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UST NEH Chapter 3

NEH 3 ©

3These are the names of the people who helped to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem. Eliashib the Supreme Priest and his fellow priests began by rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated this gate to God, as a symbolic way of dedicating the entire wall. Then they set the doors of the Sheep Gate in place. They rebuilt the wall as far as the Tower of 100 Soldiers and beyond that to the Tower of Hananel. Then they dedicated that part of the wall to God as well.

2Next to them, people from Jericho rebuilt part of the wall.

Next to them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, rebuilt part of the wall.

3The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They framed it with wooden beams, they set its doors in place, and they installed bolts and bars for locking the gate.

4Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired part of the wall.

Next to him, Meshullam, the son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired part of the wall.

Next to him, Zadok the son of Baana repaired part of the wall.

5Next to him, some people from Tekoa repaired part of the wall. But the leading citizens of Tekoa were too proud to do the work that the leaders of Judah had asked them to do.

6Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They framed it with wooden beams, they set its doors in place, and they installed bolts and bars for locking the gate.

7Next to them, Melatiah from the city of Gibeon, Jadon from the town of Meronoth, and other men from Gibeon and from the city of Mizpah repaired part of the wall. They repaired it as far as the residence of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8Next to them, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah repaired part of the wall. He was one of the goldsmiths, the workers who made jewelry and other objects from gold.

Next to him, Hananiah repaired part of the wall. He was one of the workers who made perfumes. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

9Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur repaired part of the wall. Rephaiah ruled half of the district of Jerusalem.

10Next to him, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired the part of the wall near his house.

Next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired part of the wall.

11Malkijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section of the wall, along with the Tower of the Ovens.

12Next to them, Shallum the son of Hallohesh repaired part of the wall. Shallum ruled the other half of the district of Jerusalem. His daughers worked with him on the repairs.

13Hanun and some people from the city of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt the gate, they set its doors in place, and they installed bolts and bars for locking the gate. They also repaired 1500 feet of the wall, as far as the Rubbish Gate.

14Malkijah. the son of Rechab, repaired the Rubbish Gate. Malkijah ruled the district of Beth-Hakkerem. He rebuilt the gate, he set its doors in place, and he installed bolts and bars for locking the gate.

15Shallun the son of Kol-Hozeh repaired the Fountain Gate. Shallun ruled the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt the gate and put a roof over it, he set its doors in place, and he installed bolts and bars for locking the gate. Near the Pool of Siloam he also repaired the wall next to the royal garden, as far as the steps that went down from the City of David.

16Next to him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk repaired the wall as far as the place opposite the tombs in the City of David, to the reservoir that the people had made and the army barracks. Nehemiah ruled half of the district of Beth-Zur.

17Next to him, some Levites repaired parts of the wall. One of them was Rehum the son of Bani. Next to them, Hashabiah, who ruled half of the district of Keilah, repaired a section of the wall on behalf of the people of his district.

18Some other Levites repaired the next section of the wall. Next to them, Binnui the son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the district of Keilah, repaired more of the wall.

19Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua repaired another section of the wall. Ezer ruled the city of Mizpah. He started from a place in front of the steps that went up to the building for storing weapons, and he finished at the place where the wall bends slightly.

20Next to him, Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section with great enthusiasm, from the bend in the wall as far as the door of the house of Eliashib the Supreme Priest.

21Next to him, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of that house.

22Next to him, some priests from the area around Jerusalem repaired a section of the wall.

23Next to them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired a section opposite their house.

Azariah, the son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah, repaired the next section, beside his house.

24Next to him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the bend in the wall as far as the bulwark. 25Next to him, Palal the son of Uzai repaired a section. He began at the place opposite the bend in the wall where the watchtower is taller than the upper palace that King Solomon built. That is near the courtyard where the guards live. Next to him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired a section.

26The temple servants who lived on Ophel Hill repaired the wall as far as the eastern side of the Water Gate, where there is a tall tower.

27Next to them, the people from Tekoa repaired another section, from opposite the very tall watchtower as far as the wall at Ophel Hill.

28A group of priests repaired the wall starting at the Horse Gate. Each one repaired the section in front of his own house.

29Next to them, Zadok the son of Immer repaired the section in front of his house.

Then Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, repaired the next section.

30Next to him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section.

Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired the section opposite the rooms where he lived.

31Malkijah, who was another one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section, as far as the building used by the temple servants and the merchants. That building was opposite the Appointment Gate. He rebuilt the wall as far as the upper apartments of this building, which were on the corner.

32Some of the other goldsmiths, along with some merchants, repaired the last section of the wall from the corner apartments to the Sheep Gate.

NEH 3 ©

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