Rebuilding the Walls
Fish Gate
3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate.3:3 Neh 12:39; Zph 1:10 They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.3:3 Neh 6:1; 7:1
Old Gate, Broad Wall, and Tower of the Ovens
6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old3:6 Or Jeshanah Gate.3:6 Neh 12:39 They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
10After them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house.3:10 Neh 3:23,28 Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab made repairs to another section, as well as to the Tower of the Ovens.3:11 2Ch 26:9; Neh 12:38
12Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs — he and his daughters.
Valley Gate, Dung Gate, and Fountain Gate
15Shallun3:15 Some Hb mss, Syr read Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate.3:15 Neh 2:14; 12:37 He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah3:15 Is 8:6; Jn 9:7 near the king’s garden,3:15 2Kg 25:4 as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.3:15 Neh 12:37
16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur,3:16 Jos 15:58; 1Ch 2:45 made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David,3:16 1Kg 2:10; Ac 2:29 as far as the artificial pool3:16 2Kg 20:20; Is 22:9–11 and the House of the Warriors.3:16 2Sm 23:8–39
17Next to him the Levites3:17 Ezr 2:40; Neh 7:43 made repairs under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah,3:17 1Sm 23:1–5 made repairs for his district.
18After him their fellow Levites made repairs under Binnui3:18 Some Hb mss, Syr, LXX; Neh 3:24; other Hb mss, Vg read Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
The Angle, Water Gate, and Tower on Ophel
20After him Baruch son of Zabbai3:20 Alt Hb tradition, Vg read Zaccai; Ezr 2:9 diligently repaired another section, from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib.3:20 Neh 3:1; 12:10
21Beside him Meremoth3:21 Ezr 8:33 son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs to another section, from the door of Eliashib’s3:21 Neh 3:1 house to the end of his house.
22And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. Beside them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
24After him Binnui3:24 Ezr 8:33 son of Henadad made repairs to another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and the corner.
25Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace,3:25 Or and the upper tower that juts out from the palace3:25 Neh 12:37 by the courtyard of the guard.3:25 Jr 32:2 Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh
Horse Gate, Inspection Gate, and Sheep Gate
29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
30Next to him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph made repairs to another section.
After them Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his room.
31Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths,3:31 Neh 3:8 made repairs to the house of the temple servants3:31 Neh 7:46–56 and the merchants, opposite the Inspection3:31 Or Muster Gate, and as far as the upstairs room on the corner.
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