Nehemiah 3:1-7

Rebuilding the Wall

1 Then ¹Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built ²the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and ³set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the ⁴Tower of Hananel.

2 And next to him ⁵the men of Jericho built. And next to them^[a] Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3 The sons of Hassenaah built ⁶the Fish Gate. ⁷They laid its beams and ⁸set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

4 And next to them ⁹Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them ¹⁰Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.

5 And next to them ¹¹the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.^[b]

6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah ¹²repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.^[c]13They laid its beams and ¹⁴set 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 ¹⁵the 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.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 20, 21; Nehemiah 13:4, 7, 28
• 2. ver. 32; Nehemiah 12:39; John 5:2
• 3. Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 7:1
• 4. Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10
• 5. Ezra 2:34
• 6. Nehemiah 12:39; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Zephaniah 1:10
• 7. [Nehemiah 2:8]
• 8. [See ver. 1 above]
• 9. ver. 21; Ezra 8:33
• 10. ver. 30; Ezra 8:16
• 11. ver. 27; [2 Samuel 14:2]
• 12. Nehemiah 12:39
• 13. [See ver. 3 above]
• 14. [See ver. 1 above]
• 15. Nehemiah 2:7, 9

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew him
• [b]. Or lords
• [c]. Or of the old city