Nehemiah 3 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And Eliashib the high priest gat him up with his brethren the priests, and builded the Sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up the doors of it: even unto the tower of Meah hallowed they it, namely unto the tower of Hananel. ² Next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And beside him builded Zaccur the son of Imri. ³ But the fishport did the children of Hassenaah build; they covered it and set on the doors, locks and bars of it. ⁴ Next unto him builded Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz. Next unto him builded Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel. Next unto him builded Zadok the son of Baana. ⁵ Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord. ⁶ The old gate builded Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they covered it, and set on the doors, locks and bars of it. ⁷ Next unto them builded Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizphah; where he that was captain on this side the water had a mansion. ⁸ Next unto him builded Uzziel the son of Harhaiah the goldsmith. Next unto him builded Hananiah the Apothecary's son, and they repaired Jerusalem unto the broad wall. ⁹ Next unto him builded Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem. ¹⁰ Next unto him builded Jedaiah the son of Harumaph over against his house. Next unto him builded Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. ¹¹ But Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab builded the other piece, and the tower beside the furnace. ¹² Next unto him builded Shallum the son of Hallohesh the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem, and his daughters. ¹³ The valley gate builded Hanun, and the citizens of Zanoah. They builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall, unto the Dung port. ¹⁴ But the Dung port builded Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of the vineyards: he builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof. ¹⁵ But the Well gate builded Shallum the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the fourth part of Mizphah; He builded it, covered it, and set on the doors, locks, and bars thereof, and the wall unto the pool of Siloam by the king's garden, unto the steps that go down from the city of David. ¹⁶ After him builded Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half quarter of Bethzur, until the other side over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was repaired, and unto the house of the mighty. ¹⁷ After him builded the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him builded Hashabiah the ruler of the half quarter at Keilah in his quarter. ¹⁸ After him builded their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half quarter of Keilah. ¹⁹ After him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizphah, builded the other piece hard over against the harness corner. ²⁰ After him Baruch the son of Zabbai builded the other piece worshipfully and costly, from the corner unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹ After him builded Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz the other piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even as long as the house of Eliashib extended. ²² And after him builded the priests, the men of the country. ²³ After him builded Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them builded Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah next to his house. ²⁴ After him builded Binnui the son of Henadad the other piece from the house of Azariah unto the turning, and unto the corner. ²⁵ After him builded Palal the son of Uzai over against the corner and the high tower, which lieth out over from the king's house, beside the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh. ²⁶ As for the Nethinims, they dwelt in Ophel, unto the Watergate, toward the east and to the tower that lieth out. ²⁷ After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel. ²⁸ But from the Horsegate forth builded the priests, every one over against his house. ²⁹ After them builded Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him builded Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah the keeper of the east gate. ³⁰ After him builded Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the son of Zalaph the sixth, that other peice. After him builded Meshullam the son of Barachiah over against his chest. ³¹ After him builded Malchijah the goldsmith's son, until the house of the Nethinims, and of the merchants over against the council gate, and to the parlor in the corner. ³² And between the parlor of the corner unto the Sheepgate builded the goldsmiths and the merchants.

⁵ And let the officers speak unto the people, saying, 'If any man have built a new house and have not dedicate it, let him go and return to his house lest he die in the battle, and another dedicate it.

²⁰ After him Baruch the son of Zabbai builded the other piece worshipfully and costly, from the corner unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

³² And between the parlor of the corner unto the Sheepgate builded the goldsmiths and the merchants.

¹ And when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the others of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall, and that there were no more gaps therein - howbeit at the same time had I not hanged the doors upon the gates -

¹ Now when we had builded the wall I hanged on the doors; and the porters, singers and Levites were appointed.

¹⁰ Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim begat Eliashib, Eliashib begat Joiada.

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

³⁹ and to the port of Ephraim, and to the Oldgate, and to the Fishgate, and to the tower of Hananel, and to the tower of Meah, until the Sheepgate. And in the prison gate they stood still,

²⁸ And one of the children of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, had made a contract with Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me.

¹ {A Psalm and song of the dedication of the house of David} I will magnify thee, O LORD; for thou hast set me up, and not suffered my foes to triumph over me.

⁶ In all thy ways have respect unto him, and he shall order thy goings.

⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstlings of all thine increase:

³⁸ Behold, the days come, sayeth the LORD, that the city of the LORD shall be enlarged from the tower of Hananel, unto the gate of the corner wall.

¹⁰ Men shall go about the whole earth, as upon a field: from Geba to Rimmon, and from the south to Jerusalem. She shall be set up, and inhabited in her place: from Benjamin's port, unto the place of the first port, and unto the corner port: and from the tower of Hananel, unto the king's wine presses.

² And there is at Jerusalem, by the slaughterhouse, a pool called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda; having five porches,

³⁴ The children of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;

³⁶ The children of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;

¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

¹⁴ After that, he built a wall without the city of David on the west side of Gihon in the brook and so forth to the fish gate and round about Ophel, and brought it up of a very great height, and put captains of war in all the strong cities of Judah.

⁸ And letters unto Asaph the lord of the king's wood, that he may give me wood for beams to the gates of the palace, which are hard on the house and hard on the walls of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." And the king gave me according to the good hand of God upon me.

⁶ The old gate builded Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they covered it, and set on the doors, locks and bars of it.

¹⁰ At the same time, sayeth the LORD, there shall be heard a great cry from the fish port and a howling from the other port, and a great murder from the hills.

³³ But on the fourth day was the silver and gold and vessels weighed in the house of our God under the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites,

²¹ After him builded Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz the other piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even as long as the house of Eliashib extended.

⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

²³ 'Curse Meroz,' bade the angel of the LORD, 'Curse, Curse the inhabiters thereof because they came not forth to help the LORD, to help the LORD among the mighty.'

² he sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, "Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel. And anoint not thyself with oil. But be as a woman that had long time mourned for the death of somebody.

²⁷ After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel.

⁴ Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God. ⁵ Therefore will I go unto their heads and rulers, and talk with them: if they know the way of the LORD, and the judgments of our God." But these, in like manner, have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds in sunder.

² "Make thee bonds and chains, and put them about thy neck,

⁸ Moreover, that people and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, and that will not put their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, the same people will I visit with the sword, with hunger, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them in his hands, sayeth the LORD.

¹² All these things told I Zedekiah the king of Judah, and said, "Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, that ye may live.

⁸ For in that day, sayeth the LORD, I will take his yoke from off thy neck, and break thy bonds. They shall no more serve strange gods under him, ⁹ but they shall do service unto God their LORD, and to David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

¹ These are the sermons that were showed unto Amos, which was one of the shepherds at Tekoa, upon Israel, in the time of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²⁹ Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

¹⁰ Now therefore, why tempt ye God, that ye would put a yoke on the disciples necks which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

²⁶ Brethren, look on your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of high degree are called:

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them, ¹⁸ and that they do good and be rich in good works, and ready to give and to distribute,

³ But when the Inhabiters of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho, and Ai, ⁴ they played wilily, and went and sent ambassadors: and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles old and rent and knit together again, ⁵ and old clouted shoes upon their feet, and old raiment upon them and all their provision of bread was dried up and hoared. ⁶ And they came unto Joshua, unto the host to Gilgal, and said unto him and unto the men of Israel, "We be come from a far country, now therefore make agreement with us." ⁷ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, "Peradventure you dwell among us, and then how should we make peace with you?" ⁸ And they said unto Joshua, "We are thy servants." And Joshua said unto them, "What are ye, and whence come ye?" ⁹ And they answered him, "From a very far country thy servants are come, in the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, ¹⁰ and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond Jordan, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan which dwelt at Ashtaroth. ¹¹ Wherefore our elders and all the inhabiters of our country spake to us saying, 'Take victuals with you to serve by the way, and go against them, and say unto them: We are your servants.' Now therefore make a covenant of peace with us. ¹² This, our provision of bread, we took with us out of our houses, hot, the day we departed to come unto you. And now behold it is dried up and hoared. ¹³ And these bottles of wine which we filled were new: and see, they be rent. And these our garments and shoes are waxen old by reason of the exceeding long journey." ¹⁴ And the men took of their victuals, and counseled not with the mouth of the LORD. ¹⁵ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to save their lives: and the lords of the congregation sware unto them. ¹⁶ But three days after they had made peace with them, they heard that they were neighbours unto them, and that they dwelt among them. ¹⁷ For the children of Israel took their journey and came unto their cities the third day: and their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth and Kiriathjearim. ¹⁸ And the children of Israel slew them not, because the lords of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And therefore all the multitude murmured against the lords. ¹⁹ But all the lords said unto all the congregation, "We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel, and therefore we may not hurt them. ²⁰ But this we will do to them and let them live: and so shall no wrath be upon us because of the oath which we sware unto them." ²¹ And the lords said unto them, "Let them live, that they may be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation," as the lords said unto them. ²² Then Joshua sent for them, and talked with them, and said, "Wherefore have ye beguiled us and yet ye dwell among us? ²³ And now therefore cursed be you, and there shall not cease to be of you, bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the house of my God." ²⁴ And they answered Joshua and said, "It was told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabiters thereof out of your sight, and therefore we were exceeding sore afraid of our lives because of you. ²⁵ And now, behold, we are in thine hand; as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to do unto us, so do." ²⁶ And he dealt as it is said with them, and rid them out of the hands of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. ²⁷ And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.

² And the king called the Gibeonites and spake unto them. Now these Gibeonites are not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites — and the children of Israel sware unto them. And yet Saul sought to slay them, for a zeal that he had to the children of Israel and of Judah.

⁶ And then Asa the king took all Judah and carried away and stones and timber of Ramah wherewith Baasha was a-building: and he built therewith Geba and Mizphah.

⁷ and said unto the king, "If it please the king, let him give me letters to the captains beyond the water, that they may convey me over, till I come into Judah: ⁸ And letters unto Asaph the lord of the king's wood, that he may give me wood for beams to the gates of the palace, which are hard on the house and hard on the walls of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." And the king gave me according to the good hand of God upon me.

¹⁹ After him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizphah, builded the other piece hard over against the harness corner.

² And Joseph commanded his servants that were physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel forty days long,

²⁵ And make of them holy anointing oil even an oil compound after the craft of the apothecary.

³¹ After him builded Malchijah the goldsmith's son, until the house of the Nethinims, and of the merchants over against the council gate, and to the parlor in the corner. ³² And between the parlor of the corner unto the Sheepgate builded the goldsmiths and the merchants.

³⁸ The other choir of thanksgiving went over against them, and I after them, and the half part of the people upon the wall, toward the Furnacegate upward, until the broad wall,

¹ Dead flies corrupt sweet ointment and make it to stink. Even so, oft times, he that hath been had in estimation for wisdom and honour is abhorred because of a little foolishness.

⁶ Ye fools, no doubt, will take out silver and gold out of your purses, and weigh it, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, that men may kneel down and worship it.

¹² Next unto him builded Shallum the son of Hallohesh the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem, and his daughters.

¹⁷ After him builded the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him builded Hashabiah the ruler of the half quarter at Keilah in his quarter.

²³ After him builded Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them builded Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah next to his house.

²⁸ But from the Horsegate forth builded the priests, every one over against his house. ²⁹ After them builded Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him builded Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah the keeper of the east gate. ³⁰ After him builded Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the son of Zalaph the sixth, that other peice. After him builded Meshullam the son of Barachiah over against his chest.

⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

⁶ The children of Pahathmoab among the children of Jeshua Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

⁴ Of the children of Pahathmoab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men.

¹¹ The children of Pahathmoab among the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred, and eighteen;

⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

¹⁴ The heads of the people were: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

²⁵ And all the women that were wise hearted to work with their hands, span; and brought the spun work, both of jacinth, scarlet, purple and bysse.

⁹ Next unto him builded Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ But the Dung port builded Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of the vineyards: he builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof. ¹⁵ But the Well gate builded Shallum the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the fourth part of Mizphah; He builded it, covered it, and set on the doors, locks, and bars thereof, and the wall unto the pool of Siloam by the king's garden, unto the steps that go down from the city of David. ¹⁶ After him builded Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half quarter of Bethzur, until the other side over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was repaired, and unto the house of the mighty. ¹⁷ After him builded the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him builded Hashabiah the ruler of the half quarter at Keilah in his quarter. ¹⁸ After him builded their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half quarter of Keilah.

⁸ The next day, we that were of Paul's company, departed and came unto Caesarea. And we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven deacons, and abode with him. ⁹ The same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

³ Yea, and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and with others, my labour fellows, whose names are in the book of life.

³⁴ Zanoah, Engannim, Tappuah and Enam;

⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah;

¹⁸ And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh which Mered took.

⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong.

¹³ And I rode by night unto the valley port before the Dragon well, and to the Dung port, and considered the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down, and the ports thereof consumed with the fire.

³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages; At Lachish, and in the fields thereof; At Azekah, and in the villages thereof; And dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

¹² Next unto him builded Shallum the son of Hallohesh the ruler of the half quarter of Jerusalem, and his daughters. ¹³ The valley gate builded Hanun, and the citizens of Zanoah. They builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall, unto the Dung port.

³¹ And I caused the princes of Judah to go up upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs of thanksgiving, which went on the righthand of the wall toward the Dung gate,

¹ Come out of Jerusalem, ye strong children of Benjamin! Blow up the trumpets ye Tekoites, set up a token unto Bethhaccherem; for a plague and a great misery peepeth out from the North.

¹ Then all the children of Israel went out: and there gathered a congregation together as it had been but one man, even from Dan to Beersheba and out of the land of Gilead, unto the land to Mizpeh.

³ And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizphah. Then said the children of Israel, "Tell us how this wickedness happened."

⁶ Then went the king and his men to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusites the inhabiters of the land. And they said unto David, "Except thou take away the blind and the lame thou shalt not come in hither" — meaning thereby that David should not have come in thither. ⁷ Nevertheless David took the hold of Zion, which is in the city of David.

⁴ And thereto the city was broken up: wherefore all the men of arms fled by night, by a way through a gate, between two walls hard on the king's garden: the Chaldeans lying about the city. And the king went straight toward the desert.

³⁰ And the said Hezekiah stopped the upper water springs of Gihon and brought them down to the West side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

¹⁴ And I went over unto the well port, and to the king's conduit; and there was no room for my beast, that it could go under me.

⁷ Next unto them builded Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizphah; where he that was captain on this side the water had a mansion.

¹⁴ But the Dung port builded Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of the vineyards: he builded it, and set on the doors, locks and bars thereof.

³⁷ toward the Wellgate, and they went up over against them upon the steps of the city of David at the going up of the wall to the house of David, unto the Watergate Eastward.

⁶ "Forasmuch as the people refuseth the still-running water of Siloam, and put their delight in Rezin and Remaliah's son:

⁶ Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizphah, and dwelt there with him among the people that were left in the land.

⁴ Or those eighteen upon which the tower in Siloam fell and slew them: think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem?

⁷ and said unto him, "Go wash thee in the pool of Siloam" — which by interpretation, signifieth Sent. He went his way and washed, and came again seeing.

⁵⁸ Halhul Bethzur, and Gedor;

²⁷ In whose stead, king Rehoboam made brazen shields and put them in the keeping of the captains of the guard which waited at the door of the king's house. ²⁸ And as oft as the king went in to the house of the LORD, they of his guard bare them, and ever brought them again into the guard chamber.

²⁰ The remnant of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his power, and how he made a pool and a conduit and brought the water into the city, are written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Bethzur.

⁷ Bethzur, Socoh and Adullam;

¹⁰ Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house. ¹¹ And as oft as the king went to the house of the LORD, the guard went and fetched them, and brought them again unto the guard chamber.

¹⁴ And they buried him in his own sepulchre which he had made in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which he had filled with sweet odours of divers kinds, made by the craft of the apothecaries. And they did exceeding great cost about burying of him.

⁷ Behold, about Solomon's bedstead there stand sixty valiant men of the most mighty in Israel.

³ Then said God unto Isaiah, "Go meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shearjashub, at the head of the over pole, in the foot path by the fuller's ground,

¹¹ And ye shall make a pit betwixt the twain walls of the water of the old pool, and nothing regard him that took it in hand, and made it long ago.

²⁹ "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David: For he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre remaineth with us unto his day.

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

¹ Then men told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and spoil the barns." ² Then David asked the LORD's advice, saying, "Shall I go and smite the Philistines?" And the LORD said unto David, "Go, and smite the Philistines and save Keilah." ³ Then said David's men unto him, "See, we be afraid here in Judah. What shall we then be, when we come to Keilah, to the host of the Philistines?" ⁴ Then David asked the LORD again. And the LORD answered him and said, "Up, and go to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hands." ⁵ And so David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and drave away their cattle and slew a great slaughter of them. And so David saved the inhabiters of Keilah. ⁶ And it chanced when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah that he brought an ephod in his hand. ⁷ And it was told Saul, that David was come to Keilah. Then said Saul, "God hath delivered him into mine hand. For he is shut in, that he is come into a town with gates and bars." ⁸ And Saul called all the people to war, for to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men. ⁹ But David had knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, and said therefore to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod." ¹⁰ Then said David, "O LORD God of Israel, thy servant heareth that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Or will Saul come as thy servant heareth say? LORD God of Israel, tell thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come." ¹² Then said David, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will deliver you." ¹³ Then David and his men, which were upon a six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went whither chance drave them. And when it was told Saul, that David was fled from Keilah, he let the journey alone.

⁴ Of which twenty four thousand were set to further the work of the house of the LORD. And six thousand were officers and judges.

¹⁶ After him builded Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half quarter of Bethzur, until the other side over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was repaired, and unto the house of the mighty.

⁹ The Levites were: Jeshua the son of Azariah, Binnui among the children of Henadad and Kadmiel.

⁸ The Levites were these: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, over the office of thanksgiving, they and their brethren:

¹ And Eliashib the high priest gat him up with his brethren the priests, and builded the Sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up the doors of it: even unto the tower of Meah hallowed they it, namely unto the tower of Hananel.

²² And in the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, were the chief fathers among the Levites and the priests written under the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The children of Levi the principal fathers were written in the Chronicles, until the time of Jonathan the son of Eliashib.

⁴ And before this had the Priest Eliashib delivered the chest of the house of our God unto his kinsman Tobiah:

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

¹¹ Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

⁶¹ And of the children of the priests: The children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was counted among the same names:

⁶³ And of the priests, the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was named after their name.

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

²⁸ And the children of the singers gathered themselves together from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

¹⁰ Next unto him builded Jedaiah the son of Harumaph over against his house. Next unto him builded Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.

⁴ And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high pulpit of wood, which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his righthand: and on his left hand stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

⁷ And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to give heed unto the law, and the people stood in their place.

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

¹¹ But Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab builded the other piece, and the tower beside the furnace.

³ The children of Parosh, two thousand, a hundred, and two and seventy;

⁸ The children of Parosh were two thousand, a hundred, and two and seventy;

¹⁴ He thinketh in himself, 'I will build me a wide house, and gorgeous parlors.' He causeth windows to be hewn therein, and the ceilings and joists maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper.

² what time as the king of Babylon's Host laid siege unto Jerusalem. But Jeremiah the prophet lay bound in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house:

¹ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah on this manner, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison,

²¹ Then Zedekiah the king commanded to put Jeremiah in the fore entry of the prison, and daily to be given him a cake of bread of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the fore entry of the prison.

⁸ Moreover, the Chaldeans burnt up the king's palace, with the other houses of the people, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ and caused him be let out of the fore entry of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan: that he should carry him home, and so he dwelt among the people. ¹⁵ Now while Jeremiah lay yet bound in the fore entry of the prison, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

² And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.

³ He built the high gate of the temple of the LORD, and on the wall Ophel he built much.

⁴³ The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth; ⁴⁴ The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon; ⁴⁵ The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub; ⁴⁶ The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan; ⁴⁷ The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah; ⁴⁸ The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam; ⁴⁹ The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai; ⁵⁰ The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim; ⁵¹ The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; ⁵² The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; ⁵³ The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; ⁵⁴ The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The children of Solomon's servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda; ⁵⁶ The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel; ⁵⁷ The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pocherethhazzebaim, the children of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.

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

¹ Now when the seventh month drew nigh, and the children of Israel were in their cities, all the people gathered themselves together as one man upon the street before the Watergate, and said unto Ezra the scribe that he should fetch the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD commanded to Israel.

³ And read therein in the street that is before the Watergate, from the morning until the noon day before men and women, and such as could understand it: and the ears of all the people were inclined unto the book of the law.

¹⁶ And the people went up, and fetched them, and made them booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street by the Watergate, and in the street by port Ephraim.

²⁸ And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it,

²¹ And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims.

⁵ Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord.

¹⁶ And they laid hands on her, and she went the way that the horses of the kings went out and was slain there.

¹⁵ And they laid hands on her, and when she was come out to the entering of the horse gate in the king's house, they slew her there.

⁴⁰ and the whole valley of the dead carcasses, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron: and from thence unto the corner of the horse gate toward the East, whereas the Sanctuary of the LORD also shall be set. And when it is now builded, and set up of this fashion it shall never be broken, nor cast down anymore."

³⁷ The children of Immer, a thousand, and two and fifty;

² And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the children of Elam, answered, and said unto Ezra, "We have trespassed against the LORD our God, in that we have taken strange wives of the people of the land. Now there is hope yet in Israel concerning this:

⁴⁰ The children of Immer, a thousand, and two and fifty;

² into the valley of the children of Hinnom, which lieth before the port that is made of brick, and show them there the words, that I shall tell thee,

⁸ Next unto him builded Uzziel the son of Harhaiah the goldsmith. Next unto him builded Hananiah the Apothecary's son, and they repaired Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

³¹ After him builded Malchijah the goldsmith's son, until the house of the Nethinims, and of the merchants over against the council gate, and to the parlor in the corner.