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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.

לִקְרֹא֩ (לִ) li “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “by 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.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out. -- Now therefore strengthen my hands!

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לְשֵׁ֣ם (לְ) le. “<into>”

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.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “to”וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (לְ) le. “to”לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (לְ) le. “to”

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

לֶאֱל֑וּל (לֶ) le. “of”לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (לַ) la. “to”

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה (לִ) li “of”

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [ergänzt: And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.

לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”לְיָֽרְאֵֽנִי׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ (לְ) le. “to”

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

לִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (לִ) li. “to”לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

The children of Ater of [ergänzt: the family of] Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

The Levites: the children of Jeshua [ergänzt: and] of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodvah, seventy-four.

לְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל (לְ) le. “of”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”לְהוֹדְוָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

לְהַגִּ֤יד (לְ) le. “to”

And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאוּרִ֥ים (לְ) le. “to”

besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.

מִ֠לְּבַד (לְּ) le. “<to>”וְלָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to”

And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.

לַמְּלָאכָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for the”לָאוֹצָ֗ר (לָ) la. “to the”

And [ergänzt: some] of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.

לְאוֹצַ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”לְעֶזְרָ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֗יא (לְ) le. “to”

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ (לִ) li “to”לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [ergänzt: attentive] to the book of the law.

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”