Nehemiah 3:5-15

5 Moreover, next * to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support * the work of their masters.
6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired 1the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.
7 Next * to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, also made repairs for the official seat of the 2governor of the province beyond the River.
8 Next * to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the 3goldsmiths made repairs. And next * to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as 4the Broad Wall.
9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, 5the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
10 Next * to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next * to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and 6the Tower of Furnaces.
12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, 7the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired 8the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the Refuse Gate.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of 9Beth-haccherem repaired the 10Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.
15 Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, 11repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at 12the king's garden as far as 13the steps that descend from the city of David.

Nehemiah 3:5-15 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 13

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Lit "them"
  • [b]. Lit "bring their neck to"
  • [c]. Or "which was under the jurisdiction of the governor" of the province "beyond the River, also made repairs"
  • [d]. Lit "Gate of Ash-heaps"
  • [e]. Lit "Gate of Ash-heaps"
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