2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2:2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
2:5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
2:6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
2:7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
2:9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
2:10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
2:11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
2:12And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
2:13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
2:14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
2:16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
2:17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
2:18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
2:20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
7:5And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
7:6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
7:8The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
7:9The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
7:10The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
7:11The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
7:12The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
7:13The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
7:14The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
7:15The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
7:16The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
7:17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
7:18The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
7:19The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
7:20The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
7:21The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
7:22The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
7:23The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
7:24The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
7:25The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
7:26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
7:27The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
7:28The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.
7:29The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
7:30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
7:31The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
7:32The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
7:33The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
7:34The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
7:35The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
7:36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
7:37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
7:38The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
7:39The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
7:40The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
7:41The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
7:42The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
7:43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
7:44The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
7:45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
7:46The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
7:47The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
7:48The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
7:49The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
7:50The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
7:51The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
7:52The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
7:53The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
7:54The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
7:55The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
7:56The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
7:57The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
7:58The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
7:59The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
7:60All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
7:61And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
7:63And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
7:64These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
7:66The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
7:67Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.