CHAPTER 3

¹And Eliashib the high priest arose, and his brothers the priests with him, and they rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They consecrated and set up its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, the Hananeel Tower. ²And alongside him the men of Jericho built, and alongside him Zaccur the son of Imri. ³And the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They roofed it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bolts. ⁴And alongside them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired. And alongside them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabeel repaired. And alongside them Zadok son of Baanah repaired. ⁵And alongside them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles did not put their neck [in the yoke of] their lords. ⁶And Jehoiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Jeshanah Gate. They roofed it and set up its doors and its locks and its bolts. ⁷And alongside them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired to the point of the seat of the satrap of Beyond the River. ⁸Alongside them Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the smelters repaired. And alongside him Hananiah member of the perfumers repaired. And they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. ⁹And alongside them Rephaiah son of Hur repaired, officer of half the district of Jerusalem. ¹⁰And alongside them Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And alongside him Hattush son of Hashabniah repaired. ¹¹A second parcel Malchijah son of Harim and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab repaired as well as the Tower of Kilns. ¹²And alongside him Shallum son of the incantation sayer, officer of half the district of Jerusalem repaired, he and his daughters. ¹³Hanun and the dwellers of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate, they rebuilt it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bolts—a thousand cubits along the wall as far as the Dung Gate. ¹⁴And Malachijah son of Rechab, officer of the district of Beth-Haccerem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bolts. ¹⁵And Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, officer of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bolts, as well as the feeder pool for the King’s Garden as far as the steps going down from the City of David. ¹⁶After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, officer of the Beth-Zur district, repaired as far as opposite the graves of David and as far as the artificial pool and as far as the House of the Warriors. ¹⁷After him the Levites repaired; Rehum son of Bani. Alongside him, Hashabiah, officer of the half-district of Keilah, repaired for his district. ¹⁸After him, their brothers, Bavvai son of Hanedad, officer of the half-district of Keilah. ¹⁹And Ezer son of Jeshua, officer of Mizpah, repaired alongside him a second parcel opposite the armory in the angle. ²⁰After him Baruch son of Zabbai sedulously repaired a second parcel from the angle to the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired a second parcel from the entrance of the house of Eliashib to the outer limit of the house of Eliashib. ²²And after him the priests, men of the plain, repaired. ²³After him Benjamin and Hashub repaired opposite their house. After him Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah repaired by their house. ²⁴After him Binnui son of Hanedad repaired a second parcel, from the house of Azariah to the angle, to the corner. ²⁵Palal son of Uzai [repaired] from opposite the angle and the tower jutting out from the upper king’s house, which is the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh. ²⁶And the temple laborers were living in the Ophel as far as opposite the Water Gate to the east and the tower jutting out. ²⁷After him the Tekoites repaired a second parcel from opposite the Great Tower jutting out and to the wall of the Ophel. ²⁸Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each man opposite his house. ²⁹After him Zadok son of Immer repaired opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the East Gate, repaired. ³⁰After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a second parcel. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber. ³¹After him Malchijah, member of the smelters, repaired as far as the house of the temple laborers and the traders, opposite the Mustering Gate and as far as the corner loft. ³²And between the corner loft and the Sheep Gate the smelters and the traders repaired.

³³And it happened when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was incensed and angered and mocked the Jews. ³⁴And he said before his kinsmen and the Samaritan force, and he said, “What are the miserable Jews doing? Will they restore? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish on the set day? Will they bring the stones back to life from the dust piles where they were burned?” ³⁵And Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “Even what they are rebuilding, should a fox climb up, it would breach the wall of their stones.” ³⁶“Hear, O our God, how we have become an object of scorn, and turn back their insults on their own head and give them as spoil in a land of captivity. ³⁷And do not cover their crime and their offense before You. Do not wipe it away, for they have provoked the builders.” ³⁸And we rebuilt the wall, and the whole wall was linked together to half its height. And the people had the heart to do it.