Nehemiah 3

1Then Eliasub the high priest, and his brethren the priests, rose up, and built the sheep-gate;they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of the hundred they sanctifiedit, to the tower of Anameel. 2Andthey builded by the side of the men of Jericho, and by the side of the sons of Zacchur, theson of Amari. 3And the sons of Asana built the fish-gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, andbolts, and bars. 4And next to themthe order reached to Ramoth the son of Uria, the son of Accos, and next to them Mosollam sonof Barachias the son of Mazebel tookhis place: and next to them Sadoc the son of Baana tookhis place. 5And next to them the Thecoim tooktheir place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to their service. 6And Joida the son of Phasec, and Mesulam son of Basodia, repaired the old gate; they coveredit in, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 7And next to them repaired Maltias the Gabaonite, and Evaron the Meronothite, the men ofGabaon and Maspha, to the throne of the governor on this side the river. 8And next to him Oziel the son of Arachias of the smiths, carried on the repairs: and nextto them Ananias the son of one of the apothecaries repaired, and they finished Jerusalem to the broadwall. 9And next to them repaired Raphaea the son of Sur, the ruler of half the district roundabout Jerusalem. 10And next to them repaired Jedaia the son of Eromaph, andthat in front of his house: and next to him repaired Attuth son of Asabania. 11And nextto him repaired Melchias son of Heram, and Asub son of Phaat Moab, even to the tower of thefurnaces. 12And next to him repaired Sallum the son of Alloes, the ruler of half the district roundabout Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13Anun and the inhabitants of Zano repaired the gate of the valley: they built it, andset up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate. 14And Melchia the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district round about Beth-accharim, repairedthe dung-gate, he and his sons; and they covered it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 15But Solomon the son of Choleze repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part ofMaspha; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of theskins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the city of David. 16After him repaired Neemias son of Azabuch, ruler of half the district round about Bethsur,as far as the garden of David's sepulchre, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the houseof the mighty men. 17After him repaired the Levites,even Raum the son of Bani: next to him repaired Asabia, ruler of half the district round aboutKeila, in his district. 18And after him repaired his brethren, Benei son of Enadad, ruler of half the districtround about Keila. 19And next to him repaired Azur the son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion ofthe tower of ascent, where it meets the corner. 20After him repaired Baruch the son of Zabu, a second portion, from the corner as far asthe door of the house of Eliasub the high priest. 21After him repaired Meramoth the son of Uria the son of Accos, a second part from thedoor of the house of Eliasub, to the end of the house of Eliasub. 22And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar. 23And after him repaired Benjamin and Asub over against their house: and after him repairedAzarias son of Maasias the son of Ananias,the parts near to his house. 24After him repaired Bani the son of Adad, another portion from the house of Azaria asfar as the corner and to the turning, 25of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, andwhere is also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison-house:and after himrepaired Phadaea the son of Phoros. 26And the Nathinim lived in Ophal, as far as the garden of the water-gate eastward, andthere is the projecting tower. 27And after them the Thecoim repaired, another portion opposite the great projecting tower,even as far as the wall of Ophla. 28The priests repaired above the horse-gate,every man over against his own house. 29And after him Sadduc the son of Emmer repaired opposite his own house: and after himrepaired Samaea son of Sechenia, guard of the east-gate. 30After him repaired Anania son of Selemia, and Anom, the sixth son of Seleph, anotherportion: after him Mesulam the son of Barachia repaired over against his treasury. 31After him repaired Melchia the son of Sarephi as far as the house of the Nathinim, andthe chapmen over against the gate of Maphecad, and as far as the steps of the corner. 32And betweenthat and the sheep-gate the smiths and chapmen repaired.

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