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THE BOOK OF
NEHEMIAH
CHAPTER 7
  2 That I gave my brother aHanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a bfaithful man, and cfeared God above many.

Footnotes
2a
Neh. 1: 2.
  2 That aHanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
b
D&C 52: 13.
  13 And behold, he that is afaithful shall be made ruler over many things.
D&C 132: 53.
  53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been afaithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.
c
Ex. 18: 21.
  21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people aable men, such as bfear God, cmen of truth, hating dcovetousness; and place such over them, to be erulers of thousands, and rulers of fhundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Mosiah 29: 13.
  13 Therefore, aif it were possible that you could have bjust men to be your kings, who would establish the claws of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as my father dBenjamin did for this people—I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.