Nehemiah 3:1-16

Builders of the Wall

1 Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.
2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place.
4 Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs.
5 The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]
6 The Jeshanah[b] Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.
7 Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.
8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section; and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
9 Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section.
10 Adjoining this, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs next to him.
11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.
12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters.
13 The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits[c] of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem. He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.
15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[d] by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.
16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs[e] of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.

Nehemiah 3:1-16 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 19

  • 1. S Ezra 10:24
  • 2. Isaiah 58:12
  • 3. ver 32; Nehemiah 12:39; John 5:2
  • 4. Nehemiah 12:39; Psalms 48:12; Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10
  • 5. Nehemiah 7:36
  • 6. S 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 12:39
  • 7. S Ezra 8:33
  • 8. ver 27; S 2 Samuel 14:2
  • 9. Nehemiah 12:39
  • 10. S Joshua 9:3; Nehemiah 2:7
  • 11. Nehemiah 12:38
  • 12. Nehemiah 12:38
  • 13. S 2 Chronicles 26:9
  • 14. S Joshua 15:34
  • 15. S Nehemiah 2:13
  • 16. Jeremiah 6:1
  • 17. Isaiah 8:6; John 9:7
  • 18. S Joshua 15:58
  • 19. Acts 2:29

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "their Lord" or "the governor"
  • [b]. Or "Old"
  • [c]. That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters
  • [d]. Hebrew "Shelah," a variant of "Shiloah," that is, Siloam
  • [e]. Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac "tomb"
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