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    <book number='16' name='Nehemiah' abbreviation='Neh' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2446'>Hachaliah</strongs>. And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='3691'>Chisleu</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7800'>Shushan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1002'>palace</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That <strongs hebrew='2607'>Hanani</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4480 251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and <em>certain</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3063'>Judah</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>that had <strongs hebrew='6413'>escaped</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, The <strongs hebrew='7604'>remnant</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>affliction</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>also <em>is</em> broken <strongs hebrew='6555'>down</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof are <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, that I sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='56'>mourned</strongs><em>certain</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961 6684'>fasted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>prayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='577'>beseech</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3372'>terrible</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>for them that <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>him and <strongs hebrew='8104'>observe</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Let thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7183'>attentive</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs>, that thou mayest <strongs hebrew='8085 413'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3117'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3034 5921'>confess</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee: both <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>We have dealt very <strongs hebrew='2254 2254'>corruptly</strongs>against thee, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6680'>commandedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='4994'>beseech</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6680'>commandedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <em>If</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='4603'>transgress</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will scatter you <strongs hebrew='6327 *853'>abroad</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>nations</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>But <em>if</em> ye <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>of you cast <strongs hebrew='5080'>out</strongs>unto the uttermost <strongs hebrew='7097'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, <em>yet</em> will I <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>them from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7931'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Now <strongs hebrew='1992'>these</strongs><em>are</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemed</strongs>by thy <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>, and by thy <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='577'>beseech</strongs>thee, let <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7183'>attentive</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='2655'>desire</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='4994'>pray</strongs>thee, thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>grant</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercy</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. For <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4945'>cupbearer</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='5212'>Nisan</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='783'>Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him: and I took <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><em>it</em> unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. Now I had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><em>formerly</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>sad</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Wherefore the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>sad</strongs>, seeing <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs><em>else</em> <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='7455'>sorrow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. Then I was <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, Let the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7489'>sad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1004'>place</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulchers</strongs>, <em>lieth</em> <strongs hebrew='2720'>waste</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof are <strongs hebrew='398'>consumed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>what</strongs>dost <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='1245'>request</strongs>? So I <strongs hebrew='6419'>prayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='2895 5921'>please</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>have found <strongs hebrew='3190'>favor</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou wouldest <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulchers</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, (the <strongs hebrew='7694'>queen</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>him,) <strongs hebrew='5704'>For</strongs>how <strongs hebrew='4970'>long</strongs>shall thy <strongs hebrew='4109'>journey</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4970'>when</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>? So it <strongs hebrew='3190 6440'>pleased</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>me; and I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='2165'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Moreover I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='2895 5921'>please</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='107'>letters</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governors</strongs><strongs hebrew='5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they may convey me <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 834'>till</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And a <strongs hebrew='107'>letter</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8104'>keeper</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6508'>forest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he may <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>to make <strongs hebrew='7136'>beams</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1002'>palace</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>appertained</em> to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>granted</strongs>me, according to the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then I <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governors</strongs><strongs hebrew='5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='107'>letters</strongs>. Now the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>When <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2772'>Horonite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> , it <strongs hebrew='7489'>grieved</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='1419 7451'>exceedingly</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>there was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>welfare</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So I <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>and some <strongs hebrew='4592'>few</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>I <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>was</em> <em>there</em> <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>save</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7392'>rode</strongs>upon. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='413 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>well</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='830'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>port</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961 7663'>viewed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>were broken <strongs hebrew='6555'>down</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof were <strongs hebrew='398'>consumed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then I went <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5869'>fountain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>: but <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs><em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then went I <strongs hebrew='1961 5927'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961 7663'>viewed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, and turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>, and <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='575'>whither</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>had I <strongs hebrew='5704'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><em>it</em> to the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>, nor to the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, nor to the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, nor to the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, nor to the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>distress</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>are</em> in, <strongs hebrew='834'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><em>lieth</em> <strongs hebrew='2720'>waste</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof are <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>, and let us build <strongs hebrew='1129'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that we <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then I <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>them of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 1931'>which</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>me; as <strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='559'>spoken</strongs>unto me. And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let us rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>. So they <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>for <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>work</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='19'>But when <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2772'>Horonite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1654'>Geshem</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6163'>Arabian</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> , they laughed us to <strongs hebrew='3932'>scorn</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='959 5921'>despised</strongs>us, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>? will <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='4775'>rebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='7725 1697'>answered</strongs>I them, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, The <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>us; therefore <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>: but ye have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='6666'>right</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='2146'>memorial</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctified</strongs>it, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>of it; even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3968'>Meah</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctified</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2606'>Hananeel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='2139'>Zaccur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='566'>Imri</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>But the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fish</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5570'>Hassenaah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>who</strongs><em>also</em> laid the <strongs hebrew='7136'>beams</strongs>thereof, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>thereof, the <strongs hebrew='4514'>locks</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4822'>Meremoth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6976'>Koz</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1296'>Berechiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4898'>Meshezabeel</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baana</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='8621'>Tekoites</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>; but their <strongs hebrew='117'>nobles</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6677'>necks</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5656'>work</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='3465'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='3111'>Jehoiada</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6454'>Paseah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1152'>Besodeiah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>laid the <strongs hebrew='7136'>beams</strongs>thereof, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='4514'>locks</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4424'>Melatiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3036'>Jadon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4824'>Meronothite</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, unto the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>on this <strongs hebrew='5676'>side</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3027'>Next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5816'>Uzziel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2736'>Harhaiah</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='6884'>goldsmiths</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3027'>Next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him also <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <em>one</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='7546'>apothecaries</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5800'>fortified</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7342'>broad</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='7509'>Rephaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2354'>Hur</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='3042'>Jedaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2739'>Harumaph</strongs>, even over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2407'>Hattush</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2813'>Hashabniah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2815'>Hashub</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6355'>Pahath</strongs>-moab, <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8574'>furnaces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='7967'>Shallum</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3873'>Halohesh</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>The <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2182'>Zanoah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>it, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>thereof, the <strongs hebrew='4514'>locks</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>thereof, and a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='830'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But the <strongs hebrew='830'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1021'>Beth</strongs>-haccerem; <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>it, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>thereof, the <strongs hebrew='4514'>locks</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>But the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5869'>fountain</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='7968'>Shallun</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3626'>Col</strongs>-hozeh, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='2926'>covered</strongs>it, and set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>thereof, the <strongs hebrew='4514'>locks</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7975'>Siloah</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4609'>stairs</strongs>that go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5802'>Azbuk</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1049'>Beth</strongs>-zur, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><em>the</em> <em>place</em> over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulchers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>that was <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7348'>Rehum</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3027'>Next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7084'>Keilah</strongs>, in his <strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='942'>Bavai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2582'>Henadad</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='6418'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7084'>Keilah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='3027'>next</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5829'>Ezer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>against</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5402'>armory</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4740'>turning</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2079'>Zabbai</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>earnestly</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4740'>turning</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4822'>Meremoth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6976'>Koz</strongs><strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6607'>door</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8503'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3603'>plain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2815'>Hashub</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6055'>Ananiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='1131'>Binnui</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2582'>Henadad</strongs><strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4740'>turning</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> , even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='6420'>Palal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='186'>Uzai</strongs>, over <strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4740'>turning</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>which lieth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5945'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> by the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='6305'>Pedaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6551'>Parosh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6077'>Ophel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><em>the</em> <em>place</em> over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>that lieth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='8621'>Tekoites</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>, over <strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>that lieth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6077'>Ophel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>From <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='564'>Immer</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7935'>Shechaniah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8104'>keeper</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8345'>sixth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6764'>Zalaph</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>piece</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1296'>Berechiah</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5393'>chamber</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6885'>goldsmith</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>place</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='7402'>merchants</strongs>, over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4663'>Miphkad</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='5944'>up</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='5944'>up</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>repaired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6884'>goldsmiths</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7402'>merchants</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>But it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, he was <strongs hebrew='2734'>wroth</strongs>, and took great <strongs hebrew='7235 3707'>indignation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3932 5921'>mocked</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='537'>feeble</strongs><strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>? will they <strongs hebrew='5800'>fortify</strongs>themselves? will they <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs>? will they make an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>? will they <strongs hebrew='2421'>revive</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6194'>heaps</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6083'>rubbish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>which</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Now <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonite</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>him, and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>Even</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7776'>fox</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, he shall even break <strongs hebrew='6555'>down</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>, O our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='939'>despised</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them for a <strongs hebrew='961'>prey</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7633'>captivity</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3680 5921'>cover</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>be blotted <strongs hebrew='4229'>out</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have provoked <em>thee</em> to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1129'>builders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>So <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>was joined <strongs hebrew='7194'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>thereof: for the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6163'>Arabians</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='796'>Ashdodites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>were made <strongs hebrew='5927 724'>up</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6555'>breaches</strongs><strongs hebrew='2490'>began</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='5640'>stopped</strongs>, then they were <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>wroth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspired</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>and</em> to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213 8442'>hinder</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Nevertheless we made our <strongs hebrew='6419'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4929'>watch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, because <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>of the bearers of <strongs hebrew='5449'>burdens</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3782'>decayed</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='6083'>rubbish</strongs>; so that <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And our <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>till</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the midst <strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>them, and cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto us <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>, From <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whence</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>us <em>they</em> <em>will</em> <em>be</em> <em>upon</em> <em>you</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs>I in the <strongs hebrew='4480 8482'>lower</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>behind</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, <em>and</em> on the higher <strongs hebrew='6706'>places</strongs>, I even <strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>after their <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2719'>swords</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='7420'>spears</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='7198'>bows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I <strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>, and rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3372'>terrible</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, your <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, your <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>it was <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>unto us, and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had brought their counsel to <strongs hebrew='6565 *853 6098'>naught</strongs>, that we <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of us <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>forth, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, and the other <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='2388'>held</strongs>both the <strongs hebrew='7420'>spears</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shields</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bows</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8302'>habergeons</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>rulers</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>They which <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, and they that <strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs><strongs hebrew='5447'>burdens</strongs>, with those that <strongs hebrew='6006'>laded</strongs>, <em>every</em> <em>one</em> with <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs><em>hand</em> <strongs hebrew='2388'>held</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7973'>weapon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>For the <strongs hebrew='1129'>builders</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>had his <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='631'>girded</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4975'>side</strongs>, and <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>. And he that <strongs hebrew='8628'>sounded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7235'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7342'>large</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6504'>separated</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 251'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>In <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><em>therefore</em> ye <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6908'>resort</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us: our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs>for us. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>So <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>labored</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='2388'>held</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7420'>spears</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5927'>rising</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7837'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs><strongs hebrew='3318'>appeared</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Likewise</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I unto the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, Let every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>within</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4929'>guard</strongs>to us, and <strongs hebrew='4399'>labor</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>So <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, nor my <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, nor my <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4929'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='587'>us</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='6584'>off</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, <em>saving</em> <em>that</em> every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>put them <strongs hebrew='7971'>off</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4325'>washing</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6818'>cry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and of their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>For there <strongs hebrew='3426'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>We</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>: therefore we take <strongs hebrew='3947'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs><em>for</em> <em>them</em> , that we may <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><em>Some</em> also there <strongs hebrew='3426'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>We</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6148'>mortgaged</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='7704'>lands</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, that we might <strongs hebrew='3947'>buy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, because of the <strongs hebrew='7458'>dearth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>were</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We have <strongs hebrew='3867'>borrowed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4060'>tribute</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>that</em> <em>upon</em> our <strongs hebrew='7704'>lands</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Yet <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>as their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>bring into <strongs hebrew='3533'>bondage</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and our <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and <em>some</em> of our <strongs hebrew='4480 1323'>daughters</strongs><strongs hebrew='3426'>are</strongs>brought unto <strongs hebrew='3533'>bondage</strongs><em>already</em> : <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> in our <strongs hebrew='410 3027'>power</strongs><em>to</em> <em>redeem</em> <em>them</em> ; for <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs>men have our <strongs hebrew='7704'>lands</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And I was <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then I <strongs hebrew='4427'>consulted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>myself</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='7378'>rebuked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5378'>exact</strongs><strongs hebrew='4855'>usury</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6952'>assembly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='587'>We</strongs>after our <strongs hebrew='1767'>ability</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7069'>redeemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>, which were <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>; and will <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='4376'>sell</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>? or shall they be <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>unto us? Then held they their <strongs hebrew='2790'>peace</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 1697'>nothing</strongs><em>to</em> <em>answer</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Also I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, It <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896 1697'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>: ought ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>because of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2781'>reproach</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>likewise</strongs>, <em>and</em> my <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs>, might <strongs hebrew='5383'>exact</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='4994'>pray</strongs>you, let us leave <strongs hebrew='5800'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4855'>usury</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Restore</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='4994'>pray</strongs>you, to them, even this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='7704'>lands</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='2132'>oliveyards</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, also the <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundredth</strongs><em>part</em> of the <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5383'>exact</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>they, We will <strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs><em>them</em> , and will <strongs hebrew='1245'>require</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will we <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>. Then I <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and took an <strongs hebrew='7650'>oath</strongs>of them, that they should <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>promise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5287'>shook</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2684'>lap</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3602'>So</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shake <strongs hebrew='5287'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>, and from his <strongs hebrew='4480 3018'>labor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>performeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>promise</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='3602'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>he shaken <strongs hebrew='5287'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7386'>emptied</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='543'>Amen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1984'>praised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>promise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I was <strongs hebrew='6680'>appointed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8141'>year</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirtieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='783'>Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>is</em> , <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>But the <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs><strongs hebrew='6346'>governors</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>had</em> <em>been</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me were <strongs hebrew='3513'>chargeable</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>beside</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8255'>shekels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, even their <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs>bore <strongs hebrew='7980'>rule</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2388'>continued</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs>we any <strongs hebrew='7704'>land</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6908'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Moreover <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2572 376'>fifty</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, beside those that <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us from <strongs hebrew='4480'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Now <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs><em>for</em> <em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='3117 259'>daily</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7794'>ox</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='1305'>choice</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>; also <strongs hebrew='6833'>fowls</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs>for me, and <strongs hebrew='996'>once</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>store</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>sorts of <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>: yet for <strongs hebrew='5973'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>required</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>I the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5656'>bondage</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3513'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Think</strongs>upon me, my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, <em>according</em> to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1654'>Geshem</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6163'>Arabian</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, and <em>that</em> there was <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6556'>breach</strongs><strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>therein; ( <strongs hebrew='1571'>though</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>;) </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1654'>Geshem</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, let us <strongs hebrew='3259'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>in <em>some</em> <em>one</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='3715'>villages</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1237'>plain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='207'>Ono</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>thought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='6213'>doing</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, so that I <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>should the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whilst</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7503'>leave</strongs>it, and come <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>you? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Yet they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>sort</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='7725'>answered</strongs>them after the <strongs hebrew='2088'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>manner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='2088'>like</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>manner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>time</strongs>with an <strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='107'>letter</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Wherein <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>, It is <strongs hebrew='8085'>reported</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1654'>Gashmu</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><em>it,</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>think</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4775'>rebel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='3651'>cause</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>buildest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>mayest <strongs hebrew='1933'>be</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And thou hast <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7121'>preach</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>thee at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>shall it be <strongs hebrew='8085'>reported</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>therefore, and let us take <strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, There <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>done <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='908'>feignest</strongs>them out of thine own <strongs hebrew='4480 3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>made us <strongs hebrew='3372 *853'>afraid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7503'>weakened</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, that it be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, <em>O</em> <em>God</em> , <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Afterward <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1806'>Delaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4105'>Mehetabeel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>who</strongs><em>was</em> shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let us meet <strongs hebrew='3259'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413 8432'>within</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='5462'>shut</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they will <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>thee; yea, in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>will they <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Should such a man as <strongs hebrew='3644 376'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>flee</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <em>there</em> , <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>, <em>being</em> as <strongs hebrew='3644'>I</strongs><em>am</em> , would <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>to save his <strongs hebrew='2425'>life</strongs>? I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='5234'>perceived</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>that he <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='5016'>prophecy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me: for <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7936'>hired</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='4616'>Therefore</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='7936'>hired</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>I should be <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>, and <em>that</em> they might <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><em>matter</em> for an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>report</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they might <strongs hebrew='2778'>reproach</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>My <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2142'>think</strongs>thou upon <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='5031'>prophetess</strongs><strongs hebrew='5129'>Noadiah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>would <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>put me in <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7999'>finished</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>fifth</strongs><em>day</em> of <em>the</em> <em>month</em> <strongs hebrew='435'>Elul</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>thereof</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><em>these</em> <em>things</em> , they were <strongs hebrew='3966'>much</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs>in their own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: for they <strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='107'>letters</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>, and <em>the</em> <em>letters</em> of <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167 7621'>sworn</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> the son in <strongs hebrew='2860'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7935'>Shechaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='733'>Arah</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3076'>Johanan</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1296'>Berechiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1961 559'>reported</strongs>his good <strongs hebrew='2896'>deeds</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1961 3318'>uttered</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>to him. <em>And</em> <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='107'>letters</strongs>to put me in <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, and I had set <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6485'>appointed</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That I gave <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='2607'>Hanani</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1002'>palace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6680'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='571'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 7227'>many</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, Let <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2552'>hot</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5704'>while</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>by, let them <strongs hebrew='1479'>shut</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='270'>bar</strongs><em>them</em> : and <strongs hebrew='5975'>appoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='4931'>watches</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4929'>watch</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Now the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7342 3027'>large</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4592'>few</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>therein</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to gather <strongs hebrew='6908'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that they might be reckoned by <strongs hebrew='3187'>genealogy</strongs>. And I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5612'>register</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3188'>genealogy</strongs>of them which came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>therein, </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs>, that went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7628'>captivity</strongs>, of those that had been carried <strongs hebrew='1473'>awa</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>had carried <strongs hebrew='1540'>away</strongs>, and came <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Who <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2216'>Zerubbabel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7485'>Raamiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5167'>Nahamani</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4782'>Mordecai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1114'>Bilshan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4559'>Mispereth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='902'>Bigvai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5149'>Nehum</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>. The <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>, <em>I</em> <em>say</em> , of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>was</em> <em>this</em> ; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6551'>Parosh</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8203'>Shephatiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='733'>Arah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6355'>Pahath</strongs>-moab, of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2240'>Zattu</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2140'>Zaccai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1131'>Binnui</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='893'>Bebai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5803'>Azgad</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='140'>Adonikam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='902'>Bigvai</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5720'>Adin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='333'>Ater</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hezekiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8673'>ninety</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2828'>Hashum</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1209'>Bezai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2756'>Hariph</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8673'>ninety</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5199'>Netophah</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1041'>Beth</strongs>-azmaveth, <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7157'>Kirjath</strongs>-jearim, <strongs hebrew='3716'>Chephirah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='881'>Beeroth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1387'>Geba</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4363'>Michmas</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5857'>Ai</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>The <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='5015'>Nebo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3850'>Lod</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2307'>Hadid</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='207'>Ono</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5570'>Senaah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='8672'>nine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>The <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8672'>nine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='564'>Immer</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651 6240'>seventeen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>The <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>, <em>and</em> of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1937'>Hodevah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>The <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>The <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7967'>Shallum</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='333'>Ater</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2929'>Talmon</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6126'>Akkub</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2410'>Hatita</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7630'>Shobai</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>The <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6727'>Ziha</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2817'>Hashupha</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2884'>Tabbaoth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='47'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7026'>Keros</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5517'>Sia</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6303'>Padon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='48'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3838'>Lebana</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2286'>Hagaba</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8014'>Shalmai</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='49'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1435'>Giddel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1515'>Gahar</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='50'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7211'>Reaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7526'>Rezin</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5353'>Nekoda</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='51'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1502'>Gazzam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5798'>Uzza</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6454'>Phaseah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='52'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1153'>Besai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4586'>Meunim</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5304'>Nephishesim</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='53'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1227'>Bakbuk</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2709'>Hakupha</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2744'>Harhur</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='54'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1213'>Bazlith</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4240'>Mehida</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2797'>Harsha</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='55'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1302'>Barkos</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5516'>Sisera</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8547'>Tamah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='56'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5335'>Neziah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2412'>Hatipha</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='57'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5479'>Sotai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5618'>Sophereth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6514'>Perida</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='58'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3279'>Jaala</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1874'>Darkon</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1435'>Giddel</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='59'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8203'>Shephatiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2411'>Hattil</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6380'>Pochereth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6380'>Zebaim</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='526'>Amon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='60'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8673'>ninety</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='61'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>were</em> they which went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><em>also</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 8528'>Tel</strongs>-melah, <strongs hebrew='8521'>Tel</strongs>-haresha, <strongs hebrew='3743'>Cherub</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='114'>Addon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='564'>Immer</strongs>: but they <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, nor their <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>were</em> of <strongs hebrew='4480 3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='62'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1806'>Delaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5353'>Nekoda</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='63'>And <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2252'>Habaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6976'>Koz</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><em>one</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1323'>daughters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1569'>Gileadite</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='64'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3791'>register</strongs><em>among</em> those that were reckoned by <strongs hebrew='3187'>genealogy</strongs>, but it was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>: therefore were they, as <strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs>, put <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3550'>priesthood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='65'>And the <strongs hebrew='8660'>Tirshatha</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>of the most holy <strongs hebrew='4480 6944 6944'>things</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><em>up</em> a <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='224'>Urim</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8550'>Thummim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='66'>The <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>together</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='702 7239'>forty</strongs>and two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='67'><strongs hebrew='4480 905'>Beside</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5650'>menservants</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='519'>maidservants</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='428'>whom</strongs><em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>: and they had two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='7891'>singing</strongs>men and <strongs hebrew='7891'>singing</strongs>women. </verse>
            <verse number='68'>Their <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='6505'>mules</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='69'><em>Their</em> <strongs hebrew='1581'>camels</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='2543'>asses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='70'>And <strongs hebrew='4480 7117'>some</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. The <strongs hebrew='8660'>Tirshatha</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1871'>drams</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='4219'>basins</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='3801'>garments</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='71'>And <em>some</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>twenty <strongs hebrew='8147 7239'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1871'>drams</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='4488'>pound</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='72'>And <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8147'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='7239'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1871'>drams</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4488'>pound</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='3801'>garments</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='73'>So the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, and <em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>; and when the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>came</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>were</em> in their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>gathered themselves <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7339'>street</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>both of <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>men</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that could <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>, upon the <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>therein <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7339'>street</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='216'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='4276 3117'>midday</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and those that could <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>were</em> <em>attentive</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4026'>pulpit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1697'>purpose</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='681'>beside</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='4993'>Mattithiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8087'>Shema</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6043'>Anaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>; and on his left <strongs hebrew='4480 8040'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6305'>Pedaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4332'>Mishael</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2828'>Hashum</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2806'>Hashbadana</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs><strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the people;) <strongs hebrew='5971'></strongs>and when he <strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='543'>Amen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='543'>Amen</strongs>, with lifting <strongs hebrew='4607'>up</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='6915'>bowed</strongs>their heads, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='639'>faces</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Also <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3226'>Jamin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6126'>Akkub</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7678'>Shabbethai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1941'>Hodijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7042'>Kelita</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3107'>Jozabad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6411'>Pelaiah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>stood</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5977'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So they <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6567'>distinctly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>gave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7922'>sense</strongs>, and caused <em>them</em> to <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4744'>reading</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8660'>Tirshatha</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='995'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>, when they <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>your way, <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4924'>fat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4477'>sweet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='4490'>portions</strongs>unto them for whom <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs>unto our <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>be ye <strongs hebrew='6087'>sorry</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2304'>joy</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>is your <strongs hebrew='4581'>strength</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><strongs hebrew='2814'>stilled</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Hold your <strongs hebrew='2013'>peace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>be ye <strongs hebrew='6087'>grieved</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>their way to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='4490'>portions</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3045'>declared</strongs>unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And on the <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>were gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, even to <strongs hebrew='7919 413'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And they <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5521'>booths</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5674 6963'>proclaim</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>fetch</strongs><strongs hebrew='2132'>olive</strongs><strongs hebrew='5929'>branches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6086 8081'>pine</strongs><strongs hebrew='5929'>branches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1918'>myrtle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5929'>branches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8558'>palm</strongs><strongs hebrew='5929'>branches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5929'>branches</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5687'>thick</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='5521'>booths</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>So the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>them</em> , and <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>themselves <strongs hebrew='5521'>booths</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the roof of his <strongs hebrew='1406'>house</strongs>, and in their <strongs hebrew='2691'>courts</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>courts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>street</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>street</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of them that were come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='5521'>booths</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='5521'>booths</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>since the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5126'>Nun</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Also <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='6213'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>; and on the <strongs hebrew='8066'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>was</em> a solemn <strongs hebrew='6116'>assembly</strongs>, according unto the <strongs hebrew='4941'>manner</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>Now in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='622'>assembled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6685'>fasting</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackclothes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>separated <strongs hebrew='914'>themselves</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121 5236'>strangers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3034 5921'>confessed</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And they stood <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5977'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs>part of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; and <em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs>part they <strongs hebrew='3034'>confessed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then stood <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4608'>stairs</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1138'>Bunni</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3662'>Chenani</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2199'>cried</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>loud</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2813'>Hashabniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1941'>Hodijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6611'>Pethahiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Stand <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5769'>forever</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>ever</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>be thy <strongs hebrew='3519'>glorious</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, which is <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>thou</strongs>, <em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>therein</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3220'>seas</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> therein, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>preservest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='7812'>worshipeth</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>didst <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs><strongs hebrew='87'>Abram</strongs>, and broughtest him <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 218'>Ur</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldees</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>gavest</strongs>him the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='85'>Abraham</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='4672'>foundest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='3772'>madest</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3669'>Canaanites</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittites</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6522'>Perizzites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1622'>Girgashites</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><em>it,</em> <em>I</em> <em>say</em> , to his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And didst <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>heardest</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5488'>Red</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='5414'>showedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='226'>signs</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4159'>wonders</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knewest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they dealt <strongs hebrew='2102'>proudly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them. So didst thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>get</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And thou didst <strongs hebrew='1234'>divide</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them, so that they went <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>on the dry <strongs hebrew='3004'>land</strongs>; and their <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecutors</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7993'>threwest</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4688'>deeps</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5794'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Moreover thou <strongs hebrew='5148'>leddest</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>by a <strongs hebrew='6051'>cloudy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>; and in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>by a <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, to give them <strongs hebrew='215'>light</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Thou camest <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='5514'>Sinai</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>spakest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs><strongs hebrew='8451'>laws</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And madest <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>unto them thy <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6680'>commandedst</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4687'>precepts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8451'>laws</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>for their <strongs hebrew='7458'>hunger</strongs>, and broughtest <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>for them out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5553'>rock</strongs>for their <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>promisedst</strongs>them that they should go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hadst <strongs hebrew='5375 *853 3027'>sworn</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>But <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>and our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>dealt <strongs hebrew='2102'>proudly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>necks</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='2142'>mindful</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='6381'>wonders</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>didst</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>among</strongs>them; but <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>necks</strongs>, and in their <strongs hebrew='4805'>rebellion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>appointed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7218'>captain</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='5659'>bondage</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='433'>God</strongs>ready to <strongs hebrew='5547'>pardon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2587'>gracious</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7349'>merciful</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='750'>slow</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsookest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='637'>Yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='4541'>molten</strongs><strongs hebrew='5695'>calf</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>brought thee <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5007'>provocations</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Yet <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='7227'>manifold</strongs><strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsookest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5148'>lead</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>; neither the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, to show them <strongs hebrew='215'>light</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>also thy <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7919'>instruct</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='4513'>withheldest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4478'>manna</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>for their <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>didst thou <strongs hebrew='3557'>sustain</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>that</em> they <strongs hebrew='2637'>lacked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs>; their <strongs hebrew='8008'>clothes</strongs>waxed not <strongs hebrew='1086 3808'>old</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1216'>swelled</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Moreover thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5971'>nations</strongs>, and didst <strongs hebrew='2505'>divide</strongs>them into <strongs hebrew='6285'>corners</strongs>: so they <strongs hebrew='3423'>possessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5511'>Sihon</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2809'>Heshbon</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5747'>Og</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='7235'>multipliedst</strongs>thou as the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>broughtest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, concerning <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hadst <strongs hebrew='559'>promised</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, that they should go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='24'>So the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3423'>possessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and thou <strongs hebrew='3665'>subduedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3669'>Canaanites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them into their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, with their <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, that they might <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>with them as they <strongs hebrew='7522'>would</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And they <strongs hebrew='3920'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='1219'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8082'>fat</strongs><strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3423'>possessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2898'>goods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='953'>wells</strongs><strongs hebrew='2672'>digged</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2132'>oliveyards</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3978'>fruit</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7230'>abundance</strongs>: so they did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and were <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>, and became <strongs hebrew='8080'>fat</strongs>, and delighted <strongs hebrew='5727'>themselves</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Nevertheless they were <strongs hebrew='4784'>disobedient</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4775'>rebelled</strongs>against thee, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1458'>backs</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5749'>testified</strongs>against them to <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee, and they <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5007'>provocations</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Therefore thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliveredst</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemies</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='6887'>vexed</strongs>them: and in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs>, when they <strongs hebrew='6817'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heardest</strongs><em>them</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>; and according to thy <strongs hebrew='7227'>manifold</strongs><strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3467'>saviors</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>them out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>But after they had <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: therefore <strongs hebrew='5800'>leftest</strongs>thou them in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, so that they had the <strongs hebrew='7287'>dominion</strongs>over them: yet when they <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2199'>cried</strongs>unto thee, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heardest</strongs><em>them</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>didst thou <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>them according to thy <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='5749'>testifiedst</strongs>against them, that thou mightest bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>: yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>dealt <strongs hebrew='2102'>proudly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thy <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, ( <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>if a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>in them;) and <strongs hebrew='5414 5637'>withdrew</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3802'>shoulder</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardened</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>neck</strongs>, and would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Yet <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>didst thou <strongs hebrew='4900 5921'>forbear</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5749'>testifiedst</strongs>against them by thy <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>in</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>: yet would they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>give <strongs hebrew='238'>ear</strongs>: therefore <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>thou them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>lands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Nevertheless for thy <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs>mercies' <strongs hebrew='7356'></strongs>sake thou didst <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>utterly <strongs hebrew='6213 3617'>consume</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='2587'>gracious</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7349'>merciful</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3372'>terrible</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8513'>trouble</strongs>seem <strongs hebrew='4591'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>hath come <strongs hebrew='4672'>upon</strongs>us, on our <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, on our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and on our <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and on our <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and on our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, since the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Howbeit <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>right</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>have done <strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedly</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Neither have our <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>kept</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='5715'>testimonies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='5749'>testify</strongs>against them. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>For <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>thee in their <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>, and in thy <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>them, and in the <strongs hebrew='7342'>large</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8082'>fat</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>they from their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4611'>works</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>unto our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>thereof and the <strongs hebrew='2898'>good</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>it: </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And it yieldeth <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>us because of our <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>: also they have <strongs hebrew='4910'>dominion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1472'>bodies</strongs>, and over our <strongs hebrew='929'>cattle</strongs>, at their <strongs hebrew='7522'>pleasure</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6869'>distress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And because of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='548'>sure</strongs><em>covenant</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs><em>it</em> ; and our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2856 5921'>seal</strongs><em>unto</em> <em>it</em> . </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'>Now those that <strongs hebrew='2856 5921'>sealed</strongs><em>were</em> , <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8660'>Tirshatha</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2446'>Hachaliah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zidkijah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='568'>Amariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchijah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='2407'>Hattush</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4409'>Malluch</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4822'>Meremoth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1599'>Ginnethon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='29'>Abijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4326'>Mijamin</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='4590'>Maaziah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1084'>Bilgai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: both <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='245'>Azaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1131'>Binnui</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2582'>Henadad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1941'>Hodijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7042'>Kelita</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6411'>Pelaiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='4316'>Micha</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7340'>Rehob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='2139'>Zaccur</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1941'>Hodijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1148'>Beninu</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6551'>Parosh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6355'>Pahath</strongs>-moab, <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2240'>Zatthu</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='1138'>Bunni</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5803'>Azgad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='893'>Bebai</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='902'>Bigvai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5720'>Adin</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='333'>Ater</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hizkijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5809'>Azzur</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1941'>Hodijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2828'>Hashum</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1209'>Bezai</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2756'>Hariph</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5109'>Nebai</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4047'>Magpiash</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2387'>Hezir</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='4898'>Meshezabeel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3037'>Jaddua</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='6410'>Pelatiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6043'>Anaiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='1954'>Hoshea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2815'>Hashub</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3873'>Hallohesh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6401'>Pileha</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7733'>Shobek</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='7348'>Rehum</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2812'>Hashabnah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6052'>Anan</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='4409'>Malluch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='7605'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they that had separated <strongs hebrew='914'>themselves</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>lands</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs>one having <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs>, and having <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='29'>They <strongs hebrew='2388'>cleaved</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='117'>nobles</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='423'>curse</strongs>, and into an <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8104'>observe</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>we would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>for our <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <em>if</em> the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4728'>ware</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='7668'>victuals</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4376'>sell</strongs>, <em>that</em> we would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>buy</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>, or on the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: and <em>that</em> we would <strongs hebrew='5203'>leave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4855'>exaction</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>debt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Also we <strongs hebrew='5975'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='4687'>ordinances</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>us, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>ourselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>yearly</strongs>with the third <strongs hebrew='7992'>part</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='8255'>shekel</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5656'>service</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='33'>For the <strongs hebrew='3899 4635'>shewbread</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='8548'>continual</strongs>meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='8548'>continual</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offering</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbaths</strongs>, of the new <strongs hebrew='2320'>moons</strongs>, for the set <strongs hebrew='4150'>feasts</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><em>things</em> , and for the sin <strongs hebrew='2403'>offerings</strongs>to make an <strongs hebrew='3722'>atonement</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And we cast the lots <strongs hebrew='5307 1486'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs><strongs hebrew='7133'>offering</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><em>it</em> into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, after the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='2163'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1197'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1061'>firstfruits</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1061'>firstfruits</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='36'>Also the <strongs hebrew='1060'>firstborn</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and of our <strongs hebrew='929'>cattle</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1062'>firstlings</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1241'>herds</strongs>and of our <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, unto the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8334'>minister</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And <em>that</em> we should <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7225'>firstfruits</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='6182'>dough</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='8641'>offerings</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>manner of <strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, unto the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chambers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1992'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>might have the <strongs hebrew='6237'>tithes</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='5656'>tillage</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='175'>Aaron</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>take <strongs hebrew='6237'>tithes</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>shall bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithe</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chambers</strongs>, into the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8641'>offering</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, of the new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chambers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8334'>minister</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>: and we will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>And the <strongs hebrew='8269'>rulers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7605'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='5307'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='1486'>lots</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8672'>nine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>parts</strongs><em>to</em> <em>dwell</em> in <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, that willingly offered <strongs hebrew='5068'>themselves</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Now <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='272'>possession</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, <em>to</em> <em>wit</em> , <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><em>certain</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>. Of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6265'>Athaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5818'>Uzziah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='568'>Amariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8203'>Shephatiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4111'>Mahalaleel</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6557'>Perez</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3626'>Col</strongs>-hozeh, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2382'>Hazaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5718'>Adaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3114'>Joiarib</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7888'>Shiloni</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6557'>Perez</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5543'>Sallu</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3133'>Joed</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6305'>Pedaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6964'>Kolaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='384'>Ithiel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3470'>Jesaiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1373'>Gabbai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5543'>Sallai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8672'>nine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3100'>Joel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2147'>Zichri</strongs><em>was</em> their <strongs hebrew='6496 5921'>overseer</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5574'>Senuah</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4932'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='4480'>Of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3114'>Joiarib</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3199'>Jachin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4812'>Meraioth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='285'>Ahitub</strongs>, <em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='5057'>ruler</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5718'>Adaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3395'>Jeroham</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6421'>Pelaliah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='557'>Amzi</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6023'>Amashai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5832'>Azareel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='273'>Ahasai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4919'>Meshillemoth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='564'>Immer</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2428'>valor</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>: and their <strongs hebrew='6496 5921'>overseer</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2068'>Zabdiel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <em>one</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>men. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Also <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2815'>Hashub</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5840'>Azrikam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1138'>Bunni</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='7678'>Shabbethai</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3107'>Jozabad</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <em>had</em> the <strongs hebrew='5921'>oversight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2435'>outward</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>business</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4318'>Micha</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2067'>Zabdi</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>, <em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='7218'>principal</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8462'>begin</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3034'>thanksgiving</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1229'>Bakbukiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4932'>second</strongs>among his <strongs hebrew='4480 251'>brethren</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5653'>Abda</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8051'>Shammua</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1559'>Galal</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3038'>Jeduthun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><em>were</em> two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6126'>Akkub</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2929'>Talmon</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, <em>were</em> a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='7605'>residue</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>But the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6077'>Ophel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6727'>Ziha</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1658'>Gispa</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5411'>Nethinims</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='6496'>overseer</strongs>also of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5813'>Uzzi</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4316'>Micha</strongs>. Of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5048'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>business</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>them, that a certain <strongs hebrew='548'>portion</strongs>should be <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1697'>due</strongs>for every <strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='6611'>Pethahiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4898'>Meshezabeel</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2226'>Zerah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>was</em> at the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>matters</strongs>concerning the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2691'>villages</strongs>, with their <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>, <em>some</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='7153'>Kirjath</strongs>-arba, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='2691'>villages</strongs>thereof, and at <strongs hebrew='1769'>Dibon</strongs>, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>thereof, and at <strongs hebrew='3343'>Jekabzeel</strongs>, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>thereof, </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And at <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='4137'>Moladah</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='1046'>Beth</strongs>-phelet, </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And at <strongs hebrew='2705'>Hazar</strongs>-shual, and at <strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>thereof, </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And at <strongs hebrew='6860'>Ziklag</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='4368'>Mekonah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>thereof, </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And at <strongs hebrew='5884'>En</strongs>-rimmon, and at <strongs hebrew='6881'>Zareah</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='3412'>Jarmuth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='2182'>Zanoah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5725'>Adullam</strongs>, and <em>in</em> their <strongs hebrew='2691'>villages</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='3923'>Lachish</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>thereof, at <strongs hebrew='5825'>Azekah</strongs>, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>thereof. And they <strongs hebrew='2583'>dwelt</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>also of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1387'>Geba</strongs><em>dwelt</em> at <strongs hebrew='4363'>Michmash</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5857'>Aija</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, and <em>in</em> their <strongs hebrew='1323'>villages</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='32'><em>And</em> at <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5011'>Nob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6055'>Ananiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='2674'>Hazor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1664'>Gittaim</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='2307'>Hadid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6650'>Zeboim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5041'>Neballat</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='3850'>Lod</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='207'>Ono</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2798'>craftsmen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4256'>divisions</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>and</em> in <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2216'>Zerubbabel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7597'>Shealtiel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='568'>Amariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4409'>Malluch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2407'>Hattush</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='7935'>Shechaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7348'>Rehum</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4822'>Meremoth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='5714'>Iddo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1599'>Ginnetho</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='29'>Abijah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='4326'>Miamin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4573'>Maadiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1083'>Bilgah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3114'>Joiarib</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='5543'>Sallu</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5987'>Amok</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and of their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1131'>Binnui</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1960'>thanksgiving</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Also <strongs hebrew='1229'>Bakbukiah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6042'>Unni</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <em>were</em> over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='4931'>watches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3113'>Joiakim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3113'>Joiakim</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3111'>Joiada</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='3111'>Joiada</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3037'>Jaddua</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3113'>Joiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: of <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4811'>Meraiah</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Of <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='568'>Amariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3076'>Jehohanan</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Of <strongs hebrew='4409'>Melicu</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='7645'>Shebaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Of <strongs hebrew='2766'>Harim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5733'>Adna</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='4812'>Meraioth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2517'>Helkai</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Of <strongs hebrew='5714'>Iddo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='1599'>Ginnethon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Of <strongs hebrew='29'>Abijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2147'>Zichri</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='4509'>Miniamin</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='4153'>Moadiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6408'>Piltai</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Of <strongs hebrew='1083'>Bilgah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8051'>Shammua</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jehonathan</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And of <strongs hebrew='3114'>Joiarib</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4982'>Mattenai</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5813'>Uzzi</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Of <strongs hebrew='5543'>Sallai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7040'>Kallai</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='5987'>Amok</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5677'>Eber</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Of <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='3048'>Jedaiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5417'>Nethaneel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3111'>Joiada</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3037'>Jaddua</strongs>, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>recorded</strongs><strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: also the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1867'>Darius</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6542'>Persian</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>chronicles</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2811'>Hashabiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8274'>Sherebiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6934'>Kadmiel</strongs>, with their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>them, to <strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs><em>and</em> to give <strongs hebrew='3034'>thanks</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4929'>ward</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5980'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='4929'>ward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1229'>Bakbukiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2929'>Talmon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6126'>Akkub</strongs>, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keeping</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4929'>ward</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='624'>thresholds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3113'>Joiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3442'>Jeshua</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3136'>Jozadak</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And at the <strongs hebrew='2598'>dedication</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2598'>dedication</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>, both with <strongs hebrew='8426'>thanksgivings</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='7892'>singing</strongs>, <em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='4700'>cymbals</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5035'>psalteries</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='3658'>harps</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>gathered themselves <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs>, both out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the plain <strongs hebrew='3603'>country</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2691'>villages</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5200'>Netophathi</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Also from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>, and out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7704'>fields</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1387'>Geba</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5820'>Azmaveth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2691'>villages</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>purified <strongs hebrew='2891'>themselves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2891'>purified</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Then I brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>companies</em> <em>of</em> <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>gave</em> <strongs hebrew='8426'>thanks</strongs>, whereof <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>on the right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='830'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='1955'>Hoshaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4918'>Meshullam</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And <em>certain</em> of the priests' <strongs hebrew='4480 1121 3548'>sons</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2689'>trumpets</strongs>; <em>namely</em> , <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4320'>Michaiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2139'>Zaccur</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5832'>Azarael</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4450'>Milalai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1562'>Gilalai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4597'>Maai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5417'>Nethaneel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2607'>Hanani</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='7892'>musical</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>instruments</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5830'>Ezra</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5869'>fountain</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, which was over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>them, they went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4609'>stairs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, at the going <strongs hebrew='4608'>up</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4217'>eastward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><em>company</em> <em>of</em> <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>gave</em> <strongs hebrew='8426'>thanks</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='4136'>against</strongs><em>them</em> , and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them, and the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8574'>furnaces</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7342'>broad</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3465'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fish</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2606'>Hananeel</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3968'>Meah</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: and they stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>still</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>So <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><em>companies</em> <em>of</em> <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>gave</em> <strongs hebrew='8426'>thanks</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='471'>Eliakim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4509'>Miniamin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4320'>Michaiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='454'>Elioenai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2148'>Zechariah</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='2689'>trumpets</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='499'>Eleazar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5813'>Uzzi</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3076'>Jehohanan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchijah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5829'>Ezer</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>sang <strongs hebrew='8085'>loud</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='3156'>Jezrahiah</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='6496'>overseer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>Also <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiced</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had made them <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiced</strongs>: so that the <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>even afar <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='376'>some</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5393'>chambers</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='8641'>offerings</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='7225'>firstfruits</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3664'>gather</strongs>into them out of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4521'>portions</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>rejoiced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5975'>waited</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And both the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4931'>ward</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4931'>ward</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2893'>purification</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <em>and</em> of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='623'>Asaph</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 6924'>old</strongs><em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3034'>thanksgiving</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2216'>Zerubbabel</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5166'>Nehemiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4521'>portions</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>day</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>portion</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctified</strongs><em>holy</em> <em>things</em> unto the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctified</strongs><em>them</em> unto the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='175'>Aaron</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'>On <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>audience</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; and therein was <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonite</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabite</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6923'>met</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='7936'>hired</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1109'>Balaam</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them, that he should <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>them: howbeit our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when they had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, that they <strongs hebrew='914'>separated</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the mixed <strongs hebrew='6154'>multitude</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>this</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, having the <strongs hebrew='5414'>oversight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>allied</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And he had <strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs>for him a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440 1961'>formerly</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5414'>laid</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3828'>frankincense</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, the new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, which was <strongs hebrew='4687'>commanded</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <em>given</em> to the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porters</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8641'>offerings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>But in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>time</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>I at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirtieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='783'>Artaxerxes</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7093'>after</strongs>certain <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>obtained I <strongs hebrew='7592'>leave</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='6213'>preparing</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='5393'>chamber</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>courts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And it <strongs hebrew='7489'>grieved</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3966'>sore</strongs>: therefore I cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>stuff</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2900'>Tobiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then I <strongs hebrew='559'>commanded</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='2891'>cleansed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chambers</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs>brought I <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3828'>frankincense</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And I <strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4521'>portions</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>been <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><em>them</em> : for the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, were <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='7378'>contended</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>? And I gathered them <strongs hebrew='6908'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5977'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithe</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>and the new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasuries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I made <strongs hebrew='686'>treasurers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasuries</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6305'>Pedaiah</strongs>: and next <strongs hebrew='5921 3027'>to</strongs>them <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2139'>Zaccur</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4983'>Mattaniah</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='2803'>counted</strongs><strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5921'>office</strongs><em>was</em> to <strongs hebrew='2505'>distribute</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>me, O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, and wipe not <strongs hebrew='4229 408'>out</strongs>my good <strongs hebrew='2617'>deeds</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='4929'>offices</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>I in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='1869'>treading</strongs>wine <strongs hebrew='1660'>presses</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>, and bringing <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6194'>sheaves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6006 5921'>lading</strongs><strongs hebrew='2543'>asses</strongs>; as <strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6025'>grapes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>manner</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='4853'>burdens</strongs>, which they brought <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: and I <strongs hebrew='5749'>testified</strongs><em>against</em> <em>them</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>wherein they <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs><strongs hebrew='6718'>victuals</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>There <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>men of <strongs hebrew='6876'>Tyre</strongs>also therein, which <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1709'>fish</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>manner of <strongs hebrew='4377'>ware</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then I <strongs hebrew='7378'>contended</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2490'>profane</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='6213'>Did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>, and did not our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>? yet <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>bring <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='2740'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2490'>profaning</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>began to be <strongs hebrew='6751'>dark</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='559'>commanded</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='1817'>gates</strongs>should be <strongs hebrew='5462'>shut</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>: and <em>some</em> of my <strongs hebrew='4480 5288'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, <em>that</em> there should <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>be brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>So the <strongs hebrew='7402'>merchants</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4376'>sellers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>kind of <strongs hebrew='4465'>ware</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>lodged</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>once</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='8147'>twice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Then I <strongs hebrew='5749'>testified</strongs>against them, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>about</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye do <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='8138'>again</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>on you. <strongs hebrew='4480'>From</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>forth <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><em>more</em> on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>commanded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1961'>should</strongs>cleanse <strongs hebrew='2891'>themselves</strongs>, and <em>that</em> they should <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctify</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>me, O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>concerning</em> <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2347 5921'>spare</strongs>me according to the <strongs hebrew='7230'>greatness</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><em>that</em> had <strongs hebrew='3427'>married</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='796'>Ashdod</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammon</strongs>, <em>and</em> of <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moab</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>in the speech of <strongs hebrew='797'>Ashdod</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5234'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>in the Jews' <strongs hebrew='3066'>language</strongs>, but according to the <strongs hebrew='3956'>language</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5971'>each</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And I <strongs hebrew='7378'>contended</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them, and plucked off their <strongs hebrew='4803'>hair</strongs>, and made them <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , Ye shall <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>take</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4480 1323'>daughters</strongs>unto your <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, or for yourselves. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='428'>things</strongs>? yet among <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3644'>him</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>beloved</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>nevertheless</strongs>even him did <strongs hebrew='5237'>outlandish</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>cause to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Shall we then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto you to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='4603'>transgress</strongs>against our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3427'>marrying</strongs><strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <em>one</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3111'>Joiada</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='475'>Eliashib</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, <em>was</em> son in <strongs hebrew='2860'>law</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5571'>Sanballat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2772'>Horonite</strongs>: therefore I <strongs hebrew='1272'>chased</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>them, O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='1352'>defiled</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3550'>priesthood</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3550'>priesthood</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Thus <strongs hebrew='2891'>cleansed</strongs>I them from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5236'>strangers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>appointed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4931'>wards</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4399'>business</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And for the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs><strongs hebrew='7133'>offering</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='2163'>appointed</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='1061'>firstfruits</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>me, O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
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