Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors. They sanctified it even to the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of Hananel. 2Next to him the men of Jericho built. Next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.
3The sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs. 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the Lord’s work.
6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the old gate. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 7Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, repaired the residence of the governor beyond the River. 8Next to him, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the wide wall. 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house. Next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. 11Malchijah son of Harim, and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces. 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters made repairs.
13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up its doors, bolts, and bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
14Malchijah son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem repaired the dung gate. He built it, and set up its doors, bolts, and bars.
15Shallun son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, bolts, and bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of Dawud1. 16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of Dawud, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men. 17After him the Levites2—Rehum son of Bani made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. 18After him their brothers, Bavvai son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs. 19Next to him Ezer son of Yusha3, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion, over against the ascent to the armoury at the turning of the wall. 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21After him Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 22After him the priests, the men of the Plain made repairs. 23After them Binyamin4 and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house. 24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner. 25Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs. 26(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel and repaired the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.) 27After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
28Above the horse gate the priests made repairs, everyone opposite his own house. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs. 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his chamber. 31After him Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the temple servants, and of the merchants, made repairs opposite the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner. 32Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
- 3:15 Dawud, this Arabic name is derived from David (Hebrew) and means “Beloved.” ↩︎
- 3:17 Levites, the descendants of Levi, one of the 12 sons of Prophet Yaqub (Jacob), from whose family line came all the priests who served in the Holy House of God, the Temple at Jerusalem. ↩︎
- 3:19 Yusha, this Arabic name and the name Jeshua are both derived from the Hebrew name Yehoshua, which means “YAHWEH saves.” Yehoshua also gives rise to the Arabic names ‘Isa and Yesu, as well as the Greek name Iesous, which is rendered Jesus in English. ↩︎
- 3:23 Binyamin, or Benjamin, derived from the Hebrew name Benyamin, meaning “Son of the right hand.” ↩︎