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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 [ergänzt: 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.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

אֱלֹהַי֙ (י֙) i “my”לִבִּ֔י (י) i “my”

And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. And they strengthened their hands for the good [ergänzt: work].

אֱלֹהַ֗י (י) i “my”

And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.

נְעָרַי֮ (י֮) i “my”

And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

וְאַחַ֣י (י) i “my”וּנְעָרַ֗י (י) i “my”

And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

לִבִּ֜י (י) i “my”

I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

אַחַ֣י (י) i “my”וּנְעָרַ֔י (י) i “my”

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.

חָצְנִ֣י (י) i “my”

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

וְאַחַ֔י (י) i “my”

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

לְפָנַ֜י (י) i “me”

Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

נְעָרַ֔י (י) i “my”

And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

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!

יָדָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

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.

אֱלֹהַ֛י (י) i “my”

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 (י) i “me”וּדְבָרַ֕י (י) i “my”

And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.

אָחִ֗י (י) i “my”

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:

אֱלֹהַי֙ (י֙) i “my”לִבִּ֔י (י) i “my”

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”חֲסָדַ֗י (י) i “my”אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [ergänzt: some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י (י) i “my”

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

אֱלֹהַ֔י (י) i “my”

Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

אֱלֹהָ֑י (י) i “my”

and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י (י) i “my”

And Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is,

שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י (י) i “my”וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”