IV. 14.

B.C. 445.
SANBALLAT MOCKS THE JEWS.
AND TOBIAH ALSO,
NEHE- MIAH’S PRAYER. =G. God, Elohim, plural,
THE CON-
SPIRACY, Ch. iv. in Heb. begins here.
WATCHFUL- NESS AND PRAYER.
WARNING.
NEHEMIAH ENCOUR- AGES THE PEOPLE.
a. Adonahy, Sovereign
a=Lord, which is xgreat and xterrible,
Lord, plural.
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B.C. 445.
THEY BUILD, READY
ARMED.
c. coats_of mail.
0. on his loins.
NEHE- MIAH'S ORDER,
THE DAILY LABOUR.
as. ascend-
ing-of the dawn.
@. anah- shim.
w the water.
THE Com- PLAINTS OF THE PEOPLE.
@ are- pledging.
si. silver.
5. SONS.
NEHEMIAH EXPOSTU- LATES.
6. Ex. 22. 25.
and «fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, an your houses.”
15 And it came_to_pass, when our enemies heard that it was_known unto us, and x=God had_brought their -coun- sel to_nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every_one unto his work.
16 And it came to pass from xthat xtime forth, that the_half_of my servants 4wrought in the work, and the_other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the ¢ haber- geons; and the rulers wee behind all the_house_of Judah.
17 They swhich_builded on the wall, and they +that_bare xburdens, with 2those_that_laded, every one with one of his hands +wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a xweapon.
18 For the builders, every_one had his sword girded oby his side, and so sbuilded. And x:he_that sounded the trumpet was by me.
12 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the_rest_of the people, “The work is great and large, and wwe +are_separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 In what place therefore ye ‘hear -the_sound_of the trumpet, tresort_ye_ thither unto us: our =God shall_fight for us.”
21 So wwe laboured in the work: and half of them-held the spears from the_ asrising_of the morning till the stars Sep:
Likewise at the same «time said I unto the people “tLet every_one with his servant odge within Jerusalem, that in the night they -may_be a guard to us, and labour on the day.”
23 So neither ¥, 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 ~xwashing. | 5 AND there was a great cry_of the | people and of their wives against \their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were +that_said, “te, our sons, and our daughters, ae many: therefore, we take_up corn for them, that we may_eat, and live.”
83 Some also there were +that_said, “@Hie ashave_mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might_ buy corn, because of the dearth.”
4 There were also +that_said, “We -have_borrowed si money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards,
5 Yet now our flesh 7s as the_flesh_of our brethren, our schildren as their schildren: and, lo, we +bring_into_ bondage our -sons and our -daughters to be_servants, and some of our daugh- ters sare_brought_unto_bondage al- ready: 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 xthese xwords.
7 Then I consulted with myself, and I
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rebuked cthe nobles, and -the rulers, and said unto them, “@e +exact usury, every_one of his brother.” And I set a great assembly against them. ;
8 And I said unto them, “@ile after our ability shave_redeemed our -breth- ren the Jews, which were_sold unto the »=heathen ; and will pe even sell your -brethren ? or shall_they_be_sold unto us?” Then held_they_their_peace, and found nothing to answer.
® Also I said, “It ts not good that pe dido: ought ye not to walk in the_fear_ of our =God because of the_reproach_of the » =heathen our enemies?
10 £ likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might +exact of them simoney and corn; I_pray_you, let_us_ leave_off xthis Xusury.
11 -Restore, I_pray_you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the si money, and of the corn, the » wine, and the oil, that pe +exact of them.”
12 Then said they, “We will_restore them, and will_require nothing of them ; so will_we_do ac as thon +sayest.” Then I called «the priests, and took_an_oath of them, that theyshould_do according_ to xthis xpromise. ' :
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, “So
x=God tshake_out revery ‘xman from |i. i
his house, and from his labour, that
erformeth not xthis *promise, even thus ‘be he shaken_out, and emptied.” And all the «ascongregation said, “Amen,” and praised J the Lorp. And the people did according_to xthis xpromise.
14 Moreover from the @time that £
was_appointed to be their governor in |} | the_land_of Judah, from the twentieth
year even unto the two and thirtieth year_of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, — and my brethren have not eaten the_bread_of the governor.
15 But the former xgovernors that had been before me were_chargeable unto the people, and had _taken of them bread and w wine, beside forty shekels_ of silver ; yea, even their servants bare_ rule over the people: but so did not , because of the_fear_of =God. {
16 Yea, also I continued in the_work_ of xthis xwall, neither bought we any land : and all my servants were gathered thither unto-the work.
17 Moreover there were at my table a hundred .and fifty of the Jews and xrulers, beside x-those_that came unto us from among the ~=heathen that are about us.
18 Now 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 w wine: yet for all this required not I the_bread_of the governor, becaaise the bondage was_heavy upon xthis
xpeople. 19 “-Think_upon me, =God, for good, according to all that I have_done
for this people.”
6
ballat, and Tobiah, and g Geshem
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n. nations Heb.goyi
ds, are. doing.
si. silver,
n. new- wine, Me tirosh.
ae. accord ing as.
‘ahah. 5. Jehoval
SANBA\ A TOBIAH MESSAGE
NOW it came_to_pass, when San- Fen
ra Rain, v6
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NEHEMIAH VI. 2.
B.C. 445.
valley.
Ono,
strength. NEHE-
MIAI'S REPLY.
. nations.
or Ge- hem, v. 1.
PROPOSAL OF SHEMAIAH.
the Arabian, and the_rest_of our ene- mies, heard that I had_builded wall, and that there was no breach left therein ; (though at xthat xtime I had not set up the doors upon the gates ;)
2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, “Come, let_us_meet together in some one of the villages in the_vplain_of Ono.” But thep 4thought to do me mischief.
3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, “3 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?”
4 Yet they sent unto me four times after xthis xsort ; and I answered them after the same xmanner.
5 Then sent Sanballat his “servant unto me in xlike xmanner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand ;
6 Wherein was written, “It is reported among the ~=heathen, and g Gashmu asaith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel : for which cause thou +buildest the wall, that thom +mayest_be their king, according_to xthese xwords.
7 And thou hast also appointed pro- phets to preach of thee at Jerusalem saying, ‘here ts a kingin Judah:’ an now shall_it_be_reported to the king according_to xthese xwords. ‘Come now therefore, and let_us_take_counsel together.”
3 Then Isent unto him, saying, “There ‘are no xsuch xthings done as thon ssayest, but thou +feignest them out_of thine_own heart.”
® For they all «made 1s afraid, say- ing, “Their hands shall_be_weakened from the work, that it be not done.” “Now therefore, O God, strengthen my vhands.”
10 Afterward £ came unto the_house_of
Shemaiah the_son_of Delaiah the_son_ of Mehetabeél, tho was shut_up; and he said, “*Let_us_meet_together in the_ house_of x=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.” ' 1 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 in.”
12 And, lo, I perceived that =God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had_hired him.
13 Therefore was he hired, that I should_be_afraid, and do so, and ssin, and that they -might have matter for an evil report, that they tmight_re- proach me.
14 “My =God, -think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according_to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, 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 themonth Elul, .|in fifty and two days.
16 And it came_to_pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the n=heathen that we7e about us saw these things, they were much cast_down in
NEHEMIAH VII. 15.
their_own eyes: for they perceived that xthis xwork was_wrought of our -=God.
W Moreover in xthose xdays the_ nobles_of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto’ him, because he was the_ son_in_law_of Shechaniah the_son_of Arah ; and his son Johanan had_taken -the_daughter_of Meshullam the_son_ of Berechiah.
19 Also they w-sreported his good deeds before me, and «-1uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters
to put_me_in_fear.
7 NOW 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,
2 That I gaye my brother ~Hanani, and “Hananiah the_ruler_of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful «man, and feared *=God above many. 8 And I said unto them, “tLet not the_gates_ofJerusalem be_opened until the sun be_hot ; and while thep +stand by, tlet_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.
4 Now 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 rulers, and «the people, that they might_be_reckoned_by_genealogy. And I found a register_of the genealogy of xithem_which came_up at the first, and found written therein,
6 “These are the_schildren_of the province, xsthat went_up out_of the captivity, of those_that had_been_car- ried_away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the_ king_of Babylon had_carried_away, and came_again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every_one unto his city ;
7 xsWho came with Zerubbabel, Je- shua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Misper- eth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The_ number, J say, of the.emen_of the_ people_of Israél was this ;
8 The_s children_of Parosh, two_thou- sand a hundred seventy and two.
9 The-_s children_of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 3
10 The_s children_of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
11 The_s children_of Pahath-moab, of the_s children_of Jeshua and Joab, two Phouenyg and eight hundred and eigh-
cen. S
12 The_s children_of Elam, a thousand two_hundred fifty and four.”
18 The_s children_of Zattu, eight hun- dred forty and five.
14 The_schildren_of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
15 The_s children_of Binnui, six hun- dred forty and eight.
B.C. about ! 445,
~TOBIAH, —
w. *Lwere reporting.
wu. *Lwere uttering.
THE CHARGE OF JERU- SALEM.
2. Ch. 1.
i. ish.
THE CITY VACANT.
MEN OF THE CAPTIVITY
THAT WENT UP FIRST TO JERU-
SALEM.
5-38. EZRA 2.
1-35.
B.C. about 536.
$. Sons.
@. anah- shim.
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NEHEMIAH VII. 16.
B.C. about 536.
8. SONS.
34. See v. 12.
PRIESTS. 39-42. EZRA 2. 36-39.
LEVITES. 43. EZRA 2. 40.
SINGERS. 44. EZRA 2. dl.
PORTERS. 45 EZRA 2. 42,
NETHINIM, | 46-56. EzRA 43-54.
16 The_schildren_of Bebai, six hun- dred twenty and eight.
W The-_s children_of Azgad, two_thou- sand three hundred twenty and two.
18 The_s children_of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. .
19 The_s children_of Bigvai, two_thou- sand threescore and seven.
20 The_s children_of Adin, six hundred ALY and five.
21 The_s children_of Ater of Hezekiah, nine and eight.
2 The_schildren_of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
23 The_s children_of Bezai, three hun- dred twenty and four.
24 The_s children_of Hariph, a hun- dred and twelve.
2% The_schildren_of Gibeon, ninety and five.
26 The_# men_of Beth-lehem and Ne- tophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.
The_# men_of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
28 The_« men_of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
2 The_« men_of Kirjath-jearim, Che- phirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
30 The_emen_of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
31 The_@ men_of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.
32 The_« men_of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three,
33 The_# men_of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
34 The_s children_of the other Elam, a thousand two_hundred fifty and four.
85 The_schildren_of Harim, three hun- dred and twenty
86 The_schildren_of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
37 The_s children_of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
38 The_schildren_of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests: the_s children_of Je- daiah, of the_-house_of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
40 The_s children_of Immer, a thou- sand fifty and two.
41 The_«children_of Pashur, a thou- sand two_hundred forty and seven.
42 The_s children_of Harim,a thousand and seventeen.
43'The Levites: the_schildren_of Je- shua, of Kadmiél, and of the_s children_ of Hodevah, seventy and four.
44 The singers: the_schildren _ of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.
# The porters: the _schildren _ of Shallum, the_schildren_of Ater, the_ schildren_of Talmon, the_s children_of Akkub, the_s children_of Hatita, the_ schildren_of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.
4 The Nethinims: the_schildren_of Ziha, the_s children_of Hashupha, the_ schildren_of Tabbaoth,
47 The_s children_of Keros, the_s chil- dren_of Sia, the_s children_of Padon,
48 The_schildren_of Lebana, the_s chil- dren_of Hagaba, the _s children _ of Shalmai,
49 The_s children_of Hanan, the_schil- dren_of Giddel, the_s children_of Gahar,
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50 The _schildren_of Reai the_ schildren_of Rezin, the_schildren_of Nekoda,
51 The _schildren_of Gazzam, the_ schildren_of Uzza, the _s children _ of Phaseah,
52 The_s children_of Besai, the_schil- dren_of Meunim, the _s children _ of Nephishesim,
53 The_schildren_of Bakbuk, the_ schildren_of Hakupha, the_s children_ of Harhur,
5 The_schildren_of Bazlith, the- schildren_of Mehida, the_s children_of Harsha,
55 The_schildren_of Barkos, the_ schildren_of Sisera, the_schildren_of Tamah,
56 The_schildren_of Neziah, the _ s children_of Hatipha.
57 The_schildren_of Solomon’s ser- vants: the_*children_of Sotai, the_
s children_of Sophereth, the_s children_ .
of Perida.
58 The_schildren_of Jaala, the_s chil- dren_of Darkon, the —s children _of Giddel,
59 The_s abides of Shephatiah, the_ schildren_of Hattil, the_s children_of Pochereth of Zebaim, the_s children_of Amon.
60 All the Nethinims, and the_s chil- dren_of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
61 And these were x+they_which went_| “
up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether thep were of Israél,
62 The_schildren_of Delaiah, the_ schildren_of Tobiah, the_schildren_of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63 And of the priests: the_s children_ of Habaiah, the_s children_of Koz, the_ schildren_of Barzillai, which took one of the_daughters_of Barzillai the Gil- eadite to wife, and was_called after their name.
64 These sought their register ainong those +that_were_reckoned_by_geneal- ogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as_polluted, put from the priesthood.
9, 6 And the 9 Tirshatha said unto them,
that they should not eat of the }-most x=holy_things, till there stood wp @
xpriest with «=Urim and ¢=Thum- tt
mim.
66 The whole «con; tion together was forty and two_thousand three hundred and threescore,
67 Beside 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.
68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two_hundred forty and five:
6 Their camels, four hundred thirt; and five: six thousand seven hundr and twenty asses.
70 And some of the_chief_of the fathers gave unto the work. The g Tir- shatha gave to the treasure a thousand
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NEHEMIAH VII. 71.