Bible in Basic English
"And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem."
— Nehemiah 11:2, Bible in Basic English
“And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.”
“And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. ”
“The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.”
“The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.”
And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.
And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.
Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.
And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
And Maaseiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.