Nehemiah 3:1-16

Rebuilding the Wall

1Then aEliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built bthe Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and cset its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the dTower of Hananel. 2And next to him ethe men of Jericho built. And next to them
Hebrew him
Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3The sons of Hassenaah built gthe Fish Gate. hThey laid its beams and iset its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4And next to them jMeremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them kMeshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired. 5And next to them lthe Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
Or lords


6Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah nrepaired the Gate of Yeshanah.
Or  of the old city
pThey laid its beams and qset its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
7And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of rthe governor of the province Beyond the River. 8Next 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 sthe Broad Wall. 9Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, truler of half the district of
Or foreman of half the portion assigned to; also verses 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Jerusalem, repaired.
10Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired. 11Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and vthe Tower of the Ovens. 12Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, wruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired xthe Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and yset its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits
A  cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
of the wall, as far as aathe Dung Gate.

14Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of abBeth-haccherem, repaired acthe Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and adset its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired aethe Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and afset its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of agthe Pool of Shelah of ahthe king’s garden, as far as aithe stairs that go down from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite ajthe tombs of David, as far as akthe artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

Nehemiah 7:4

4The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

Psalms 51:18

18 alDo good to Zion in your good pleasure;
ambuild up the walls of Jerusalem;

Psalms 102:13-16

13You will anarise and have aopity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
apthe appointed time has come.
14For your servants hold her aqstones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15Nations will arfear the name of the Lord,
and all asthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16For the Lord atbuilds up Zion;
he auappears in his glory;

Isaiah 14:32

32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
av“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

Isaiah 62:7

7and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it awa praise in the earth.

Jeremiah 31:4

4 axAgain I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
ayAgain you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in azthe dance of the merrymakers.

Daniel 9:25

25 baKnow therefore and understand that bbfrom the going out of the word to restore and bcbuild Jerusalem to the coming of an bdanointed one, a beprince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again
Or  there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again
with squares and moat, bgbut in a troubled time.
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