Now priorto this,Eliashibthe priest,who was appointedover the chambersof the houseof our God,being relatedto Tobiah,
Jeshuabecamethe fatherof Joiakim,and Joiakimbecamethe fatherof Eliashib,and Eliashibbecamethe father of Joiada,
On that daymenwere also appointedoverthe chambersfor the stores,the contributions,the firstfruitsand the tithes,to gatherinto them from the fieldsof the citiesthe portionsrequired by the lawfor the priestsand Levites;for Judahrejoicedoverthe priestsand Leviteswho served.
Even one of the sonsof Joiada,the sonof Eliashibthe highpriest,was a son-in-lawof Sanballatthe Horonite,so I drovehim awayfrom me.
When Sanballatthe Horoniteand Tobiahthe Ammoniteofficialheard[about it], it was verydispleasingto them that someonehad cometo seekthe welfareof the sonsof Israel.
Then Eliashibthe highpriestarosewith his brothersthe priestsand builtthe SheepGate;they consecratedit and hungits doors.They consecratedthe wall to the Towerof the Hundred[and] the Towerof Hananel.
Now whenit was reportedto Sanballat,Tobiah,to Geshemthe Araband to the restof our enemiesthat I had rebuiltthe wall,and [that] nobreachremainedin it, althoughat that timeI had not setup the doorsin the gates,
