Nehemiah 3
1 Eliashib the high priest rose up with his fellow priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors in place; they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.
2 The men of Jericho built alongside them, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.
3 The sons of Senaah built the Fish Gate. They roofed it and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place.
4 Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section; Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, repaired the section beside him; and Zadok son of Baana repaired the next section.
5 The people of Tekoa repaired the section alongside them, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.
6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They roofed it and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place.
7 Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the section alongside them, under the authority of the governor of the province Beyond the River.
8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the section next to him, and Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired the section beside him. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
9 Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired the section alongside them.
10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the section alongside them, opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah repaired the section next to him.
11 Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired the section next to him, together with his daughters.
13 Hanun and the people of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place, along with a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
14 Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He built it and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place.
15 Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, roofed it, and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah, beside the king’s garden, as far as the steps descending from the City of David.
16 After him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired as far as the tombs of David, the artificial pool, and the House of the Mighty Men.
17 After him, the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani, and beside him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
18 After him, their fellow workers made repairs: Bavai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
19 Beside him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the corner.
20 After him, Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section with zeal, from the corner as far as the entrance to the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him, Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib’s house to the end of his house.
22 After him, the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.
23 After him, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired the section opposite their house. After them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, repaired the section beside his house.
24 After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah’s house as far as the corner and the bend.
25 Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the corner and the tower that projects from the upper palace of the king, by the courtyard of the guard. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh.
26 The temple servants lived in Ophel, as far as the place opposite the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.
27 After him, the people of Tekoa repaired another section, opposite the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each opposite his own house.
29 After them, Zadok son of Immer repaired opposite his house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
30 After him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him, Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired opposite his own room.
31 After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.
32 Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
33 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews.
34 In the presence of his brothers and the army of Samaria he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they give up? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a single day? Can they bring these stones back to life from heaps of rubble, burned as they are?”
35 Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him and said, “Even what they are building—if a fox climbs up on it, it will break down their wall of stones.”
36 Hear us, our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their insults back upon their own heads, and hand them over to plunder in a land of captivity.
37 Do not cover over their guilt, and do not let their sin be wiped away from before you, for they have provoked the builders.
38 So we rebuilt the wall, and the whole wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a heart for the work.
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