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Nehemiah 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Rebuilding the Wall
The Builders of the Wall
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred,[fn] and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:2 - Next to Eliashib[fn] the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - Also the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:4 - And next to them Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz,[fn] made repairs. Next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders[fn] to the work of their Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6 - Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the residence[fn] of the governor of the region beyond the River.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, one[fn] of the perfumers, made repairs; and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9 - And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:10 - Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12 - And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14 - Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs[fn] of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, leader of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:18 - After him their brethren, under Bavai[fn] the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the buttress.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai[fn] carefully repaired the other section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - After him Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz,[fn] repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:22 - And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:23 - After him Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress, even as far as the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - Moreover the Nethinim who dwelt in Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28 - Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his dwelling.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the Miphkad[fn] Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Hammeah, also at 12:39
Literally On his hand
Or Hakkoz
Literally necks
Literally throne
Literally the son
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read tomb.
Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Syriac read Binnui (compare verse 24).
A few Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, and Vulgate read Zaccai.
Or Hakkoz
Literally Inspection or Recruiting
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