Nehemiah, starting at chapter 1
{1:1} The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in
the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the
palace, {1:2} that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain
men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had
escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
{1:3} They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall
of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."
{1:4} It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept,
and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the
[1>]God[<1] of heaven, {1:5} and said, "I beg you, [2>]LORD,[<2] the
God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and
loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
{1:6} Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may
listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this
time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I
confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned
against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned. {1:7} We have
dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments,
nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant
Moses.
{1:8} "Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant
Moses, saying, 'If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the
peoples; {1:9} but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and
do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the
heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the
place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'
{1:10} "Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have
redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand. {1:11}
[3>]Lord[<3], I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer
of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to
fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant
him mercy in the sight of this man."
Now I was cup bearer to the king.
{2:1} It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of
Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the
wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his
presence. {2:2} The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you
are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart."
Then I was very much afraid. {2:3} I said to the king, "Let the king
live forever! Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place
of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed
with fire?"
{2:4} Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?"
So I prayed to the God of heaven. {2:5} I said to the king, "If it
pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight,
that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs,
that I may build it."
{2:6} The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), "For
how long shall your journey be? And when will you return?"
So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. {2:7}
Moreover I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass
through until I come to Judah; {2:8} and a letter to Asaph the keeper
of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the
gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for
the house that I shall enter into."
The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on
me. {2:9} Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them
the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army
and horsemen. {2:10} When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the
servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly,
because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
{2:11} So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. {2:12} I
arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man
what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there
any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on. {2:13} I went
out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to
the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken
down, and its gates were consumed with fire. {2:14} Then I went on to
the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the
animal that was under me to pass. {2:15} Then went I up in the night
by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by
the valley gate, and so returned. {2:16} The rulers didn't know where
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
who did the work. {2:17} Then I said to them, "You see the evil case
that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned
with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won't
be disgraced." {2:18} I told them of the hand of my God which was good
on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me.
They said, "Let's rise up and build." So they strengthened their
hands for the good work.
{2:19} But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and
despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will
you rebel against the king?"
{2:20} Then answered I them, and said to them, "The God of heaven
will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but
you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem."
{3:1} Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the
priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up
its doors; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the
tower of Hananel. {3:2} Next to him built the men of Jericho. Next to
them built Zaccur the son of Imri. {3:3} The fish gate did the sons of
Hassenaah build; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts,
and its bars. {3:4} Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah,
the son of Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son
of Baana. {3:5} Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles
didn't put their necks to the work of their lord. {3:6} The old gate
repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah;
they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its
bars. {3:7} Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, [that appertained]
to the throne of the governor beyond the River. {3:8} Next to him
repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired
Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to
the broad wall. {3:9} Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur,
the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. {3:10} Next to them
repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. Next to
him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. {3:11} Malchijah the son
of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion,
and the tower of the furnaces. {3:12} Next to him repaired Shallum the
son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and
his daughters. {3:13} The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts,
and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
{3:14} The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler
of the district of Beth Haccherem; he built it, and set up its doors,
its bolts, and its bars. {3:15} The spring gate repaired Shallun the
son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and
covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the
wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs
that go down from the city of David. {3:16} After him repaired
Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur,
to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was
made, and to the house of the mighty men. {3:17} After him repaired
the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah,
the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district. {3:18}
After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of half the district of Keilah. {3:19} Next to him repaired Ezer
the son of Yeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against
the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall]. {3:20} After
him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from
the turning [of the wall] to the door of the house of Eliashib the
high priest. {3:21} After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the
son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib
even to the end of the house of Eliashib. {3:22} After him repaired
the priests, the men of the Plain. {3:23} After them repaired Benjamin
and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the
son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house. {3:24} After
him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house
of Azariah to the turning [of the wall], and to the corner. {3:25}
Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning [of the
wall], and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king,
which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of
Parosh [repaired]. {3:26} (Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the
place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that
stands out.) {3:27} After him the Tekoites repaired another portion,
over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of
Ophel. {3:28} Above the horse gate repaired the priests, everyone over
against his own house. {3:29} After them repaired Zadok the son of
Immer over against his own house. After him repaired Shemaiah the son
of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate. {3:30} After him repaired
Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph,
another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah
over against his room. {3:31} After him repaired Malchijah one of the
goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over
against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
{3:32} Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired
the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:4} The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "Elohim."
[2] {1:5} "LORD" or "GOD" (all capital letters) indicate the 4-letter
Holy Name of God
[3] {1:11} The word translated "Lord" (mixed case) is "Adonai."
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