Nehemiah 3

Rebuilding the Wall

3Then ^aEliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests ^band built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built ^cas far as the Tower of ¹the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of ^dHananel. ²²Next to Eliashib ^ethe men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

³Also the sons of Hassenaah built ^fthe Fish Gate; they laid its beams and ^ghung its doors with its bolts and bars. ⁴And next to them ^hMeremoth the son of Urijah, the son of ³Koz, made repairs. Next to them ⁱMeshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs. ⁵Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their ⁴shoulders to ^jthe work of their Lord.

⁶Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired ^kthe Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars. ⁷And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the ^lmen of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the ^mresidence ⁵of the governor of the region ⁶beyond the River. ⁸Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, ⁷one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they ⁸fortified Jerusalem as far as the ⁿBroad Wall. ⁹And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. ¹⁰Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.

¹¹Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, ^oas well as the Tower of the Ovens. ¹²And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.

¹³Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired ^pthe Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as ^qthe Refuse Gate.

¹⁴Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of ^rBeth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

¹⁵Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired ^sthe Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of ^tShelah ⁹by the ^uKing’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. ¹⁶After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the ¹tombs of David, to the ^vman-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

¹⁷After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, leader of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. ¹⁸After him their brethren, under ²Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs. ¹⁹And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the ^wbuttress. ³²⁰After him Baruch the son of ⁴Zabbai carefully repaired the other section, from the ⁵buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹After him Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of ⁶Koz, repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

²²And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs. ²³After him Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house. ²⁴After him ^xBinnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to ^ythe ⁷buttress, even as far as the corner. ²⁵Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the ⁸buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the ^zcourt of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

²⁶Moreover ^athe Nethinim who dwelt in ^bOphel made repairs as far as the place in front of ^cthe Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower. ²⁷After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

²⁸Beyond the ^dHorse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. ²⁹After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. ³⁰After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his ⁹dwelling. ³¹After him Malchijah, ¹one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the ²Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. ³²And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the ^eSheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.