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A confession of disobedience. NEHEMIAH. Those who sealed the covenant. they did eat, and were filled, and became thereof, behold, we are servants in t fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us be26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, cause of our sins: also they have dominion and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law over our bodies, and over our cattle, at behind their backs, and slew thy prophets their pleasure, and we are in great distress. which testified against them to turn them to 38 And because of all this we make a thee, and they wrought great provocations. sure covenant and write it; and our princes, 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into Levites, and priests, seal unto it. the hand of their enemies, who vexed them:

und in the time of their trouble, when they

cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against thein by thy Spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

CHAP. X.

Now the Tirshatha, the son of HachaTOW those that sealed were, Nehemi

liah, and Zidkijah,

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 14 The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, 28 T And the rest of the people, the and on our priests, and on our prophets, priests, the Levites, the porters, the singand on our fathers, and on all thy people, ers, the Nethinims, and all they that had since the time of the kings of Assyria unto separated themselves from the people of this day. the lands unto the law of God, their wives, 33 Howbeit, thou art just in all that is their sons, and their daughters, every one brought upon us; for thou hast done right, having knowledge, and having underbut we have done wickedly: standing;

34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of 35 For they have not served thee in their the LORD our Lord, and his judgments kingdom, and in thy great goodness that and his statutes;

thou gavest them, and in the large and fat 30 And that we would not give our land which thou gavest before them, nei- daughters unto the people of the land, nor ther turned they from their wicked works. take their daughters for our sons:

36 Eehold, we are servants this day, and 31 And if the people of the land bring for the land that thou gavest unto our fa-ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to thers to eat the fruit thereof and the good sell, that we would not buy it of them on

A catalogue of the names of

CHAP. XI.

those who dwelt at Jerusalem.

the sabbath,or on the holy day: and that ims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

4 And at 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

33 For the shew-bread, and for the children of Perez ; continual meat-offering, and for the conti- 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the nual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the the new-moons, for the set feasts, and for son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. make an atonement for Israel, and for all 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at the work of the house of our God. Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.

34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin ; the wood-offering, to bring it into the house Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of of our God, after the houses of our fathers, Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiat times appointed year by year, to burn ah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it the son of Jesaiah. is written in the law:

35 And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

36 Also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God.

8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine 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 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.

37 And that we should bring the first- 12 And their brethren that did the work fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and of the house were eight hundred twenty the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the the house of our God; and the tithes of son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the our ground unto the Levites, that the same son of Malchiah,

Levites might have the tithes in all the 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, cities of our tillage. two hundred forty and two: and Amashai 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the be with the Levites when the Levites take son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, tithes and the Levites shall bring up the 14 And their brethren, mighty men of tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, valour, a hundred twenty and eight: and to the chambers, into the treasure-house. their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one 39 For the children of Israel and the of the great men.

children of Levi shall bring the offering of 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the unto the chambers, where are the vessels son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; of the sanctuary, and the priests that minis- 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of ter, and the porters, and the singers: and the chief of the Levites, had the oversight we will not forsake the house of our God. of the outward business of the house of God. 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the

CHAP. XI.

AND the rulers of the people dwelt at son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the Jerusalem: the rest of the people al- principal to begin the thanksgiving in so cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts his brethren, and Abda the son of Shamto dwell in other cities. mua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 2 And the people blessed all the men 18 All the Levites in the holy city were that willingly offered themselves to dwell two hundred fourscore and four. at Jerusalem. 19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Tal3 Now these are the chief of the pro-mon, and their brethren that kept the vince that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. cities of Judah dwelt every one in his 20 ¶ And the residue of Israel, of the possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, were in all the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethin-cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

Names of the priests

NEHEMIAH. who came up with Zerubbabel.

21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

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,

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. 23 For it was the king's commandment Joseph; concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba,and in the 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,

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;

19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 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 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their vil- fathers, were written in the book of the lages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And the son of Eliashib. 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,
35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of

men.

24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were crafts-porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. CHAP. XII.

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

Le-of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

NOW these are the priests and the vites 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 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,

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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

Dedication of the wall.

CHAP. XIII. Separation from the multitude.

great companies of them that gave thanks, babel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave whereof one went on the right hand upon the portions of the singers and the porters, the wall toward the dung-gate: every day his portion: and they sanctified 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and holy things unto the Levites; and the Lehalf of the princes of Judah, vites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah,and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

CHAP. XIII.

N that day they read in the book of

On rtance of the peo35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son ple; and therein was found written, that of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son the Ammonite and the Moabite should not of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son come into the congregation of God for ever; of Zaccur, the son of Asaph : 2 Because they met not the children of

36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Israel with bread and with water, but Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, hired Balaam against them, that he should and Judah, Hanani, with the musical in-curse them: how beit, our God turned the struments of David the man of God, and curse into a blessing. Ezra the scribe before them.

37 And at the fountain-gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water-gate eastward.

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah : 38 And the other company of them that 5 And he had prepared for him a great gave thanks went over against them, and I chamber, where aforetime they laid the after them, and the half of the people upon meat-offerings, the frankincense, and the the wall, from beyond the tower of the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the furnaces even unto the broad wall; new wine, and the oil, (which was com

39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, manded to be given to the Levites, and the and above the old gate, and above the singers, and the porters,) and the offerings fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and of the priests.

the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep- 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerugate: and they stood still in the prison-gate. salem: for in the two and thirtieth year of 40 So stood the two companies of them Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto that gave thanks in the house of God, and the king, and after certain days obtained I, and the half of the rulers with me: I leave of the king: 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and courts of the house of God. Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their

Overseer.

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 43 Also that day they offered great sa- the chambers: and thither brought I again crifices, and rejoiced: for God had made the vessels of the house of God, with the them rejoice with great joy: the wives meat-offering and the frankincense. also and the children rejoiced: so that the 10 And I perceived that the portions joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. of the Levites had not been given them: 44 And at that time were some ap- for the Levites and the singers, that did pointed over the chambers for the trea- the work, were fled every one to his field. sures, for the offerings, for the first-fruits, 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and for the tithes, to gather into them out and said, Why is the house of God forof the fields of the cities the portions of saken? And I gathered them together, and the law for the priests and Levites: for set them in their place.

Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of Levites that waited. the corn and the new wine and the oil

45 And both the singers and the porters unto the treasuries. kept the ward of their God, and the ward 13 And I made treasurers over the treaof the purification, according to the com- suries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the mandment of David,and of Solomon his son. scribe; and of the Levites, Pedaiah and 46 For in the days of David and Asaph next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, of old there were chief of the singers, and the son of Mattaniah: for they were countsongs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. ed faithful; and their office was to distribute 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerub- unto their brethren.

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Abuses reformed by Nehemiah.

ESTHER. Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.

14 Remember me, O my God, concern- they should cleanse themselves, and that ing this, and wipe not out my good deeds they should come and keep the gates, to that I have done for the house of my God, sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, and for the offices thereof. O my God, concerning this also, and spare

15 In those days saw I in Judah some me according to the greatness of thy mercy. treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and 23 In those days also saw I Jews that bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, also wine, grapes, and figs, and all man- and of Moab:

ner of burdens, which they brought into 24 And their children spake half in the Jerusalem on the sabbath day and I tes- speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in tified against them in the day wherein they the Jews' language, but according to the sold victuals. language of each people.

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also there- 25 And I contended with them, and in, which brought fish, and all manner of cursed them, and smote certain of them, ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the and plucked off their hair, and made them children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give 17 Then I contended with the nobles your daughters unto their sons, nor take of Judah, and said unto them, What evil their daughters unto your sons, or for yourthing is this that ye do, and profane the selves.

sabbath day?

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did by these things? yet among many nations not our God bring all this evil upon us, was there no king like him, who was beand upon this city? yet ye bring more loved of his God, and God made him king wrath upon Israel by profaning the sab- over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

bath.

19 And it came to pass, that, when the 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before do all this great evil, to transgress against the sabbath, I commanded that the gates our God in marrying strange wives? should be shut, and charged that they 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the should not be opened till after the sabbath: son of Eliashib the high priest, was sonand some of my servants set I at the gates, in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therethat there should no burden be brought in fore I chased him from me. on the sabbath day.

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

31 And for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Re22 And I commanded the Levites, that member me, O my God, for good.

¶ The Book of ESTHER.

CHAP. I. the king made a feast unto all the people TOW it came to pass in the days of that were present in Shushan the palace,

Now it cam, tipas Ahasuerus which both unto great and small, seven days, in

reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, the court of the garden of the king's palace; over a hundred and seven and twenty 6 Where were white, green, and blue provinces:) hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen 2 That in those days, when the king and purple to silver rings and pillars of Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his king-marble: the beds were of gold and silver, dom, which was in Shushan the palace, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and 3 In the third year of his reign, he made white, and black marble.

a feast unto all his princes and his ser- 7 And they gave them drink in vessels vants; the power of Persia and Media, the of gold, (the vessels being diverse one nobles and princes of the provinces, being from another,) and royal wine in abunbefore him: dance, according to the state of the king.

4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kinglom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.

5 And when these days were expired,

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.

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