1   Eliashib the high priest and his fellow-priests started work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They laid its beams ^note and set its doors in place; they carried the work as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel, and consecrated it. 2   Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho worked; and next to them Zaccur son of Imri.

3   The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah; they laid its tie-beams and set its doors in place with their bolts and bars. 4   Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired his section; next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel; next to them Zadok son of Baana did the repairs; 5   and next again the men of Tekoa did the repairs, but their nobles would not demean themselves to serve their governor.

6   The Jeshanah Gate ^note was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah; they laid its tie-beams and set its doors in place with their bolts and bars. 7   Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, did the repairs as far as the seat of the governor of the province of Beyond-Euphrates. 8   Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith, ^note did the repairs, and next Hananiah, a perfumer; they reconstructed Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9   Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, did the repairs. 10   Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph did the repairs opposite his own house; and next Hattush son of Hashabniah. 11   Malchiah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired a second section including the Tower of the Ovens. ^note 12   Next to them Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, did the repairs with the help of his daughters.

13   The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they rebuilt it and set its doors in place with their bolts and bars, and they repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. 14   The Dung Gate itself was repaired by Malchiah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-hakkerem; he rebuilt ^note it and set its doors in place with their bolts and bars. 15   The Fountain Gate was repaired by

The walls of Jerusalem rebuilt Shallun ^note son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah; he rebuilt ^note it and roofed it and set its doors in place with their bolts and bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah next to the king's garden and onwards as far as the steps leading down from the City of David.

16   After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Bethzur, did the repairs as far as a point opposite the burial-place of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes. ^note 17   After him the Levites did the repairs: Rehum son of Bani and next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, did the repairs for his district. 18   After him their kinsmen did the repairs: Binnui ^note son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah; 19   next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired a second section opposite the point at which the ascent meets the escarpment; 20   after him Baruch son of Zabbai ^note repaired a second section, from the escarpment to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21   After him Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired a second section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

22   After him the priests of the neighbourhood of Jerusalem did the repairs. 23   Next Benjamin and Hasshub did the repairs opposite their own house; and next Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, did the repairs beside his house. 24   After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired a second section, from the house of Azariah as far as the escarpment and the corner. 25   Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the escarpment and the upper tower which projects from the king's house and belongs to the court of the guard. 26   After him Pedaiah son of Parosh ^note worked as far as a point on the east opposite the Water Gate and the projecting tower. 27   Next the men of Tekoa repaired a second section, from a point opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

28   Above the Horse Gate the priests did the repairs opposite their own houses. 29   After them Zadok son of Immer did the repairs opposite his own house; after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, did the repairs. 30   After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a second section. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah did the repairs opposite his room. 31   After him Malchiah, a goldsmith, did the repairs as far as the house of the temple-servitors ^note and the merchants, opposite the Mustering Gate, as far as the roof-chamber at the corner. 32   Between the roof-chamber at the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants did the repairs.

The walls of Jerusalem rebuilt

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