4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
1 After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
2 I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most men do.
3 I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses."
4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5 So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:
6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
7:4Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.
7:4And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.
7:4Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
7:4Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.
7:4Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built.
7:4Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
7:4And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;
7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.