Nehemiah 3:13

13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

Nehemiah 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:13

The valley gate repaired Hanun
Of which see ( Nehemiah 2:13 ) ,

and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
a city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:34 ) ,

they built it, and set up the doors thereof
see ( Nehemiah 3:3 ) ,

and a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung gate;
that is, they repaired the wall to such a length from the valley gate to the dung gate; see ( Nehemiah 2:13 ) .

Nehemiah 3:13 In-Context

11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired a second piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

12 And next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

14 And the dung-gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the chief of the district of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

15 And the fountain-gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the chief of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, and to the stairs that go down from the city of David.