:1  But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
 wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

NEH 4:2  And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said,
 What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?
 will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps
 of the rubbish which are burned?

NEH 4:3  Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they
 build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

NEH 4:4  Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon
 their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

NEH 4:5  And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out
 from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

NEH 4:6  So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the
 half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

NEH 4:7  But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
 Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of
 Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they
 were very wroth,

NEH 4:8  And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against
 Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

NEH 4:9  Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against
 them day and night, because of them.

NEH 4:10  And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
 decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the
 wall.

NEH 4:11  And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we
 come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

NEH 4:12  And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
 came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return
 unto us they will be upon you.

NEH 4:13  Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
 higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,
 their spears, and their bows.

NEH 4:14  And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the
 rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the
 LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons,
 and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

NEH 4:15  And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto
 us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us
 to the wall, every one unto his work.

NEH 4:16  And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
 servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the
 spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were
 behind all the house of Judah.

NEH 4:17  They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with
 those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and
 with the other hand held a weapon.

NEH 4:18  For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so
 builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

NEH 4:19  And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
 people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one
 far from another.

NEH 4:20  In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
 thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

NEH 4:21  So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the
 rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

NEH 4:22  Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with
 his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to
 us, and labour on the day.

NEH 4:23  So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the
 guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every
 one put them off for washing.

NEH 5:1  And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against
 their brethren the Jews.

NEH 5:2  For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:
 therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

NEH 5:3  Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
 vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

NEH 5:4  There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
 tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

NEH 5:5  Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as
 their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to
 be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already:
 neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and
 vineyards.

NEH 5:6  And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

NEH 5:7  Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
 rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I
 set a great assembly against them.

NEH 5:8  And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren
 the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your
 brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and
 found nothing to answer.

NEH 5:9  Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the
 fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

NEH 5:10  I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them
 money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

NEH 5:11  Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their
 vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the
 money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

NEH 5:12  Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
 of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an
 oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

NEH 5:13  Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his
 house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he
 shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the
 LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

NEH 5:14  Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor
 in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth
 year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have
 not eaten the bread of the governor.

NEH 5:15  But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto
 the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of
 silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I,
 because of the fear of God.

NEH 5:16  Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any
 land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

NEH 5:17  Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and
 rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about
 us.

NEH 5:18  Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice
 sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all
 sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor,
 because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

NEH 5:19  Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done
 for this people.

NEH 6:1  Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
 Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and
 that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up
 the doors upon the gates;)

NEH 6:2  That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet
 together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to
 do me mischief.

NEH 6:3  And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so
 that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and
 come down to you?

NEH 6:4  Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them
 after the same manner.

NEH 6:5  Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time
 with an open letter in his hand;

NEH 6:6  Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu
 saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou
 buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

NEH 6:7  And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,
 saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king
 according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel
 together.

NEH 6:8  Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou
 sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

NEH 6:9  For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened
 from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my
 hands.

NEH 6:10  Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the
 son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the
 house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for
 they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

NEH 6:11  And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,
 being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

NEH 6:12  And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
 pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

NEH 6:13  Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and
 sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might
 reproach me.

NEH 6:14  My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their
 works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that
 would have put me in fear.

NEH 6:15  So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month
 Elul, in fifty and two days.

NEH 6:16  And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all
 the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down
 in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

NEH 6:17  Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto
 Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

NEH 6:18  For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son
 in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the
 daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

NEH 6:19  Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to
 him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

NEH 7:1  Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the
 doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

NEH 7:2  That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace,
 charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

NEH 7:3  And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until
 the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar
 them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his
 watch, and every one to be over against his house.

NEH 7:4  Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and
 the houses were not builded.

NEH 7:5  And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the
 rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found
 a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found
 written therein,

NEH 7:6  These are the children of the province, that went up out of the
 captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
 of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every
 one unto his city;

NEH 7:7  Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
 Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I
 say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;

NEH 7:8  The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

NEH 7:9  The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

NEH 7:10  The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

NEH 7:11  The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
 thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

NEH 7:12  The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

NEH 7:13  The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

NEH 7:14  The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

NEH 7:15  The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

NEH 7:16  The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

NEH 7:17  The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

NEH 7:18  The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

NEH 7:19  The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

NEH 7:20  The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

NEH 7:21  The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

NEH 7:22  The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

NEH 7:23  The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

NEH 7:24  The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

NEH 7:25  The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

NEH 7:26  The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

NEH 7:27  The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

NEH 7:28  The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

NEH 7:29  The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty
 and three.

NEH 7:30  The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

NEH 7:31  The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

NEH 7:32  The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

NEH 7:33  The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

NEH 7:34  The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
 four.

NEH 7:35  The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

NEH 7:36  The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

NEH 7:37  The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

NEH 7:38  The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

NEH 7:39  The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
 hundred seventy and three.

NEH 7:40  The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

NEH 7:41  The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

NEH 7:42  The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

NEH 7:43  The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children
 of Hodevah, seventy and four.

NEH 7:44  The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

NEH 7:45  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, an hundred thirty and eight.

NEH 7:46  The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
 children of Tabbaoth,

NEH 7:47  The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

NEH 7:48  The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of
 Shalmai,

NEH 7:49  The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

NEH 7:50  The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
 Nekoda,

NEH 7:51  The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
 Phaseah,

NEH 7:52  The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
 Nephishesim,

NEH 7:53  The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
 Harhur,

NEH 7:54  The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of
 Harsha,

NEH 7:55  The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
 Tamah,

NEH 7:56  The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

NEH 7:57  The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
 children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

NEH 7:58  The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
 Giddel,

NEH 7:59  The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
 Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

NEH 7:60  All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
 hundred ninety and two.

NEH 7:61  And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,
 Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor
 their seed, whether they were of Israel.

NEH 7:62  The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
 Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

NEH 7:63  And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the
 children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the
 Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

NEH 7:64  These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
 genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from
 the priesthood.

NEH 7:65  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
 most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

NEH 7:66  The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
 hundred and threescore,

NEH 7:67  Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were
 seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty
 and five singing men and singing women.

NEH 7:68  Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred
 forty and five:

NEH 7:69  Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
 hundred and twenty asses.

NEH 7:70  And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
 Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five
 hundred and thirty priests' garments.

NEH 7:71  And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work
 twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of
 silver.

NEH 7:72  And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams
 of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests'
 garments.

NEH 7:73  So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,
 and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their
 cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their
 cities.

NEH 8:1  And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the
 street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to
 bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

NEH 8:2  And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of
 men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day
 of the seventh month.

NEH 8:3  And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
 from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that
 could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book
 of the law.

NEH 8:4  And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
 for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
 Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand,
 Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
 Zechariah, and Meshullam.

NEH 8:5  And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
 above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

NEH 8:6  And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered,
 Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and
 worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

NEH 8:7  Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
 Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
 caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

NEH 8:8  So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
 sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

NEH 8:9  And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
 scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people,
 This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the
 people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

NEH 8:10  Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
 sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day
 is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your
 strength.

NEH 8:11  So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for
 the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

NEH 8:12  And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
 portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that
 were declared unto them.

NEH 8:13  And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers
 of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even
 to understand the words of the law.

NEH 8:14  And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by
 Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the
 seventh month:

NEH 8:15  And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in
 Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and
 pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick
 trees, to make booths, as it is written.

NEH 8:16  So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves
 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 of the water gate, and in the
 street of the gate of Ephraim.

NEH 8:17  And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the
 captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua
 the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And
 there was very great gladness.

NEH 8:18  Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the
 book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth
 day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

NEH 9:1  Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel
 were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

NEH 9:2  And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
 stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

NEH 9:3  And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law
 of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part
 they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

NEH 9:4  Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,
 Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a
 loud voice unto the LORD their God.

NEH 9:5  Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah,
 Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God
 for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above
 all blessing and praise.

NEH 9:6  Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of
 heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the
 seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of
 heaven worshippeth thee.

NEH 9:7  Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him
 forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

NEH 9:8  And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant
 with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and
 the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to
 his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

NEH 9:9  And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest
 their cry by the Red sea;

NEH 9:10  And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his
 servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt
 proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

NEH 9:11  And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through
 the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest
 into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

NEH 9:12  Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the
 night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should
 go.

NEH 9:13  Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from
 heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and
 commandments:

NEH 9:14  And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them
 precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

NEH 9:15  And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest
 forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them
 that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give
 them.

NEH 9:16  But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and
 hearkened not to thy commandments,

NEH 9:17  And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou
 didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed
 a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon,
 gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest
 them not.

NEH 9:18  Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God
 that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

NEH 9:19  Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
 wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead
 them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and
 the way wherein they should go.

NEH 9:20  Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest
 not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

NEH 9:21  Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
 they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

NEH 9:22  Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them
 into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king
 of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

NEH 9:23  Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and
 broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their
 fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

NEH 9:24  So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst
 before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into
 their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do
 with them as they would.

NEH 9:25  And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses
 full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees
 in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted
 themselves in thy great goodness.

NEH 9:26  Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and
 cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified
 against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

NEH 9:27  Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who
 vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou
 heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest
 them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

NEH 9:28  But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore
 leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion
 over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them
 from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

NEH 9:29  And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again
 unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy
 commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall
 live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would
 not hear.

NEH 9:30  Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them
 by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest
 thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

NEH 9:31  Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly
 consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

NEH 9:32  Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God,
 who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before
 thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our
 priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people,
 since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

NEH 9:33  Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast
 done right, but we have done wickedly:

NEH 9:34  Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
 kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies,
 wherewith thou didst testify against them.

NEH 9:35  For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great
 goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou
 gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

NEH 9:36  Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest
 unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we
 are servants in it:

NEH 9:37  And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over
 us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our
 cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

NEH 9:38  And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and
 our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

NEH 10:1  Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
 Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

NEH 10:2  Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

NEH 10:3  Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

NEH 10:4  Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

NEH 10:5  Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

NEH 10:6  Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

NEH 10:7  Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

NEH 10:8  Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

NEH 10:9  And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons
 of Henadad, Kadmiel;

NEH 10:10  And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

NEH 10:11  Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

NEH 10:12  Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

NEH 10:13  Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

NEH 10:14  The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

NEH 10:15  Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

NEH 10:16  Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

NEH 10:17  Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

NEH 10:18  Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

NEH 10:19  Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

NEH 10:20  Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

NEH 10:21  Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

NEH 10:22  Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

NEH 10:23  Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

NEH 10:24  Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

NEH 10:25  Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

NEH 10:26  And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

NEH 10:27  Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

NEH 10:28  And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters,
 the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from
 the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and
 their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

NEH 10:29  They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a
 curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the
 servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our
 Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

NEH 10:30  And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the
 land, not take their daughters for our sons:

NEH 10:31  And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the
 sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on
 the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of
 every debt.

NEH 10:32  Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the
 third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

NEH 10:33  For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the
 continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set
 feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an
 atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

NEH 10:34  And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,
 for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the
 houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the
 altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

NEH 10:35  And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of
 all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

NEH 10:36  Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written
 in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring
 to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our
 God:

NEH 10:37  And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our
 offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
 priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our
 ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all
 the cities of our tillage.

NEH 10:38  And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the
 Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes
 unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

NEH 10:39  For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the
 offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where
 are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the
 porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

NEH 11:1  And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the
 people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy
 city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

NEH 11:2  And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves
 to dwell at Jerusalem.

NEH 11:3  Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but
 in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to
 wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the
 children of Solomon's servants.

NEH 11:4  And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the
 children 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;

NEH 11:5  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.

NEH 11:6  All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred
 threescore and eight valiant men.

NEH 11:7  And these are the sons 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 Jesaiah.

NEH 11:8  And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

NEH 11:9  And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of
 Senuah was second over the city.

NEH 11:10  Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.

NEH 11:11  Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
 Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of
 God.

NEH 11:12  And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred
 twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son
 of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah.

NEH 11:13  And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:
 and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of
 Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

NEH 11:14  And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and
 eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

NEH 11:15  Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of
 Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

NEH 11:16  And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the
 oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

NEH 11:17  And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
 was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the
 second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the
 son of Jeduthun.

NEH 11:18  All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and
 four.

NEH 11:19  Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept
 the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

NEH 11:20  And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in
 all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

NEH 11:21  But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the
 Nethinims.

NEH 11:22  The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
 Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the
 sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

NEH 11:23  For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain
 portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

NEH 11:24  And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the
 son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

NEH 11:25  And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of
 Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and
 in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

NEH 11:26  And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

NEH 11:27  And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,

NEH 11:28  And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

NEH 11:29  And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

NEH 11:30  Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
 thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from
 Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

NEH 11:31  The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
 Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.

NEH 11:32  And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

NEH 11:33  Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

NEH 11:34  Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

NEH 11:35  Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

NEH 11:36  And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

NEH 12:1  Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with
 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

NEH 12:2  Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

NEH 12:3  Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

NEH 12:4  Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

NEH 12:5  Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

NEH 12:6  Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

NEH 12:7  Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests
 and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

NEH 12:8  Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
 Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

NEH 12:9  Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them
 in the watches.

NEH 12:10  And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
 begat Joiada,

NEH 12:11  And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

NEH 12:12  And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers:
 of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

NEH 12:13  Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

NEH 12:14  Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

NEH 12:15  Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

NEH 12:16  Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

NEH 12:17  Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:

NEH 12:18  Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

NEH 12:19  And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

NEH 12:20  Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

NEH 12:21  Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

NEH 12:22  The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
 Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of
 Darius the Persian.

NEH 12:23  The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book
 of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

NEH 12:24  And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the
 son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give
 thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over
 against ward.

NEH 12:25  Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
 porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

NEH 12:26  These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
 Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the
 priest, the scribe.

NEH 12:27  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the
 Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the
 dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with
 cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

NEH 12:28  And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out
 of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of
 Netophathi;

NEH 12:29  Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
 Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

NEH 12:30  And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified
 the people, and the gates, and the wall.

NEH 12:31  Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed
 two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right
 hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

NEH 12:32  And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

NEH 12:33  And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

NEH 12:34  Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

NEH 12:35  And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah
 the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
 Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

NEH 12:36  And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
 Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man
 of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

NEH 12:37  And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up
 by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the
 house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

NEH 12:38  And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against
 them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond
 the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

NEH 12:39  And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and
 above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even
 unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

NEH 12:40  So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of
 God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

NEH 12:41  And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
 Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

NEH 12:42  And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
 Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with
 Jezrahiah their overseer.

NEH 12:43  Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God
 had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children
 rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

NEH 12:44  And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
 treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
 gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for
 the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the
 Levites that waited.

NEH 12:45  And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and
 the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of
 Solomon his son.

NEH 12:46  For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
 singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

NEH 12:47  And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
 Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his
 portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites
 sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

NEH 13:1  On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
 people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite
 should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

NEH 13:2  Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with
 water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our
 God turned the curse into a blessing.

NEH 13:3  Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated
 from Israel all the mixed multitude.

NEH 13:4  And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the
 chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

NEH 13:5  And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they
 laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes
 of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given
 to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the
 priests.

NEH 13:6  But in all this time 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 leave of the king:

NEH 13:7  And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did
 for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

NEH 13:8  And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household
 stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

NEH 13:9  Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought
 I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the
 frankincense.

NEH 13:10  And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
 them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one
 to his field.

NEH 13:11  Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
 forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

NEH 13:12  Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and
 the oil unto the treasuries.

NEH 13:13  And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
 Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the
 son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and
 their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

NEH 13:14  Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good
 deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

NEH 13:15  In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
 sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and
 figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the
 sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold
 victuals.

NEH 13:16  There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all
 manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in
 Jerusalem.

NEH 13:17  Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What
 evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

NEH 13:18  Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil
 upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning
 the sabbath.

NEH 13:19  And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
 dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, 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.

NEH 13:20  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
 Jerusalem once or twice.

NEH 13:21  Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye
 about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time
 forth came they no more on the sabbath.

NEH 13:22  And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and
 that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
 Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the
 greatness of thy mercy.

NEH 13:23  In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of
 Ammon, and of Moab:

NEH 13:24  And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not
 speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

NEH 13:25  And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
 of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye
 shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto
 your sons, or for yourselves.

NEH 13:26  Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many
 nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made
 him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to
 sin.

NEH 13:27  Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
 transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

NEH 13:28  And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
 was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

NEH 13:29  Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
 priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

NEH 13:30  Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards
 of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

NEH 13:31  And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
 firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.