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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,
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.
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.
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,
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
1:10 Now these [are] thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast
 redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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.
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.
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,
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?
2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request?
 So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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].
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?
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.
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.
3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to
 them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
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.
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.
3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles
 put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
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.
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.
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.
3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the
 ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
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.
3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of
 Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the
 furnaces.
3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the
 ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
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