Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,

During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and set up its doors. As far as the Tower of Meah, they consecrated it; even as far as the Tower of Hananel.

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, being entrusted with the rooms of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah,

had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.

Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and those from Tobiah came to them.

They also reported his good deeds before me, and were delivering my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?

So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

Early will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the doers of wickedness from the city of Jehovah.

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

A wise king winnows the wicked and brings the threshing wheel over them.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.

For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.