Nehemiah 3 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep–gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof,––even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel; ² and, at his hand, built, the men of Jericho,––and at his [other] hand built Zaccur, son of Imri. ³ And, the fish–gate, did the sons of Hassenaah build,––they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof; ⁴ and, at their hand, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, and, at their hand, repaired, Meshullum son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel,––and, at their hand, repaired, Zadok son of Baana; ⁵ and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites,––but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords. ⁶ And, the old gate, did Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah, repair,––they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof; ⁷ and, at their hand, repaired, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,––who pertained to the throne of the pasha Beyond the River; ⁸ at his hand, repaired, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, and, at his hand, repaired Hananiah son of the perfumers,––and they fortified Jerusalem, as far as the broad wall; ⁹ and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half–circuit of Jerusalem; ¹⁰ and, at their hand, repaired, Jedaiah son of Harumaph, even over against his own house,––and, at his hand, repaired, Hattush, son of Hashabneiah; ¹¹ a second length, did Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath–moab, repair,––also the tower of the ovens; ¹² and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half–circuit of Jerusalem,––he and his daughters. ¹³ The valley–gate, did Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repair,––they, built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,––also a thousand cubits in the wall, as far as the dung–gate. ¹⁴ And, the dung–gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth–haccherem, repair,––he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof. ¹⁵ And, the fountain–gate, did Shallun son of Col–hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,––also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David; ¹⁶ after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half–circuit of Beth–zur,––as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes; ¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani,––at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half–circuit of Keilah, for his circuit; ¹⁸ after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad,––ruler of the [other] half–circuit of Keilah; ¹⁹ and there repaired at his hand, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, a second length,––over against the ascent of the armoury, at the corner; ²⁰ after him, zealously repaired Baruch son of Zabbai, a second length,––from the corner, unto the opening of the house of Eliashib, the high priest; ²¹ after him, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, a second length,––from the opening of the house of Eliashib, even unto the end of the house of Eliashib; ²² and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit; ²³ after him, repaired, Benjamin and Hasshub, over against their own house,––after him, repaired, Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah, beside his own house; ²⁴ after him, repaired, Binnui son of Henadad, a second length,––from the house of Azariah, unto the corner, even unto the pinnacle: ²⁵ Palal, son of Uzai, from over against the corner, and the tower that projecteth from the upper house of the king, which belongeth to the court of custody,––after him, Pedaiah son of Parosh. ²⁶ Now, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel,––as far as over against the water–gate, on the east, and the tower that projecteth; ²⁷ after him, repaired, the Tekoites, a second length,––from over against the great tower that projecteth, even unto the wall of Ophel: ²⁸ from beside the horse–gate, repaired the priests, every one over against his own house; ²⁹ after him, repaired, Zadok son of Immer, over against his own house,––and, after him, repaired, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the east–gate; ³⁰ after him, repaired, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph, a second length,––after him, repaired, Meshullam son of Berechiah, over against his chamber; ³¹ after him, repaired, Malchijah son of Zorphi, as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the traders,––over against the muster–gate, even unto the ascent of the pinnacle; ³² and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep–gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.

⁵ Then shall the officers speak unto the people, saying, Who is the man that 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 after him, zealously repaired Baruch son of Zabbai, a second length,––from the corner, unto the opening of the house of Eliashib, the high priest;

³² and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep–gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.

¹ And it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and there was left therein no breach,––though, up to that time, the doors, had I not set up in the gates,

¹ And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,––and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites had been appointed,

¹⁰ And Jeshua, begat Joiakim,––and Joiakim, begat Eliashib, and, Eliashib, [begat] Joiada;

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

³⁹ and above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the old gate, and upon the fish–gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even as far as the sheep–gate,––and they came to a stand, at the gate of the guard.

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

¹ [A Melody. A Song for the Dedication of the House. David’s.]
I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up,––and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.

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

⁹ Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

³⁸ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, That the city, shall be built for Yahweh, From the tower of Hananeel, [As far as] the gate of the corner;

¹⁰ All the land shall turn into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem,––and shall lift herself on high and abide in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin up to the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel up to the wine–presses of the king.

² Now there is in Jerusalem, at the Sheep–gate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha,––having, five porches.

³⁴ The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty–five;

³⁶ The sons of Jericho, 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 the Gihon in the ravine, even to the entering in through the fish–gate, and went round to Ophel, and carried it up very high,––and put captains of valour in all the fortified cities, throughout Judah.

⁸ also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁶ And, the old gate, did Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah, repair,––they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof;

¹⁰ And there shall come to be, in that day, declareth Yahweh, The noise of an outcry from the fish–gate, and of a howling out of the new city,––and of a great crashing, from the hills.

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

²¹ after him, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, a second length,––from the opening of the house of Eliashib, even unto the end of the house of Eliashib;

⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin;

¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai;

²³ Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of Yahweh, Curse ye with a curse, the inhabitants thereof,––because they came not in to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh, against the mighty.

² So Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from thence, a wise woman,––and said unto her––I pray thee, feign thyself a mourner, and put on, I pray thee, mourning apparel, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath, these many days, been mourning for the dead;

²⁷ after him, repaired, the Tekoites, a second length,––from over against the great tower that projecteth, even unto the wall of Ophel:

⁴ And, I, said,––Only, poor people, are, they,––They act foolishly, For they know not, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! ⁵ I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord, have, broken the yoke, torn off the bands.

² Thus, said Yahweh unto me, Make thee, bonds and bars, and put them upon thine own neck.

⁸ And it shall come to pass, that, the nation or kingdom which will not serve him, even Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,––with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, will I bring punishment upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, until I have consumed them by his hand.

¹² Also, unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words, saying,––Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live!

⁸ And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, That I will break his yoke from off thy neck, And, thy bonds, will I tear off,––And foreigners, shall use him as a slave no more; ⁹ But they shall serve Yahweh 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,––of which (words) he had vision concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,––because, meek, am I and lowly, in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls;

¹⁰ Now, therefore, why are ye proving God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which, neither our fathers, nor we, have been able to bear.

²⁶ For be looking at the calling of you, brethren,––that [there were] not many wise, according to flesh. Not many powerful, not many high–born:

¹⁷ Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge––not to be high–minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches’, uncertainty,––but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying, ¹⁸ To be doing good, to be rich in noble works, to be, generous in giving, ready for fellowship,––

³ Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai; ⁴ they, however, acted craftily, and went and started,––and took old sacks for their asses, and leathern wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; ⁵ and sandals, old and patched, upon their feet, and worn–out mantles upon them,––and, all the bread of their provision, was dry and broken. ⁶ So they took their journey unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Gilgal,––and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, From a far country, are we come, Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. ⁷ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,––Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant? ⁸ And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye? ⁹ And they said unto him––From a very far country, have thy servants come, because of the name of Yahweh thy God,––because we had heard his fame, and all that he had done in Egypt; ¹⁰ and all that he had done unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan,––unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, and unto Og, king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth. ¹¹ So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spake unto us, saying––Take ye, in your hand, provision for the journey, and go your way to meet them,––then shall ye say unto them, Your servants, we are. Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. ¹² This our bread, took we, hot, for our provision, out of our houses, on the day we came forth to journey unto you,––but, now, lo! it is dry, yea it is broken; ¹³ and, these leathern wine bottles, which we filled new, lo! also, they are rent,––and, as for these our mantles and our sandals, they are worn out, by reason of the very long journey. ¹⁴ So the men took of their provision,––but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked.
¹⁵ And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live,––and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them. ¹⁶ And it came to pass, at the end of three days after they had solemnised with them a covenant, that they heard that, near neighbours, they were unto them, and, in their midst, they were dwelling. ¹⁷ So the sons of Israel brake up, and came in unto their cities on the third day,––their cities, being Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath–jearim. ¹⁸ And the sons of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Yahweh, God of Israel,––but all the assembly murmured against the princes. ¹⁹ And all the princes said unto all the assembly, We, have sworn unto them, by Yahweh, God of Israel,––now, therefore, we may not touch them. ²⁰ This, will we do unto them, even let them live,––lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them. ²¹ And the princes said unto them––Let them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them.
²² And Joshua called for them, and spake unto them, saying,––Wherefore did ye deceive us, saying––We are, very far, from you, whereas, ye, in our midst, are dwelling? ²³ Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,––and ye shall not cease to be in bond–service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God. ²⁴ And they responded to Joshua, and said––Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,––therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing. ²⁵ Now, therefore, here we are, in thy hand,––as may be good and right in thine eyes, to do unto us, do. ²⁶ And he did to them so,––and rescued them out of the hand of the sons of Israel, and they slew them not. ²⁷ And Joshua appointed them that day to be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the assembly,––and unto the altar of Yahweh, [as they are] until this day, in the place which he should choose.

² The king therefore called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now, the Gibeonites, were, not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, with whom, the sons of Israel, had entered into an oath, and Saul had sought to smite them, in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah)––

⁶ And, Asa the king, took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timbers thereof, which Baasha had used in building,––and he built therewith, Geba and Mizpah.

⁷ Then said I unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, may, letters, be given me, unto the pashas Beyond the River,––that they may convey me over, until I come into Judah; ⁸ also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

¹⁹ and there repaired at his hand, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, a second length,––over against the ascent of the armoury, at the corner;

² Then Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father,––so the physicians embalmed Israel.

²⁵ And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume, the work of a perfumer,––an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.

³¹ after him, repaired, Malchijah son of Zorphi, as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the traders,––over against the muster–gate, even unto the ascent of the pinnacle; ³² and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep–gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.

³⁸ And, the second choir, was going over against them, I, following it,––with the half of the people upon the wall, above the tower of the ovens, even as far as the broad wall;

¹ Dead flies, cause to stink [and] ferment, the oil of the perfumer,––More costly than wisdom or honour, is a little folly.

⁶ They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver, in a balance,––[Who] hire a goldsmith, that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;

¹² and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half–circuit of Jerusalem,––he and his daughters.

¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani,––at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half–circuit of Keilah, for his circuit;

²³ after him, repaired, Benjamin and Hasshub, over against their own house,––after him, repaired, Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah, beside his own house;

²⁸ from beside the horse–gate, repaired the priests, every one over against his own house; ²⁹ after him, repaired, Zadok son of Immer, over against his own house,––and, after him, repaired, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the east–gate; ³⁰ after him, repaired, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph, a second length,––after him, repaired, Meshullam son of Berechiah, over against his chamber;

⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch;

⁶ The sons of Pahath–moab, belonging to the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

⁴ Of the sons of Pahath–moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah,––and, with him, two hundred males;

¹¹ The sons of Pahath–moab, belonging to the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred, and eighteen;

⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah;

¹⁴ The heads of the people,––Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani;

²⁵ And, all the women who were wise–hearted, with their hands, did spin,––and brought in that which they had spun––the blue, and the purple, the crimson, and the fine linen.

⁹ and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half–circuit of Jerusalem;

¹⁴ And, the dung–gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth–haccherem, repair,––he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof. ¹⁵ And, the fountain–gate, did Shallun son of Col–hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,––also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David; ¹⁶ after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half–circuit of Beth–zur,––as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes; ¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani,––at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half–circuit of Keilah, for his circuit; ¹⁸ after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad,––ruler of the [other] half–circuit of Keilah;

⁸ and, on the morrow departing, we came to Caesarea, and, entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him. ⁹ Now––this man, had four virgin daughters, who used to prophesy.

³ Yea! I request thee also, true yokefellow, be thou helping together with these women,––who, indeed, in the joyful message, have maintained the combat with me, along with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow–workers, whose names, are in the book of life.

³⁴ and Zanoah and En–gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;

⁵⁶ and Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

¹⁸ And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

⁹ And Uzziah built towers, in Jerusalem, over the corner–gate, and over the valley–gate, and over the angle,––and he made them strong.

¹³ So I went forth through the valley–gate by night, even unto the front of the snake–fountain, and into the dung–gate,––and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, consumed with fire.

³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish, and the fields thereof, Azekah, and the hamlets thereof,––so they encamped from Beer–sheba, unto the valley of Hinnom.

¹² and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half–circuit of Jerusalem,––he and his daughters. ¹³ The valley–gate, did Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repair,––they, built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,––also a thousand cubits in the wall, as far as the dung–gate.

³¹ Then brought I up the rulers of Judah upon the wall,––and I appointed two large choirs, even to go in procession to the right, upon the wall, towards the dung–gate;

¹ Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, And, in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And, on Beth–haccherem, raise a fire–signal,––For, calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.

¹ Then went forth all the sons of Israel, and the assembly came together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba with the land of Gilead,––unto Yahweh at Mizpah.

³ And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. Then said the sons of Israel, Tell [us], In what manner was brought to pass this vileness?

⁶ Then went the king and his men, to Jerusalem, against the Jebusites, inhabiting the land,––and they spake to David, saying––Thou canst not come in hither, unless thou take away the blind and lame––Thinking, David will not come in hither. ⁷ So then David captured the citadel of Zion,––the same, is the city of David.

⁴ then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about,––and he went the way of the Waste Plain;

³⁰ And, the same Hezekiah, stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down the west side of the city of David,––and Hezekiah prospered in all his work.

¹⁴ Then passed I over unto the fountain–gate, and unto the pool of the king,––but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

⁷ and, at their hand, repaired, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,––who pertained to the throne of the pasha Beyond the River;

¹⁴ And, the dung–gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth–haccherem, repair,––he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

³⁷ and, over they fountain gate and straight before 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 as far as the water–gate, eastward.

⁶ Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly,––and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

⁶ Then came, Jeremiah unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt with him in the midst of the people who were left in the land.

⁴ Or, those eighteen, upon whom fell the tower in Siloam, and slew them, suppose ye that, they, had become, debtors, beyond all the men who were dwelling in Jerusalem?

⁷ and said unto him––Withdraw! wash in the pool of Siloam,––which is to be translated, Sent. He went away, therefore, and washed, and came, seeing.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,

²⁷ So King Rehoboam made, in their stead, bucklers of bronze,––and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king. ²⁸ And so it was, whensoever the king went into the house of Yahweh, the runners bare them, and then brought them back into the chamber of the runners.

²⁰ Now, the rest of the story of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool and an aqueduct, and brought water into the city, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles 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 Soco, and Adullam;

¹⁰ And King Rehoboam made, instead of them, bucklers of bronze,––and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king. ¹¹ And so it was, whensoever the king came into the house of Yahweh, the runners came and bare them, and then returned them into the chamber of the runners.

¹⁴ and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices––yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer’s art,––and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.

⁷ Lo! his couch, ‘tis Solomon’s own, Threescore heroes, around it,––of the heroes of Israel:

³ Then said Yahweh, unto Isaiah, Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son,––unto the end of the channel of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller’s field;

¹¹ And a reservoir, ye made, between the two walls, for the waters of the ancient pool,––And had no regard unto him that made it, Nor, unto him that formed it long ago, had ye respect.

²⁹ Brethren! it is, allowable, to say with freedom of speech unto you, concerning 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, with their villages.

¹ Then told they David, saying,––Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing–floors. ² So David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Yahweh said unto David––Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. ³ But the men of David said unto him, Lo! we, here, in Judah, are afraid,––how much more, then, if we go to Keilah, against the ranks of the Philistines? ⁴ So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him,––and said––Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand. ⁵ David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. ⁶ Now it came to pass, when Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, fled unto David to Keilah, that he came down with, an ephod, in his hand.
⁷ And, when it was told Saul that David had entered Keilah, Saul said––God hath given him over into my hand, for he hath shut himself in by entering into a city with folding doors and bar. ⁸ So Saul summoned all the people to war,––to go down to Keilah, to besiege David, and his men. ⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,––to destroy the city, for my sake: ¹¹ Will the owners of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yahweh, God of Israel, I pray thee, tell thy servant. And Yahweh said––He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said––They will surrender. ¹³ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred, and went forth out of Keilah, and went to and fro, whithersoever they could,––and, unto Saul, it was told that David had escaped out of Keilah, so he forbare to go forth.

⁴ Of these––to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty–four thousand,––and officers and judges, six thousand;

¹⁶ after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half–circuit of Beth–zur,––as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes;

⁹ And, the Levites,––Jeshua, son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

⁸ And, the Levites, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah,––over the choirs, he and his brethren;

¹ Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep–gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof,––even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel;

²² The Levites––in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded as ancestral chiefs,––also the priests, unto the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ the sons of Levi, ancestral heads, were written in the book of Chronicles,––even until the days of Johanan, son of Eliashib.

⁴ Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah;

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do,––for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

¹¹ In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

⁶¹ And, of the sons of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz,––the sons of Barzillai, who took of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

⁶³ And, of the priests, the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz,––the sons of Barzillai, who had taken of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

² that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come! and let us meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono,––But, they, were plotting to do me harm.

²⁸ So the sons of the singers gathered themselves together,––both out of the circuit round about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of the Netophathites;

¹⁰ and, at their hand, repaired, Jedaiah son of Harumaph, even over against his own house,––and, at his hand, repaired, Hattush, son of Hashabneiah;

⁴ And Ezra the scribe stood upon a lofty platform of wood, which they had made for the purpose, and there stood, beside him, Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand,––and, on his left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

⁷ And, Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, did cause the people to understand the law, the people, remaining in their places.

² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

¹¹ a second length, did Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath–moab, repair,––also the tower of the ovens;

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

⁸ The sons of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred, and seventy–two;

¹⁴ Who saith––I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof–chambers,––So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion.

² and, then, the forces of the king of Babylon, were besieging Jerusalem,––and, Jeremiah the prophet, had been shut up in the guard–court, which was in the house of the king of Judah;

¹ And the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah, the second time, when he, was yet, imprisoned in the guard–court, saying:

²¹ Then King Zedekiah gave command and they committed Jeremiah into the guard–court, and [said] that there should be given him a cake of bread daily, out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread out of the city, should be spent. So Jeremiah remained, in the guard–court.

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

¹⁴ yea they sent and fetched Jeremiah out of the guard–court, and delivered him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to bring him forth into a home, so he dwelt in the midst of the people. ¹⁵ Now, unto Jeremiah, had come the word of Yahweh, while he was yet shut up, in the guard–court, saying:

² Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

³ He, built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh,–and, on the wall of Ophel, built he extensively.

⁴³ The Nethinim, 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 Shamlai, 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 Meunim, the sons of Nephisim; 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 Temah; ⁵⁴ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The Sons of the Servants of Solomon. The sons of Sotai, the sons of Hasso–phereth, 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–hazzebaim, the sons of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon, were three hundred and ninety–two.

⁴⁶ The Nethinim, The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, 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 Salmai; 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 Nephushesim; 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 Temah; ⁵⁶ the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

¹ Then all the people gathered themselves together as one man, into the broadway that was before the water–gate,––and they spake unto Ezra the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded Israel.

³ and read therein, before the broad place which was before the water–gate, from the time it was light, until the noon of the day, in presence of the men and the women, and such as had understanding,––and, the ears of all the people, were unto the book of the law.

¹⁶ So the people went forth, and brought in, and made themselves booths, every one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water–gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

²⁸ And, the rest of the people––the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters,––every one having knowledge and understanding,

²¹ Howbeit, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel,––and, Ziha and Gishpa, were over the Nethinim.

⁵ and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites,––but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords.

¹⁶ So they made way for her, and she entered the road by which the horses approached the house of the king, and was slain there.

¹⁵ So they made way for her, and she came into the entrance of the horse–gate of the house of the king,––and they slew her there.

⁴⁰ And, all the vale of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron torrent–bed, as far as the horse–gate corner on the east, Shall be holy unto Yahweh,––It shall not be rooted up, nor thrown down, any more, unto times age–abiding.

³⁷ The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty–two;

² Then responded Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam, and said unto Ezra, We, have been faithful with our God, and have married foreign women from among the peoples of the land,––yet, now, there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

⁴⁰ The sons of Immer, a thousand, and fifty–two;

² Then shalt thou go forth into the valley of Ben–hinnom, which is at the opening of the gate of potsherds; and proclaim there, the words which I shall speak unto thee;

⁸ at his hand, repaired, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, and, at his hand, repaired Hananiah son of the perfumers,––and they fortified Jerusalem, as far as the broad wall;

³¹ after him, repaired, Malchijah son of Zorphi, as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the traders,––over against the muster–gate, even unto the ascent of the pinnacle;