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Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

כַּעֲצַ֤ת (כַּ) ka. “according to”

And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ (כִּ) ke. “according to”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י׀ (כְּ) ke. “when”

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 palace which [supplied: appertains] 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.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַ) kha. “just”

And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,

כַּאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [supplied: already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [supplied: to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

כִּבְשַׂ֤ר (כִּ) ki “[is] like”כִּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (כִּ) ki “[are] like”

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

כְּדֵ֣י (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [supplied: part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

כְּהַיּ֗וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And they said, We will restore [supplied: them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַ) kha. “just”

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [supplied: it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.

כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [supplied: of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”