New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 3:2-19

2Next to him 1the men of Jericho built, and next to 2them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

3Now the sons of Hassenaah built 3the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4Next 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 4him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs. 5Moreover, next to 5him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not 6support the work of their masters.

6Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired 7the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars. 7Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, 8also made repairs for the official seat of the 9governor of the province beyond the River. 8Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the 10goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as 11the Broad Wall. 9Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, 12the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 10Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs. 11Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and 13the Tower of Furnaces. 12Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, 14the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired 15the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the 16Refuse Gate.

14Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of 17Beth-haccherem repaired the 18 19Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.

15Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, 20repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at 21the king’s garden as far as 22the steps that descend from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, 23official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as 24the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men. 17After him the Levites carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district. 18After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah. 19Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, 25the official of Mizpah, repaired 26another section in front of the ascent of the armory 27at the Angle.

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Notes

1. Nehemiah 3:2 Neh 7:36 ↩
2. Nehemiah 3:2 Lit him ↩
3. Nehemiah 3:3 Neh 12:39 ↩
4. Nehemiah 3:4 Lit them ↩
5. Nehemiah 3:5 Lit them ↩
6. Nehemiah 3:5 Lit bring their neck to ↩
7. Nehemiah 3:6 Neh 12:39 ↩
8. Nehemiah 3:7 Or which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, also made repairs ↩
9. Nehemiah 3:7 Neh 2:7 ↩
10. Nehemiah 3:8 Neh 3:31, 32 ↩
11. Nehemiah 3:8 Neh 12:38 ↩
12. Nehemiah 3:9 Neh 3:12, 17 ↩
13. Nehemiah 3:11 Neh 12:38 ↩
14. Nehemiah 3:12 Neh 3:9 ↩
15. Nehemiah 3:13 Neh 2:13 ↩
16. Nehemiah 3:13 Lit Gate of Ash-heaps ↩
17. Nehemiah 3:14 Jer 6:1 ↩
18. Nehemiah 3:14 Lit Gate of Ash-heaps ↩
19. Nehemiah 3:14 Neh 2:13 ↩
20. Nehemiah 3:15 Neh 2:17 ↩
21. Nehemiah 3:15 2 Kin 25:4 ↩
22. Nehemiah 3:15 Neh 12:37 ↩
23. Nehemiah 3:16 Neh 3:9, 12, 17 ↩
24. Nehemiah 3:16 2 Kin 20:20; Is 7:3 ↩
25. Nehemiah 3:19 Neh 3:15 ↩
26. Nehemiah 3:19 Lit a second measure, and so in vv 20, 21, 24, 30 ↩
27. Nehemiah 3:19 2 Chr 26:9 ↩

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