The names and order of NEHEMIAH. them that builded the wall. son of Meshezabcel. And next unto son of Azbuk, the ruler of the hal them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. part of Beth-zur, unto the place over 5 And next unto them the Tekoites against the sepulchres of David, and repaired; but their nobles put not to the pool that was made, and unto their necks to the work of the LORD. the house of the mighty. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Je- 17 After him repaired the Levites, hoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshul- Rebum, the son of Baui. Next unto lam the son of Besodeiah; they laid him repaired Hashabial, the ruler of the beams thereof, and set up the doors the half part of Keilah, in his part. thereof, and the locks thereof,and the 18 After him repaired their brethren, bare thereof. Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilab. 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpali, unto the throne of the gov-another piece over against the going ernor on this side the river. up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries; and they fortified Jerusalem uuto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zab bai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another [piece, from the door of the house of 10 And next unto them repaired Je-|Eliashib even to the end of the house daiah the son of Haruinaph, even over of Eliashib. against his house. And next unto 22 And after him repaired the priests him repaired Hattush the son of Ha- the men of the plain. shabniah. 23 After him repaired Benjamin and 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub over against their house. After Hashub the son of Palath-moab, re-him repaired Azariah the son of Maapaired the other piece, and the tower seiah the son of Ananiali by his house. of the furnaces. 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azarian unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner 25 Palal the son of Uzai, 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 Pedaiah the son of Parosh. 12 And next unto him repaired ShalIum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; 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. 14 But the dung-gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great 15 But the gate of the fountain re-tower that lieth out, even unto the paired Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, wall of Ophel. the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built 28 From above the horse-gate repairit, and covered it, and set up the doors fed the priests, every one over against thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars his house. thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloal by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 29 After them repaired Zadok, the son of Immer over against his house, A ter him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the least gate. Nehemiah appointeth CHAP. IV 30 After him repaired Hananiah the Son of Shelemiah,and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After nim repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiali over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchial the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants,over against the gate Miplikad, and to the going up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAP. IV. UT it came to pass,that when San a reatch. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slaythem, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass,that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From ali places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you, 13 Therefore set in the lower pla ces behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. BUT came to builded uue said onto the nobles, and to the rules, 14 And I looked, and rose up, and wall, he was wroth, and took great in- and to the rest of the people, Be not dignation, and mocked the Jews. ye afraid of them: remember the And he spake before his orethren Lond, which is great and terrible, and and the army of Samaria, and said, fight for your brethren, your sons, and What do these feeble Jews? will they your daughters, your wives, and your fortify themselves? will they sacri-houses. tice will theymake an end in a day? 15 And it came to pass, when our enwill they revive the stones out of the emies heard that it was known unto heaps of the rubbish which are burn-Jus, and God had brought their counsel ed? to nought, that we returned all of us to 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was the wall, every one unto his work. by him; and he said, Even that which 16 And it came to pass from that time they build, if a fox go up, he shall forth, that the half of my servants evch break down their stone wall. wrought in the work, and the other 1 Hear, O our God; for we are des-half of them held both the spears, the pised and turn their reproach upon shields, and the bows, and the habertheir own head, and give them for ageous; and the rulers were behind all prey in the land of captivity; the house of Judah. : 5 And 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. 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work. 17 They 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. 18 For the builders,every one had his sword girded by his side, and so build ed. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 7¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabi- | 19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and ans, and the Ammonites, and the Ash-to the rulers, and to the rest of the peododites, heard that the walls of Jeru-|ple, The work is great and large, and salem were made up, and that the we are separated upon the wall, one breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, S And conspired all of them together to come and to fight againstJerusalem, and to hinder it. 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. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer 21 So we laboured in the work and unto our God, and set a watch agaiust half of them held the spears from the them day and night, because of them. rising of the morning till the stars ap10 And Judah said, The strength of peared. The bearers of burdens is decayed,aud | 221.ikewise at the same time sail I there is much rubbish ; so that we are unto the poople, Let every one with not able tɔ build the wall. This servant lodge within Jerusulm of their debts, &c. that in the night they may be a guard of the corn,the wine,and the oil, that to us, and labour on the day. ye exact of them. 23 So 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. CHAP. V. AND there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them, so will we do as thou sayest. Ther: 2 called the priests, and took an oath of them,that they should do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that per formeth not this promise, even thus be 2 For there were that said, We, our he shaken out, and emptied. And all sons, and our daughters, are many the congregation said Amen,and praitherefore we take up corn for them,|sed the Loan. And the people did that we may eat, and live. according to this promise. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judali, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's trib-twelve years, I and my brethren have ute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that hac 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of been before me were chargeable unto our brethren, our children as their the people, and bad taken of then children; and, 'o, we bring into bon-bread and wine, besides forty shekels dage our sons and our daughters to be of silver; yea, even their servants bare servants, and some of our daughters are rule over the people: but so did not 1, brought into bondage already: neither because of the fear of God. is it in our power to redeem them; for 16 Yea, also 1 continued in the work other men have our lands and vine-Jol this wall, neither bought we any yards. Jand; and all my servants were gath ered thither unto the work. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 17 Moreover there were at my table 7 Then I consulted with myself, and a hundred and fifty of the Jews and 1 rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, rulers, besides those that came unto us and said unto them, Ye exact_usury, from among the heathen that are about every one of his brother. And I set aus. great assembly against them. 18 Now that which was prepared for 8 And 1 said unto them, We after our me daily was one ox and six choice ability have redeemed our brethren sheep; also fowls were prepared for the Jews, which were sold unto theme, and once in ten days store of ak 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. : 9 Also 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? sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me,my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. CHAP. VI. 101 likewise, and my brethren, and at, and Tobiah, and Geshem tie OW it came to pass, when Sanbal my servants, night exact of them inoney and corn: I pray you,let us leave of this usury Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and 1 Restore, I pray you, to them,even that there was no breach left therein; this day, their lands, their vineyards, (though at that time I had not set up their olive-yards,and their houses,also the doors upon the gates ;) the hundredth part of the money,and 2 That Sanballat and Gershem sen' unto me, saying, Come, let us meet to gether in some one of the villages in the plan Ono. But they thought to do me mischief, 3 And 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? 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their work, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,that would have put me in fear. 15 1 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day_of_the_month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when au 4 Yet they sent unto me four times our enemies heard thereof, and all the after this sort; and I answered them heathen that were about us saw these after the same mauner. things, they were much cast down in 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant un-their own eyes: for they perceived that to me in like manuer the fifth time this work was wrought of our God, with an open letter in his hand; 17 ¶ Moreover m those days the no6 Wherein was written, It is report jbles of Judah sent many letters unto ed among the heathen, and Gashmu|Tobiab, and the letters of Tobiah came saith it, that thou and the Jews think unto them, to rebel; for which cause thou buildest 18 For there were many in Judah the wall, that thou mayest be their sworn unto hùn, because he was the king, according to these words. sou-in-law of Shechaniah the son of 7 And thou hast also appointed proph-Arab; and his son Jobanan bad taken ets to preach of thee at Jerusalemn,say-the daughter of Meshultain the son of ing, There is a king in Judah; and Berechah. him. me in fear. now shall it be reported to the king 19 Also they reported his good deeds according to these words. Come now before me, and uttered my words to therefore, and let us take counsel to And Tobiah scut letters to put gether. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, ut thou feiguest them out of thine own heart. N CHAP VII. TOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the sing 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, ers and the Levites were appointed, Their bands shall be weakened from 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, the work, that it be not done. Now and Hananiab, the ruler of the palace, therefore, O God, strengthen my charge of Jerusalem; for he was a bands faithful man, and feared God above many. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the 3 And I said unto them, Let not the son of Mebelabeel, who teas shut up; gates of Jerusalem be opened until the and se said, Let us meet together in sun be hot; and while they stand by The house of God, within the temple, flet them shut the doors, and bar them: nad let us shut the doors of the temple: and appoint watches of the inhabitants for they will come to slay thee; yea, of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, in the night will they come to slay and every one to be over against his house. thee. i! And 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 ių. 12 And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this propneey against me: for Tobial and Sanbaliat bad hired him. Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 T And my God put into my 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, 13 Therefore was he hired, that should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for 6 These are the children of the provau evil revort, that they might re-ince, that went up out of the captivity, proach ms of tliose that had been carried away, 1 NEHEMIAH. A register of those that whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every oue unto his city; 7 Who came withi Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Rainiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshian, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanali. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; S The children of Parosh, two thou-| sand a hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arab, six hundred fifty and two. returned to Jerusa.em. 31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a bundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other Elam. a thousand two hundred fifty and four 35 The children of Harin, three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and Eve. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zatu, eight hundred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai,seven hun dred and threescore. 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 41 The children of Pashur, a thou sand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of Harin, a thousand and seventeen. 43 The Levites: the children o. 15 The children of Binnui, six hun-Jeshua, of Kadmeil, and of the chi dren forty and eight. 16 The children of Bebai, six han dren twenty and eight. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. 20 The children of Adin,six hundred ifty and five. 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, inety and eight. 22 The children of Hashum, jundred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Bēzai, three dred twenty and four. dren of Hodevah, seventy and four. 46 T The Nethinims: the chlidren of Zila, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The children of Keros, the chil three]dren of Sia, the children of Padou, 43 The children of Lebana, the chilhun-dren of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 24 The children of Hariph,a hundred and twelve. 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophiah, a hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 49 The children of Haman, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 The children of Gazzam, the chil [dren of Uzza, the children of Phaseal, 52 The children of Besai, the chi! dren of Meunim, the children of Ne 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty phishesim, and two. 53 The children of Bakbuk, the chil 29 The men of Kirjah-jearim, Che-dren of Hakupha, the children of Harphirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred hur, forty and three. 54 The children of Bazlith, the chit30. The men of Ramah and Gaba, six|dren of Mehida, the children of Harbundred twenty and one. sha, |