Nehemiah 3 Cross References - ISV

¹ Those who Worked on the WallSo Eliashib the high priest came forward, along with his fellow priests, and reconstructed the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and installed its doors. They also consecrated the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. ² Men from Jericho did repairs next to him, and Imri’s son Zaccur did repairs next to them.
³ The Fish Gate was repaired by Hassenaah’s sons. They built its framework and installed its doors, including locks and security bars, ⁴ with Uriah’s son Meremoth (who was also a grandson of Hakkoz) next to them, Berechiah’s son Meshullam (who was also a grandson of Meshezabel) next to them, and next to him Baana’s son Zadok. ⁵ Next to them the Tekoites worked valiantly, even though their leading officials weren’t fully dedicated to the work of their lord.
⁶ Paseah’s son Joiada and Besodeiah’s son Meshullam repaired the Old Gate. They built its framework and installed its doors, including locks and security bars. ⁷ Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite were working with men from Gibeon and men from Mizpah under the Trans-Euphrates regional governor. ⁸ Nearby, Harhaiah’s son Uzziel the goldsmith was carrying on repairs, and next to him Hananiah, a perfume-maker, rebuilt Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
⁹ Next to him, Hur’s son Rephaiah, ruling official for half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs. ¹⁰ Then next to them, Harumaph’s son Jedaiah did repairs opposite his house, and next to him Hashabneiah’s son Hattush carried on repairs. ¹¹ Harim’s son Malchijah and Pahath-moab’s son Hasshub repaired another section, along with the Tower of the Ovens, ¹² and next to him Hallohesh’s son Shallum, ruling official for the other half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs, as did his daughters.
¹³ Hanun and the residents of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate, reconstructing it and installing its doors, including locks and security bars. They also rebuilt 1,000 cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. ¹⁴ Rechab’s descendant Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars.
¹⁵ Colhozeh’s son Shallum, ruling official of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.
¹⁶ Next to him Azbuk’s son Nehemiah, ruling official of half of the Beth-zur district, carried on repairs as far as the tombs of David, then to the artificial pool that had been installed there, and then as far as the military barracks. ¹⁷ Next to him the descendants of Levi, led by Bani’s son Rehum, carried on repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, ruling official for half of the Keilah district, did repairs for his district. ¹⁸ Next to him their brothers, led by Henadad’s son Bavvai, ruling official for the other half of the Keilah district, carried on repairs. ¹⁹ Next to him Jeshua’s son Ezer, ruling official of Mizpah, repaired another section near the ascent to the armory at the Angle. ²⁰ Next to him Zabbai’s son Baruch worked valiantly on another section from the angle of the wall as far as the door to the house belonging to Eliashib the high priest.
²¹ Then next to him Uriah’s son Meremoth, grandson of Hakkoz, repaired another section from the door of Eliashib’s house as far as the rear of the property, ²² Next to him the priests, men from the plain, carried on repairs. ²³ Next to them Benjamin and Hasshub carried on repairs near their house, followed by Maaseiah’s son Azariah, grandson of Ananiah, who worked beside his own house. ²⁴ Following him, Henadad’s son Binnui repaired another section from Azariah’s house to the angle of the wall, and then to the corner. ²⁵ Uzai’s son Palal carried on repairs over against the angle of the wall at the tower that stands out from the king’s upper palace, which is located by the royal guard’s court. Next to him, Parosh’s son Pedaiah carried on repairs. ²⁶ (Now the Temple Servants were living on the Ophel as far as the Water Gate that faces eastward with its prominent tower.) ²⁷ Next to Pedaiah, the Tekoites repaired another section from the prominent tower as far as the wall of the Ophel.
²⁸ The priests carried on repairs from above the Horse Gate as far as their own houses. ²⁹ Then next to them, Immer’s son Zadok did repairs as far as his own house. Next to him, Shecaniah’s son Shemaiah, custodian of the East Gate, carried on repairs. ³⁰ Next to him, Shelemiah’s son Hananiah and Zalaph’s sixth son Hanun repaired another section. Next to him, Berechiah’s son Meshullam carried on repairs up to his chamber. ³¹ Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried on repairs up to the house of the Temple Servants and the merchants, up to the Muster Gate as far as the ascent to the corner. ³² Between the ascent of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants carried on repairs.

⁵ “Furthermore, let the officials ask the army, ‘Is there a man here who has built a new house but has not yet dedicated it? Let him go back home. Otherwise, he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

²⁰ Next to him Zabbai’s son Baruch worked valiantly on another section from the angle of the wall as far as the door to the house belonging to Eliashib the high priest.

³² Between the ascent of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants carried on repairs.

¹ A Diversion is AttemptedWhen Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had completed the wall and that no break remained in it (even though by that time I hadn’t yet installed the doors in the gates),

¹ Nehemiah Appoints AdministratorsAfter the wall had been completed and its doors installed, then the gatekeepers, singers, and descendants of Levi were appointed.

¹⁰ Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada.

³⁰ The priests and the descendants of Levi purified themselves, and also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

³⁹ and from above the Ephraim Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Guard Gate.

²⁸ One of the sons of Eliashib the high priest’s son Joiada was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.

¹ A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of the Temple.
Thanksgiving for Deliverance I exalt you, LORD, for you have lifted me up, and my enemies could not gloat over me.

⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

⁹ Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce,

³⁸ “Look, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the city of the LORD will be rebuilt from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

¹⁰ The entire land will become like the Arabah plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem. It will be raised up and inhabited where it is, from the Gate of Benjamin to the First Gate, then to the Corner Gate, to the Hananel Tower, and to the king’s winepresses.

² Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It has five colonnades,

³⁴ Descendants of exiles from Jericho: 345

³⁶ Jericho’s descendants: 345

¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

¹⁴ Later on, Manasseh reinforced the outer wall to the City of David on the west side overlooking the Gihon Valley as far as the Fish Gate. He encircled the Ophel, raising it to a great height.

⁸ along with a letter to Asaph, the royal Commissioner of Forests, so that he will supply me with timber to craft beams for the gatehouses of the Temple, for the city walls, and for the house in which I will be living.”
The king granted this for me, according to the good hand of my God.

⁶ Paseah’s son Joiada and Besodeiah’s son Meshullam repaired the Old Gate. They built its framework and installed its doors, including locks and security bars.

¹⁰ When all of this happens,” declares the LORD, “a loud shriek will come from the Fish Gate, and howling from the Mishneh Quarter, along with great destruction from the hills.”
Divine Judgment on the Business Community

³³ On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the Temple of our God into the care of Uriah’s son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas’ son Eleazar, Jeshua’s son Jozabad, and Binnui’s son Noadiah, the descendants of Levi.

²¹ Then next to him Uriah’s son Meremoth, grandson of Hakkoz, repaired another section from the door of Eliashib’s house as far as the rear of the property,

⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

²³ “‘Meroz is cursed!’ declared the angel of the LORD. ‘Utterly and totally cursed are its inhabitants, because they never came to the aid of the LORD, to the aid of the LORD against the valiant warriors!’”

² so he sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please play the role of a mourner, wear the clothes of a mourner, and refrain from using makeup. Act like a woman who’s been in mourning for the dead for many days.

²⁷ Next to Pedaiah, the Tekoites repaired another section from the prominent tower as far as the wall of the Ophel.

⁴ Then I said, “These are only the poor, they’re foolish, for they don’t know the LORD’s way, the requirement of their God. ⁵ Let me go to the leaders and speak to them. For they know the LORD’s way, the requirement of their God.”
The LORD Answers “But they, all together, have broken the yoke and torn off the restraints.

² this is what the LORD says to me: “Make restraints and yokes for yourself and put them on your neck.

⁸ If a nation and kingdom does not serve him—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I’ll judge that nation with the sword, with famine, and with plague,” declares the LORD, “until I’ve completely destroyed it by his hand.

¹² Zedekiah Told to Submit to BabylonI spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah using words like these: “Bring your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon. Serve him and his people, and you will live!

⁸ On that day,’ declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, ‘I’ll break the yoke from your neck and will tear off your restraints. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them. ⁹ Rather, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

¹ Amos is Called to ProphesyThe words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke concerning Israel during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of Joash’s son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²⁹ Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls,

¹⁰ So why do you test God by putting on the disciples’ neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?

²⁶ Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

¹⁷ Advice for the WealthyTell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. ¹⁸ They are to do good, to be rich in good actions, to be generous, and to share.

³ But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, ⁴ they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins, ⁵ worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold. ⁶ Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, “We’ve arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now.”
⁷ But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so, how can we make a treaty with you?”
⁸ So they responded to Joshua, “We are your servants.”
Joshua asked them, “Who are you? And where did you come from?”
⁹ They answered, “Your servants have arrived from a very distant land, because of the reputation of the LORD your God, because we’ve heard a report about all that he did in Egypt, ¹⁰ along with all of what he did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan River—that is, to King Sihon of Heshbon and to King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. ¹¹ So our leaders and all of the inhabitants of our country told us, ‘Take provisions along with you for your journey, go to meet them, and tell them, “We are your servants. Come now and make a treaty with us.”’ ¹² Look at our bread: it was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for our journey on the very day we set out to come to you. But now, look how it’s dry and moldy. ¹³ And these wineskins were new when we filled them, but look—now they’re cracked. And our clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
¹⁴ So the leaders of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not ask the LORD about it. ¹⁵ They made a treaty with them, guaranteeing their lives with a covenant, and the leaders of the congregation confirmed it with an oath to them.
¹⁶ But three days after they had made the treaty with them, they learned that they were their neighbors and were living in their midst. ¹⁷ So the Israelis set out for their cities and three days later they reached their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. ¹⁸ The Israelis did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had made an oath with them in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. Nevertheless, the entire congregation grumbled against their leaders.
¹⁹ Then all of the leaders spoke to the entire congregation, “We have sworn to them in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them. ²⁰ So this is what we’ll do to them: we’ll let them live, so that wrath won’t come upon us because of the oath that we swore to them.”
²¹ The leaders told them, “Let them live.” So they became wood cutters and water carriers for the entire congregation, which is what the leaders had decided concerning them.
²² Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and asked them, “Why did you deceive us by saying ‘We live far away from you,’ even though you were, in fact, living in our midst? ²³ Now therefore you are under a curse. Some of you will always be slaves, wood cutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.”
²⁴ They replied to Joshua, “Because your servants had been informed that the LORD your God had certainly commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to destroy all of the inhabitants of the land before you. So we were terrified for our lives because of you. That’s why we did this. ²⁵ Now we’re under your control: do to us as it seems good and right in your opinion.”
²⁶ So this is what Joshua did for them: he saved them from the Israelis, and they did not kill them. ²⁷ However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD’s altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.

² So the king called together the Gibeonites and conferred with them. Now the Gibeonites weren’t part of the nation of Israel, but were the survivors from the Amorites. Although the Israelis had promised to spare them, Saul had started to execute them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

⁶ Then King Asa brought his entire army of Judah to carry away the building stones and the timber that Baasha had been using to surround Ramah, and he used those materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah.

⁷ I also asked the king, “If it seems good to you, order that letters of authorization be given me for the Trans-Euphrates governors, so they will allow me to pass through to Judah, ⁸ along with a letter to Asaph, the royal Commissioner of Forests, so that he will supply me with timber to craft beams for the gatehouses of the Temple, for the city walls, and for the house in which I will be living.”
The king granted this for me, according to the good hand of my God.

¹⁹ Next to him Jeshua’s son Ezer, ruling official of Mizpah, repaired another section near the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

² After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

²⁵ You are to make them into a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture made by a perfumer. It is to be a holy anointing oil.

³¹ Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried on repairs up to the house of the Temple Servants and the merchants, up to the Muster Gate as far as the ascent to the corner. ³² Between the ascent of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants carried on repairs.

³⁸ The second thanksgiving choir approached opposite them, and I followed them. Half of the people stood on the crest of the wall from beyond the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

¹ Proverbs about Wisdom and Foolishness As dead flies cause the perfumer’s ointment to stink, so also does a little foolishness to one’s reputation of wisdom and honor.

⁶ Those who pour out gold in a purse, weigh silver in a balance, hire a goldsmith in order to make a god, and then they bow down and even worship it.

¹² and next to him Hallohesh’s son Shallum, ruling official for the other half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs, as did his daughters.

¹⁷ Next to him the descendants of Levi, led by Bani’s son Rehum, carried on repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, ruling official for half of the Keilah district, did repairs for his district.

²³ Next to them Benjamin and Hasshub carried on repairs near their house, followed by Maaseiah’s son Azariah, grandson of Ananiah, who worked beside his own house.

²⁸ The priests carried on repairs from above the Horse Gate as far as their own houses. ²⁹ Then next to them, Immer’s son Zadok did repairs as far as his own house. Next to him, Shecaniah’s son Shemaiah, custodian of the East Gate, carried on repairs. ³⁰ Next to him, Shelemiah’s son Hananiah and Zalaph’s sixth son Hanun repaired another section. Next to him, Berechiah’s son Meshullam carried on repairs up to his chamber.

⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

⁶ Descendants of Pahath-moab; that is, through Jeshua and Joab: 2,812

⁴ From Pahath-moab’s descendants: Zerahiah’s son Eliehoenai and 200 men with him.

¹¹ Pahath-moab’s descendants; that is, through Jeshua and Joab: 2,818

⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

¹⁴ The leaders of the people included Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

²⁵ Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen.

⁹ Next to him, Hur’s son Rephaiah, ruling official for half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs.

¹⁴ Rechab’s descendant Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars.
¹⁵ Colhozeh’s son Shallum, ruling official of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.
¹⁶ Next to him Azbuk’s son Nehemiah, ruling official of half of the Beth-zur district, carried on repairs as far as the tombs of David, then to the artificial pool that had been installed there, and then as far as the military barracks. ¹⁷ Next to him the descendants of Levi, led by Bani’s son Rehum, carried on repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, ruling official for half of the Keilah district, did repairs for his district. ¹⁸ Next to him their brothers, led by Henadad’s son Bavvai, ruling official for the other half of the Keilah district, carried on repairs.

⁸ The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy.

³ Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

³⁴ Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuach, Enam,

⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

¹⁸ Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

⁹ Uzziah also built towers in Jerusalem, at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the Angle and fortified them.

¹³ So I went out during the night through the Valley Gate toward Dragon’s Well, and from there to the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and burned by fire.

³⁰ in Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. They encamped from Beer-sheba to the Hinnom Valley.

¹² and next to him Hallohesh’s son Shallum, ruling official for the other half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs, as did his daughters.
¹³ Hanun and the residents of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate, reconstructing it and installing its doors, including locks and security bars. They also rebuilt 1,000 cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

³¹ The Procession on the WallThen I brought up the leaders of Judah to the crest of the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs, the first of which proceeded on the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate.

¹ The Enemy Besieges Jerusalem “Flee to safety, you people of Benjamin, leave Jerusalem. Sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem! For calamity and terrible destruction are turning toward you from the north.

¹ The Israelis Attack the Tribe of BenjaminThen the entire Israeli nation—from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the territory of Gilead—came out for war. The army assembled as one united force to God at Mizpah.

³ While the descendants of Benjamin were learning that the Israelis had gone up to Mizpah, the Israelis asked, “Somebody tell us how this evil could happen?”

⁶ Later, the king and his army marched on Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were inhabiting the territory at that time and who had told David, “You’re not coming in here! Even the blind and the lame could turn you away!” because they were thinking “David can’t come here.” ⁷ Even so, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now known as the City of David.

⁴ The city was breached, and the entire army left during the night through the gate that stood between the two walls beside the royal garden, even though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city. They escaped through the Arabah,

³⁰ Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the Gihon springs and diverted them down to the western side of the City of David. He prospered in everything he did.

¹⁴ I proceeded to the Fountain Gate, and then to the King’s Pool, but there wasn’t sufficient clearance for the animal I was riding to pass.

⁷ Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite were working with men from Gibeon and men from Mizpah under the Trans-Euphrates regional governor.

¹⁴ Rechab’s descendant Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars.

³⁷ At the Fountain Gate, which stood opposite them, they ascended the stairs of the City of David where the wall rose above the house of David east of the Water Gate.

⁶ “Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah’s son,

⁶ Jeremiah came to Ahikam’s son Gedaliah at Mizpah, and he remained with him among the people who were left in the land.

⁴ What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

⁷ and told him, “Go and wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated “Sent One”). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

⁵⁸ Also included were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

²⁷ King Rehoboam made shields out of bronze to take their place, and then committed them to the care and custody of the commanders of those who guarded the entrance to the royal palace. ²⁸ Whenever the king entered the LORD’s Temple, the guards would carry them to and from the guard’s quarters.

²⁰ Now the rest of Hezekiah’s actions, as well as his glorious deeds, including how he constructed the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

⁴⁵ Shammai’s descendants included Maon, who fathered Beth-zur.

⁷ Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

¹⁰ After this, King Rehoboam made shields out of bronze to take their place, committing them to the care and custody of the commanders of those who guarded the entrance to the royal palace. ¹¹ As often as the king entered the LORD’s Temple, the guards came and transported the shields to the Temple and then brought them back to the guard’s quarters.

¹⁴ and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.

⁷ Look! It’s Solomon’s sedan chair, with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel surrounding it.

³ So the LORD told Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool that proceeds along the highway to Launderer’s Field.

¹¹ and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it long ago.

²⁹ “Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.

⁴⁴ Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah, for a total of nine cities and villages.

¹ David Delivers KeilahSomeone told David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors.”
² David inquired of the LORD: “Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?”
The LORD told David, “Go strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”
³ David’s men told him, “Look, we’re afraid here in Judah. How much then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine army?”
⁴ David inquired of the LORD again, and the LORD answered him: “Get up, go down to Keilah. I’ll give the Philistines into your control.” ⁵ David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He carried off their livestock and defeated them decisively, and so David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah. ⁶ Now when Ahimelech’s son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod had come down with him.
⁷ It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, “The LORD has delivered him into my hand because he has shut himself in by going into a town with double gates and bars.” ⁸ Saul summoned for battle all his forces to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
⁹ David knew that Saul was devising evil plans against him, and so he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
¹⁰ David said, “LORD God of Israel. Your servant has definitely heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah to destroy the town because of me. ¹¹ Will the people of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down just as your servant has heard? LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant.”
The LORD said, “He will come down.”
¹² Then David said, “Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?”
The LORD said, “They’ll hand you over.” ¹³ David and his men, about 600 strong, got up and left Keilah. They moved around wherever they could go. Saul was advised that David had escaped from Keilah, so he stopped the campaign.

⁴ “24,000 of these,” David said, “are to be set in charge of the work of the Temple of the LORD, with 6,000 serving as officers and judges,

¹⁶ Next to him Azbuk’s son Nehemiah, ruling official of half of the Beth-zur district, carried on repairs as far as the tombs of David, then to the artificial pool that had been installed there, and then as far as the military barracks.

⁹ These were the descendants of Levi: Azaniah’s son Jeshua, Binnui from the descendants of Henadad, Kadmiel,

⁸ The descendants of Levi included Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his associates was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

¹ Those who Worked on the WallSo Eliashib the high priest came forward, along with his fellow priests, and reconstructed the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and installed its doors. They also consecrated the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

²² When Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were serving, the descendants of Levi were recorded as heads of their ancestors’ houses, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The leaders of the ancestors of Levi were written in the Book of Annals until the time of Eliashib’s son Johanan.

⁴ Tobiah Evicted from the TempleNow prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who supervised the store rooms of the Temple of our God and who was related to Tobiah,

¹⁰ Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you’re going.

¹¹ Never be lazy in showing such devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

⁶¹ Descendants of the Priests:
Descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that name.

⁶³ Of the Priests:
Descendants of Habaiah, Koz, and Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that name.

² Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying “Come, let’s meet together at Kephirim on the Ono Plain.” But they were just trying to do me harm.

²⁸ So the descendants of the singers gathered themselves together from the region surrounding Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophathi,

¹⁰ Then next to them, Harumaph’s son Jedaiah did repairs opposite his house, and next to him Hashabneiah’s son Hattush carried on repairs.

⁴ Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden rostrum erected for that purpose. Beside him to his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maasseiah. Beside him to his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

⁷ Furthermore, Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the descendants of Levi taught the Law to the people while the people remained standing.

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

¹¹ Harim’s son Malchijah and Pahath-moab’s son Hasshub repaired another section, along with the Tower of the Ovens,

³ Descendants of Parosh: 2,172

⁸ Parosh’s descendants: 2,172

¹⁴ How terrible for him who says, ‘I’ll build a large house for myself with spacious upper rooms, who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it red.’

² The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard at the palace of the king of Judah

¹ Restoration of Judah and JerusalemThis message from the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guard:

²¹ So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers’ street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

⁸ The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ They sent for Jeremiah and took him from the courtyard of the guard. They handed him over to Ahikam’s son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home. So he remained among the people.
¹⁵ Ebed-melech RewardedThis message from the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was confined in the courtyard of the guard:

² The first to settle on their own property in their own towns of Israel were priests, descendants of Levi, and the Temple Servants.

³ Jotham constructed the Upper Gate of the LORD’s Temple and did extensive work on the wall of Ophel.

⁴³ The Temple Servants:
Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.
⁴⁴ Descendants of Keros, Siaha, and Padon.
⁴⁵ Descendants of Lebanah, Hagabah, and Akkub.
⁴⁶ Descendants of Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan.
⁴⁷ Descendants of Giddel, Gahar, and Reaiah.
⁴⁸ Descendants of Rezin, Nekoda, and Gazzam.
⁴⁹ Descendants of Uzza, Paseah, and Besai.
⁵⁰ Descendants of Asnah, Meunim, and Nephusim.
⁵¹ Descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.
⁵² Descendants of Bazluth, Mehida, and Harsha.
⁵³ Descendants of Barkos, Sisera, and Temah.
⁵⁴ Descendants of Neziah and Hatipha.
⁵⁵ The Descendants of Solomon’s Servants:
Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, and Peruda.
⁵⁶ Descendants of Jaalah, Darkon, and Giddel.
⁵⁷ Descendants of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.
⁵⁸ All of the Temple Servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.

⁴⁶ The Temple Servants:
Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.
⁴⁷ Descendants of Keros, Sia, and Padon.
⁴⁸ Descendants of Lebanah, Hagabah, and Shalmai.
⁴⁹ Descendants of Hanan, Giddel, and Gahar.
⁵⁰ Descendants of Reaiah, Rezin, and Nekoda.
⁵¹ Descendants of Gazzam, Uzza, and Paseah.
⁵² Descendants of Besai, Meunim, and Nephushesim,
⁵³ Descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.
⁵⁴ Descendants of Bazlith, Mehida, and Harsha.
⁵⁵ Descendants of Barkos, Sisera, and Temah.
⁵⁶ Descendants of Neziah and Hatipha.

¹ All the people gathered as a united body into the plaza in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

³ Ezra read from it, facing the plaza in front of the Water Gate, from early in the morning until mid-day in the presence of the men and women, as well as all who could understand. All the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

¹⁶ Then the people went out and found branches to make tents for themselves on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, and in the courts of God’s Temple, in the plaza near the Water Gate, and in the plaza near the Gate of Ephraim.

²⁸ Commitments of the CovenantThe rest of the people, the priests, the descendants of Levi, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple Servants, and everyone who had separated themselves from the peoples of the surrounding lands for the Law of God—their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who had knowledge and understanding—

²¹ but the Temple Servants lived on Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa oversaw the Temple Servants.

⁵ Next to them the Tekoites worked valiantly, even though their leading officials weren’t fully dedicated to the work of their lord.

¹⁶ So they arrested Athaliah, took her out through the same entrance used by the horses for entering the king’s palace, and executed her.

¹⁵ So they arrested her when she arrived at the entrance to the Horse Gate near the royal palace, and then they executed her there.

⁴⁰ The whole valley of dead bodies and ashes and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east will be holy to the LORD. It won’t be uprooted or overthrown again, forever.”

³⁷ Descendants of Immer: 1,052

² Jehiel’s son Shecaniah, one of Elam’s descendants, responded to Ezra: “We have sinned against our God by marrying foreign wives from the people of the land, but even now there is hope in Israel, despite this.

⁴⁰ Immer’s descendants: 1,052

² Go out to the Valley of Hinnom at the entrance to the Potsherd Gate, and there proclaim the words that I’m telling you.

⁸ Nearby, Harhaiah’s son Uzziel the goldsmith was carrying on repairs, and next to him Hananiah, a perfume-maker, rebuilt Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

³¹ Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried on repairs up to the house of the Temple Servants and the merchants, up to the Muster Gate as far as the ascent to the corner.