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Nehemiah
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Esther
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Job
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Proverbs
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Ecclesiastes
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?