Nehemiah 3

1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his fellow priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors. They consecrated the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.

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

3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.

5Next to them the men of Tekoa made repairs, but their nobles would not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

7Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs for the seat of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8Next to him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

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

10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his own house, and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, along with the Tower of the Ovens.

12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and they repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.

14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as the point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the constructed pool, and as far as the House of the Warriors.

17After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani, and next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

18After him their brothers made repairs: Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.

19Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

20After him Baruch son of Zaccai eagerly repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

21After him Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of Eliashib’s house to the end of Eliashib’s house.

22After him the priests, the men of the surrounding region, made repairs.

23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his own house.

24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner.

25Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and the tower that projects from the king’s upper house at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs.

26Now the temple servants were living on Ophel, as far as the point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

27After them the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

28Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house.

29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.

30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own room.

31After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.

32Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.