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span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="neh.7.1" class="versetxt"> Now it came to passe when the wall was built, and I had set vp the doores; and the porters, and the singers, and the Leuites were appointed, That I gaue my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge ouer Ierusalem (for hee was a faithfull man, and feared God aboue many.) And I said vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened, vntill the Sunne bee hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doores, and barre them. And appoint watches of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, euery one in his wateh, and euery one to bee ouer against his house. Now the city was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. And my God put into mine heart, to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, & the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogie. And I found a register of the genealogie of them which came vp at the first, and found written therein; These are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those that had beene caried away whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away, and came againe to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie: Who came with Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Biguai, Nahum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel, was this: The children of Parosh, two thousand, an hundred, seuentie and two. The children of Shephatiah, three hundred, seuentie and two. The children of Arah, sixe hundred, fiftie and two. The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Ieshua, and Ioab, two thousand, and eight hundred, and eighteene. The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred, fiftie and foure. The children of Zattu, eight hundred fourtie and fiue. The children of Zaccai, seuen hundred and threescore. The children of Binnui, sixe hundred, fourty and eight. The children of Bebai, sixe hundred, twentie and eight. The children of Azgad, two thousand, three hundred, twentie and two. The children of Adonikam, sixe hundred, threescore and seuen. The children of Biguai, two thousand, threescore and seuen. The children of Adin, sixe hundred, fiftie and fiue. The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninetie and eight. The children of Hashum, three hundred, twentie and eight. The children of Bezai, three hundred twentie and foure. The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelue. The children of Gibeon, ninetie and fiue. The men of Bethlehem, and Netophah, an hundred, fourescore and eight. The men of Anathoth, an hundred, twentie and eight. The men of Bethazmaueth, fourtie and two. The men of Kiriath-iearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, seuen hundred fourtie and three. The men of Ramah and Geba, sixe hundred, twentie and one. The men of Michmash, an hundred and twenty and two. The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred, twentie and three. The men of the other Nebo, fiftie and two. The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred, fiftie & foure. The children of Harim, three hundred and twentie. The children of Iericho, three hundred, fourtie and fiue. The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and one. The children of Senaa, three thousand, nine hundred, and thirty. The Priests. The children of Iedaia, of the house of Ieshua, nine hundred, seuentie and three. The children of Immer, a thousand, fifty and two. The children of Pashur, a thousand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen. The children of Harim, a thousand, and seuenteene. The Leuites. The children of Ieshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodeuah, seuentie and foure. The singers. The children of Asaph, an hundred, fourtie and eight. The porters. The children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred, thirtie and eight. The Nethinims. The children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabaoth, The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, The children of Baslith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamiah, The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The children of Solomons seruants: The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, The children of Iaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Zebaim, the children of Amon, All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons seruants, were three hundred ninetie and two. And these were they which went vp also from Tel-Melah, Tel-Haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, whether they were of Israel. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, sixe hundred fourtie and two. And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which tooke one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. These sought their register, among those that were reckoned by genealogie, but it was not found: therfore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. And the Tirshatha said vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy things, till there stood vp a priest with Urim and Thummim. The whole congregation together, was fourtie and two thousand, three hundred and threescore: Beside their man seruants, and their maid seruants, of whome there were seuen thousand, three hundred, thirtie and seuen: and they had two hundred fourtie and fiue singing men and singing women. Their horses, seuen hundred, thirtie and sixe: their mules, two hundred fourtie and fiue: Their camels, foure hundred thirtie and fiue: sixe thousand, seuen hundred and twentie asses. And some of the chiefe of the fathers, gaue vnto the worke: The Tirshatha gaue to the treasure, a thousand drammes of gold, fiftie basons, fiue hundred and thirtie priests garments. And some of the chiefe of the fathers gaue to the treasure of the worke twentie thousand drammes of golde, and two thousand and two hundred pound of siluer. And that which the rest of the people gaue, was twentie thousand drammes of gold, and two thousand pound of siluer, and threescore and seuen priests garments. So the priests, and the Leuites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities: And when the seuenth moneth came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

And they found written in the Law whith the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in boothes, in the feast of the seuenth moneth:

And all the congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie, made boothes, and sate vnder the boothes: for since the dayes of Ieshua the sonne of Nun, vnto that day, had not the children of Israel done so: and there was very great gladnesse.

Now in the twentie and fourth day of this moneth, the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, & with sackclothes, and earth vpon them.

Their children also multipliedst thou as the starres of heauen, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should goe in to possesse it.

So the children went in, and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the lande, the Canaanites, and gauest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might doe with them, as they would.

For the children of Israel, and the children of Leui, shall bring the offering of the corne, of the new wine, and the oyle, vnto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuarie, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers, and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Now these are the chiefe of the prouince that dwelt in Ierusalem: but in the cities of Iudah dwelt euerie one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons seruants.

And at Ierusalem dwelt certaine of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin. Of the children of Iudah: Athaiah the sonne of Uzziah, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez.

And Pethahiah the sonne of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the sonne of Iudah, was at the kings hand in all matters concerning the people.

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Iudah dwelt at Kiriath-arba, and in the villages thereof; and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Iekabzeel, and in the villages thereof:

The children also of Beniamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in their villages:

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and reioyced; for God had made them reioyce with great ioy: the wiues also and the children reioyced: so that the ioy of Ierusalem was heard euen afarre off.

And all Israel in the dayes of Zerubbabel, and in the dayes of Nehemiah, gaue the portions of the singers, and the porters, euery day his portion, and they sanctified holy things vnto the Leuites, and the Leuites sanctified them vnto the children of Aaron.

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread, and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all maner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the children of Iudah, and in Ierusalem.

And their children spake halfe in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of ech people.

And the letters were sent by posts into all the kings prouinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Iewes, both yong and olde, litle children and women, in one day, euen vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth (which is the moneth Adar) and to take the spoile of them for a pray.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had aduanced him aboue the Princes, and seruants of the king.

His children are farre from safetie, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliuer them.