Neh 3:1-16, 6:1, 7:1, 12:30, Psa 48:11-14, 51:18, 125:2, Lam 2:8-9, 4:12 | ESV | STEP | Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests , and they built the Sheep Gate . They consecrated it and set its doors . They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred , as far as the Tower of Hananel .

1 Then ^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. 2 And next to him ^ethe men of Jericho built. And next to them ^{▼▼Hebrew him} Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3 The sons of Hassenaah built ^gthe Fish Gate. ^hThey laid its beams and ⁱset its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4 And 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. 5 And next to them ^lthe Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord. ^{▼▼Or lords}

6 Joiada 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. 7 And 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. 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 ^sthe Broad Wall. 9 Next 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. 10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and ^vthe Tower of the Ovens. 12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ^wruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

13 Hanun 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.

14 Malchijah 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.

15 And 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. 16 After 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 6:1

Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

1 Now when ^alSanballat and Tobiah and ^amGeshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ( ^analthough up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

Nehemiah 7:1

1 Now when the wall had been built ^aoand I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

Nehemiah 12:30

30 And the priests and the Levites ^appurified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

Psalms 48:11-14

11 Let Mount ^aqZion be glad!
Let ^arthe daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments!
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
number her towers,
13 consider well her ^asramparts,
go through her citadels,
^atthat you may tell the next generation
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will ^auguide us forever. ^{▼▼Septuagint; another reading is (compare Jerome, Syriac) He will guide us beyond death}

Psalms 51:18

18 ^awDo good to Zion in your good pleasure;
^axbuild up the walls of Jerusalem;

Psalms 125:2

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so ^aythe Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore.

Lamentations 2:8-9

8 ^azThe Lord determined to lay in ruins
^bathe wall of the daughter of Zion;
^bbhe stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^bche caused rampart and wall to lament;
^bdthey languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
^behe has ruined ^bfand broken her bars;
^bgher king and princes are among the nations;
the law is no more,
and ^bhher prophets find
no vision from the Lord.

Lamentations 4:12

12 ^biThe kings of the earth did not believe,
nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.