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

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

כַּעֲצַ֤ת (כַּ) ka. “according to”

Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ (כִּ) ke. “according to”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י׀ (כְּ) ke. “when”

and 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 castle which appertaineth 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”

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [ergänzt: and] 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, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.

כַּאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּ) ka. “just”

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

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [ergänzt: already]: neither is it in our power to help it; 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 unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

כְּדֵ֣י (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

כְּהַיּ֗וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

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

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

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַ) kha. “just”

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that 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 unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

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

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

כַּדָּבָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words.

כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

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

כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Then I sent unto 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”

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו (כְּ) ke. “according to”

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

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Now 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,

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”