Inhabitants of Jerusalem, B. C. 445. d Ezra 2. 43. e Ezra 2. 55. f 1 Chr. 9. 3, &c. g Gen. 38. 29, Pharez. h 1 Chr. 9. 10, &c. Or, the son of Haggedolim. + Heb. were NEHEMIAH. one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and children of Solomon's serv e the ants. 4 And fat Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of 5 Perez ; 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. and of the other cities. 21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of 23 For mit was the king's commandJesaiah. ment concerning them, that "la cer8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine tain portion should be for the singers, hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 h of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. 12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashahiah, the son of Bunni; 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, † had the overi 1 Chr. 26. 29. sight of the outward business of the over. house of God. 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, gates. 1 See ch. 3. 26. || Or, The tow er. m See Ezra 6. 8. 9. & 7. 20, &c. Or, a sure ordinance. n Gen. 38. 30, Zarah. o 1 Chr. 18. 17. & 23. 28. 25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the P Josh. 14. 15. villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash,|| and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Succession of high priests. B. C. about 536. CHAPTER XII. NEHEMIAH. The priests, 8 and the Levites, which came up with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of high priests. 22 Certain chief Levites. 27 The dedication of the wall. 44 The offices of priests and Levites appointed in the temple. Now these a OW these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 || Shechaniah, Rehum, "Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 5 | Miamin, " Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 || Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of d Jeshua. 8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. 10 ¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan ; 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai ; 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan ; The dedication of the wall. B. C. ren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the about 536. commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. h g 1 Chr. 23, & 25, & 26. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Oba-h Ezra 3. 11. diah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. || Or, treasuries, or, assemblies. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, i ch. 8. 9. i k the scribe. k Ezra 7.6, 11. 445. Ps. 30, title. 27 ¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Deut. 20. 5. Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both m 1 Chr. 25. 6. with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. m 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. 30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: n 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 2 Chr. 5. 13. & 7. 6. n See ver. 38. o ch. 2, 13 & 3. 13. 35 And certain of the priests' sons 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 22 ¶ The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the 'Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their breth Offices of the priests. B. C. 445. x ch. 3. 11. z 2 Kings 14. c ch. 3. 1. d ch. 3. 32. e Jer. 32. 2. † Heb. made their voice to be heard. f 2 Chr. 31. 11, 12, 13. them, and I after them, and the half | Moabite should not come into the X beyond the tower of the furnaces 44 ¶ And at that time were some 12. ch. 18.5, appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Le That is, ap pointed by the law. +Heb. for the joy of Judah. + Heb. that stood. 26. vites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, 1 Chr. 25, & and the ward of the purification, & according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. h 1 Chr. 25. 1, &c. 2 Chr. 29. 30. i Num. 18. 21, 24. || That is, set apart. k Num. 18. 26. a Deut. 31. 11, 12. 2 Kings 23. 2. ch. 8. 3, 8. & 9.3. Is. 34. 16. + Heb. there was read. + Heb. ears. b Deut. 23.3, 4. 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against Num. 22. 5. them, that he should curse them: "howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Josh. 24. 9, 10. d Num. 23. 11. & 24. 10. Deut. 23. 5. e ch. 9. 2. & 10. 28. 4 ¶ And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the † Heb. being chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: f set over. ch. 12. 44. 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they f ch. 12. 44. laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, † which was commanded + Heb. the to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. h 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and + after certain days obtained I leave of the king : i 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they * cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. 10 ¶ And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11 Then "contended I with the rulers, and said, ° Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. + commandment of the Levites. g Num. 18. 21, 24. h ch. 5. 14. about 434. + Heb. at the end of days. || Or, I earnestly requested. i ver. 1, 5. 2 Chr. 29. 5, 15, 16, 18. 1 Mal. 3. 8. m Num. 35. 2. + Heb. standing. & 12. 44. || Or, storehouses. 12 Then brought all Judah the p ch. 10. 38, 39. tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13 aAnd I made treasurers over the Nehemiah causeth the chambers of the temple to be treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and q 2 Chr. 31. 12. ch. 12. 44. 5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all +Heb. found. the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; || Or, violet. Il Or, if por- + Heb. wine of the kingdom. + Heb. according to the hand of the king. h 2 Sam. 13. 28. i ch. 7. 9. 6 Where were white, green, and Il blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. 8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahas Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was † fair to look + Heb. good of on. countenance. 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment + by + Heb, which his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. k 13 ¶ Then the king said to the wisek men, 1which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, m was by the hand of his eunuchs. Jer. 10. 7. Dan. 2. 12. 11 Chr. 12. 32. m Ezra 7. 14. n n which saw the king's face, and which 2 Kings 25. sat the first in the kingdom,) 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 19. + Heb. What to do. 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in Eph. 5. 33. their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. + Heb. If it be good with the king. Heb. from before him. 19 + If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment + from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, † that, that it it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and away, ch. 8. 8. Dan. 6. 8, 12, 15. |