Rebuilding the Wall

3 Then ^(A)Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests ^(B)and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built ^(C)as far as the Tower of ^[a]the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of ^(D)Hananel. ^2 [b]Next to Eliashib ^(E)the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

³ Also the sons of Hassenaah built ^(F)the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and ^(G)hung its doors with its bolts and bars. ⁴ And next to them ^(H)Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of ^[c]Koz, made repairs. Next to them ^(I)Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs. ⁵ Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their ^[d]shoulders to ^(J)the work of their Lord.

⁶ Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired ^(K)the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars. ⁷ And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the ^(L)men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the ^(M)residence^[e] of the governor of the region ^[f]beyond the River. ⁸ Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, ^[g]one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they ^[h]fortified Jerusalem as far as the ^(N)Broad Wall. ⁹ And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. ¹⁰ Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.

¹¹ Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, ^(O)as well as the Tower of the Ovens. ¹² And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.

¹³ Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired ^(P)the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as ^(Q)the Refuse Gate.

¹⁴ Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of ^(R)Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

¹⁵ Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired ^(S)the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of ^(T)Shelah^[i] by the ^(U)King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. ¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the ^[j]tombs of David, to the ^(V)man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

¹⁷ After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, leader of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. ¹⁸ After him their brethren, under ^[k]Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs. ¹⁹ And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the ^(W)buttress.^{[l] 20} After him Baruch the son of ^[m]Zabbai carefully repaired the other section, from the ^[n]buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹ After him Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of ^[o]Koz, repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

²² And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs. ²³ After him Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house. ²⁴ After him ^(X)Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to ^(Y)the ^[p]buttress, even as far as the corner. ²⁵ Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the ^[q]buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the ^(Z)court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

²⁶ Moreover ^(AA)the Nethinim who dwelt in ^(AB)Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of ^(AC)the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower. ²⁷ After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

²⁸ Beyond the ^(AD)Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. ²⁹ After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. ³⁰ After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his ^[r]dwelling. ³¹ After him Malchijah, ^[s]one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the ^[t]Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. ³² And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the ^(AE)Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.