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Nehemiah 03

1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up
withhisbrothers thepriests, andtheybuilt
the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set
up its doors. They sanctified it even to
the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of
Hananel.

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

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

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

5 Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their
necks to the Lord’s work.

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

7 Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite
and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of
Gibeon and of Mizpah, repaired the residence of the governor beyond the River.

8 Nextto him, Uzzielthe son of Harhaiah,
goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him,
Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made
repairs, and they fortified Jerusalem even
to the wide wall.

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

10 Next to them, Jedaiah the son of
Harumaph made repairs across from his
house. Next to him, Hattush the son of
Hashabneiah made repairs.

11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab repaired another portion
and the tower of the furnaces.

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

13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah
repaired the valley gate. They built it, and
set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and
one thousand cubits† of the wall to the
dung gate.

14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler
ofthe district of Beth Haccherem, repaired
the dung gate. He built it, and set up its
doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15 Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler
of the district of Mizpah, repaired the
spring gate. He built it, covered it, and set
up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he
repaired the wall of the pool of Shelah by
the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go
down from David’s city.

16 After him, Nehemiahthe sonof Azbuk,
the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur,
made repairs to the place opposite the
tombs of David, and to the pool that was
made, and to the house of the mighty men.

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

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

19 Nextto him, Ezer the son ofJeshua, the
ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion
across from the ascent to the armory at the
turning of the wall.

20 After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai
earnestly repaired another portion, from
the turning of the wall to the door of the
house of Eliashib the high priest.

21 After him, Meremoth the son of Uriah
the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib
even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

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

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

24 After him, Binnui the son of Henadad
repaired another portion, from the house
of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and
to the corner.

25 Palal the son of Uzai made repairs
opposite the turning of the wall, and the
tower that stands out from the upper
house of the king, which is by the court of
the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of
Parosh made repairs.

26 (Now the temple servants lived in
Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate
toward the east, and the tower that stands
out.)

27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower
that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

28 Above the horse gate, the priests made
repairs, everyone across from his own
house.

29 After them, Zadok the son of Immer
made repairs across from his own house.
After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah,
the keeper of the east gate, made repairs.

30 After him, Hananiah the son of
Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of
Zalaph, repaired another portion. After
him, Meshullam the son of Berechiah
made repairs across from his room.

31 After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths to the house of the temple servants,
and of the merchants, made repairs opposite the gate of Hammiphkad and to the
ascent of the corner.

32 Between the ascent of the corner and
the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the
merchants made repairs.

† 3:13 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46
centimeters.

Word English Bible

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