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Nehemiah 3:1–11

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Building and Repairing the Wall

1Then aEliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built bthe Sheep Gate; they set it apart as holy and cmade its doors stand. And they set apart as holy 1the wall to dthe Tower of the Hundred and ethe Tower of Hananel.

2Next to him athe men of Jericho built, and next to 1them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3Now the sons of Hassenaah built athe Fish Gate; they laid its beams and made its doors stand with its bolts and bars.

4Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs.

5Moreover, next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not 1support the service of their masters.

6Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired athe Old Gate; they laid its beams and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars.

7Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, 1also made repairs for the official seat of the agovernor of the province beyond the River.

8Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the agoldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as bthe Broad Wall.

9Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, athe official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.

10Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

11Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired 1another section and athe Tower of Furnaces.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit it
  2. 1Lit him
  3. 1Lit bring their neck to
  4. 1Or which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, also made repairs
  5. 1Lit a second measure, so in ch

Cross references

  1. aNeh 3:20; 13:28
  2. bNeh 3:32; 12:39
  3. cNeh 6:1; 7:1
  4. dNeh 12:39
  5. eJer 31:38
  6. aNeh 7:36
  7. aNeh 12:39
  8. aNeh 12:39
  9. aNeh 2:7
  10. aNeh 3:31, 32
  11. bNeh 12:38
  12. aNeh 3:12, 17
  13. aNeh 12:38