Nehemiah 3

1Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests set to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place. They built and dedicated the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

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

3The people 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 him Meshullam son of Berekiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to him Zadok son of Baana made repairs.

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

6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Jeshanah 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 made repairs. They were men of Gibeon and Mizpah, which were under the authority 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 perfume makers, made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

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

10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house, and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. 11Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, and the Tower of the Ovens.

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

13Hanun and the people of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts and its bars. They also repaired about 1,500 feet of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate. 14Malkijah son of Rechab, official over 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, official over 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, official over half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the man-made pool and the house of the warriors.

17After him the Levites made repairs, under Rehum son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, official over half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

18After him their fellow Levites made repairs, under Bavvai son of Henadad, official over the other half of the district of Keilah.

19Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, official of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point opposite the way up to the armory, at the Angle.

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

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

22After him the priests from the surrounding region made repairs. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house, and 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 upper palace of the king, at the courtyard of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs

26(the temple servants were living on the Ophel) as far as a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

27After them the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from a point opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of the 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, and 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 them Meshullam son of Berekiah made repairs opposite his living quarters.

31After him Malkijah, 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.