Nehemiah 3:3-13

3 The sons of Hassenaah built ¹the Fish Gate. ²They laid its beams and ³set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

4 And next to them ⁴Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them ⁵Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.

5 And next to them ⁶the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord. ^[a]

6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah ⁷repaired the Gate of Yeshanah. ^{[b] 8}They laid its beams and ⁹set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

7 And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of ¹⁰the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8 Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as ¹¹the Broad Wall.

9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ¹²ruler of half the district of^[c] Jerusalem, repaired.

10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.

11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and ¹³the Tower of the Ovens.

12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ¹⁴ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired ¹⁵the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and ¹⁶set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits^[d] of the wall, as far as ¹⁷the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 3:3-13 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

• 1. 3:3 ch. 12:39; 2 Chr. 33:14; Zeph. 1:10
• 2. 3:3 [ch. 2:8]
• 3. 3:3 [See ver. 1 above]
• 4. 3:4 ver. 21; Ezra 8:33
• 5. 3:4 ver. 30; Ezra 8:16
• 6. 3:5 ver. 27; [2 Sam. 14:2]
• 7. 3:6 ch. 12:39
• 8. 3:6 [See ver. 3 above]
• 9. 3:6 [See ver. 1 above]
• 10. 3:7 ch. 2:7, 9
• 11. 3:8 ch. 12:38
• 12. 3:9 ver. 12
• 13. 3:11 ch. 12:38
• 14. 3:12 ver. 9
• 15. 3:13 ch. 2:13, 15; 2 Chr. 26:9
• 16. 3:13 See ver. 1
• 17. 3:13 ch. 2:13; 12:31

Footnotes

• [a] 3:5 Or 'lords'
• [b] 3:6 Or 'of the old city'
• [c] 3:9 Or 'foreman of half the portion assigned to'; also verses 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• [d] 3:13 A 'cubit' was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters