Nehemiah 1 - 6
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The words of a Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of b Chislev, c in the twentieth year, as I was in d Susa the capital,
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that e Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem.
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And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and f shame. g The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, h and its gates are destroyed by fire."
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As soon as I heard these words I i sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the j God of heaven.
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And I said, "O Lord God of heaven, k the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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l let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, m confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even n I and my father's house have sinned.
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o We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules p that you commanded your servant Moses.
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Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, q I will scatter you among the peoples,
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r but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, s though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them t to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.'
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u They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
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O Lord, l let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was v cupbearer to the king.
Nehemiah 2
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In the month of Nisan, w in the twentieth year of King x Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, y I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but z sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.
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I said to the king, a "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, b when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
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Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed c to the God of heaven.
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And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it."
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And the king said to me ( d the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me e when I had given him a time.
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And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me f to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,
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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 g the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, h for the good hand of my God was upon me.
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Then I came to i the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
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But when j Sanballat the Horonite and k Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
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l So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.
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I went out by night by m the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to n the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem o that were broken down p and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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Then I went on to q the Fountain Gate and to r the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
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Then I went up in the night s by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
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And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.
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Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, t how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer u suffer derision."
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And I told them v of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." w So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
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But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and x Geshem the Arab heard of it, y they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? z Are you rebelling against the king?"
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Then I replied to them, a "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem."
Nehemiah 3
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Then b Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built c the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and d set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the e Tower of Hananel.
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And next to him f the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
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The sons of Hassenaah built g the Fish Gate. h They laid its beams and d set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And next to them i Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them j Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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And next to them k the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah l repaired the Gate of Yeshanah. h They laid its beams and d set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of m the governor of the province Beyond the River.
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Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as n the Broad Wall.
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Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, o ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
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Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.
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Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and p the Tower of the Ovens.
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Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, q ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
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Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired r the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as t the Dung Gate.
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Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of u Beth-haccherem, repaired t the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired v the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of w the Pool of Shelah of x the king's garden, as far as y the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite z the tombs of David, as far as a the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
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After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
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After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
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Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at b the buttress.
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After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the buttress to the door of the house of c Eliashib the high priest.
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After him d Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
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After him the priests, the men of e the surrounding area, repaired.
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After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.
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After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress
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and to f the corner. Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at g the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh
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h and the temple servants living on i Ophel repaired to a point opposite j the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
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After him k the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
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Above l the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
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After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
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After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him m Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite n his chamber.
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After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.
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And between the upper chamber of the corner and o the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
Nehemiah 4
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Now when q Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
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And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of r Samaria, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?"
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q Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, "Yes, what they are building - s if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!"
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t Hear, O our God, for we are despised. u Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
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v Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
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So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
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But when q Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
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w And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
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And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
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In Judah it was said, "The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall."
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And our enemies said, "They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work."
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At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, "You must return to us."
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So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, x "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, y who is great and awesome, z and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."
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When our enemies heard that it was known to us a and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
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From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and b coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah,
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who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.
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And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
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And I said to c the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
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In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. d Our God will fight for us."
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So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
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I also said to the people at that time, "Let every man and his servant pass the night within Jerusalem, that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day."
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So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; e each kept his weapon at his right hand.
Nehemiah 5
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Now there arose f a great outcry of the people and of their wives g against their Jewish brothers.
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For there were those who said, "With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive."
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There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine."
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And there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for h the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
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Now i our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet j we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards."
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I was very angry when I heard f their outcry and these words.
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I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, k "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them
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and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, l have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say.
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So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk m in the fear of our God n to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?
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Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
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Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them."
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Then they said, "We will restore these and o require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and p made them swear q to do as they had promised.
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r I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." s And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
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Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from t the twentieth year to u the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, v neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
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The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, w because of the fear of God.
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I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.
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Moreover, there were x at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.
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y Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this v I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.
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z Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 6
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Now when a Sanballat and Tobiah and b Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ( c although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
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Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of d Ono." But they intended to do me harm.
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And I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"
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And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
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In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
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In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and e the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."
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Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind."
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For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done." But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
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Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was f confined to his home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night."
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But I said, "Should such a man as I run away? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in."
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And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, g but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.
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h Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also i the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid.
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So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
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And j when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, k for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
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Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.
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For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of l Arah: and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of m Meshullam the son of Berechiah as his wife.
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Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
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Nehemiah 10:1
On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah.
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Zechariah 7:1
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
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Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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Esther 1:2
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the capital.
Esther 1:5
And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
Esther 2:3
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the capital, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.
Esther 2:5
Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite.
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Nehemiah 7:2
I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
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Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
2 Kings 25:10
And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?
Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.
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Ezra 9:3
As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.
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Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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Nehemiah 9:32
Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.
Daniel 9:4
I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:21
You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
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Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
1 Kings 8:29
That your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
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Ezra 10:1
While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
Daniel 9:20
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God.
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Psalms 106:6
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
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Daniel 9:5
We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
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Deuteronomy 28:15
But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
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Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deuteronomy 28:64
And the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Deuteronomy 4:25 - 27
When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger.
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Leviticus 26:39 - 42
And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.
Deuteronomy 4:29 - 31
But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:2 - 3
And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 30:4
If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
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Deuteronomy 9:29
For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
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Nehemiah 1:6
Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father's house have sinned.
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Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital.
Nehemiah 5:14
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
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Ezra 7:1
Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah.
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Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.
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Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
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1 Kings 1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever!
Daniel 2:4
Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Daniel 5:10
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, "O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.
Daniel 6:21
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.
Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:20
Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 1:4 - 5
As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Ezra 5:12
But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.
Daniel 2:18
And told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Psalms 45:9
Daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
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Nehemiah 5:14
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
Nehemiah 13:6
While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
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Ezra 8:36
They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.
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Nehemiah 7:2
I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
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Nehemiah 2:18
And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Ezra 8:36
They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.
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Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the ...
Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building ...
Nehemiah 4:7
But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and...
Nehemiah 6:1 - 2
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Ar...
Nehemiah 6:5
In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time se...
Nehemiah 6:12
And I understood and saw that God had not sent ...
Nehemiah 6:14
Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, accord...
Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eli...
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Nehemiah 13:4
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah.
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Ezra 8:32
We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
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Nehemiah 3:13 - 14
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
Nehemiah 12:31
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?
Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.
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Nehemiah 3:15
And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
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2 Kings 20:20
The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Nehemiah 3:16
After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
2 Chronicles 32:3
He planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.
2 Chronicles 32:30
This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
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Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?
Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, "The remnant there in the ...
Psalms 44:13
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, th...
Psalms 79:4
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked...
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms o...
Ezekiel 5:14 - 15
Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an o...
Ezekiel 22:4
You have become guilty by the blood that you ha...
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Nehemiah 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 fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
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2 Samuel 2:7
Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
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Nehemiah 6:6
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
Psalms 44:13
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
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Nehemiah 6:6
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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Nehemiah 3:20 - 21
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 13:4
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah.
Nehemiah 13:7
And came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me.
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Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
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Nehemiah 6:1
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ( although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates).
Nehemiah 7:1
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed.
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Jeremiah 31:38
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Zechariah 14:10
The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
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Ezra 2:34
The sons of Jericho, 345.
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Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
2 Chronicles 33:14
Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, and for the entrance into the Fish Gate, and carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Zephaniah 1:10
On that day," declares the Lord, "a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills.
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Nehemiah 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 fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 3:21
After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Ezra 8:33
On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.
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Nehemiah 3:30
After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber.
Ezra 8:16
Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight.
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Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
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Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
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Nehemiah 3:3
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 2:7
And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah.
Nehemiah 2:9
Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
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Nehemiah 12:38
The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall.
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Nehemiah 3:12
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
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Nehemiah 12:38
The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall.
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Nehemiah 3:9
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:15
Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 12:31
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate.
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Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
John 9:7
And said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
John 9:11
He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight.
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2 Kings 25:4
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
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Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
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1 Kings 2:10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
Acts 2:29
Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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2 Kings 20:20
The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Isaiah 22:11
You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
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2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 3:4
And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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Nehemiah 12:28
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites.
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2 Kings 14:13
And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
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Jeremiah 32:2
At that time the army of the king of Babylon wa...
Jeremiah 33:1
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second ...
Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committe...
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cis...
Jeremiah 38:13
Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifte...
Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard...
Jeremiah 39:14
Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the gu...
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate ...
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Nehemiah 11:21
But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
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2 Chronicles 27:3
He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
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Nehemiah 8:1
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
Nehemiah 8:3
And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Nehemiah 8:16
So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
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Nehemiah 3:5
And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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2 Chronicles 23:15
So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there.
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Nehemiah 3:4
And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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Nehemiah 12:44
On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
Nehemiah 13:7
And came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 4:7
But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
Nehemiah 2:10
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?
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1 Kings 16:24
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
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Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
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Lamentations 5:18
For Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.
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Psalms 123:3 - 4
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
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Psalms 79:12
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
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Psalms 69:27 - 28
Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.
Psalms 109:14 - 15
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
Jeremiah 18:23
Yet you, O Lord, know all their plotting to kill me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
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Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
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Psalms 83:3 - 5
They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
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Numbers 14:9
Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.
Deuteronomy 1:29
Then I said to you, 'Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
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Deuteronomy 7:21
You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
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2 Samuel 10:12
Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
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Job 5:12
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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2 Chronicles 26:14
And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
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Nehemiah 4:14
And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.
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Exodus 14:14
The Lord will fight for you, and you have only ...
Exodus 14:25
Clogging their chariot wheels so that they drov...
Deuteronomy 1:30
The Lord your God who goes before you will hims...
Deuteronomy 3:22
You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord you...
Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he who goes with you t...
Joshua 23:10
One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since...
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Nehemiah 4:17
Who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.
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Exodus 3:9
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
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Leviticus 25:35
If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.
Leviticus 25:37
You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
Deuteronomy 15:7
If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
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Ezra 4:13
Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.
Ezra 4:20
And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
Ezra 7:24
We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
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Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh!" And he stayed with him a month.
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Exodus 21:7
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
Leviticus 25:39
If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
2 Kings 4:1
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.
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Nehemiah 5:1
Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
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Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Leviticus 25:36
Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.
Psalms 15:5
Who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Ezekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
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Leviticus 25:48 - 49
Then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him.
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Leviticus 25:36
Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.
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Nehemiah 4:4
Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
2 Samuel 12:14
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.
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Nehemiah 10:31
And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.
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Ezra 10:5
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
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Jeremiah 34:8 - 9
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them.
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Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
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Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Deuteronomy 27:15
"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
1 Chronicles 16:36
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!" Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord.
Psalms 106:48
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord!
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Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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Nehemiah 13:6
While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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Nehemiah 5:9
So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?
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2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.
2 Samuel 9:10
And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall always eat at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
1 Kings 18:19
Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.
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1 Kings 4:22 - 23
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal.
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Nehemiah 5:14
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
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Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.
Nehemiah 13:22
Then I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
Nehemiah 13:31
And I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
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Nehemiah 2:10
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?
Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:7
But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
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Nehemiah 6:6
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 3:3
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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1 Chronicles 8:12
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns.
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Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?
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Jeremiah 36:5
And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the Lord.
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Ezekiel 13:17
And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own minds. Prophesy against them
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life.
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Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
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Ezekiel 13:17
And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own minds. Prophesy against them
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Nehemiah 2:10
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:7
But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
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Psalms 126:2
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
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Ezra 2:5
The sons of Arah, 775.
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Ezra 8:16
Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight.
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