Beside them the Tekoites(A) made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help[a] their supervisors.

Old Gate, Broad Wall, and Tower of the Ovens

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old[b] Gate.(B) They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon(C) and Mizpah, who were under the authority[c](D) of the governor(E) of the region west of the Euphrates River.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:5 Lit not bring their neck to the work of
  2. 3:6 Or Jeshanah
  3. 3:7 Or Mizpah, the seat

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