Nehemiah 3
Revised Geneva Translation
3 Then Eliashib, the High Priest, arose with his brethren, the priests. And they built the Sheep Gate. They repaired it and set up its doors. They repaired it up to the Tower of Meah, and to the Tower of Hananel.
2 And the men of Jericho built next to him. And Zaccur, the son of Imri, was beside him.
3 But the sons of Senaah built the fish port. They also laid its beams and hung its doors, with its locks and its bars.
4 And Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, fortified next to them. And Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel fortified next to them. And Zadok, the son of Baana, fortified next to them.
5 And the Tekoites fortified next to them. But the great men of them did not put their necks to the works of their lords.
6 And Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, fortified the gate of the old fish pool. They laid its beams and hung its doors, with its locks and its bars.
7 Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and Mizpah, also fortified the throne of the duke beyond the River.
8 Next to him, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths fortified. Next to him, Hananiah the son of Harakkahim also fortified. And they repaired Jerusalem to the broad wall.
9 Also next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half of Jerusalem, fortified.
10 And next to him, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph fortified in front of his house. And next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabniah fortified.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab, fortified the second portion and the tower of the furnaces.
12 Next to him, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half of Jerusalem also fortified, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah fortified the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors, with its locks and bars, a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung port.
14 But, Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of one fourth of Beth Haccarem fortified the dung port. He built it and hung its doors, with its locks and bars.
15 But, Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, the ruler of one fourth of Mizpah, fortified the Gate of the Fountain. He built it and covered it and hung its doors, with its locks and bars. And he built the wall to the fish pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, and to the steps that go down from the City of David.
16 After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half of Beth Zur, fortified until the other side, opposite the sepulchers of David, and to the fish pool that was repaired, and to the house of the mighty.
17 After him, the Levites fortified: Rehum, the son of Bani, and next to him was Hashabiah, the ruler of half of Keilah, in his quarter.
18 After him their brethren fortified: Bavai, the son of Henadad, the ruler of half of Keilah,
19 and next to him was Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who fortified the other portion opposite the going up to the corner of the armor.
20 After him was earnest Baruch, the son of Zabbai, who fortified another portion from the corner to the door of the house of Eliashib, the High Priest.
21 After him, Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, fortified another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib, as long as the house of Eliashib extended.
22 After him, the priests (the men of the plain) also fortified.
23 After them, Benjamin and Hasshub fortified in front of their house. After them, Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, fortified by his house.
24 After him, Binnui, the son of Henadad, fortified another portion from the house of Azariah to the turning and to the corner.
25 Palal, the son of Uzai, fortified from opposite the corner, and the high tower that lies out from the king’s house, which is beside the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh fortified.
26 And the Nethinim dwelt in the fortress to the place in front of the water gate, eastward, and to the tower that lies out.
27 After him, the Tekoites fortified another portion in front of the great tower that lies out to the wall of the fortress.
28 The priests fortified from beyond the Horse Gate, each one in front of his house.
29 After them, Zadok, the son of Immer, fortified in front of his house. And after him, Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, fortified.
30 After him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the son of Zalaph, (the sixth), fortified another portion. After him, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, fortified in front of his chamber.
31 After him, Malchijah the goldsmith’s son fortified until the house of the Nethinim and of the Merchants, in front of the gate Miphkad, and to the chamber in the corner.
32 And the goldsmiths and the merchants fortified between the chamber of the corner to the Sheep Gate.
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