Nehemiah 3

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1. 1Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests got to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors, then dedicated the wall all the way to the Tower of Meah and on to the Tower of Hananeel.
2. 2The men of Jericho built the section next to them, and Zaccur son of Imri built the section after that.
3. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They set its beams in place and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
4. 4Next to them, Meremoth son of Urijah and grandson of Koz made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah and grandson of Meshezabeel made repairs. Next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs.
5. 5Next to them, the people of Tekoa made repairs, but their nobles did not submit to the work of their Lord.
6. 6Jehoiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They set its beams in place and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
7. 7Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, along with the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired up to the seat of the governor on this side of the river.
8. 8Next to him, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him, Hananiah, the son of one of the apothecaries, made repairs. Together they fortified Jerusalem up to the Broad Wall.
9. 9Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, who governed half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
10. 10Next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his own house. Next to him, Hattush son of Hashabniah made repairs.
11. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hashub son of Pahathmoab repaired another section, including the Tower of the Furnaces.
12. 12Next to them, Shallum son of Halohesh, who governed the other half of the district of Jerusalem, made repairs — he and his daughters.
13. 13Hanun and the people of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. They also repaired 1,000 cubits of the wall, all the way to the Dung Gate.
14. 14Malchiah son of Rechab, who governed the district of Bethhaccerem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
15. 15Shallun son of Colhozeh, who governed the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall by the Pool of Siloah near the king's garden, all the way to the stairs leading down from the city of David.
16. 16After him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Bethzur, made repairs up to the area across from David's tombs, to the man-made pool, and to the house of the mighty.
17. 17After him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani. Next to him, Hashabiah, who governed half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
18. 18After him, their fellow Levites made repairs under Bavai son of Henadad, who governed the other half of the district of Keilah.
19. 19Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
20. 20After him, Baruch son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another section, from the angle of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21. 21After him, Meremoth son of Urijah and grandson of Koz repaired another section, from the door of Eliashib's house to the far end of it.
22. 22After him, the priests who lived in the surrounding plain made repairs.
23. 23After them, Benjamin and Hashub made repairs across from their own house. After them, Azariah son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah made repairs next to his own house.
24. 24After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle of the wall and on to the corner.
25. 25Palal son of Uzai made repairs across from the angle of the wall and the tower that extends out from the upper palace near the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs.
26. 26Moreover, the Nethinims lived in Ophel, up to the area across from the Water Gate on the east side and the tower that extends outward.
27. 27After them, the people of Tekoa repaired another section, from across the great projecting tower all the way to the wall of Ophel.
28. 28Above the Horse Gate, the priests each made repairs across from their own houses.
29. 29After them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
30. 30After him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs across from his own room.
31. 31After him Malchiah the goldsmith's son made repairs as far as the place of the Nethinims and the merchants, opposite the Miphkad Gate, and to the corner stairway.
32. 32The goldsmiths and merchants repaired the section between the corner and the Sheep Gate.