H9003–/ב–b

And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “<in>”

And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

בְּמַלְכוּתָם֩ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְטוּבְךָ֨ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְאֶ֨רֶץ (בְ) ve. “in”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

בְּחַטֹּאותֵ֑ינוּ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ (בִ) vi “over”וּבְצָרָ֥ה (בְ) ve. “[are] in”

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [ergänzt: and] our priests are at the sealing.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

בְּאָלָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה (בִ) vi “in”בְּתוֹרַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

and that if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we would not take it of them on the sabbath, or on [ergänzt: any] holy day; and that we would leave [ergänzt: the land uncultivated] the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בַּשַּׁבָּ֖ת (בַּ) ba. “on the”וּבְי֣וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”

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

בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring [ergänzt: it] into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

בְשָׁנָ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,

בְשָׁנָ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”

and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;

בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.

בַּעְשֵׂ֣ר (בַּ) ba “when”

And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in the cities.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בֶּעָרִֽים׃ (בֶּ) be. “[were] in the”

And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”וּבְעָרֵ֣י (בְ) ve. “in”בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙ (בַּ) ba. “on”בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Pherez;

וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (בִֽ) vi. “in”

All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.

בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “at the”

And the residue of Israel, the priests, [ergänzt: and] the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “on”

And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim.

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, for the work of the house of God.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day.

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And as to the hamlets in their fields, [ergänzt: some] of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages,

בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑ם (בִּ) bi “with”בְּקִרְיַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְדִיבֹן֙ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖ל (בִֽ) vi. “in”

and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-phelet,

וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְבֵ֥ית (בְ) ve. “in”