Book of Nehemiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 930

NEHEMIAH. 'T--17

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Should a man like me Ey? And, who in my position has gone to the Temple and lived? £2l;zmisl; Rub; ¥r2¤:l;zr¤ buh: hm; §irzhi against jim. 12 Then I investigated and saw that GOD had not senthim, but he preached this message to me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. They

13 hired him for the purpose that I might be terrihed, and do so, and commit a blunder, which would pro- vide an opportunity for them to accuseme, for tlgey could have d laccuse me u n t at act. 14 My Gov, rghember Tobiah and Sanballat on account of these actions, and also Nodiah the Preacheress, and the rest of the Preachers who tried to terri y me. (445 B·¤·) Ecmplziimt nf tbz wall, 15 On the twenty-fifth day of Elul the 16 Wall was completed.-—A¤d when all our enemies heard it, and all the heathen who were around us saw, they fell greatly in their own opinions, nd pgrceivedthat the work was ai; one y our OD. wl): £¤lr1z¤ ¥l¤t 3g¤in¤t Qzbzmialy. 17 However in those days many of the nobles of Judea sent letters to Tobiah, and in the same way letters

18 from '1`obiah came to them. For many of the gentry in judea were sworn to htm, for he was son-in-law to $helraniah··ben·Arah, and jho- hanan his son had married the daugh-

xg ter of Mishularmben-Berekiah, so his compliments were sent to me and my words were carried to him, and letters sent from Tobiah to terrify me. Qizlyzndsly Qppsinis his Qrutlyzrs $¤bmt¤r¤ uf the Gurrismt. When the Wall was built, and I had

Hxed the doors, and appointed the Door-keepers, and the Singers and Levites, I then installed my brothers Hanani, and Hananiah Governors over the Castle of jerusalem, for they were faithful men, and feared Gon more than many. And I commanded them not to

gen the Gates of jerusalem until e sun was hot. And, until the Guards were set to keep the Doors shut, and fastened. And appointed Police for the inhabitants of jeru- salem, each to his district, and every man to his own house. But the City was wide and large, 4 while the people few for the space of it, and there were no houses built. So my Gov put it into my mind, and 5 I collected the nobles, and gentry, and the People by the register, for I had discovered the Former Registry Records of Genealogy and found written in them. (536 s.c.) Gang nf tbz muster {lull uf the llzslaratimt amber Ezrnln lmhzl. ' These are the descendants of the 6 nobles who went up from the captives of the Transportation that King Nebukadnezzar transported to Babel, and returned to jerusalem and judea each to his own village, returning with Zerubabel, jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Ramiah, Nehmani, Mor- decai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvi, Nehum, Banah :—-·· ‘ From the Record of Men of

the People of Israel; Of the Beni Parosh; Two thousand one hundred and seventy—two, Of the Beni Arah ; Six hun- dred and lifty~two. Of the Beni Pakhath-moab;

—-·of the Beni jeshua and joab ;-·-— Two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen; Of the Beni Ailam; One

thousand two hundred and fifty-four; Of the Beni Zatu; Eight hun- dred and forty-three. Of the Beni Zaki; Seven hundred and sixty. Of the Beni Bunui; Six hun- dred and forty—eight. Of the Beni Babi; Six hun- dred andtwenty-eight. Of the Beni Azgad ;, Two

thousand three hundred and twenty—tw0. 2,172 652

2,8:8 1.254 84s 648 628

2,322 I0 II I2 16

1 No·rn.-—Ch. 7, v. 5. The Register referred

to is that of the Transportation who returned with Zerubbabel about ninety·one years be- fore Nehemiah, and only varies in the spelli ng of a few names. See Ezra, Ch. 2. That it ha been preserved thrcugh the troubles of that century of anarchy, which had again destroyed the CitZerubba el had restored shows how y y the jews guarded ublic record careful Es, and is a strong voucher fort e authenticity and accuray of the Hebrew Histories in the gBible.-·F. . 020