1
Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.
2
And the men of Jericho built next to him. And next to them [a] Zaccur son of Imri built.
3
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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. [b]
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.
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.
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