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.