Nehemiah 3

Nehemiah Chapter 3 ESV

The names and order of them that builded the wall.
1 Then 1Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built 2the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and 3set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the 4Tower of Hananel.
2 And next to him 1the men of Jericho built. And next to thema Zaccur the son of Imri built.
3 The sons of Hassenaah built 1the Fish Gate. 2They laid its beams and 3set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
4 And next to them 1Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them 2Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
5 And next to them 1the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.a
6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah 1repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.a 2They laid its beams and 3set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
7 And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of 1the governor of the province Beyond the River.
8 Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as 1the Broad Wall.
9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, 1ruler of half the district ofa Jerusalem, repaired.
10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and 1the Tower of the Ovens.
12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, 1ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired 1the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and 2set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubitsa of the wall, as far as 3the Dung Gate.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of 1Beth-haccherem, repaired 2the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and 3set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
15 And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired 1the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and 2set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of 3the Pool of Shelah of 4the king's garden, as far as 5the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite 1the tombs of David, as far as 2the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
17 After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
18 After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
19 Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at 1the buttress.a
20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaireda another section from the buttress to the door of the house of 1Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him 1Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 After him the priests, the men of 1the surrounding area, repaired.
23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.
24 After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and to 1the corner.
25 Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at 1the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh
26 1and the temple servants living on 2Ophel repaired to a point opposite 3the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
27 After him 1the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
28 Above 1the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
29 After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him 1Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite 2his chamber.
31 After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate,a and to the upper chamber of the corner.
32 And between the upper chamber of the corner and 1the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
Nehemiah 3

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