King James Version · The Persian return
Nehemiah 11
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And the of the people dwelt at : the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to in the city, and nine parts to in other cities. And the people all the men, that willingly offered themselves to at . Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in : but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the , and the Nethinims, and the children of ’s servants. And at dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of . Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of ; And the son of , the son of Col–hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of Shiloni. 6All the sons of that dwelt at were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. And these are the sons of ; Sallu the son of , the son of Joed, the son of , the son of Kolaiah, the son of , the son of , the son of Jesaiah. 8And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. And Joel the son of was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. Of the priests: the son of , . the son of Hilkiah, the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , was the ruler of the house of . And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and the son of , the son of Pelaliah, the son of , the son of , the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 13And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of , 14And their brethren, of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was , the son of one of the great men. Also of the : the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of , the son of ; And and , of the chief of the , had the oversight of the outward business of the house of . And the son of Micha, the son of , the son of , was the principal to begin the in : and the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of , the son of , the son of . All the in the city were two hundred fourscore and four. Moreover the porters, , , and their brethren that kept the , were an hundred seventy and two. And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the , were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his . But the Nethinims dwelt in : and and Gispa were over the Nethinims. The overseer also of the at was the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of Micha. Of the sons of , the singers were over the business of the house of . For it was the king’s concerning them, that a certain should be for the singers, due for every day. And the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people. And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at , and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, And at , and at Moladah, and at Beth–phelet, And at Hazar–shual, and at Beer–sheba, and in the villages thereof, And at , and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, And at En–rimmon, and at Zareah, and at , , , and in their villages, at , and the fields thereof, at , and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the . The children also of from dwelt at , and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages, And at , , Ananiah, , , Gittaim, Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, , and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. And of the were divisions in Judah, and in .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
The world at this moment · The Persian return, 539 BC to 332 BC ›
Persia takes Babylon and reverses its policy, sending exiled peoples home to rebuild their temples. Judah returns as a small province, rebuilding under imperial permission rather than independence.
- Persia
- The largest empire the world had yet seen, from the Indus to the Aegean, run through provinces, a royal road, and a postal system. Its policy on conquered peoples was to send them home and fund their temples, in exchange for loyalty and prayers for the king. The Cyrus Cylinder states the policy in Cyrus's own words, and Ezra opens with the same policy applied to Judah.
- Judah
- A small, poor province called Yehud, a fraction of the old kingdom, with a rebuilt temple that made the people who remembered the first one weep. No king, and no prospect of one. Leadership passes to priests and scribes, which shapes everything afterward.
- Greece
- Persia and Greece collide at Marathon and Salamis, Persia loses, and Athens spends the following decades on the Parthenon, tragedy, and Socrates. Herodotus writes the first history in order to explain that war. Then Plato and Aristotle, whose vocabulary the church will still be using at Nicaea eight centuries later.
- Further afield
- Rome throws out its kings and becomes a republic. In India and China this is the age of the Buddha's early followers and of Confucian teaching taking hold. More of what the world still thinks with was invented in this era than in almost any other.