Nehemiah 3

CHAPTER 3

The Families of Israel Rebuild Jerusalem

1And [5rose up 1Eliashib 2the 4priest 3great], and his brethren the priests, and they constructed the [2gate 1sheep]; they sanctified it, and they set its doors; even unto the tower of the hundred they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. 2And near his hands [3constructed 1men 2of Jericho]; and near his hands [4constructed 1Zaccur 2son 3of Imri]. 3And [4the 6gate 5fish 3constructed 1the sons 2of Hassenaah]; they roofed it, and they set its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 4And near their hands Maremoth took control, the son of Urijah, son of Kos; and near their hand Meshullam took control, son of Barechiah, son of Meshezabeel; and near their hand Zadok took control, son of Baana. 5And near their hand [3took control 1the 2Tekoites]; but their strong ones did not insert their neck into a service of their Lord. 6And the gate of Jasanah [4repaired 1Jehoiada 2son 3of Paseah], and Meshullam son of Bosodeiah. They roofed it, and set its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 7And near their hand Melatiah repaired, the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the ruler of the other side of the river. 8And near their hand Uzziel repaired, son of Harhaiah of the refiners, and near his hand Hananiah repaired, son of the perfumers, and they established Jerusalem unto the [2wall 1broad]. 9And near their hand Rephaiah repaired, son of Hur, ruler of half of the place round about Jerusalem. 10And near their hand Jedaiah repaired, son of Harumaph, even against his house. And near his hand Hattush repaired, son of Hashabniah. 11And [10measured section 9a second 8repaired 1Malchijah 2son 3of Harim 4and 5Hashub 6son 7of Pahath-moab], even unto the tower of the furnaces. 12And near his hand Shallum repaired, son of Halohesh, ruler of half the place round about Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13The gate of the ravine Hanun repaired, and the ones dwelling at Zanoah; they constructed it, and set its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the [2gate 1dung]. 14And the [2gate 1dung] Malchiah repaired, son of Rechab, ruler of a place round about the house of Beth-heccerem, he and his sons; and they sheltered it, and set its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 15And the gate of the spring was safeguarded by Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and roofed it, and set its doors, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah to the garden of the king, and unto the stairways of the ones going down from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah repaired, son of Azabuk, ruler of half the place round about Beth-zur, unto the garden of the burying-place of David, and unto the pool being built by man, and unto the house of the mighty ones. 17After him [3repaired 1the Levites] -- Rehum son of Bani; near his hand Hashabiah repaired, ruler of half the place round about Keilah, to the place round about him. 18And after him [2repaired 1their brethren] -- Bavai son of Henadad, ruler of half the place round about Keilah. 19And repaired near his hand Ezer son of Jeshua ruler of Mizpah [2measured section 1a second] right opposite the ascending unto the weapons site, of the one joining together at the corner. 20After him Baruch repaired, son of Zabbai [2measured section 1a second] from the corner unto the door of the house of Eliashib the [2priest 1great]. 21And after him Meramoth repaired, son of Uriah son of Kos [2measured section 1a second], from the door of the house of Eliashib unto the completion of the house of Eliashib. 22And after him [3repaired 1the 2priests], the men of Ekchechar. 23And after him Benjamin repaired and Hashub over against their house. And after them Azariah repaired, son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, next to his house. 24And after him Binnui repaired, son of Henadad [2measured section 1a second], from the house of Azariah unto the corner, and unto the curve. 25Palal son of Uzai, right opposite the corner, and the tower, the one protruding from out of the house of the king, higher than the courtyard of the prison. And after him Pedaiah son of Parosh. 26And the Nethinim were living in Ophel unto before the garden [3gate 1of the 2water] to the east, and the [2tower 1protruding]. 27And after them [3repaired 1the 2Tekoites] [2measured section 1a second], right opposite the [3tower 1great 2protruding], and unto the wall of Ophel. 28Upward of the gate of the horses [3repaired 1the 2priests], every man right opposite his own house. 29And after them Zadok repaired, son of Immer, right opposite his own house. And after him Shemaiah repaired, son of Shechaniah, keeper of the [2gate 1east]. 30And after him Hananiah repaired, son of Shelemiah, and Hanun son of Zalaph the sixth son, [2measured section 1a second]. And after him Meshullam repaired, son of Barechiah right opposite his treasury. 31And after him Malchiah repaired, son of Sarefi, unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the traders, before the gate of Miphkad, and unto the ascending of the curve. 32And between the ascending of the [2gate 1sheep] [6repaired 1the 2braziers 3and 4the 5traders].
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