Nehemiah 3:10-20

10 Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

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

12 Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of ^[a] Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.

14 Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of ^[b] Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15 And Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of ^[c] Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

16 After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of ^[d] Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors.

17 After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of ^[e] Keilah, made repairs for his district.

18 After him their kin made repairs: Binnui, ^[f] son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of ^[g] Keilah;

19 next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler ^[h] of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib.

Nehemiah 3:10-20 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [b]. Or [supervisor of the portion assigned to]
• [c]. Or [supervisor of the portion assigned to]
• [d]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [e]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [f]. Gk Syr Compare verse 24, 10.9: Heb [Bavvai]
• [g]. Or [supervisor of half the portion assigned to]
• [h]. Or [supervisor]