Book of Nehemiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 926

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How long will you be gone? and when will you Ul): §ing makes §im Gnirzmurlnf 10 xx zz jerusalem. and for the house I am going t0.’ of the Army and cavalry. Thus it pleased the King, and he

sent me, and I fixed a time with him, If it is pleasing to the king, let them give me letters to the Governors of the Over-river, so that they may allow me to proceed until I arrive at judea. And letters to Asaph, the Keeper of the King’s Paradises,1 that he may give me timber to construct the Gates of the Burial-place belonging to the spot, and for the walls of the town, The King consequently gave me

them by the good induence of GOD upon me, and I proceeded to the Governors of the Over—river, and gave them the letters of the king. The King had also sent with me Onicers But when Sanballat the Horonite,

and Tobiah his slave, the Amonite, heard the affair, it grieved them very greatly, that a man should come to try to benefit the Children of Israel. I, however, went to jerusalem and was there three days; but had risen in the night, and a few men with me, and had informed no man what G0!) had put into my heart to do for ]eru· 16 salem,-—·and I had no animal with me, except the animal I rode upon, and at night I went out by the Valley Gate, ogposite the Snakes’ Well, and on to t e Dung Gate, and I saw the walls of jerusalem that were shat- tered and broken and its Gates con- sumed by fire. From there I passed to the Well Gate, and the King's Reservoir, but there was not a place for my animal to pass through. I afterwards went and viewed by night along the brook, and surveyed the shattered wall,——thence I turned and entered by the Vale Gate, and came back. But the Deputy Governors did not know that I had gone, or Nor:.-Parks or Forests. 3-8

what I had done; nor had I informed the jews, or the Priests, or the Depu· ties, or the nobles, and the rest, what I had done. I said,however, to them, ‘ You see the misery that we are in. How jerusalem is ashes, and its

gates burnt with nre. Let us go and rebuild the walls of jerusalem, when we shall no longer be an object of I also explained to them the benehcent hand of the EVER- Llvmc; that was with me, as well as the promises of the King which he had promised me, when they replied, ; and they invigorated their hands for good. ;But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah his slave, the Amonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at, and jeered about us, What is this business that you are doing? Are you going to rebel against the king ? ’ I, however, replied to them, and

The Gon or run Hnavmxs has given ns prosperity, so we rise up and build ;—but you have no share in it, nor right, nor traditions in jerusalem. 18 20 Wye Walls nf §er1tsalem iieluxili. Aliashib the High Priest, and his

relatives the Priests accordingly arose and built the Sheep Gate, conse- crated, and set up its doors, and consecrated from the Tower of Hamah to the Tower of Hananal. And the men of jeriko built from the side of it; and next to them Zikri· ben-Amri built. And the sons of Hasenah built the Fish Gate and set up the doors, with its bolts and bars. And Merimoth-ben-Auriah- ben·Akakoz repaired their side; and next to them Meshalum·ben·Bere- kiah—ben-Meshabzabel repaired ; and next to them, the Thakeites re- dbut th gaire, eir gentry did not ring their necks to the work of their Master. And jorada—ben-Pask, and Meshulam-ben·Basodiah, re- paired the Old Gate; they built it and set up its doors, and bolts and bars. And next to them Melatiah, the Gibanite, and jadon the Merc- thonite, men of Gibson and Mizpha, Presidents of the Over-river Court, repaired, and next to them Uziel- ben-Harakiah, and the Goldsmiths repaired; and next to them Hana· niah, head of the Apothecaries, and set jerusalem free to the breadth of 926