Chapter 3
1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the
priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the
doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of
Hananel.
2Next to him built the men of Jericho. Next to them built Zaccur
the son of Imri.
3The fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they
laid the beams of it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the
bars of it.
4Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of
Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5Next to them
the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the work of
their lord.
6The old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam
the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams of it, and set up the doors of it,
and the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
7Next to them repaired Melatiah
the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah,
that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
8Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him
repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to
the broad wall.
9Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
of half the district of Jerusalem.
10Next to them repaired Jedaiah the
son of Harumaph, over against his house. Next to him repaired Hattush the son
of Hashabneiah.
11Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of
Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
12Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half
the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13The valley gate
repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the
doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of
the wall to the dung gate.
14The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of
Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem; he built it, and set up
the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
15The spring gate
repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he
built it, and covered it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and
the bars of it, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even
to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16After him repaired
Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the
place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to
the house of the mighty men.
17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the
son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district
of Keilah, for his district.
18After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai
the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
19Next to
him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion,
over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
20After 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.
21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of
Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the
end of the house of Eliashib.
22After him repaired the priests, the men
of the Plain.
23After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against
their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of
Ananiah beside his own house.
24After him repaired Binnui the son of
Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the
wall, and to the corner.
25Palal the son of Uzai repaired
over against 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 repaired.
26(Now the Nethinim lived
in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the
tower that stands out.)
27After him the Tekoites repaired another
portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of
Ophel.
28Above the horse gate repaired the priests, everyone over against
his own house.
29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against
his own house. After him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper
of the east gate.
30After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and
Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam
the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31After him repaired
Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the
merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the
corner.
32Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired
the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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