Nehemiah 7:1 After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.

English Standard Version
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

New American Standard Bible
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

King James Bible
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

International Standard Version
After the wall had been completed and its doors installed, then the gatekeepers, singers, and descendants of Levi were appointed.

American Standard Version
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now after the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and numbered the porters and singing men, and Levites:

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 6:1
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Nehemiah 6:19
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

7:1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 7

Ne 7:1-4. Nehemiah Commits the Charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah.