Nehemiah 7:2

World English Bible (2000)

that I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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  • Neh 1:2 : 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
  • Neh 2:8 : 8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
  • Neh 10:23 : 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
  • 1 Kgs 18:3 : 3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Num 12:7 : 7 My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
  • Neh 13:13 : 13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
  • Ps 101:6 : 6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
  • Isa 33:5-6 : 5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
  • Luke 16:10-12 : 10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

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    1 Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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    3 I said to them, "Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house."

    4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

    5 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:

  • Neh 1:2-3
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    2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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    13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

  • Ezra 7:27-28
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    27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

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    7 Moreover I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

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    9 Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

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    40 So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

  • Ezra 7:14-15
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    14 Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

    15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

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    7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

  • Jer 35:4
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    4 and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

  • Ezra 8:16-17
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    15 But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.

    16 Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.

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    19 The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 31:12-13
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    12 They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

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    24 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,

  • 2 Kgs 11:7
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    7 The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh around the king.

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    20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

  • 2 Kgs 22:7
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    7 However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully."

  • Neh 4:22
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