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## Nehemiah 7:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/nehemiah/7/1) 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,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/nehemiah/7/2) That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he *was* a faithful man, and feared God above many.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/nehemiah/7/3) And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar *them:* and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one *to be* over against his house.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/nehemiah/7/4) Now the city *was* large and great: but the people *were* few therein, and the houses *were* not builded.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/nehemiah/7/5) ¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
 
[Nehemiah 6](/kjv/nehemiah/6) [Nehemiah 8](/kjv/nehemiah/8)

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