Even one of the sonsof Joiada,the sonof Eliashibthe highpriest,was a son-in-lawof Sanballatthe Horonite,so I drovehim awayfrom me.
and that whoeverwould not comewithin threedays,according to the counselof the leadersand the elders,allhis possessionsshould be forfeitedand he himselfexcludedfrom the assemblyof the exiles.
Jeshuabecamethe fatherof Joiakim,and Joiakimbecamethe fatherof Eliashib,and Eliashibbecamethe father of Joiada,
As for the Levites,the headsof fathers'[households] were registeredin the daysof Eliashib,Joiada,and Johananand Jaddua;so [were] the priestsin the reignof Dariusthe Persian.
So I contendedwith them and cursedthem and strucksomeof them and pulledout their hair,and made them swearby God,"You shall not giveyour daughtersto their sons,nortakeof their daughtersfor your sonsor for yourselves.
When Sanballatthe Horoniteand Tobiahthe Ammoniteofficialheard[about it], it was verydispleasingto them that someonehad cometo seekthe welfareof the sonsof Israel.
But when Sanballatthe Horoniteand Tobiahthe Ammoniteofficial,and Geshemthe Arabheard[it], they mockedus and despisedus and said,"Whatis thisthingyou are doing?Are you rebellingagainstthe king?"
Then Eliashibthe highpriestarosewith his brothersthe priestsand builtthe SheepGate;they consecratedit and hungits doors.They consecratedthe wall to the Towerof the Hundred[and] the Towerof Hananel.
Now it cameabout that whenSanballatheardthat we were rebuildingthe wall,he becamefuriousand veryangryand mockedthe Jews.
Every morningI will destroyallthe wickedof the land,So as to cutofffrom the cityof the LORDallthose who doiniquity.
A wisekingwinnowsthe wicked,And drivesthe [threshing] wheeloverthem.
A kingwho sitson the throneof justiceDispersesallevilwith his eyes.
