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and in Hazar-Shual, and in Beer-sheba and its dependent villages,

וּבַחֲצַ֥ר (בַ) va. “in”וּבִבְאֵ֥ר (בִ) vi “in”

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its dependent villages;

וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג (בְ) ve. “in”וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה (בִ) vi “in”וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (בִ) vi “in”

and in En-Rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,

וּבְעֵ֥ין (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְצָרְעָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַרְמֽוּת׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

בִּימֵ֥י (בִּ) bi. “in”

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

וּבִימֵי֙ (בִ) vi. “in”

of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [ergänzt: and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

בְּמִצְוַ֖ת (בְּ) be. “by”

Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.

בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י (בַּ) ba. “at”

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

בִּימֵ֛י (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”וּבִימֵי֙ (בִ) vi. “in”

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [ergänzt: with] cymbals, lutes and harps.

וּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞ת (בַ) va. “at”וּבְתוֹד֣וֹת (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְשִׁ֔יר (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

and [ergänzt: certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

בַּחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “with”

and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “with”

And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate eastward.

בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖ה (בַּֽ) ba. “at the”

and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [ergänzt: wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.

בְּשַׁ֖עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets;

בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “on the”

And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.

בַיּוֹם֩ (בַ) va “on the”בָּהֶ֜ם (בָּ) ba. “in”

For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.

בִימֵ֥י (בִ) vi. “in”

And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”וּבִימֵ֣י (בִ) vi. “in”בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found written in it that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּסֵ֥פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”בִּקְהַ֥ל (בִּ) bi “in”

because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing.

בַּלֶּ֣חֶם (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”וּבַמָּ֑יִם (בַ) va. “with <the>”

And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,

בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת (בְּ) be. “over”

And during all that [ergänzt: time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בִּשְׁנַת֩ (בִּ) bi “in”

And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

בָרָעָ֗ה (בָ) va. “<in> the”בְּחַצְרֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”