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# Nehemiah 11 (New King James Version)
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The People Dwelling in Jerusalem
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##### Chapter 11
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###### 1 Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths _were to dwell_ in _other_ cities.
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###### 2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
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###### 3 These _are_ the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities--Israelites, priests, Levites, Nethinim, and descendants of Solomon's servants.)
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###### 4 Also in Jerusalem dwelt _some_ of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin.
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The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
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###### 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
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###### 6 All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem _were_ four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
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###### 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
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###### 8 and after him Gabbai _and_ Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
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###### 9 Joel the son of Zichri _was_ their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah _was_ second over the city.
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###### 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin;
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###### 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, _was_ the leader of the house of God.
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###### 12 Their brethren who did the work of the house _were_ eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
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###### 13 and his brethren, heads of the fathers' _houses, were_ two hundred and forty-two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
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###### 14 and their brethren, mighty men of valor, _were_ one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer _was_ Zabdiel the son of _one of_ the great men.
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###### 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
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###### 16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, _had_ the oversight of the business outside of the house of God;
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###### 17 Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader _who_ began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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###### 18 All the Levites in the holy city _were_ two hundred and eighty-four.
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###### 19 Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, _were_ one hundred and seventy-two.
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###### 20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests _and_ Levites, _were_ in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
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###### 21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa _were_ over the Nethinim.
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###### 22 Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem _was_ Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.
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###### 23 For _it was_ the king's command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.
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###### 24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, _was_ the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people.The People Dwelling Outside Jerusalem
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###### 25 And as for the villages with their fields, _some_ of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages;
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###### 26 in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,
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###### 27 Hazar Shual, and Beersheba and its villages;
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###### 28 in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages;
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###### 29 in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
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###### 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
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###### 31 Also the children of Benjamin from Geba _dwelt_ in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
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###### 32 in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
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###### 33 in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;
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###### 34 in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat;
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###### 35 in Lod, Ono, _and_ the Valley of Craftsmen.
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###### 36 Some of the Judean divisions of Levites _were_ in Benjamin.
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