Nehemiah 3:1-7

Rebuilding the gates and walls

1 Then Eliashib the high priest set to work with his fellow priests and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, then dedicated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.

2 The people of Jericho built next to them, and Zaccur, Imri's son, built next to them.

3 The children of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, bolts, and bars.

4 Next to them Meremoth, Uriah's son and Hakkoz's grandson, made repairs. Meshullam, Berechiah's son and Meshezabel's grandson, made repairs next to them, and Zadok, Baana's son, made repairs next to them.

5 Next to them the people from Tekoa made repairs, but their officials wouldn't help with the work of their supervisors.

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

7 Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the people of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were ruled by the governor of the province Beyond the River.

Nehemiah 3:1-7 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 rebuilt
• [b] Or didn’t bring their neck into the service of
• [c] Or lords
• [d] Or Old Gate
• [e] Syr; Heb lacks and.