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Nehemiah 3:4–21

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or Hakkoz
  2. 4Lit. necks
  3. 5Lit. throne
  4. 6West of the Euphrates
  5. 7Lit. the son
  6. 8restored
  7. 9Or Shiloah
  8. 1LXX, Syr., Vg. tomb
  9. 2So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. Binnui (cf. v. 24)
  10. 3Lit. turning
  11. 4A few Heb. mss., Syr., Vg. Zaccai
  12. 5Lit. turning
  13. 6Or Hakkoz

Cross references

  1. hEzra 8:33
  2. iEzra 10:15
  3. j[Judg. 5:23]
  4. kNeh. 12:39
  5. lNeh. 7:25
  6. mEzra 8:36; Neh. 2:7–9
  7. nNeh. 12:38
  8. oNeh. 12:38
  9. pNeh. 2:13, 15
  10. qNeh. 2:13
  11. rJer. 6:1
  12. sNeh. 2:14
  13. tIs. 8:6; John 9:7
  14. u2 Kin. 25:4
  15. v2 Kin. 20:20; Is. 7:3; 22:11
  16. w2 Chr. 26:9