Nehemiah 3:8-13

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 ¹the Broad Wall.

9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ²ruler of half the district of^[a] 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 ³the Tower of the Ovens.

12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ⁴ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired ⁵the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and ⁶set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits^[b] of the wall, as far as ⁷the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 3:8-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 3

This chapter contains the names of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem, the order in which they worked, where they began, and where they ended, which was the sheep gate, Ne 3:1-32.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 12:38
• 2. ver. 12
• 3. Nehemiah 12:38
• 4. ver. 9
• 5. Nehemiah 2:13, 15; 2 Chronicles 26:9
• 6. See ver. 1
• 7. Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 12:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or foreman of half the portion assigned to; also verses 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• [b]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters