1 The words of Neḥemyah son of Ḥaḵalyah. And it came to be in the month of Kislĕw, in the twentieth year, as I was in the citadel of Shushan, 2 that Ḥanani, one of my brothers, came with men from Yahuḏah. And I asked them concerning the Yahuḏim who Read more
1 And it came to be in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaḥshashta the sovereign, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the sovereign. And I had never been sad in his presence. 2 And the sovereign said to Read more
1 And Elyashiḇ the kohĕn ha’gadol rose up with his brothers the kohenim and built the Sheep Gate. They qadosh it and stood up its doors, even as far as the Tower of Mĕ’ah they qadosh it, as far as the Tower of Ḥanane’ĕl. 2 And next to him the Read more
1 And it came to be, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was wroth and highly offended, and mocked the Yahuḏim. 2 And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Shomeron, and said, “What are these feeble Yahuḏim doing? Are they going to Read more
1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Yahuḏim. 2 And there were some who were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many. Let us get grain for them, and eat, and live.” 3 And there were some who Read more
1 And it came to be when Sanballat, and Toḇiyah, and Geshem the Araḇ, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it – though at that time I had not put up the doors in the Read more
1 And it came to be, when the wall was rebuilt, that I stood up the doors, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and the Lĕwites were appointed. 2 And I put my brother Ḥanani in charge of Yerushalayim, and Ḥananyah the head of the palace, for he was a Read more
1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Yisra’ĕl were in their cities. And all the people gathered together as one man in the open space that was in front of the Water Gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Torah Read more
1 And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Yisra’ĕl were assembled with fasting, and in sackcloth, and with earth on them. 2 And the descendants of Yisra’ĕl separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the wickednesses of their fathers, 3 and Read more
1 And those who put their seal were: Neḥemyah the governor, son of Ḥaḵalyah, and Tsiḏqiyahu, 2 Serayah, Azaryahu, Yirmeyahu, 3 Pashḥur, Amaryah, Malkiyah, 4 Ḥattush, Sheḇanyah, Malluḵ, 5 Ḥarim, Merĕmoth, Oḇaḏyah, 6 Dani’ĕl, Ginnethon, Baruḵ, 7 Meshullam, Aḇiyah, Miyamin, 8 Ma’azyah, Bilgai, and Shemayah. These were the kohenim. 9 Read more