1And on that day they read in the…
2Because they met not the children of Israel…
3And it came to pass, when they had…
4And over this thing was Eliasib the priest,…
5And he made him a great storeroom, where…
6But in all this time I was not…
7And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood…
8And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And…
9And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses:…
10And I perceived that the portions of the…
11And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates,…
12And all Juda brought the tithe of the…
13And we set over the storehouses Selemias the…
14Remember me, O my God, for this thing,…
15In those days I saw in Juda some…
16Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish,…
17And I rebuked the chief men of Juda,…
18Did not our fathers do these things, and…
19And it came to pass, that when the…
20So the merchants, and they that sold all…
21And I charged them, and I said to…
22I spoke also to the Levites that they…
23In those days also I saw Jews that…
24And their children spoke half in the speech…
25And I chid them, and laid my curse…
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in…
27And shall we also be disobedient and do…
28And one of the sons of Joiada the…
29Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile…
30So I separated from them all strangers, and…
31And for the offering of wood at times…
