Nehemiah 3:1-7

Builders of the Wall

1 Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.

2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.

3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place.

4 Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs.

5 The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.^[a]

6 The Jeshanah^[b] Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.

7 Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

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. S Ezra 10:24
• 2. Isaiah 58:12
• 3. ver 32; Nehemiah 12:39; John 5:2
• 4. Nehemiah 12:39; Psalms 48:12; Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10
• 5. Nehemiah 7:36
• 6. S 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 12:39
• 7. S Ezra 8:33
• 8. ver 27; S 2 Samuel 14:2
• 9. Nehemiah 12:39
• 10. S Joshua 9:3; Nehemiah 2:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "their Lord" or "the governor"
• [b]. Or "Old"