H9023–הוּ–hu

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

וְעֻזּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וְאַפּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

וְשָׂרָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

קָדְשׁ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give u

חָרְבֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

רְכוּשׁ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.

רְצוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

וְאֶחָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

מִצְוֹתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

לְפָנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

עֲבָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

וְאֶחָ֣יו (ו) v “his”דַּלְתֹתָ֑יו (ו) v “its”

And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.

יָד֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”מַנְעוּלָ֖יו (ו) v “its”וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”וּמַנְעֻלָ֖יו (ו) v “its”וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.

יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

By his side was Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And by him was Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah.

בֵּית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters.

יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וּבְנוֹתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.

דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”מַנְעֻלָ֖יו (ו) v “its”וּבְרִיחָ֑יו (ו) v “its”

And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods.

דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”מַנְעֻלָ֖יו (ו) v “its”וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, a

דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”מַנְעֻלָ֖יו (ו) v “its”וּבְרִיחָ֑יו (ו) v “its”

Then came the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani. By his side was working Hashabiah, ruler of half the division of Keilah, for his division.

יָד֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.

יָד֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living.

בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Further on, past the horse doorway, the priests were at work, every one opposite his house.

בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.

בֵּית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”