ASV_Strong : Nehemiah 11
1. And the princes[H8269] of the people[H5971] dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389]: the rest[H7605] of the people[H5971] also cast[H5307] lots[H1486], to bring[H935] one[H259] of ten[H6235] to dwell[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] the holy[H6944] city[H5892], and nine[H8672] parts[H3027] in the other cities[H5892].
2. And the people[H5971] blessed[H1288] all the men[H582] that willingly offered[H5068] themselves to dwell[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389].
3. Now these are the chiefs[H7218] of the province[H4082] that dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389]: but in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] dwelt[H3427] every one[H376] in his possession[H272] in their cities[H5892], to wit[H3478], Israel, the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], and the Nethinim[H5411], and the children[H1121] of Solomon[H8010]'s servants[H5650].
4. And in Jerusalem[H3389] dwelt[H3427] certain of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], and of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144]. Of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063]: Athaiah[H6265] the son[H1121] of Uzziah[H5818], the son[H1121] of Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of Amariah[H568], the son[H1121] of Shephatiah[H8203], the son[H1121] of Mahalalel[H4111], of the children[H1121] of Perez[H6557];
5. and Maaseiah[H4641] the son[H1121] of Baruch[H1263], the son[H1121] of Col-hozeh[H3626], the son[H1121] of Hazaiah[H2382], the son[H1121] of Adaiah[H5718], the son[H1121] of Joiarib[H3114], the son[H1121] of Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of the Shilonite[H8023].
6. All the sons[H1121] of Perez[H6557] that dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] were four[H702] hundred[H3967] threescore[H8346] and eight[H8083] valiant[H2428] men[H582].
7. And these are the sons[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144]: Sallu[H5543] the son[H1121] of Meshullam[H4918], the son[H1121] of Joed[H3133], the son[H1121] of Pedaiah[H6305], the son[H1121] of Kolaiah[H6964], the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641], the son[H1121] of Ithiel[H384], the son[H1121] of Jeshaiah[H3470].
8. And after[H310] him Gabbai[H1373], Sallai[H5543], nine[H8672] hundred[H3967] twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083].
9. And Joel[H3100] the son[H1121] of Zichri[H2147] was their overseer[H6496]; and Judah[H3063] the son[H1121] of Hassenuah[H5574] was second[H4932] over the city[H5892].
10. Of the priests[H3548]: Jedaiah[H3048] the son[H1121] of Joiarib[H3114], Jachin[H3199],
11. Seraiah[H8304] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], the son[H1121] of Meshullam[H4918], the son[H1121] of Zadok[H6659], the son[H1121] of Meraioth[H4812], the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], the ruler[H5057] of the house[H1004] of God[H430],
12. and their brethren[H251] that did[H6213] the work[H4399] of the house[H1004], eight[H8083] hundred[H3967] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]; and Adaiah[H5718] the son[H1121] of Jeroham[H3395], the son[H1121] of Pelaliah[H6421], the son[H1121] of Amzi[H557], the son[H1121] of Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of Pashhur[H6583], the son[H1121] of Malchijah[H4441],
13. and his brethren[H251], chiefs[H7218] of fathers[H1]' houses[H8147], two hundred[H3967] forty[H705] and two[H8147]; and Amashsai[H6023] the son[H1121] of Azarel[H5832], the son[H1121] of Ahzai[H273], the son[H1121] of Meshillemoth[H4919], the son[H1121] of Immer[H564],
14. and their brethren[H251], mighty men[H1368] of valor[H2428], a hundred[H3967] twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083]; and their overseer[H6496] was Zabdiel[H2068], the son[H1121] of Haggedolim[H1419].
15. And of the Levites[H3881]: Shemaiah[H8098] the son[H1121] of Hasshub[H2815], the son[H1121] of Azrikam[H5840], the son[H1121] of Hashabiah[H2811], the son[H1121] of Bunni[H1138];
16. and Shabbethai[H7678] and Jozabad[H3107], of the chiefs[H7218] of the Levites[H3881], who had the oversight of the outward[H2435] business[H4399] of the house[H1004] of God[H430];
17. and Mattaniah[H4983] the son[H1121] of Mica[H4316], the son[H1121] of Zabdi[H2067], the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623], who was the chief[H7218] to begin[H8462] the thanksgiving[H3034] in prayer[H8605], and Bakbukiah[H1229], the second[H4932] among his brethren[H251]; and Abda[H5653] the son[H1121] of Shammua[H8051], the son[H1121] of Galal[H1559], the son[H1121] of Jeduthun[H3038].
18. All the Levites[H3881] in the holy[H6944] city[H5892] were two hundred[H3967] fourscore[H8084] and four[H702].
19. Moreover the porters[H7778], Akkub[H6126], Talmon[H2929], and their brethren[H251], that kept[H8104] watch at the gates[H8179], were a hundred[H3967] seventy[H7657] and two[H8147].
20. And the residue[H7605] of Israel[H3478], of the priests[H3548], the Levites[H3881], were in all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], every one[H376] in his inheritance[H5159].
21. But the Nethinim[H5411] dwelt[H3427] in Ophel[H6077]: and Ziha[H6727] and Gishpa[H1658] were over the Nethinim[H5411].
22. The overseer[H6496] also of the Levites[H3881] at Jerusalem[H3389] was Uzzi[H5813] the son[H1121] of Bani[H1137], the son[H1121] of Hashabiah[H2811], the son[H1121] of Mattaniah[H4983], the son[H1121] of Mica[H4316], of the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623], the singers[H7891], over[H5048] the business[H4399] of the house[H1004] of God[H430].
23. For there was a commandment[H4687] from the king[H4428] concerning them[H548], and a settled provision for the singers[H7891], as every day[H3117] required[H1697].
24. And Pethahiah[H6611] the son[H1121] of Meshezabel[H4898], of the children[H1121] of Zerah[H2226] the son[H1121] of Judah[H3063], was at the king[H4428]'s hand[H3027] in all matters[H1697] concerning the people[H5971].
25. And as for the villages[H2691], with their fields[H7704], some of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] dwelt[H3427] in Kiriath-arba[H7153] and the towns[H2691] thereof[H1769], and in Dibon and the towns[H1323] thereof[H3343], and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof[H1323],
26. and in Jeshua[H3442], and in Moladah[H4137], and Beth-pelet[H1046],
27. and in Hazar-shual[H2705], and in Beer-sheba[H884] and the towns thereof[H1323],
28. and in Ziklag[H6860], and in Meconah[H4368] and in the towns thereof[H1323],
29. and in En-rimmon[H5884], and in Zorah[H6881], and in Jarmuth[H3412],
30. Zanoah[H2182], Adullam[H5725], and their villages[H2691], Lachish[H3923] and the fields[H7704] thereof[H5825], Azekah and the towns[H1323] thereof[H2583]. So they encamped from Beer-sheba[H884] unto the valley[H1516] of Hinnom[H2011].
31. The children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] also dwelt from Geba[H1387] onward[H4363], at Michmash and Aija[H5857], and at Beth-el[H1008] and the towns thereof[H1323],
32. at Anathoth[H6068], Nob[H5011], Ananiah[H6055],
33. Hazor[H2674], Ramah[H7414], Gittaim[H1664],
34. Hadid[H2307], Zeboim[H6650], Neballat[H5041],
35. Lod[H3850], and Ono[H207], the valley[H1516] of craftsmen[H2791].
36. And of the Levites[H3881], certain courses[H4256] in Judah[H3063] were joined to Benjamin[H1144].
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