Nehemiah 3:4-24

4 Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.

5 Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. ^[a]

6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

7 Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite—the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah—who were under the jurisdiction of ^[b] the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8 Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

9 Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of ^[c] Jerusalem, made repairs.

10 Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

11 Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.

12 Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of ^[d] Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.

14 Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of ^[e] Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15 And Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of ^[f] Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

16 After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of ^[g] Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors.

17 After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of ^[h] Keilah, made repairs for his district.

18 After him their kin made repairs: Binnui, ^[i] son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of ^[j] Keilah;

19 next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler ^[k] of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib.

21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

22 After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs.

23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house.

24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner.

Nehemiah 3:4-24 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [lords]
• [b]. Meaning of Heb uncertain
• [c]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [d]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [e]. Or [supervisor of the portion assigned to]
• [f]. Or [supervisor of the portion assigned to]
• [g]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [h]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [i]. Gk Syr Compare verse 24, 10.9: Heb [Bavvai]
• [j]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [k]. Or [supervisor]