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Nehemiah 3

1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel. 2And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur built the son of Imri. 3And the sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired. 5And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord. 6And Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the old gate; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 7And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, repaired, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, who belonged to the throne of the governor beyond the River. 8Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. And next to him Hananiah one of the perfumers repaired, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall. 9And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired. 10And next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired, opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired. 11Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces. 12And next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters. 13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate. 14And Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the dung gate; he built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 15And Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the fountain gate; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men. 17After him the Levites repaired, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired, for his district. 18After him their brothers repaired, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. 19And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion, opposite the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall. 20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 22And after him the priests, the men of the Plain, repaired. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house. 24After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner. 25Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired. 26(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.) 27After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel. 28Above the horse gate the priests repaired, every one opposite his own house. 29After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate, repaired. 30After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber. 31After him Malchijah one of the goldsmiths repaired to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, opposite the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner. 32And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.