Nehemiah 7:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest,)

³ And I said to them: Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by, the gates were shut, and barred: and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every man over against his house.

⁴ And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.