CHAPTER 3
At the Sheep
Gate,
Eliashib
the high
priest
and his fellow
priests
began
rebuilding.
They
dedicated it
and installed
its doors.
After building as far as
the Tower
of the Hundred
and the Tower
of Hananel,
they dedicated the wall.
The Fish
Gate
was rebuilt
by the sons
of Hassenaah.
They
laid its beams
and installed
its doors,
bolts,
and bars.
Next to
them,
Meremoth
son
of Uriah,
the son
of Hakkoz,
made repairs;
next
to him,
Meshullam
son
of Berechiah,
the son
of Meshezabel,
made repairs;
and next
to him,
Zadok
son
of Baana
made repairs as well.
Next
to them,
the Tekoites
made repairs,
but their nobles
did not
put
their shoulders
to the work
under their supervisors.
The Jeshanah Gate
was repaired
by Joiada
son
of Paseah
and Meshullam
son
of Besodeiah.
They
laid its beams
and installed
its doors,
bolts,
and bars.
Next
to them,
repairs were made
by Melatiah
the Gibeonite,
Jadon
the Meronothite,
and the men
of Gibeon
and Mizpah,
who were under the authority
of the governor
of the region west
of the Euphrates.
Next
to them,
Uzziel
son
of Harhaiah,
one of the goldsmiths,
made repairs,
and next
to him,
Hananiah
son
of the perfumer
made repairs.
They fortified
Jerusalem
as
far as the Broad
Wall.
next
to them,
Jedaiah
son
of Harumaph
made repairs
across from
his house;
and next
to him,
Hattush
son
of Hashabneiah
made repairs.
Malchijah
son
of Harim
and Hasshub
son
of Pahath-moab
made repairs
to another
section,
as well as to the Tower
of the Ovens.
And next
to them,
Shallum
son
of Hallohesh,
ruler
of a half-district
of Jerusalem,
made repairs,
with the help of
his daughters.
The Valley
Gate
was repaired
by Hanun
and the residents
of Zanoah.
They
rebuilt it,
installed
its doors,
bolts,
and bars,
and repaired a thousand
cubits
of the wall
as far as
the Dung
Gate.
The Dung
Gate
was repaired
by Malchijah
son
of Rechab,
ruler
of the district
of
Beth-haccherem,
He
rebuilt it
and installed
its doors,
bolts,
and bars.
The Fountain
Gate
was repaired
by Shallun
son
of Col-hozeh,
ruler
of the district
of Mizpah.
He
rebuilt it,
roofed it,
and installed
its doors,
bolts,
and bars.
He also repaired the wall
of the Pool
of Shelah
near the king's
garden,
as
far as the stairs
that descend
from the City
of David.
Beyond him,
Nehemiah
son
of Azbuk,
ruler
of a half-district
of
Beth-zur,
made repairs
up to
a point opposite
the tombs
of David,
as
far as the artificial
pool
and the House
of the Mighty.
Next to him,
the Levites
made repairs
under Rehum
son
of Bani,
and next
to him,
Hashabiah,
ruler
of a half-district
of Keilah,
made repairs
for his district.
Next to them,
their countrymen
made repairs
under Binnui
son
of Henadad,
ruler
of the other half-district
of Keilah.
And next to
him,
Ezer
son
of Jeshua,
ruler
of Mizpah,
made repairs
to another
section
opposite
the Ascent
to the Armory,
near the angle in the wall.
Next to him,
Baruch
son
of Zabbai
diligently
repaired
another
section,
from
the angle
to
from the doorway
of the house
of Eliashib
the high
priest.
Next to him,
Meremoth
son
of Uriah,
the son
of Hakkoz,
made repairs
to another
section,
from the doorway
of the house
of Eliashib
to
the end
of it.
Beyond them,
Benjamin
and Hasshub
made repairs
in front
of their house,
and next to them,
Azariah
son
of Maaseiah,
the son
of Ananiah,
made repairs
beside
his house.
After him,
Binnui
son
of Henadad
repaired
another
section,
from the house
of Azariah
to
the angle
and the corner,
and Palal
son
of Uzai
made repairs opposite
the angle
and the tower
that juts out
from the upper
palace
of the king
near the courtyard
of the guard.
Next to him,
Pedaiah
son
of Parosh
and the temple servants
living
on the hill of Ophel
made repairs opposite
the Water
Gate
toward the east
and the tower
that juts out.
And next to them,
the Tekoites
made repairs
to another
section,
from a point opposite
the great
tower
that juts out
to
the wall
of Ophel.
Next to them,
Zadok
son
of Immer
made repairs
opposite
his house,
and next to him,
Shemaiah
son
of Shecaniah,
the guard
of the East
Gate,
made repairs.
Next to him,
Hananiah
son
of Shelemiah,
as well as Hanun
the sixth
son
of Zalaph,
made repairs
to another
section.
Next to them,
Meshullam
son
of Berechiah
made repairs
opposite
his own quarters.
Next to him,
Malchijah,
one of the goldsmiths,
made repairs
as far as
the house
of the temple servants
and the merchants,
opposite
the Inspection
Gate,
and as
far as the upper room
above the corner.
And between
the upper room
above the corner
and the Sheep
Gate,
the goldsmiths
and merchants
made repairs.