Nehemiah 3

REBUILDING THE WALLS

3The high priest Eliashibⁿ and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate.^o They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel,^p they dedicated it. ²The men of Jericho^q built next to Eliashib,^r and next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.

FISH GATE

³The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate.^s They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.^{t 4}Next to them Meremoth^u son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Beside them Meshullam^v son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs. ⁵Beside them the Tekoites^w made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help^A their supervisors.

OLD GATE, BROAD WALL, AND TOWER OF THE OVENS

⁶Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old^B Gate.^x They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. ⁷Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon^y and Mizpah, who were under the authority^Cz of the governor^aa of the region west of the Euphrates River.^{ab 8}After him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, the goldsmith,^ac made repairs, and next to him Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.^ad

⁹Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. ¹⁰After them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house.^ae Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs. ¹¹Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab made repairs to another section, as well as to the Tower of the Ovens.^{af 12}Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs—he and his daughters.

VALLEY GATE, DUNG GATE, AND FOUNTAIN GATE

¹³Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired five hundred yards^D of the wall to the Dung Gate.^{ag 14}Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem,^ah repaired the Dung Gate.^ai He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

¹⁵Shallun^E son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate.^aj He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah^a near the king’s garden,^b as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.^c

¹⁶After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur,^d made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David,^e as far as the artificial pool^f and the House of the Warriors.^{g 17}Next to him the Levites^h made repairs under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah,ⁱ made repairs for his district. ¹⁸After him their fellow Levites made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah. ¹⁹Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, made repairs to another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.^j

THE ANGLE, WATER GATE, AND TOWER ON OPHEL

²⁰After him Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib.^{k 21}Beside him Meremoth^l son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs to another section, from the door of Eliashib’s^m house to the end of his house. ²²And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.

²³After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. Beside them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house. ²⁴After him Binnuiⁿ son of Henadad made repairs to another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and the corner. ²⁵Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace,^Co by the courtyard of the guard.^p Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh ²⁶and the temple servants^q living on Ophel^r made repairs opposite the Water Gate^s toward the east and the tower that juts out. ²⁷Next to him the Tekoites^t made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.^u

HORSE GATE, INSPECTION GATE, AND SHEEP GATE

²⁸Each of the priests made repairs above the Horse Gate,^v each opposite his own house. ²⁹After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs. ³⁰Next to him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph made repairs to another section.

After them Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his room. ³¹Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths,^w made repairs to the house of the temple servants^x and the merchants, opposite the Inspection^D Gate, and as far as the upstairs room on the corner. ³²The goldsmiths^y and merchants made repairs between the upstairs room on the corner and the Sheep Gate.^z