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fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end
this disgrace!” 18 Then I told them about how the
gracious hand of God had been on me, and about
my conversation with the king.
They replied at once, “Yes, let’s rebuild the
wall!” So they began the good work.
19 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem
the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
20 I replied, “The God of heaven will help us
succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding
this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or
historic claim in Jerusalem.”
Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem
Then Eliashib the high priest and the other
priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate.
They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred,
which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel. 2 People from the town of Jericho worked
next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son
of Imri.
3 The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and
installed its bolts and bars. 4 Meremoth son of
Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next
section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam
son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel,
and then Zadok son of Baana. 5 Next were the
people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused
to work with the construction supervisors.
6 The Old City Gate* was repaired by Joiada
son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and
installed its bolts and bars. 7 Next to them were
Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth,
people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah,
the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.* 8 Next was
Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade,
who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was
Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They
left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the
Broad Wall.*
9 Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the
district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the
wall. 10 Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired
the wall across from his own house, and next to
him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah. 11 Then
came Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son
of Pahath-moab, who repaired another section of the wall and the Tower of the Ovens.
12 Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters
3
3:6 Or The Mishneh Gate, or The Jeshanah Gate. 3:7 Hebrew
the province beyond the river. 3:8 Or They fortified
Jerusalem up to the Broad Wall. 3:13 Hebrew 1,000 cubits
[460 meters]. 3:15a As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads
Shallun. 3:15b Hebrew pool of Shelah, another name for the
pool of Siloam. 3:18 As in a few Hebrew manuscripts, some
Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 3:24; 10:9);
most Hebrew manuscripts read Bavvai.
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repaired the next section. He was the leader of
the other half of the district of Jerusalem.
13 The Valley Gate was repaired by the people
from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its
doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also
repaired the 1,500 feet* of wall to the Dung Gate.
14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah
son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem
district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.
15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum* son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its
doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he
repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam* near the
king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as
the stairs that descend from the City of David.
16 Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the
leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt
the wall from a place across from the tombs of
David’s family as far as the water reservoir and
the House of the Warriors.
17 Next to him, repairs were made by a group
of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the
leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of
his own district. 18 Next down the line were his
countrymen led by Binnui* son of Henadad, the
leader of the other half of the district of Keilah.
19 Next to them, Ezer son of Jeshua, the leader
of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall
across from the ascent to the armory near the
angle in the wall. 20 Next to him was Baruch son
of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional
section from the angle to the door of the house
of Eliashib the high priest. 21 Meremoth son of
Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz rebuilt another
section of the wall extending from the door of
Eliashib’s house to the end of the house.
22 The next repairs were made by the priests
from the surrounding region. 23 After them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired the section across
from their house, and Azariah son of Maaseiah
and grandson of Ananiah repaired the section
across from his house. 24 Next was Binnui son
of Henadad, who rebuilt another section of the
wall from Azariah’s house to the angle and the
corner. 25 Palal son of Uzai carried on the work
from a point opposite the angle and the tower
that projects up from the king’s upper house
beside the court of the guard. Next to him were
Pedaiah son of Parosh, 26 with the Temple servants living on the hill of Ophel, who repaired
the wall as far as a point across from the Water
Gate to the east and the projecting tower. 27 Then
came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another
section across from the great projecting tower
and over to the wall of Ophel.
28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section