Moff NEH Chapter 3

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3 Eliashib the high-priest started with his fellow-priests, and they built the sheep gate; they consecrated it, erecting its doors; as far as the tower of Hammeah they consecrated it, as far as the tower of Hananel. 2 Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zakkur the son of Imri. 3 The Fish gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah, who laid its beams and erected the doors and hinges and bars. 4 Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired; next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, repaired; next to him Zadok the son of Baana repaired. 5 Next to him the Tekoites repaired, though their chiefs would not submit to the orders of the authorities. 6 The old gate was repaired by Joiada the son of Paseah and by Meshullam the son of Besodiah, who laid its beams and erected the doors and hinges and bars. 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, with the men of Gibeon and the men of Mizpah belonging to the jurisdiction of the governor west of the Euphrates repaired. 8 Next to them Uzziel the son of Barakiah, both goldsmiths, repaired; next to him Hananlah one of the perfumers repaired; they completed Jerusalem as far as the broad wall. 9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the suburbs of Jerusalem, repaired. 10 Next to him Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired the part opposite his own house; and next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah repaired. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired a second section and the tower of the ovens. 12 Next to them Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the suburbs of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters. 13 The Gai gate was repaired by Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, who built it and erected its doors and hinges and bars, as well as five hundred yards of the wall to the dung gate; 14 the dung gate itself was repaired by Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the Beth-hakkerem district, who built it and erected its doors and hinges and bars. 15 The fountain gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Colhozeh, ruler of the Mizpah district, who built it, roofed it in, and erected its doors and hinges and bars; he also repaired the wall from the pool of Siloam at the king’s garden as far as the stairs that lead down from David’s burg. 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the Beth-zur district, repaired, as far as the spot opposite the grave of David and the artificial pool and the arsenal. 17 After him the Levites repaired; Rehum the son of Bani, and next to him Hashablah, ruler of half the Keilah district, on behalf of his own district; 18 after him their fellows repaired, Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the Keilah district, 19 and, next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired a second section opposite the ascent to the arsenal at the comer of the wall. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zakkai repaired in the direction of the hill a second section, from the corner 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 a second section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house. 22 After him the priests, who resided in the plain, repaired. 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired the part opposite their house, and after them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, repaired the part beside his house. 24 After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired a second section, from the house of Azariah to the comer of the wall and the turn. 25 Palal the son of Uzai repaired the part opposite the turn and the tower that projects from the upper house of the king beside the guard-court. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh 26 repaired as far as the ground opposite the water gate to the east and the projecting tower. 27 After him the Tekoites repaired a second section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel (the temple-attendants resided in Ophel). 28 The priests repaired above the Horse gate, each opposite his own house. 29 After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired the part opposite his own house; after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, warder of the east gate, repaired; 30 and after him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a second section. After them Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired the part opposite his residence. 31 After him Malchijah one of the goldsmiths repaired as far as the houses of the temple-attendants and of the traders opposite the gate of the muster and the turret at the corner. 32 Between the turret at the comer and the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the traders repaired.

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