Nehemiah 3 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then rose up Elyashib the high priest with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors: even as far as the tower of Meah did they sanctify it, as far as the tower of Chananel. ² And by his side built the men of Jericho. And by his other side built Zaccur the son of Imri. ³ But the fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build: they also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ⁴ And alongside of them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriyah, the son of Kakkoz. And alongside of them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechyah, the son of Meshezabel. And alongside of them repaired Zadok the son of Ba’ana. ⁵ And alongside of them repaired the Teko’ites; but their principal men put not their necks to the work of their Lord. ⁶ Moreover the old gate repaired Yoyada’ the son of Passeach, and Meshullam the son of Bessodeyah: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars. ⁷ And alongside of them repaired Melatyah the Gib’onite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gib’on and of Mizpah, unto the seat of the governor on this side of the river. ⁸ Alongside of him repaired ‘Uzziel the son of Charhayah, of the goldsmiths. And alongside of him repaired Chananyah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the broad wall. ⁹ And alongside of them repaired Rephayah the son of Chur, the chief of the half of the district of Jerusalem. ¹⁰ And alongside of them repaired Jedayah the son of Charumaph, and this opposite to his house. And alongside of him repaired Chattush the son of Chashabneyah. ¹¹ Another division did Malkiyah the son of Charim, and Chashub the son of Pachathmoab, repair, as also the tower of the ovens. ¹² And alongside of him repaired Shallum the son of Hallochesh, the chief of the other half of the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. ¹³ The gate of the valley repaired Chanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoach: they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate. ¹⁴ And the dung-gate repaired Malkiyah the son of Rechah, the chief of the district of Beth-hakkerem: he built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ¹⁵ And the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col-chozeh, the chief of the district 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 Shelach by the king’s garden, and as far as the stairs that lead down from the city of David. ¹⁶ Next to him repaired Nehemiah the son of ‘Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite to the sepulchres of David, and as far as the pool that was newly made, and as far as the house of the mighty men. ¹⁷ Next to him repaired the Levites: Rechum the son of Bani. Alongside of him repaired Chashabyah, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah, for his district. ¹⁸ Next to him repaired their brethren: Bavai the son of Chenadad, the chief of the other half district of Ke’ilah. ¹⁹ And there repaired alongside of him ‘Ezer the son of Joshua, the chief of Mizpah, another division, opposite to the ascent to the armory at the angle. ²⁰ Next to him did Baruch the son of Zaccai’ earnestly repair another division, from the angle as far as the door of the house of Elyashib the high priest. ²¹ Next to him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriyah the son of Hakkoz another division, from the door of the house of Elyashib even as far as the end of the house of Elyashib. ²² And next to him repaired the priests, the men of the plain of Jordan. ²³ Next to him repaired Benjamin and Chashub opposite to their house. Next to him repaired ‘Azaryah the son of Ma’aseyah the son of ‘Ananyah alongside of his house. ²⁴ Next to him repaired Binnui the son of Chenadad another division, from the house of ‘Azaryah as far as the angle, and as far as the corner. ²⁵ Palal the son of Uzai repaired from opposite to the angle, and the tower which standeth out from the king’s upper house, that was by the court of the prison. Next to him Pedayah the son of Par’osh. ²⁶ And the temple-servants dwelt on the hill fort, and they built as far as opposite to the water-gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out. ²⁷ Next to them repaired the Teko’ites another division from opposite the great tower that standeth out, and as far as the wall of the hill fort. ²⁸ From above the horse-gate repaired the priests, every one opposite to his house. ²⁹ Next to this repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite to his house. And next to him repaired Shema’yah the son of Schechanyah, the keeper of the east gate. ³⁰ Next to him repaired Chananyah the son of Shelemyah, and Chanun the sixth son of Zalaph another division. Next to him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechyah opposite to his chamber. ³¹ Next to him repaired Malkiyah the goldsmith’s son as far as the house of the temple-servants, and of the merchants, opposite to the mustering-gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner. ³² And between the upper chamber of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

⁵ And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there who hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

²⁰ Next to him did Baruch the son of Zaccai’ earnestly repair another division, from the angle as far as the door of the house of Elyashib the high priest.

³² And between the upper chamber of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

¹ Now it came to pass, when it came to the hearing of Sanballat, and Tobiyah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein, although up to that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

¹ And it came to pass, when the wall was built, that I set up the doors; and then were appointed the gatekeepers and the singers and the other Levites to their office.

¹⁰ And Jeshua’ begat Joyakim, and Joyakim begat Elyashib, and Elyashib begat Joyada’.

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

³⁹ And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Chananel, and the tower of Meah, even as far as the sheep-gate; and they halted at the prison-gate.

²⁸ And one of the sons of Joyada’, the son of Elyashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Choronite; wherefore I chased him away from me.

¹ A psalm, a song at the dedication of the temple, of David. ^(30:2) I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not suffered my enemies to rejoice over me.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

⁹ Honor the Lord with thy wealth, and with the first-fruits of all thy products:

^{38 (31:37)} Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when the city shall be built up to the Lord from the tower of Chananel unto the corner-gate.

¹⁰ All the land shall be changed as it were into a plain from Geba’ to Rimmon to the south of Jerusalem; and she herself shall be elevated, and be inhabited on her former site, from the gate of Benjamin unto the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Chananel unto the king’s wine-presses.

³⁴ The people of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

³⁶ The people of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

^{12 (10:13)} Zaccur, Sherebyah, Shebanyah,

¹⁴ And after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gichon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and about the hill-fort, and raised it up to a very great height; and he placed captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.

⁸ Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king’s forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave them to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁶ Moreover the old gate repaired Yoyada’ the son of Passeach, and Meshullam the son of Bessodeyah: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be a loud cry of lamentation from the fish-gate, and a wailing from the second, and that of a great breach from the hills.

³³ And on the fourth day were the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriyah the priest; and with him was El’azar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua’, and No’adyah the son of Binnui, the Levites;

²¹ Next to him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriyah the son of Hakkoz another division, from the door of the house of Elyashib even as far as the end of the house of Elyashib.

^{7 (10:8)} Meshullam, Abiyah, Miyamin,

^{15 (10:16)} Bunni, ‘Azgad, Bebai,

²³ Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of the Lord, yea, curse ye bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the mighty.

² Then sent Joab to Tekoa’, and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

²⁷ Next to them repaired the Teko’ites another division from opposite the great tower that standeth out, and as far as the wall of the hill fort.

⁴ Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God. ⁵ I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.

² Thus said the Lord to me, Make for thyself bands and yoke-bars, and put them around thy neck,

⁸ And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the 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,—even that nation will I punish with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, saith the Lord, until I have made an end of them by his hand.

¹² And unto Zedekiah the king of Judah did I speak in accordance with all these words, saying, Bring your neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, that ye may live.

⁸ And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and thy bands will I burst asunder; and strangers shall not make him serve any more; ⁹ But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

¹ The words of ‘Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he foresaw concerning Israel in the days of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo’am the son of Joash the king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

³ And when the inhabitants of Gib’on heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto ‘Ai, ⁴ They also did work wilily, and went and feigned to be messengers, and took old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; ⁵ And put old and patched-up shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. ⁶ And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far-off country; and now make ye a covenant with us. ⁷ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell in the midst of us; and how can we make a covenant with you: ⁸ And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye! ⁹ And they said unto him, From a very far-off country are thy servants come, because of the name of the Lord thy God; for we have heard his fame, and all that he hath done in Egypt; ¹⁰ And all that he hath done to the two kings of the Emorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sichon the king of Cheshbon, and to ‘Og the king of Bashan, who was at ‘Ashtaroth. ¹¹ Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, as followeth, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, Your servants are we: and now make ye with us a covenant. ¹² This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and it is become mouldy: ¹³ And these wine-bottles, which we filled, when new,—but behold, they are now become rent; and these our garments and our shoes are become worn out by reason of the very long journey. ¹⁴ And the men took of their provisions, but the decision of the Lord they did not ask. ¹⁵ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them. ¹⁶ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt in the midst of them. ¹⁷ And the children of Israel broke up, and came unto their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gib’on, and Kephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiryath-ye’arim. ¹⁸ And the children of Israel smote them not; because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord, the God of Israel; but all the congregation murmured against the princes. ¹⁹ And all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord the God of Israel: and now we cannot touch them. ²⁰ This will we do to them, and we will let them live, that there be no wrath upon us, on account of the oath which we have sworn unto them. ²¹ And the princes said unto them, Let them live: and they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them. ²² And Joshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you: whereas ye dwell in the midst of us? ²³ And now be ye cursed, and there shall not cease to be of you servants and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. ²⁴ And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God had commanded his servant Moses to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; wherefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and we have done this thing. ²⁵ And now, behold, we are in thy hand; as it seemeth good and right in thy eyes to do unto us, so do. ²⁶ And he did unto them thus; and he delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they slew them not. ²⁷ And Joshua appointed them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, for the place which he should choose.

² And the king called for the Gib’onites, and said unto them: now the Gib’onites are not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Emorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; but Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel in Judah:

⁶ And king Assa took then all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba’sha had built; and he built therewith Geba’ and Mizpah.

⁷ And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, let letters be given unto me for the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till the time that I come into Judah; ⁸ Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king’s forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave them to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

¹⁹ And there repaired alongside of him ‘Ezer the son of Joshua, the chief of Mizpah, another division, opposite to the ascent to the armory at the angle.

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

²⁵ And thou shalt make of it an oil of holy anointing, a mixture, compounded after the art of the apothecary: an oil of holy anointing shall it be.

³¹ Next to him repaired Malkiyah the goldsmith’s son as far as the house of the temple-servants, and of the merchants, opposite to the mustering-gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner. ³² And between the upper chamber of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

³⁸ And the other company for thanksgiving that walked in the opposite direction to them,—this one did I follow, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the ovens even as far as the broad wall;

¹ Dead flies cause the precious oil of the apothecary to become stinking and foaming; so doth a little folly him that is valued for wisdom and honor.

⁶ There are those that lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; that hire a melter, that he may make of it a god; they then bend the knee, yea, they bow themselves down;

¹² And alongside of him repaired Shallum the son of Hallochesh, the chief of the other half of the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

¹⁷ Next to him repaired the Levites: Rechum the son of Bani. Alongside of him repaired Chashabyah, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah, for his district.

²³ Next to him repaired Benjamin and Chashub opposite to their house. Next to him repaired ‘Azaryah the son of Ma’aseyah the son of ‘Ananyah alongside of his house.

²⁸ From above the horse-gate repaired the priests, every one opposite to his house. ²⁹ Next to this repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite to his house. And next to him repaired Shema’yah the son of Schechanyah, the keeper of the east gate. ³⁰ Next to him repaired Chananyah the son of Shelemyah, and Chanun the sixth son of Zalaph another division. Next to him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechyah opposite to his chamber.

^{4 (10:5)} Chattush, Shebanyah, Malluch,

⁶ The children of Pachath-moab, of the children of Jeshua’ and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

⁴ Of the sons of Pachath-moab, Elyeho’enai the son of Zerachyah, and with him were two hundred males.

¹¹ The children of Pachath-moab, of the children of Jeshua’ and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

^{5 (10:6)} Charim, Meremoth, ‘Obadiah,

^{14 (10:15)} The chiefs of the people: Par’osh, Pachath-moab, ‘Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

²⁵ And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and they brought that which they had spun, of the blue, and of the purple, and of the scarlet yarn, and of the linen thread.

⁹ And alongside of them repaired Rephayah the son of Chur, the chief of the half of the district of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ And the dung-gate repaired Malkiyah the son of Rechah, the chief of the district of Beth-hakkerem: he built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ¹⁵ And the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col-chozeh, the chief of the district 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 Shelach by the king’s garden, and as far as the stairs that lead down from the city of David. ¹⁶ Next to him repaired Nehemiah the son of ‘Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite to the sepulchres of David, and as far as the pool that was newly made, and as far as the house of the mighty men. ¹⁷ Next to him repaired the Levites: Rechum the son of Bani. Alongside of him repaired Chashabyah, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah, for his district. ¹⁸ Next to him repaired their brethren: Bavai the son of Chenadad, the chief of the other half district of Ke’ilah.

³⁴ And Zanoach, and ‘En-gannim, Tappuach, and ‘Enam,

⁵⁶ And Yizre’el, and Yokde’am, and Zanoach,

¹⁸ And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Cheber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoach. And these are the sons of D the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered had taken for wife.

⁹ And ‘Uzziyahu built towers in Jerusalem, above the corner-gate, and above the valley-gate, and at the angle, and made them strong.

¹³ And I went out through the gate of the valley by night, even toward the direction of the dragon-well, and to the dung-gate; and I was viewing the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates whereof were consumed by fire.

³⁰ Zanoach, ‘Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish and its fields, at ‘Azekah and in its villages. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba’ as far as the valley of Hinnom.

¹² And alongside of him repaired Shallum the son of Hallochesh, the chief of the other half of the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. ¹³ The gate of the valley repaired Chanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoach: they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

³¹ Then brought I up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and stationed two great companies for thanksgiving, and trains to walk on the right hand upon the wall by the dung-gate;

¹ Assemble, O ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and in Tekoa, blow the cornet, and on Beth-hakkerem set up a fire signal; for evil is seen coming out of the north, and great havoc.

¹ Then went out all the children of Israel, and the congregation was assembled together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, with the land of Gil’ad, unto the Lord in Mizpah.

³ (And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Speak, how did this wickedness take place?

⁶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou first remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither. ⁷ Nevertheless David captured the strong-hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

⁴ The city was broken into, and all the men of war fled in the night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; while the Chaldeans were all round about the city;and the people went the way toward the plain.

³⁰ This same Hezekiah also stopped up the upper mouth of the waters of Gichon, and brought them straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

¹⁴ Then passed I on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool; but there was no space for the beast that was under me to pass through.

⁷ And alongside of them repaired Melatyah the Gib’onite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gib’on and of Mizpah, unto the seat of the governor on this side of the river.

¹⁴ And the dung-gate repaired Malkiyah the son of Rechah, the chief of the district of Beth-hakkerem: he built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

³⁷ And over the fountain-gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even as far as the water-gate, eastward.

⁶ Forasmuch as this people despiseth the waters of Shiloach that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remalyahu’s son:

⁶ So did Jeremiah come unto Gedalyah the son of Achikam to Mizpah; and he dwelt with him in the midst of the people that had been left in the land.

⁵⁸ Chatchul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

²⁷ And king Rehobo’am made in their stead shields of copper, and committed them for keeping into the hand of the chiefs of the runners, who kept guard at the door of the king’s house. ²⁸ And it happened whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, that the runners used to bear them, and carried them then back into the apartment of the runners.

²⁰ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his mighty deeds, and how he made the pool, and the aqueduct, and brought the water into the city, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

⁴⁵ And the son of Shammai was Ma’on; and Ma’on was the father of Beth-zur.

⁷ And Beth-zur, and Socho, and ‘Adullam,

¹⁰ And king Rehobo’am made in their stead shields of copper, and committed them for keeping into the hand of the chiefs of the runners, who kept guard at the door of the king’s house. ¹¹ And it happened whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, that the runners came and bore them, and carried them back into the apartment of the runners.

¹⁴ And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the couch which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices mixed by the apothecary’s art; and they made for him a burning uncommonly great.

⁷ Behold, it is the bed, which is Solomon’s, sixty valiant men are round about it, of the valiant ones of Israel.

³ And the Lord said unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Achaz, thou with Shear-yashub thy son, to the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the washer’s field;

¹¹ And a tank have ye made between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but ye have not looked at the Maker thereof, him that fashioned it in distant times have ye not regarded.

⁴⁴ And Ke’ilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

¹ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke’ilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors. ² Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke’ilah. ³ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines? ⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. ⁵ So David and his men went to Ke’ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke’ilah. ⁶ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him. ⁷ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. ⁸ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men. ⁹ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender. ¹³ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke’ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke’ilah, he forbore to go forth.

⁴ Of these were twenty and four thousand to superintend the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges;

¹⁶ Next to him repaired Nehemiah the son of ‘Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite to the sepulchres of David, and as far as the pool that was newly made, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

^{9 (10:10)} And the Levites: Jeshua’ the son of Azanyah, Binnui [of] the sons of Chenadad, Kadmiel;

⁸ And the Levites: Jeshua’, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebyah, Judah, and Matthaniah, who was over the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brethren;

¹ Then rose up Elyashib the high priest with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors: even as far as the tower of Meah did they sanctify it, as far as the tower of Chananel.

²² Of the Levites in the days of Elyashib, Yoyada’, and Yochanan, and Jaddua’, are written down the chiefs of the divisions: also those of the priests to the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of Levi, the chiefs of the divisions were written down in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Jochanan the son of Elyashib.

⁴ And before this, Elyashib the priest, appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and a near of kin unto Tobiyah,

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do with thy might, that do; for there is no work, nor experience, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the nether world, whither thou goest.—

⁶¹ And of the children of the priests: The children of Chabayah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil’adite, and was called after their name.

⁶³ And of the priests: The children of Chobayah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil’adite, and was called after their name.

² That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in Kephirim, in the plain of Ono. But they were thinking of doing me mischief.

²⁸ And there gathered themselves together the sons of the singers, both out of the district round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophah;

¹⁰ And alongside of them repaired Jedayah the son of Charumaph, and this opposite to his house. And alongside of him repaired Chattush the son of Chashabneyah.

⁴ And ‘Ezra the expounder stood upon an elevated stand of wood, which they had made for the purpose: and beside him stood Matthithyah, and Shema’, and ‘Anayah, and Uriyah, and Chilkiyah, and Ma’asseyah, on his right hand; and on his left, Pedayah, and Mishael, and Malkiyah, and Chashum, and Chashbadanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

⁷ Also Jeshua’, and Bani, and Sherebyah, Jamin, ‘Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiyah, Ma’asseyah, Kelita, ‘Azaryah, Jozabad, Chanan, Pelayah, and the Levites, explained to the people the law: while the people remained where they stood.

^{2 (10:3)} Then Serayah, ‘Azaryah, Jeremiah,

¹¹ Another division did Malkiyah the son of Charim, and Chashub the son of Pachathmoab, repair, as also the tower of the ovens.

³ The children of Par’osh, two thousand one hundred seventy and two.

⁸ The children of Par’osh, two thousand one hundred and seventy and two.

¹⁴ That saith, I will build me a roomy house, and ample chambers, and cutteth himself out windows, and ceileth it with cedar, and painteth it with colors.

² And at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah;

¹ And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

²¹ Then commanded king Zedekiah that they should put Jeremiah in ward in the court of the prison, and that they should give him a loaf of bread for every day out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread was spent out of the city. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

⁸ And the house of the king, and the houses of the people did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem did they pull down.

¹⁴ Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and they committed him unto Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shaphan, to carry him home: and he remained in the midst of the people. ¹⁵ But unto Jeremiah was come the word of the Lord while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

² And the first inhabitants that dwelt again in their possessions in their cities, were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple-servants.

³ He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the hill-fort he built much.

⁴³ The temple-servants were: The children of Zicha, the children of Chassupha, the children of Tabba’oth. ⁴⁴ The children of Keross, the children of Si’aha, the children of Padon. ⁴⁵ The children of Lebanah, the children of Chagabah, the children of ‘Akkub. ⁴⁶ The children of Chagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Chanan. ⁴⁷ The children of Giddel, the children of Gachar, the children of Reayah. ⁴⁸ The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam. ⁴⁹ The children of ‘Uzza, the children of Paseach, the children of Bessai, ⁵⁰ The children of Assnah, the children of Me’unim, the children of Nephussim, ⁵¹ The children of Bakbuk, the children of Chakupha, the children of Charchur, ⁵² The children of Bazluth, the children of Mechida, the children of Charsha, ⁵³ The children of Barkoss, the children of Sissera, the children of Thamach, ⁵⁴ The children of Neziach, the children of Chatipha. ⁵⁵ The children of Solomon’s servants were: The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda. ⁵⁶ The children of Ja’alah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel. ⁵⁷ The children of Shephatyah, the children of Chattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebayim, the children of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the temple-servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety and two.

⁴⁶ The temple-servants: The children of Zicha, the children of Chassupha, the children of Tabba’oth, ⁴⁷ The children of Keross, the children of Si’a, the children of Padon, ⁴⁸ The children of Lebana, the children of Chagaba, the children of Salmai, ⁴⁹ The children of Chanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gachar, ⁵⁰ The children of Reayah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda. ⁵¹ The children of Gazzam, the children of ‘Uzza, the children of Passeach. ⁵² The children of Bessai, the children of Me’unim, the children of Nephishessim, ⁵³ The children of Bakbuk, the children of Chakupha, the children of Charchur. ⁵⁴ The children of Bazlith, the children of Mechida, the children of Charsha, ⁵⁵ The children of Barkoss, the children of Sissera, the children of Thamach, ⁵⁶ The children of Neziach, the children of Chatipha.

¹ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the open place which is before the water-gate; and they said unto ‘Ezra the expounder that he should bring forward the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded to Israel.

³ And he read therein in the open place which is before the water-gate from the first daylight until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were directed unto the book of the law.

¹⁶ And the people went forth, and brought them; and they made themselves booths, every one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open place by the water-gate, and in the open place by the gate of Ephraim.

^{28 (10:29)} And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate-keepers, the singers, the temple-servants, and all those that had separated themselves from the nations of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding,

²¹ But the temple-servants dwelt in the hill-fort; and Zicha and Gishpa were over the temple-servants.

⁵ And alongside of them repaired the Teko’ites; but their principal men put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

¹⁶ And they made way for her; and she went by the way of the entrance of the horses into the king’s house: and she was put to death there.

¹⁵ And they made way for her: and she went to the entrance of the horse-gate by the king’s house, and they put her to death there.

^{40 (31:39)} And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all fields as far as the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more to eternity.

³⁷ The children of Immer, one thousand fifty and two.

² Thereupon commenced Shechanyah the son of Jechiel, of the sons of ‘Elam, and said unto ‘Ezra, we have indeed trespassed against our God, and have brought home strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

⁴⁰ The children of Immer, one thousand fifty and two.

² And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Charsith, and proclaim there the words that I will speak unto thee.

⁸ Alongside of him repaired ‘Uzziel the son of Charhayah, of the goldsmiths. And alongside of him repaired Chananyah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the broad wall.

³¹ Next to him repaired Malkiyah the goldsmith’s son as far as the house of the temple-servants, and of the merchants, opposite to the mustering-gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.