Nehemiah 3
The Sections Assigned
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Then Eli'ashib the high priest rose up
with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they
sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of
Me'ah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Han'aneel.
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And next unto him builded the men of
Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
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But the fish gate did the sons of
Hassena'ah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up
the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
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And next unto them repaired Mer'emoth the
son of Uri'jah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired
Meshul'lam the son of Berechi'ah, the son of Meshez'abeel. And next
unto them repaired Zadok the son of Ba'ana.
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And next unto them the Teko'ites
repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their
Lord.
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Moreover the old gate repaired
Jehoi'ada the son of Pase'ah, and Meshul'lam the son of Besodei'ah;
they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
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And next unto them repaired Melati'ah the
Gib'e-onite, and Jadon the Meron'othite, the men of Gibeon, and of
Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the
river.
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Next unto him repaired Uz'zi-el the son
of Harhai'ah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired
Hanani'ah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they
fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
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And next unto them repaired Rephai'ah the
son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
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And next unto them repaired Jedai'ah the
son of Haru'maph, even over against his house. And next unto him
repaired Hattush the son of Hashabni'ah.
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Malchi'jah the son of Harim, and Hashub
the son of Pahath-mo'ab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of
the furnaces.
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And next unto him repaired Shallum the
son of Halo'hesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and
his daughters.
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The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of Zano'ah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof,
the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on
the wall unto the dung gate.
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But the dung gate repaired Malchi'ah
the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-hac'cerem; he built it,
and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
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But the gate of the fountain repaired
Shallun the son of Col-ho'zeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built
it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,
and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Silo'ah by the
king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of
David.
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After him repaired Nehemi'ah the son of
Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made,
and unto the house of the mighty.
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After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the
son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabi'ah, the ruler of the
half part of Kei'lah, in his part.
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After him repaired their brethren, Ba'vai
the son of Hen'adad, the ruler of the half part of
Kei'lah.
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And next to him repaired Ezer the son of
Jesh'u-a, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going
up to the armory at the turning of the wall.
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After him Baruch the son of Zab'bai
earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the
wall unto the door of the house of Eli'ashib the high
priest.
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After him repaired Mer'emoth the son of
Uri'jah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of
Eli'ashib even to the end of the house of Eli'ashib.
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And after him repaired the priests, the
men of the plain.
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After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub
over against their house. After him repaired Azari'ah the son of
Ma-asei'ah the son of Anani'ah by his house.
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After him repaired Bin'nu-i the son of
Hen'adad another piece, from the house of Azari'ah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
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Palal the son of U'zai, over against the
turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the
king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After
him Pedai'ah the son of Parosh.
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Moreover the Neth'inim dwelt in Ophel,
unto the place over against the water gate toward the east,
and the tower that lieth out.
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After them the Teko'ites repaired another
piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the
wall of Ophel.
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From above the horse gate repaired the
priests, every one over against his house.
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29 |
After them repaired Zadok the son of
Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemai'ah the
son of Shechani'ah, the keeper of the east gate.
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30 |
After him repaired Hanani'ah the son of
Shelemi'ah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After
him repaired Meshul'lam the son of Berechi'ah over against his
chamber.
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31 |
After him repaired Malchi'ah the
goldsmith's son unto the place of the Neth'inim, and of the
merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the
corner.
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And between the going up of the corner
unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the
merchants.
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