Nehemiah 3 Cross References - LITV

¹ And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests. And they built the Sheep Gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors. Even to the Tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel. ² And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to him Zaccur the son of Imri built. ³ But the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate, who laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars. ⁴ And next to them Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired. ⁵ And next to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. ⁶ And the Old Gate was repaired by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars. ⁷ And next to them Melatiah of Gibeon repaired, and Jadon of Meron, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor Beyond the River. ⁸ And next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, repaired. And next to his hand Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers repaired. And they left Jerusalem safe to the Broad Wall. ⁹ And next to their hand Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, repaired. ¹⁰ And next to their hand Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired, even across from his house. And next to his hand Hattush the son of Hashabniah repaired. ¹¹ Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab repaired the other piece, and the Tower of the Furnaces. ¹² And next to his hand Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters repaired. ¹³ Hanun, and the dwellers of Zanoah, repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the Dung Gate. ¹⁴ And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. He built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ¹⁵ And the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King's Garden, and to the stairs that go down from the City of David. ¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, repaired in front of the Tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men. ¹⁷ After him the levites, Rehum the son of Bani repaired. On his hand Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of Keilah repaired in his part. ¹⁸ After him their brothers Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, repaired. ¹⁹ And next to his hand Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another piece before the going up to the armory at the corner. ²⁰ After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece from the corner to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹ After him Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz repaired another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. ²² And after him the priests, the men of the plain, repaired. ²³ After them Benjamin and Hashub repaired across from their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah repaired by his house. ²⁴ After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another piece, from the house of Azariah to the corner, even to the tower. ²⁵ Palal the son of Uzai repaired across from the corner, and the tower which sticks out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired . ²⁶ And the temple-slaves lived in Ophel, across from the Water Gate toward the east, and the tower that sticks out. ²⁷ After him the Tekoites repaired another piece, opposite the great tower that sticks out, even to the wall of Ophel. ²⁸ The priests repaired from above the Horse Gate, each before his house. ²⁹ After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired across from his house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired. ³⁰ After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another piece. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired across from his room. ³¹ After him Malchiah the goldsmith's son repaired the place of the temple-slaves, and of the merchants, before the Miphkad Gate, and to the going up of the corner. ³² And between the going up of the corner to the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

⁵ And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, who is the man that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, that he not die in battle and another man dedicate it.

²⁰ After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece from the corner to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

³² And between the going up of the corner to the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

¹ And it happened, when it was heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that no break was left in it though at that time I had not set up doors on the gates,

¹ And it happened when the wall was built, I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were chosen.

¹⁰ And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib fathered Joiada;

³⁰ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves. And they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

³⁹ and from above the Ephraim Gate, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate. And they stood still in the Prison Gate.

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

¹ A Psalm; a Song of Dedication of the House of David. I will exalt You, O Jehovah; for You have lifted me up, and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.

⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

⁹ Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase,

³⁸ Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the city will be built to Jehovah, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.

¹⁰ All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And it shall rise and dwell in its place, from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses.

² And at Jerusalem is a pool at the Sheep Gate which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

³⁴ he sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty five.

³⁶ The sons of Jericho were three hundred and forty five.

¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

¹⁴ And after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entrance of the Fish Gate. And it went around to the tower and he made it exceedingly high, and he put commanders of the army in all the cities of defense in Judah.

⁸ also a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which is for the house, and for the city wall, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king granted it to me, according to the good hand of my God on me.

⁶ And the Old Gate was repaired by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

¹⁰ And it shall be in that day, declares Jehovah, the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great breaking from the hills.

³³ And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest. And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites.

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

⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

²³ Curse Meroz, said the Angel of Jehovah; curse its inhabitants bitterly, because they did not come to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the warriors.

² And Joab sent to Tekoah and took a wise woman from there, and said to her, Pretend yourself to be a mourner now, and please put on garments of mourning. And do not anoint yourself with oil, and you shall be a woman mourning for the dead these many days.

²⁷ After him the Tekoites repaired another piece, opposite the great tower that sticks out, even to the wall of Ophel.

⁴ So I said, Surely they are poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of Jehovah, the ordinance of their God. ⁵ I will go up for myself to the great men and will speak to them. For they have known the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God. Surely these have joined in breaking the yoke; they have torn off the bonds.

² So says Jehovah to me, Make bonds and yokes for yourself, and put them on your neck.

⁸ And it shall be, the nation and kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck in the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation, says Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the plague, until I have destroyed them by his hand.

¹² I also spoke to Zedekiah, king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks into the king of Babylon's yoke, and serve him and his people, and live.

⁸ For it shall be in that day, says Jehovah of Hosts, I will break his yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds. And strangers will not again enslave him; ⁹ but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹ The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, "and you will find rest to your souls." Jer. 6:16

¹⁰ Now, then, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we had strength to bear?

²⁶ For you see your calling, brothers, that there are not many wise according to flesh, nor many powerful, not many wellborn.

¹⁷ Charge the rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to set hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things for enjoyment; ¹⁸ to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to share, generous,

³ And the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai. ⁴ And they acted slyly, and they went and acted like envoys, and took old sacks for their asses, and old wineskins, even torn and bound up; ⁵ and old and patched sandals on their feet; and old garments on them. And all their provision of bread was dry; it was crumbs. ⁶ And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal. And they said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a distant land. And now cut a covenant with us. ⁷ And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you are living in our midst, and how shall we cut a covenant with you? ⁸ And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And from where do you come? ⁹ And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very distant land, because of the name of Jehovah your God, for we have heard of His fame, and all that He has done in Egypt. ¹⁰ Also what He has done to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan who was in Ashtaroth. ¹¹ And our elders and all the people of our land spoke to us, saying, Take provisions in your hand for the way, and go to meet them. And you shall say to them, We are your servants; and now, cut a covenant with us. ¹² We provided ourselves with this hot bread out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. And now, behold, it is dry and it is crumbs. ¹³ And these are the wineskins which we filled new; and, behold, they have torn. And these garments of ours, and our sandals, have become old because of the exceeding greatness of the way. ¹⁴ And the men took of their provision, and did not ask at the mouth of Jehovah. ¹⁵ And Joshua made peace with them, and cut a covenant with them, to keep them alive. And the leaders of the congregation swore to them. ¹⁶ And at the end of three days they had cut a covenant with them. And it happened that they heard that they were their neighbors, and they were living in their midst. ¹⁷ And the sons of Israel pulled up and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. ¹⁸ And the sons of Israel did not strike them, for the leaders of the congregation swore to them by Jehovah the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the leaders. ¹⁹ And all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel; and now we cannot touch them. ²⁰ We shall do this to them, and shall keep them alive, and wrath shall not be on us because of the oath which we have sworn to them. ²¹ And the leaders said to them, They shall live and be woodcutters, and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders spoke to them. ²² And Joshua called for them; and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, yet you are living in our midst? ²³ And now, you are cursed, and none of you shall fail to be slaves, and woodcutters, and drawers of water for the house of my God. ²⁴ And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants what Jehovah your God commanded His servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; and we were greatly afraid for ourselves, because of you. And we did this thing. ²⁵ And now, behold, we are in your hand. Do whatever is good, and as is right in your eyes to do. ²⁶ And he did so to them, and delivered them from the hand of the sons of Israel. And they did not Kill them. ²⁷ And on that day Joshua made them woodcutters, and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah at the place which He should choose, to this day.

² And the king called for the Gibeonites and said to them (as to the Gibeonites, they were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them) and Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah.

⁶ And Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, with which Baasha had built. And he built Geba and Mizpah with them.

⁷ An I said to the king, If it is good to the king, let letters be given me to the governors Beyond the River, so that they may let me go through until I come to Judah; ⁸ also a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which is for the house, and for the city wall, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king granted it to me, according to the good hand of my God on me.

¹⁹ And next to his hand Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another piece before the going up to the armory at the corner.

² And Joseph commanded the physicians, his servants, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

²⁵ And you shall make it an oil of holy anointing, ointment compound, the work of a perfumer, an oil of holy anointing it shall be.

³¹ After him Malchiah the goldsmith's son repaired the place of the temple-slaves, and of the merchants, before the Miphkad Gate, and to the going up of the corner. ³² And between the going up of the corner to the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

³⁸ And the other thanksgiving choir was going to the opposite side, and I after them, and half of the people on the wall, from beyond the Tower of Furnaces, even to the Broad Wall;

¹ As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little foolishness is heavier than wisdom and than honor.

⁶ Those who lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the measuring rod; they hire a refiner and he makes it a god. They fall down; yea, they worship.

¹² And next to his hand Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters repaired.

¹⁷ After him the levites, Rehum the son of Bani repaired. On his hand Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of Keilah repaired in his part.

²³ After them Benjamin and Hashub repaired across from their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah repaired by his house.

²⁸ The priests repaired from above the Horse Gate, each before his house. ²⁹ After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired across from his house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired. ³⁰ After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another piece. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired across from his room.

⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

⁶ The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

⁴ From the sons of Pahathmoab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred males with him.

¹¹ The sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, were two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.

⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

¹⁴ The rulers of the people were Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

²⁵ And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands; and they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, and crimson and bleached linen .

⁹ And next to their hand Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, repaired.

¹⁴ And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. He built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ¹⁵ And the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King's Garden, and to the stairs that go down from the City of David. ¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, repaired in front of the Tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men. ¹⁷ After him the levites, Rehum the son of Bani repaired. On his hand Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of Keilah repaired in his part. ¹⁸ After him their brothers Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, repaired.

⁸ And on the morrow, those around him going out, Paul came to Caesarea. And going into the house of Philip the evangelist, he being of the Seven, we stayed with him. ⁹ And there were four virgin daughters to this one, who prophesied.

³ And I also ask you, true yoke-fellow, help those who struggled along with me and with Clement in the gospel, and the rest, fellow-workers with me, whose names are in the Scroll of Life.

³⁴ and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

⁵⁶ and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

¹⁸ And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

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

¹³ And I went out by night by the Valley Gate, even before the Jackal Fountain, and to the Dung Gate. And I examined the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and its gates which were burned with fire.

³⁰ Zanoah; Adullam, and their villages; at Lachish, and its fields; at Azekah, and its villages. And they camped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.

¹² And next to his hand Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters repaired. ¹³ Hanun, and the dwellers of Zanoah, repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the Dung Gate.

³¹ Then I brought up the rulers of Judah on the wall, and chose two great thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate,

¹ O sons of Benjamin take refuge to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa; and set up a signal over Beth-haccerem. For evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.

¹ And all the sons of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, and the land of Gilead, to Jehovah at Mizpeh.

³ And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel said, Speak up. How did this evil happen?

⁶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. And one spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in here except the blind and the lame will turn you away, saying, David cannot come in here. ⁷ And David captured the stronghold of Zion. It is the city of David.

⁴ then the city was broken up, and by night all the men of war went by way of the gate, between the two walls by the king's garden; and the Chaldeans were against the city all around; and the king went the way toward the Arabah.

³⁰ And Hezekiah himself had stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and had directed them beneath the west of the city of David; and Hezekiah prospered in all his work.

¹⁴ Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.

⁷ And next to them Melatiah of Gibeon repaired, and Jadon of Meron, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor Beyond the River.

¹⁴ And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. He built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

³⁷ And at the Fountain Gate across from 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 to the Water Gate eastward.

⁶ Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and rejoices in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

⁶ And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived with him among the people remaining in the land.

⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, do you think that these were sinners beyond all men who lived in Jerusalem?

⁷ And He said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which translated is Sent. Then he went and washed, and came seeing.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

²⁷ And king Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields. And he gave them into the hand of the commander of the runners, who kept the door of the king's house. ²⁸ And it happened, when the king went to the house of Jehovah, the runners bore them, and brought them back to the room of the runners.

²⁰ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought in the waters to the city, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

⁴⁵ And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁷ and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

¹⁰ And king Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and deposited them into the hand of the chiefs of the runners who kept the gate of the king's house. ¹¹ And it happened, from the time the king went to the house of Jehovah, the runners came in and lifted them up, and brought them back to the guard room.

¹⁴ And they buried him in his grave which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which he had filled with sweet odors and kinds of aromatic herbs, with a mixture of ointments by art. And they burned a great burning for him.

⁷ Behold his bed, Solomon's! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.

³ And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shearjashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, to the highway of the Fuller's Field.

¹¹ And you made a reservoir between the walls, for the water of the old pool. But you have not looked to its Maker, nor did you see its Former from long ago.

²⁹ Men, brothers, it is permitted to say to you with plainness as to the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us until this day.

⁴⁴ and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages

¹ And they spoke to David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors. ² And David asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go? And shall I strike against these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go, and you shall strike the Philistines and save Keilah. ³ And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; and how shall we go to Keilah to the armies of the Philistines? ⁴ And David once again inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered him and said, Rise up, go down to Keilah, for I have given the Philistines into your hand. ⁵ And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and led away their livestock, and killed among them with a great blow. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. ⁶ And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David, near Keilah, an ephod came in his hand. ⁷ And it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has estranged him into my hand. For he is shut in, to enter into a city of gates and a bar. ⁸ And Saul heard and called all the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege to David and to his men. ⁹ But David knew that Saul was devising evil against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod near. ¹⁰ And David said, O Jehovah the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me. ¹¹ Will the masters of Keilah shut me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as Your servant has heard? I pray You, Jehovah the God of Israel, tell your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down. ¹² And David said, Will the masters of Keilah shut me and my men up into Saul's hand? And Jehovah said, They will shut you up. ¹³ And David and his men, about six hundred men, rose up and left Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. And he ceased to go out.

⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand to be overseers over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, repaired in front of the Tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.

⁹ And the Levites were both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

⁸ And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah. Mattaniah was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

¹ And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests. And they built the Sheep Gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors. Even to the Tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel.

²² The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written rulers of the fathers; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of the Levites, the rulers of the fathers, are written in the Book of the Matters of the Days, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

⁴ And before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over the rooms of the house of our God, who was related to Tobiah,

¹⁰ All that your hand finds to do, do it with your strength. For there is no work, or planning, or knowledge, or wisdom, in Sheol, there where you go.

¹¹ in diligence, not slothful, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

⁶¹ And of the sons of the priests were the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

⁶³ and of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

² Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me.

²⁸ And the sons of the singers gathered themselves, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the inhabitants of Netophah;

¹⁰ And next to their hand Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired, even across from his house. And next to his hand Hattush the son of Hashabniah repaired.

⁴ And Ezra the scribe stood on 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 were Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

⁷ And 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 were in their place.

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

¹¹ Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab repaired the other piece, and the Tower of the Furnaces.

³ The sons of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy two;

⁸ the sons of Parosh were two thousand, one hundred and seventy two.

¹⁴ who says, I will build myself a wide house and large upper rooms. And he cuts out windows for it and covers with cedar, and paints with vermilion.

² For then the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem. And Jeremiah the prophet was shut in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

¹ And the word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

²¹ And Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guardhouse, and that they should give him a piece of bread out of the baker's street daily, until all the bread of the city was gone. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guardhouse.

⁸ And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people with fire. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse. And they gave him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to cause him to go out to the house. And he lived among the people. ¹⁵ And the word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guardhouse, saying,

² And the first dwellers who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.

³ He built the Upper Gate of the house of Jehovah, and he built very much in the wall of Ophel;

⁴³ The temple-slaves: The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴ the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁵ the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, ⁴⁶ the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, ⁴⁸ the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, ⁴⁹ the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, ⁵⁰ the sons of Asnah, the sons of Mehunim, the sons of Nephusim, ⁵¹ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵² the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵³ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Thamah, ⁵⁴ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The sons of Solomon's servants: The sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety two.

⁴⁶ The temple-slaves: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, ⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim, ⁵³ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah, ⁵⁶ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha;

¹ And all the people gathered as one man into the plaza before the Water Gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

³ And he read in it before the plaza before the Water Gate, from the morning until noon, before the men and the women, and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people listened to the Book of the Law.

¹⁶ And the people went out and brought in, and made booths for themselves, each man on his roof and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the plaza of the Water Gate, and in the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

²⁸ And the rest of the people the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple-slaves, and all those who separated from the people of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all knowing and discerning ones,

²¹ But the temple-slaves lived in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the temple-slaves.

⁵ And next to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

¹⁶ And they laid hands on her, and she entered the way of the horse gate to the house of the king, and was executed there.

¹⁵ And they laid hands to her, and she came into the entrance of the Gate of Horses, beside the king's house, and they put her to death there.

⁴⁰ And the whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes and all the fields to the torrent Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate east, shall be holy to Jehovah. It shall not be torn up, nor thrown down any more, forever.

³⁷ The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty two.

² And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God, and have dwelt with foreign women from the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

⁴⁰ The sons of Immer were a thousand and fifty two.

² And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom by the entry of Potsherd Gate. And there declare the words that I will speak to you.

⁸ And next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, repaired. And next to his hand Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers repaired. And they left Jerusalem safe to the Broad Wall.

³¹ After him Malchiah the goldsmith's son repaired the place of the temple-slaves, and of the merchants, before the Miphkad Gate, and to the going up of the corner.