Someof the sonsof Israeland someof the priests,the Levites,the singers,the gatekeepersand the templeservantswentup to Jerusalemin the seventhyearof KingArtaxerxes.
And the eldersof the Jewswere successfulin buildingthrough the prophesyingof Haggaithe prophetand Zechariahthe sonof Iddo.And they finishedbuildingaccordingto the commandof the Godof Israeland the decreeof Cyrus,Darius,and Artaxerxeskingof Persia.
"We also informyou that it is not allowedto imposetax,tributeor toll[on] anyof the priests,Levites,singers,doorkeepers,Nethinimor servantsof thishouseof God.
He cameto Jerusalemin the fifthmonth,whichwas in the seventhyearof the king.
The wordsof Nehemiahthe sonof Hacaliah.Now it happenedin the monthChislev,[in] the twentiethyear,while I was in Susathe capitol,
Now the restof the people,the priests,the Levites,the gatekeepers,the singers,the templeservantsand allthose who had separatedthemselves from the peoplesof the landsto the lawof God,their wives,their sonsand their daughters,allthose who hadknowledgeand understanding,
Now theseare the priestsand the Leviteswhocameup with Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel,and Jeshua:Seraiah,Jeremiah,Ezra,
And it cameabout in the monthNisan,in the twentiethyearof KingArtaxerxes,that wine[was] beforehim, and I tookup the wineand gaveit to the king.Now I had not beensadin his presence.
