Rebuilding the Wall
1 Then
1Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built
2the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and
3set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the
4Tower of Hananel.
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And next to him
5the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
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The sons of Hassenaah built
6the Fish Gate.
7They laid its beams and
8set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
4
And next to them
9Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them
10Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
5
And next to them
11the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah
12repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.
13They laid its beams and
14set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of
15the governor of the province Beyond the River.
8
Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as
16the Broad Wall.
9
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur,
17ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
10
Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.
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Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and
18the Tower of the Ovens.
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Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh,
19ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired
20the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and
21set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as
22the Dung Gate.
14
Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of
23Beth-haccherem, repaired
24the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and
25set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
15
And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired
26the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and
27set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of
28the Pool of Shelah of
29the king's garden, as far as
30the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite
31the tombs of David, as far as
32the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
17
After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
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After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
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Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at
33the buttress.
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After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the buttress to the door of the house of
34Eliashib the high priest.
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After him
35Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
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After him the priests, the men of
36the surrounding area, repaired.
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After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.
24
After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress
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and to
37the corner. Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at
38the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh
26
39and the temple servants living on
40Ophel repaired to a point opposite
41the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
27
After him
42the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
28
Above
43the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
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After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
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After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him
44Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite
45his chamber.
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After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.
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And between the upper chamber of the corner and
46the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.