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1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hăc̱ẖ-ă-lī-ăh. And it came to pass in the month Chĭṡ´-léù, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shû´-shăn the palace,
2That Hă-nā´-nī, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4¶ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Är-tă-xĕrx´-ēṡ the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8And a letter unto Ā´-săph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9¶ Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10When Săn-băl´-lăt the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12¶ And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19But when Săn-băl´-lăt the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
1Then Ē-lī-ăsh´-ĭb the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Mē´-ăh they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hăn´-ă-néèl.
2And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3But the fish gate did the sons of Hăs-sĕ-nā´-ăh build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
4And next unto them repaired Mĕr´-ĕ-mōth the son of Ū-rī´-jăh, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Mĕ-shŭl´-lăm the son of Bĕr-ē-c̱ẖī´-ăh, the son of Mĕ-shĕz´-ă-béèl. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Bā´-ă-nă.
5And next unto them the Tĕ-kō´-ītes repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
6Moreover the old gate repaired Jĕ-hóì´-ă-dă the son of Pă-sē´-ăh, and Mĕ-shŭl´-lăm the son of Bĕs-ō-déì´-ăh; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7And next unto them repaired Mĕl-ă-tī´-ăh the Gĭb´-ĕ-o̱n-īte, and Jadon the Mĕ-rō´-nō-thīte, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8Next unto him repaired Ŭz´-zĭ-ĕl the son of Här-háì´-ăh, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9And next unto them repaired Rĕ-pháì´-ăh the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
10And next unto them repaired Jĕ-dáì´-ăh the son of Hă-rû´-măph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hăsh-ăb-nī´-ăh.
11Măl-c̱ẖī´-jăh the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pā´-hăth–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hă-lō´-hĕsh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Ză-nō´-ăh; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14But the dung gate repaired Măl-c̱ẖī´-ăh the son of Rē´-c̱ẖăb, the ruler of part of Beth–hăc´-cĕr-ĕm; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
15But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Cŏl–hō´-zēh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Sī-lō´-ăh by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zu̇r, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hăsh-ă-bī´-ăh, the ruler of the half part of Kē-ī´-lăh, in his part.
18After him repaired their brethren, Bā-vā´-ī the son of Hĕn-ā´-dăd, the ruler of the half part of Kē-ī´-lăh.
19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jĕsh´-ū-ă, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
20After him Bâr´-ŭc̱ẖ the son of Zăb-bā´-ī earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Ē-lī-ăsh´-ĭb the high priest.
21After him repaired Mĕr´-ĕ-mōth the son of Ū-rī´-jăh the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Ē-lī-ăsh´-ĭb even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Ăz-ă-rī´-ăh the son of Mā-ă-séì´-ăh the son of Ă-nă-nī´-ăh by his house.
24After him repaired Bĭn´-nū-ī the son of Hĕn-ā´-dăd another piece, from the house of Ăz-ă-rī´-ăh unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
25Pā´-lăl the son of Ū´-záì, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pĕ-dáì´-ăh the son of Parosh.
26Moreover the Nĕth´-ĭ-nĭmṡ dwelt in Ō´-phĕl, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
27After them the Tĕ-kō´-ītes repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ō´-phĕl.
28From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shĕm-áì´-ăh the son of Shĕc̱ẖ-ă-nī´-ăh, the keeper of the east gate.
30After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shĕl-ē-mī´-ăh, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Mĕ-shŭl´-lăm the son of Bĕr-ē-c̱ẖī´-ăh over against his chamber.
31After him repaired Măl-c̱ẖī´-ăh the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nĕth´-ĭ-nĭmṡ, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
1But it came to pass, that when Săn-băl´-lăt heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7¶ But it came to pass, that when Săn-băl´-lăt, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
14¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Är-tă-xĕrx´-ēṡ the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shē´-kĕls of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
1Now it came to pass, when Săn-băl´-lăt, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
2That Săn-băl´-lăt and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
3And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
5Then sent Săn-băl´-lăt his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
6Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
7And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
10Afterward I came unto the house of Shĕm-áì´-ăh the son of Dĕl-áì´-ăh the son of Mĕ-hĕt´-ă-béèl, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Săn-băl´-lăt had hired him.
13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Săn-băl´-lăt according to these their works, and on the prophetess Nō-ă-dī´-ăh, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
15¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
16And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
17¶ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
18For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shĕc̱ẖ-ă-nī´-ăh the son of Arah; and his son Jō-hā´-năn had taken the daughter of Mĕ-shŭl´-lăm the son of Bĕr-ē-c̱ẖī´-ăh.
19Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
1Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2That I gave my brother Hă-nā´-nī, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
5¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nĕb-ū-c̱ẖăd-nĕz´-zär the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
7Who came with Zĕ-rŭb´-bă-bĕl, Jĕsh´-ū-ă, Nehemiah, Ăz-ă-rī´-ăh, Rā-ă-mī´-ăh, Nā-hă-mā´-nī, Môr-dĕ-cā´-ī, Bilshan, Mĭs´-pĕ-rĕth, Bĭg-vā´-ī, Nē´-hŭm, Bā´-ă-năh. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
8The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
9The children of Shĕph-ă-tī´-ăh, three hundred seventy and two.
10The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
11The children of Pā´-hăth–moab, of the children of Jĕsh´-ū-ă and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
12The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
13The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
14The children of Zăc-cā´-ī, seven hundred and threescore.
15The children of Bĭn´-nū-ī, six hundred forty and eight.
16The children of Bē-bā´-ī, six hundred twenty and eight.
17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
18The children of Ăd-ō-nī´-kăm, six hundred threescore and seven.
19The children of Bĭg-vā´-ī, two thousand threescore and seven.
20The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
21The children of Ater of Hĕz-ē-kī´-ăh, ninety and eight.
22The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
23The children of Bē-zā´-ī, three hundred twenty and four.
24The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
25The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
26The men of Beth–lehem and Nĕ-tō´-phäh, an hundred fourscore and eight.
27The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
28The men of Bĕth–ăz-mā´-vĕth, forty and two.
29The men of Kĭr´-jăth–jē´-ă-rĭm, C̱ẖĕ-phī´-răh, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
30The men of Ramah and Gā´-bă, six hundred twenty and one.
31The men of Mĭc̱ẖ´-măs, an hundred and twenty and two.
32The men of Beth–el and Ā´-ī, an hundred twenty and three.
33The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
34The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
35The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
38The children of Sĕn´-ă-ăh, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39¶ The priests: the children of Jĕ-dáì´-ăh, of the house of Jĕsh´-ū-ă, nine hundred seventy and three.
40The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
41The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
42The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
43¶ The Levites: the children of Jĕsh´-ū-ă, of Kăd´-mĭ-ĕl, and of the children of Hō´-dĕ-väh, seventy and four.
44¶ The singers: the children of Ā´-săph, an hundred forty and eight.
45¶ The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hă-tī´-tă, the children of Shō-bā´-ī, an hundred thirty and eight.
46¶ The Nĕth´-ĭ-nĭmṡ: the children of Zī´-hă, the children of Hă-shû´-phă, the children of Tăb-bā´-ōth,
47The children of Keros, the children of Sī´-ă, the children of Padon,
48The children of Lĕ-bā´-nă, the children of Hăg´-ă-bă, the children of Shăl´-máì,
49The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50The children of Rē-áì´-ăh, the children of Rezin, the children of Nĕ-kō´-dă,
51The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phă-sē´-ăh,
52The children of Bē´-sáì, the children of Mĕ-ū´-nĭm, the children of Nĕ-phĭsh´-ĕ-sĭm,
53The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hă-kū´-phă, the children of Harhur,
54The children of Bazlith, the children of Mĕ-hī´-dă, the children of Harsha,
55The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
56The children of Nĕ-zī´-ăh, the children of Hă-tī´-phă.
57¶ The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sō-tā´-ī, the children of Sō´-phĕ-rĕth, the children of Pĕ-rī´-dă,
58The children of Jā´-ă-lă, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59The children of Shĕph-ă-tī´-ăh, the children of Hattil, the children of Pō´-c̱ẖĕ-rĕth of Zĕ-bā´-ĭm, the children of Amon.
60All the Nĕth´-ĭ-nĭmṡ, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
61And these were they which went up also from Tĕl–mē´-lăh, Tĕl–hă-rē´-shă, C̱ẖĕr´-ŭb, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
62The children of Dĕl-áì´-ăh, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nĕ-kō´-dă, six hundred forty and two.
63¶ And of the priests: the children of Hă-báì´-ăh, the children of Koz, the children of Bär-zĭl-lā´-ī, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gĭl´-ĕ-ăd-īte to wife, and was called after their name.
64These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
65And the Tĭr´-shă-thă said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
66¶ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
67Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
68Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
69Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
70¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tĭr´-shă-thă gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
71And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nĕth´-ĭ-nĭmṡ, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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