Nehemiah 3 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And Elyashiḇ the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They set it apart and set up its doors, even as far as the Tower of Ḥanan’ĕl they set it apart, as far as the Tower of Ḥanane’ĕl.

² And at his hand the men of Yeriḥo built. And at his hand Zakkur son of Imri built.

³ And the sons of Hassena’ah built the Fish Gate, who laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts and bars.

⁴ And at their hand Merĕmoth son of Uriyah, son of Qots, strengthened. And at their hand Meshullam son of Bereḵyah, son of Meshĕyzaḇ’ĕl, strengthened. And at their hand Tsaḏoq son of Ba‛ana strengthened.

⁵ And at their hand the Teqowites strengthened, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Master.

⁶ And Yehoyaḏa son of Pasĕaḥ and Meshullam son of Besoḏeyah strengthened the Old Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, and its bolts and its bars.

⁷ And at their hand Melatyah the Giḇ‛onite, and Yaḏon the Mĕronothite, the men of Giḇ‛on and Mitspah, strengthened the official seat of the governor beyond the River.

⁸ At his hand Uzzi’ĕl son of Ḥarhayah, one of the goldsmiths, strengthened. And at his hand Ḥananyah, one of the perfumers, strengthened. And they restored Yerushalayim as far as the Broad Wall.

⁹ And at their hand Rephayah son of Ḥur, ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim, strengthened.

¹⁰ And at their hand Yeḏayah son of Ḥarumaph strengthened, even opposite his house. And at his hand Ḥattush son of Ḥashaḇneyah strengthened.

¹¹ Malkiyah son of Ḥarim and Ḥashshuḇ son of Paḥath-Mo’aḇ strengthened another section, and the Tower of the Ovens.

¹² And at his hand Shallum son of Halloḥĕsh ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim strengthened, he and his daughters.

¹³ Ḥanun and the people of Zanowaḥ strengthened the Valley Gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts and bars – and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

¹⁴ And the Dung Gate was strengthened by Malkiyah son of Rĕḵaḇ, ruler of the district of Bĕyth Hakkerem. He built it and set up its doors, its bolts and bars.

¹⁵ And the Fountain Gate was strengthened by Shallun son of Kol-Ḥozeh, ruler of the district of Mitspah. He built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts and bars – also the wall of the Pool of Shelaḥ by the Sovereign’s Garden, as far as the stairs going down from the City of Dawiḏ.

¹⁶ After him Neḥemyah son of Azbuq, ruler of half the district of Bĕyth Tsur, strengthened as far as opposite the burial-sites of Dawiḏ, and to the man-made pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

¹⁷ After him the Lĕwites, Reḥum son of Bani, strengthened. At his hand strengthened Ḥashaḇyah, ruler of half the district of Qe‛ilah, for his district.

¹⁸ After him their brothers, Bawwai son of Ḥĕnaḏaḏ, ruler of the other half of the district of Qe‛ilah, strengthened.

¹⁹ And at his hand Ězer son of Yĕshua, the ruler of Mitspah, strengthened another section before the going up to the armoury at the corner.

²⁰ After him Baruḵ son of Zabbai eagerly strengthened the other section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Elyashiḇ the high priest.

²¹ After him Merĕmoth son of Uriyah, son of Qots, strengthened another section, from the door of the house of Elyashiḇ to the end of the house of Elyashiḇ.

²² And after him the priests, the men of the neighbourhood, strengthened.

²³ After him Binyamin and Ḥashshuḇ strengthened opposite their house. After them Azaryah son of Ma‛asĕyah, son of Ananyah, strengthened near his house.

²⁴ After him Binnui son of Ḥĕnaḏaḏ strengthened another section, from the house of Azaryah to the angle, even as far as the corner.

²⁵ Palal son of Uzai strengthened opposite the corner, and on the tower which projects from the sovereign’s upper house that was by the courtyard of the prison. After him Peḏayah son of Parosh.

²⁶ Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel as far as opposite the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.

²⁷ After him the Teqowites strengthened another section, opposite the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

²⁸ Beyond the Horse Gate the priests strengthened, each opposite his own house.

²⁹ After them Tsaḏoq son of Immĕr strengthened opposite his own house. After him Shemayah son of Sheḵanyah, keeper of the East Gate, strengthened.

³⁰ After him Ḥananyah son of Shelemyah, and Ḥanun, the sixth son of Tsalaph, strengthened another section. After him Meshullam son of Bereḵyah strengthened opposite his room.

³¹ After him Malkiyah, one of the goldsmiths, strengthened as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, opposite the Miphqaḏ Gate, and as far as the going up of the corner.

³² And between the going up of the corner to the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants strengthened.