1Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; as far as the Tower of the Hundred they consecrated it, up to the Tower of Hananel.
2Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.
3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs; and next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.
5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lords.
6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
7Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite made repairs — the men of Gibeon and Mizpah — for the seat of the governor of the region Beyond the River.
8Next to him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs; and next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. And they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs, opposite his own house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired a second section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they built it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
15Shallun son of Colhozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it, roofed it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, as well as the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.
16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs, up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty Men.
17After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
18After him their brothers made repairs: Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
19Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired a second section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.
20After him Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired a second section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21After him Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired a second section, from the doorway of Eliashib’s house to the end of Eliashib’s house.
22After him the priests, the men of the surrounding region, made repairs.
23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house; after them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired a second section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner.
25Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard; after him Pedaiah son of Parosh.
26Now the temple servants were living on the Ophel, up to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
27After them the Tekoites repaired a second section, from opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of the Ophel.
28Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house.
29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house; and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a second section; after him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his chamber.
31After him Malchijah son of the goldsmith made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper chamber of the corner.
32And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
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