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  Nehemiah

  1:1 The he palace,

  1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he aain men of Judah; and I asked them ing the Jey, and ing Jerusalem.

  1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are i affli and reproach: the h fire.

  1:4 And it came to pass, he God of heaven,

  1:5 And said, I beseech thee, od of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth ant and mercy for them that love him and observe hismas:

  1:6 Let thine ear noher"s house have sinned.

  1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept themas, nor the statutes, nor the judgments,Moses.

  1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the ions:

  1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep mymas, and do them; though there here.

  1:1 hand.

  1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let nohe king"s cupbearer.

  2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, iieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that ime sad in his presence.

  2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy tenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorro. Then I was very sore afraid,

  2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: h fire?

  2:4 Then the king said unto me, For he God of heaven.

  2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou .

  2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For hoime.

  2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be giveo the governors beyond the river, that they may vey me over till Ie into Judah;

  2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king"s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace he good hand of my God upon me.

  2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king"s letters. Noh me.

  2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there he children of Israel.

  2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and hree days.

  2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some fe I rode upon.

  2:13 And I h fire.

  2:14 Then I o pass.

  2:15 Then urned.

  2:16 And the rulers knehe work.

  2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress thatwe be no more a reproach.

  2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God his good work.

  2:19 But he king?

  2:20 Then ans, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

  3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up ower of Hananeel.

  3:2 A unto him builded the men of Jericho. Ao them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

  3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, hereof.

  3:4 A unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. A unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. A unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

  3:5 A unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the heir LORD.

  3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, a up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  3:7 A unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.

  3:8unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

  3:9 A unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.

  3:10 A unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even ainst his house. A unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.

  3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tohe furnaces.

  3:12 A unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

  3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, a up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the e.

  3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, a up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, a up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the y of David.

  3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place ainst the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that y.

  3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani.unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

  3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.

  3:19 Ao him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece ainst the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

  3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai early repaired the other piece, from the turning of the .

  3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

  3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

  3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub ainst their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.

  3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the he er.

  3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, ainst the turning of the he son of Parosh.

  3:26 Moreover the hinims d.

  3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, ainst the great tohe wall of Ophel.

  3:28 From above the hate repaired the priests, every one ainst his house.

  3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer ainst his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Sheiah, the keeper of the east gate.

  3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah ainst his chamber.

  3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith"s son unto the place of the hinims, and of the merts, ainst the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the er.

  3:32 Ahe going up of the er unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merts.

  4:1 But it came to pass, that he Jews.

  4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jehe rubbish which are burned?

  4:3 Noone wall.

  4:4 Hear, od; for y:

  4:5 And cover not their iniquity, a not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  4:6 So built o work.

  4:7 But it came to pass, that h,

  4:8 And spired all of them together toe and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hi.

  4:9 heless hem.

  4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that he wall.

  4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not knoo cease.

  4:12 And it came to pass, that hey will be upon you.

  4:13 Therefore set I in the loheir bows.

  4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, ers, your wives, and your houses.

  4:15 And it came to pass, o his work.

  4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants he house of Judah.

  4:17 They her hand held a on.

  4:18 For the builders, every one had his s was by me.

  4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The her.

  4:20 Infor us.

  4:21 So ars appeared.

  4:22 Likehe day.

  4:23 So her I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard hem off for washing.

  5:1 And there he Jews.

  5:2 For there , and live.

  5:3 Some also there h.

  5:4 Thereupon our lands and vineyards.

  5:5 Yet noher men have our lands and vineyards.

  5:6 And I hese words.

  5:7 Then I sulted hem.

  5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jeo answer.

  5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to hen our enemies?

  5:10 I likehis usury.

  5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the huh part of the money, and of the , the hem.

  5:12 Then said they, We his promise.

  5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, aied. And all the gregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did acc to this promise.

  5:14 Moreover from the time that I he governor.

  5:15 But the fovernors that had been before me he fear of God.

  5:16 Yea, also I tinued in the he work.

  5:17 Moreover thereus.

  5:18 Nohis people.

  5:19 Think upon me, my God, food, acc to all that I have done for this people.

  6:1 Noes;)

  6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, e, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

  6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great o you?

  6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I anshe same manner.

  6:5 The Sanballat his servant unto me in like mahe fifth time er in his hand;

  6:6 Wherein hese words.

  6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and noher.

  6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feighem out of thine o.

  6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be hen my hands.

  6:10 Afterhee.

  6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? andgo in.

  6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronouhis prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

  6:13 Thereforereproach me.

  6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat acc to these theirme in fear.

  6:15 So the y ando days.

  6:16 And it came to pass, thatof od.

  6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent maers unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

  6:18 For there he son of Berechiah.

  6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered myme in fear.

  7:1 Noed,

  7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he hful man, and feared God above many.

  7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the su; andhis house.

  7:4 No builded.

  7:5 And my God put into mi to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reed by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them herein,

  7:6 These are the children of the provihat y;

  7:7 Who came his;

  7:8 The children of Parosh,o thousand an hundred seventy ando.

  7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy ando.

  7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty ando.

  7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,o thousand a hundred aeen.

  7:12 The children of Elam, a thousando hundred fifty and four.

  7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

  7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

  7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty a.

  7:16 The children of Bebai, six huy a.

  7:17 The children of Azgad,o thousand three huy ando.

  7:18 The children of Adonikam, six huhreescore and seven.

  7:19 The children of Bigvai,o thousand threescore and seven.

  7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

  7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ny a.

  7:22 The children of Hashum, three huy a.

  7:23 The children of Bezai, three huy and four.

  7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred andelve.

  7:25 The children of Gibeon, ny and five.

  7:26 The men of Bethlehem aophah, an hundred fourscore a.

  7:27 The men of Anathoth, an huy a.

  7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty ando.

  7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, ah, seven hundred forty and three.

  7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six huy and one.

  7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred ay ando.

  7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an huy and three.

  7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty ando.

  7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousando hundred fifty and four.

  7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred ay.

  7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

  7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven huy and one.

  7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

  7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

  7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty ando.

  7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousando hundred forty and seven.

  7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand aeen.

  7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

  7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty a.

  7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an huhirty a.

  7:46 The hinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

  7:47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

  7:48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,

  7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

  7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

  7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,

  7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,

  7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

  7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

  7:55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,

  7:56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

  7:57 The children of Solomon"s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

  7:58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

  7:59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

  7:60 All the hinims, and the children of Solomon"s servants, hree hundred ny ando.

  7:61 And these hey were of Israel.

  7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty ando.

  7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, heir name.

  7:64 These sought their register among those that hood.

  7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they shouldof the most holy things, till there stood up a priest h Urim and Thummim.

  7:66 The hreescore,

  7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of y and five singing men and singing women.

  7:68 Their horses, seven huhirty and six: their mules,o hundred forty and five:

  7:69 Their camels, four huhirty and five: six thousand seven hundred ay asses.

  7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the s.

  7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the housand ando hundred pound of silver.

  7:72 And that s.

  7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the hinims, and all Israel, dies.

  8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that o Israel.

  8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the lah.

  8:3 And he read therein before the street that he law.

  8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit ofhand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

  8:5 And Ezra opehe book in the sight of all the people; (for he ood up:

  8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people anshe ground.

  8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to uand the laheir place.

  8:8 So they read in the book in the lahe reading.

  8:9 And Nehemiah, he law.

  8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your h.

  8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; her be ye grieved.

  8:12 And all the people hem.

  8:13 And on the sed day he law.

  8:14 And they found h:

  8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, ach olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is en.

  8:16 So the people e of Ephraim.

  8:17 And all the gregation of them thatgladness.

  8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the lahe manner.

  9:1 Nohem.

  9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and fessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

  9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the laheir God.

  9:4 Then stood up upoairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and ani, and cried heir God.

  9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, ahahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD yod for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, ed above all blessing and praise.

  9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alohou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, hee.

  9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, he name of Abraham;

  9:8 And fou his heart faithful before thee, and madest a ant eous:

  9:9 And didst see the affli of our fathers i, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

  9:10 And shehis day.

  9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they ers.

  9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the hey should go.

  9:13 Thou camest dos:

  9:14 And madest kno:

  9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth hem.

  9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardeheir necks, and hearkened not to thymas,

  9:17 And refused to obey, her .

  9:18 Yea, ions;

  9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the hey should go.

  9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and .

  9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the .

  9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into ers: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

  9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, ing .

  9:24 So the children hey would.

  9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods,goodness.

  9:26 heless they ions.

  9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, heir enemies.

  9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominiohem: yet hy mercies;

  9:29 Aifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy la hear.

  9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, aifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet he lands.

  9:31 heless for thy great mercies" sake thou didst not utterly e them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

  9:32 Nohis day.

  9:33 Ho we have done wickedly:

  9:34 her have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy lahem.

  9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodhat thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land heir wicked works.

  9:36 Behold, :

  9:37 And it yieldeth mucrease unto the kings ress.

  9:38 And because of all this .

  10:1 Nohe son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

  10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

  10:3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

  10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

  10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

  10:6 Daniel, Gihon, Baruch,

  10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

  10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these s.

  10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

  10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

  10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

  10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

  10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

  10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

  10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

  10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

  10:17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

  10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

  10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

  10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

  10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

  10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

  10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

  10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

  10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

  10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

  10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

  10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the hinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the laanding;

  10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, aered into a curse, and into an oath, to es;

  10:30 And that ers for our sons:

  10:31 And if the people of the land bring .

  10:32 Also he house of od;

  10:33 For the shehe house of od.

  10:34 And he law:

  10:35 And t the firstfruits of round, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

  10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is he house of od:

  10:37 And that illage.

  10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be reasure house.

  10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring theof the , of the nehe house of od.

  11:1 And the rulers of the people dies.

  11:2 And the people blessed all the men, thatJerusalem.

  11:3 Nos.

  11:4 And at Jerusalem dhe children of Perez;

  11:5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

  11:6 All the sons of Perez that d men.

  11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

  11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine huy a.

  11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri y.

  11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Ja.

  11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, he house of God.

  11:12 And their brethren that did the he son of Malchiah.

  11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers,o hundred forty ando: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

  11:14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an huy a: and their overseermen.

  11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

  11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the ht of the oard business of the house of God.

  11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, hun.

  11:18 All the Levites in the holy city wereo hundred fourscore and four.

  11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, y ando.

  11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, ance.

  11:21 But the hinims dhinims.

  11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem he house of God.

  11:23 For it he singers, due for every day.

  11:24 Ahahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, he people.

  11:25 And for the villages, hereof,

  11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

  11:27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,

  11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

  11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

  11:30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dhe valley of Hinnom.

  11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dheir villages.

  11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

  11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

  11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

  11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

  11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

  12:1 Noiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

  12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

  12:3 Sheiah, Rehum, Meremoth,

  12:4 Iddo, Giho, Abijah,

  12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

  12:6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

  12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These he days of Jeshua.

  12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, hren.

  12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, ches.

  12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

  12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonatha Jaddua.

  12:12 And in the days of Joiakim hers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

  12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

  12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

  12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

  12:16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Gihon, Meshullam;

  12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:

  12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

  12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

  12:20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

  12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, haneel.

  12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, he Persian.

  12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, he son of Eliashib.

  12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel,ward.

  12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, es.

  12:26 These he scribe.

  12:27 And at the dedication of the h harps.

  12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain try round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of ophathi;

  12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

  12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

  12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the e:

  12:32 And after them he princes of Judah,

  12:33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

  12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

  12:35 Aain of the priests" sons he son of Asaph:

  12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, haneel, and Judah, Hanani, hem.

  12:37 And at the fountain gate, e eaard.

  12:38 And the otherpany of them that gave thanks he broad wall;

  12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the toe.

  12:40 So stood theopanies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers h me:

  12:41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, s;

  12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, heir overseer.

  12:43 Also that day they reat sacrifices, and rejoiced: fod had made them rejoice he joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

  12:44 And at that time ed.

  12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept theof David, and of Solomon his son.

  12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there o God.

  12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

  13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein ion of God for ever;

  13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel o a blessing.

  13:3 Noude.

  13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the ht of the chamber of the house of od, o Tobiah:

  13:5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, s.

  13:6 But in all this time he king:

  13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and uood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

  13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

  13:9 Then Imanded, and they sed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, he frankinse.

  13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the o his field.

  13:11 Then tended I heir place.

  13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of theand the nereasuries.

  13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: ao them hren.

  13:14 Remember me, O my God, ing this, and hereof.

  13:15 In those days sauals.

  13:16 There dhe children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

  13:17 Then I tended h day?

  13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did notall this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more h.

  13:19 And it came to pass, that h day.

  13:20 So the merts and sellers of all kind ofJerusalem once orice.

  13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the h.

  13:22 And Imahe Levites that they should se themselves, and that they shoulde ahe gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, ing this also, and spare me acc to the greatness of thy mercy.

  13:23 In those days also sa had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

  13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jehe language of each people.

  13:25 And I tended o your sons, or for yourselves.

  13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations o sin.

  13:27 Shall range wives?

  13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, herefore I chased him from me.

  13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the ant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

  13:30 Thus sed I them from all strangers, and appoihe es, every one in his business;

  13:31 And for the s. Remember me, O my God, food.