Nehemiah 3:9-19

9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, 1the 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 2the Tower of Furnaces.
12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, 3the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired 4the 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 5Beth-haccherem repaired the 6Refuse 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, 7repaired 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 8the king's garden as far as 9the steps that descend from the city of David.
16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, 10official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as 11the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.
17 After him the Levites carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next * to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district.
18 After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
19 Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, 12the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory 13at the Angle.

Nehemiah 3:9-19 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 3

  • [a]. Lit "Gate of Ash-heaps"
  • [b]. Lit "Gate of Ash-heaps"
  • [c]. Lit "a second measure," and so in vv 20, 21, 24, 30
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