Rebuilding the Wall
1 Then Neh. 3:20; 12:10; 13:4, 7, 28Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests John 5:2and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built Neh. 12:39as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10Hananel. 2 Next to EliashibEzra 2:34; Neh. 7:36the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
3 Also the sons of Hassenaah built 2 Chr. 33:14; Neh. 12:39; Zeph. 1:10the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and Neh. 6:1; 7:1hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4 And next to them Ezra 8:33Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, made repairs. Next to them Ezra 10:15Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs. 5 Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to (Judg. 5:23)the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired Neh. 12:39the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars. 7 And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the Neh. 7:25men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the Ezra 8:36; Neh. 2:7–9residence of the governor oftheregion beyond the River. 8 Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the Neh. 12:38Broad Wall. 9 And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, Neh. 12:38as well as the Tower of the Ovens. 12 And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired Neh. 2:13, 15the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as Neh. 2:13the Refuse Gate.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of Jer. 6:1Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.
15 Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired Neh. 2:14the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Is. 8:6; John 9:7Shelah by the 2 Kin. 25:4King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as theplace in front of the tombs of David, to the 2 Kin. 20:20; Is. 7:3; 22:11man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.
17 After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, leader of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. 18 After him their brethren, under Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs. 19 And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the 2 Chr. 26:9buttress. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai carefully repaired the other section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs. 23 After him Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house. 24 After him Ezra 8:33Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to Neh. 3:19the buttress, even as far as the corner. 25 Palal the son of Uzai maderepairs opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the Jer. 32:2; 33:1; 37:21court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh maderepairs.
26 Moreover Ezra 2:43; Neh. 11:21the Nethinim who dwelt in 2 Chr. 27:3Ophel maderepairs as far as theplace in front of Neh. 8:1, 3; 12:37the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower. 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.
28 Beyond the 2 Kin. 11:16; 2 Chr. 23:15; Jer. 31:40Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. 29 After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. 30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his dwelling. 31 After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. 32 And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Neh. 3:1; 12:39Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.