Nehemiah 7
1 And it came to pass, when the wall
was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the
Levites were appointed, 2 that I gave
charge to Ananias my brother, and Ananias the ruler of the palace, over
Jerusalem: for he was a true man, and one that feared God beyond many.
3 And I said to them, The gates of
Jerusalem shall not be opened till sunrise; and while they are still watching,
let the doors be shut, and bolted; and set watches of them that dwell in
Jerusalem, every man at his post, and
every man over against his house.
4 Now the city
was wide and large; and the people
were few in it, and the houses were not built.
5 And God put
it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the
rulers, and the people, into companies: and I found a register of the company
that came up first, and I found written in it as follows:
6 Now these
are the children of the country, that came up from
captivity, of the number which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away,
and they returned to Jerusalem and to Juda, every man
to his city; 7 with Zorobabel, and
Jesus, and Neemia, Azaria, and Reelma, Naemani, Mardochaeus, Balsan,
Maspharath, Esdra, Boguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, men of the people of Israel.
8 The children of Phoros, two thousand
one hundred and seventy-two. 9 The
children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
10 The children of Era, six hundred
and fifty-two. 11 The children of
Phaath Moab, with the children of Jesus and Joab, two thousand six hundred and
eighteen. 12 The children of Aelam, a
thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
13 The children of Zathuia, eight
hundred and forty-five. 14 The
children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty.
15 The children of Banui, six hundred
and forty-eight. 16 The children of
Bebi, six hundred and twenty-eight.
17 The children of Asgad, two
thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonicam, six
hundred and sixty-seven. 19 The
children of Bagoi, two thousand and sixty-seven.
20 The children of Edin, six hundred
and fifty-five. 21 The children of
Ater, the son of Ezekias, ninety-eight.
22 The children of Esam, three
hundred and twenty-eight. 23 The
children of Besei, three hundred and twenty-four.
24 The children of Ariph, a hundred
and twelve: the children of Asen, two hundred and twenty-three.
25 The children of Gabaon,
ninety-five. 26 The children of
Baethalem, a hundred and twenty-three: the children of Atopha, fifty-six.
27 The children of Anathoth, a
hundred and twenty-eight. 28 The men
of Bethasmoth, forty-two. 29 The men
of Cariatharim, Caphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
30 The men of Arama and Gabaa, six
hundred and twenty. 31 The men of
Machemas, a hundred and twenty-two.
32 The men of Baethel and Ai, a
hundred and twenty-three. 33 The men
of Nabia, a hundred an fifty-two.
34 The men of Elamaar, one thousand
two hundred and fifty-two. 35 The
children of Eram, three hundred and twenty.
36 The children of Jericho, three
hundred and forty-five. 37 The
children of Lodadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.
38 The children of Sanana, three
thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests; the sons of Jodae,
pertaining to the house of Jesus, nine hundred and
seventy-three. 40 The children of
Emmer, one thousand and fifty-two.
41 The children of Phaseur, one
thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
42 The children of Eram, a thousand
and seventeen. 43 The Levites; the
children of Jesus the son of Cadmiel, with the children of Uduia,
seventy-four. 44 The singers; the
children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
45 The porters; the children of
Salum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the
children of Atita, the children of Sabi, a hundred and thirty-eight.
46 The Nathinim; the children of Sea,
the children of Aspha, the children of Tabaoth,
47 the children of Kiras, the
children of Asuia, the children of Phadon,
48 the children of Labana, the
children of Agaba, the children of Selmei,
49 the children of Anan, the children
of Gadel, the children of Gaar,
50 the children of Raaia, the
children of Rasson, the children of Necoda,
51 the children of Gezam, the
children of Ozi, the children of Phese,
52 the children of Besi, the children
of Meinon, the children of Nephosasi,
53 the children of Bacbuc, the
children of Achipha, the children of Arur,
54 the children of Basaloth, the
children of Mida, the children of Adasan,
55 the children of Barcue, the
children of Sisarath, the children of Thema,
56 the children of Nisia, the
children of Atipha. 57 The children
of the servants of Solomon; the children of Sutei, the children of Sapharat,
the children of Pherida, 58 the
children of Jelel, the children of Dorcon, the children of Gadael,
59 the children of Saphatia, the
children of Ettel, the children of Phacarath, the children of Sabaim, the
children of Emim. 60 All the
Nathinim, and children of the servants of Solomon,
were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 And these went up from Thelmeleth,
Thelaresa, Charub, Eron, Jemer: but they could not declare the houses of their
families, or their seed, whether they were of Israel.
62 The children of Dalaia, the
children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred and forty-two.
63 And of the priests; the children
of Ebia, the children of Acos, the children of Berzelli, for they took wives
of the daughters of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they were called by their
name. 64 These sought the pedigree of
their company, and it was not found, and they were removed
as polluted from the priesthood.
65 And the Athersastha said, that
they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to
give light. 66 And all the
congregation was about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
67 besides their men-servants and
their maid-servants: these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven:
and the singing-men and singing-women, two hundred and forty-five.
69 Two thousand seven hundred asses.
70 And part of the heads of families
gave into the treasury to Neemias for the work a thousand pieces of gold,
fifty bowls, and thirty priests' garments.
71 And
some of the heads of families gave into the
treasuries of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three
hundred pounds of silver. 72 And the
rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand two
hundred pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests'
garments.
73 And the priests, and Levites, and
porters, and singers, and some of the people, and the
Nathinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities.