Nehemiah 3
1 Then
Eliashib the
high priest rose
up with his
brethren the
priests, and they
builded the
sheep gate; they
sanctified it, and set
up the
doors of it; even unto the
tower of
Meah they
sanctified it, unto the
tower of
Hananeel. 2 And next unto
him builded the
men of
Jericho. And next to them
builded Zaccur the
son of
Imri. 3 But the
fish gate did the
sons of
Hassenaah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set
up the
doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the
bars thereof.
4 And next unto
them repaired Meremoth the
son of
Urijah, the
son of
Koz. And next unto
them repaired Meshullam the
son of
Berechiah, the
son of
Meshezabeel. And next unto
them repaired Zadok the
son of
Baana. 5 And next unto
them the
Tekoites repaired; but their
nobles put not their
necks to the
work of their
Lord. 6 Moreover the
old gate repaired Jehoiada the
son of
Paseah, and
Meshullam the
son of
Besodeiah; they laid the
beams thereof, and set
up the
doors thereof, and the
locks thereof, and the
bars thereof.
7 And next unto
them repaired Melatiah the
Gibeonite, and
Jadon the
Meronothite, the
men of
Gibeon, and of
Mizpah, unto the
throne of the
governor on this
side the
river. 8 Next unto
him repaired Uzziel the
son of
Harhaiah, of the
goldsmiths. Next unto
him also
repaired Hananiah the
son of one of the
apothecaries, and they
fortified Jerusalem unto the
broad wall. 9 And next unto
them repaired Rephaiah the
son of
Hur, the
ruler of the
half part of
Jerusalem. 10 And next unto
them repaired Jedaiah the
son of
Harumaph, even over against his
house. And next unto
him repaired Hattush the
son of
Hashabniah. 11 Malchijah the
son of
Harim, and
Hashub the
son of
Pahathmoab, repaired the
other piece, and the
tower of the
furnaces. 12 And next unto
him repaired Shallum the
son of
Halohesh, the
ruler of the
half part of
Jerusalem, he and his
daughters. 13 The
valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of
Zanoah; they
built it, and set
up the
doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the
bars thereof, and a
thousand cubits on the
wall unto the
dung gate. 14 But the
dung gate repaired Malchiah the
son of
Rechab, the
ruler of
part of
Bethhaccerem; he
built it, and set
up the
doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the
bars thereof.
15 But the
gate of the
fountain repaired Shallun the
son of
Colhozeh, the
ruler of
part of
Mizpah; he
built it, and
covered it, and set
up the
doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the
bars thereof, and the
wall of the
pool of
Siloah by the
king's garden, and unto the
stairs that go
down from the
city of
David. 16 After him
repaired Nehemiah the
son of
Azbuk, the
ruler of the
half part of
Bethzur, unto the place over against the
sepulchres of
David, and to the
pool that was
made, and unto the
house of the
mighty. 17 After him
repaired the
Levites, Rehum the
son of
Bani. Next unto
him repaired Hashabiah, the
ruler of the
half part of
Keilah, in his
part. 18 After him
repaired their
brethren, Bavai the
son of
Henadad, the
ruler of the
half part of
Keilah. 19 And next to
him repaired Ezer the
son of
Jeshua, the
ruler of
Mizpah, another piece over against the going
up to the
armoury at the
turning of the wall.
20 After him
Baruch the
son of
Zabbai earnestly repaired the
other piece, from the
turning of the wall unto the
door of the
house of
Eliashib the
high priest. 21 After him
repaired Meremoth the
son of
Urijah the
son of
Koz another piece, from the
door of the
house of
Eliashib even to the
end of the
house of
Eliashib. 22 And
after him
repaired the
priests, the
men of the
plain. 23 After him
repaired Benjamin and
Hashub over against their
house. After him
repaired Azariah the
son of
Maaseiah the
son of
Ananiah by his
house. 24 After him
repaired Binnui the
son of
Henadad another piece, from the
house of
Azariah unto the
turning of the wall, even unto the
corner. 25 Palal the
son of
Uzai, over against the
turning of the wall, and the
tower which lieth
out from the
king's high house, that was by the
court of the
prison. After him
Pedaiah the
son of
Parosh. 26 Moreover the
Nethinims dwelt in
Ophel, unto the place over against the
water gate toward the
east, and the
tower that lieth
out.
27 After them the
Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the
great tower that lieth
out, even unto the
wall of
Ophel. 28 From above the
horse gate repaired the
priests, every
one over
against his
house. 29 After them
repaired Zadok the
son of
Immer over against his
house. After him
repaired also
Shemaiah the
son of
Shechaniah, the
keeper of the
east gate. 30 After him
repaired Hananiah the
son of
Shelemiah, and
Hanun the
sixth son of
Zalaph, another piece. After him
repaired Meshullam the
son of
Berechiah over against his
chamber. 31 After him
repaired Malchiah the
goldsmith's son unto the
place of the
Nethinims, and of the
merchants, over against the
gate Miphkad, and to the going
up of the
corner. 32 And between the going
up of the
corner unto the
sheep gate repaired the
goldsmiths and the
merchants.