New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 3:7-19

7Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, 1also made repairs for the official seat of the 2governor of the province beyond the River. 8Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the 3goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as 4the Broad Wall. 9Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, 5the 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 6the Tower of Furnaces. 12Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, 7the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired 8the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the 9Refuse Gate.

14Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of 10Beth-haccherem repaired the 11 12Refuse 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, 13repaired 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 14the king’s garden as far as 15the steps that descend from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, 16official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as 17the 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, 18the official of Mizpah, repaired 19another section in front of the ascent of the armory 20at the Angle.

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Notes

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

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