that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the residence of the governor of the region beyond the River.

And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.

Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

So we labored in the work, and half of the men held the spears from daybreak until the stars appeared.

So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing.

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;

the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;

the men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two;

the men of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;

the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;

the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;

the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;

besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.

So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding on the first day of the seventh month.

Then he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.

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.

Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.