Nehemiah 3:1-7

Builders of the Walls

1 Then ¹Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built ²the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and ³hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to ⁴the Tower of the Hundred and ⁵the Tower of Hananel.

2 Next to him ⁶the men of Jericho built, and next * to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built ⁷the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

4 Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next * to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next * to him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs.

5 Moreover, next * to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support * the work of their masters.

6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired ⁸the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.

7 Next * to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, also made repairs for the official seat of the ⁹governor 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. Nehemiah 3:20; Nehemiah 13:28
• 2. Nehemiah 3:32; Nehemiah 12:39
• 3. Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 7:1
• 4. Nehemiah 12:39
• 5. Jeremiah 31:38
• 6. Nehemiah 7:36
• 7. Nehemiah 12:39
• 8. Nehemiah 12:39
• 9. Nehemiah 2:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "it"
• [b]. Lit "him"
• [c]. Lit "them"
• [d]. Lit "them"
• [e]. Lit "bring their neck to"
• [f]. Or "which was under the jurisdiction of the governor" of the province "beyond the River, also made repairs"