Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem
1 This is how the city wall was rebuilt.
noteThe High Priest Eliashib
and his fellow priests rebuilt the
Sheep Gate, dedicated it, and put the
gates in place. They dedicated the
wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred
and the Tower of Hananel.
2 The men of Jericho built the next
section.
2 Zaccur son of Imri built the next
section.
3 The clan of Hassenaah built the
Fish Gate. They put the beams and
the gates in place, and put in the
bolts and bars for locking the gate.
4 Meremoth, the son of Uriah and
grandson of Hakkoz, built the next
section.
4 Meshullam, the son of Berechiah
and grandson of Meshezabel, built
the next section.
4 Zadok son of Baana built the next
section.
5 The men of Tekoa built the next
section, but the leading men of the
town refused to do the manual labor
assigned them by the supervisors.
6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam
son of Besodeiah rebuilt
Jeshanah Gate. noteThey put the beams
and the gates in place, and put in the
bolts and bars for locking the gate.
7 Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon
from Meronoth, and the men of Gibeon
and Mizpah built the next section,
as far as the residence of the
governor of West-of-Euphrates.
8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith,
built the next section.
8 Hananiah, a maker of perfumes,
built the next section, as far as
Broad Wall.
9 Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of
half of the Jerusalem District, built
the next section.
10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph built
the next section, which was near his
own house.
10 Hattush son of Hashabneiah built
the next section.
11 Malchijah son of Harim and
Hasshub son of Pahath Moab built
both the next section and the Tower
of the Ovens.
12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler
of the other half of the Jerusalem
-- --
District, built the next section. (His
daughters helped with the work.)
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of the
city of Zanoah rebuilt the Valley
Gate. They put the gates in place,
put in the bolts and the bars for locking
the gate, and repaired the wall
for fifteen hundred feet, as far as the
Rubbish Gate.
14 Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler
of the Beth Haccherem District, rebuilt
the Rubbish Gate. He put the
gates in place, and put in the bolts
and the bars for locking the gate.
15 Shallum son of Colhozeh, ruler
of the Mizpah District, rebuilt the
Fountain Gate. He covered the gateway,
put the gates in place, and put
in the bolts and the bars. At the Pool
of Shelah he built the wall next to
the royal garden, as far as the stairs
leading down from David's City.
16 Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of
half of the Bethzur District, built the
next section, as far as David's tomb,
the pool, and the barracks.
Levites Who Worked on the Wall
17 The following Levites rebuilt the
next several sections of the wall:
17 Rehum son of Bani built the next
section;
17 Hashabiah, ruler of half of the Keilah
District, built the next section on
behalf of his district;
18 Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of
the other half of the Keilah District,
built the next section;
19 Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah,
built the next section in front of
the armory, as far as the place where
the wall turns;
20 Baruch son of Zabbai built the
next section, as far as the entrance
to the house of the High Priest Eliashib;
21 Meremoth, the son of Uriah and
grandson of Hakkoz, built the next
section, up to the far end of Eliashib's
house.
Priests Who Worked on the Wall
22 The following priests rebuilt the
next several sections of the wall:
22 Priests from the area around Jerusalem
built the next section;
23 Benjamin and Hasshub built the
next section, which was in front of
their houses;
23 Azariah, the son of Maaseiah and
grandson of Ananiah, built the next
section, which was in front of his
house;
24 Binnui son of Henadad built the
next section, from Azariah's house
to the corner of the wall;
25
26 Palal son of Uzai built the next
section, beginning at the corner of
the wall and the tower of the upper
palace near the court of the guard;
25
26 Pedaiah son of Parosh built the
next section, to a point on the east
near the Water Gate and the tower
guarding the Temple. (This was near
that part of the city called Ophel,
where the Temple workmen lived.)
Other Builders
27 The men of Tekoa built the next
section, their second one, from a
point opposite the large tower
guarding the Temple as far as the
wall near Ophel.
28 A group of priests built the next
section, going north from the Horse
Gate, each one building in front of
his own house.
29 Zadok son of Immer built the
next section, which was in front of
his house.
29 Shemaiah son of Shecaniah,
keeper of the East Gate, built the
next section.
30 Hananiah son of Shelemiah and
Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, built
the next section, their second one.
30 Meshullam son of Berechiah built
the next section, which was in front
of his house.
31 Malchijah, a goldsmith, built the
next section, as far as the building
used by the Temple workmen and
the merchants, which was by the
Miphkad note Gate to the Temple, near
the room on top of the northeast corner
of the wall.
32 The goldsmiths and the merchants
-- --
built the last section, from
the room at the corner as far as the
Sheep Gate.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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