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1 Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel. 2 And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri. 3 The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods. 4 By their side Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was making good the walls. Then Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel; and by him, Zadok, the son of Baana. 5 Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods. 7 By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river. 8 Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall. 9 Near them was working Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of half Jerusalem. 10 By his side was Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And by him was Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah. 11 Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, were working on another part, and the tower of the ovens. 12 Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters. 13 Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed. 14 And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods. 15 And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David. 16 By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family, and the pool which was made and the house of the men of war. 17 Then came the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani. By his side was working Hashabiah, ruler of half the division of Keilah, for his division. 18 After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah. 19 And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall. 20 After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest. 21 After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house. 22 After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland. 23 After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living. 24 After him Binnui, the son of Henadad, was working on another part, from the house of Azariah as far as the turning of the wall and the angle. 25 Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh. 26 (Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.) 27 After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel. 28 Further on, past the horse doorway, the priests were at work, every one opposite his house. 29 After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door. 30 After him Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, were making good another part. After him Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, made good the wall opposite his room. 31 After him Malchijah, one of the gold-workers to the Nethinim and the traders, made good the wall opposite the doorway of Hammiphkad and as far as the way up to the angle. 32 And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.

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  • Ananiah

    Grandfather of Azariah

    Named as the father of Maaseiah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23

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  • Azariah

    Wall builder

    Son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, who repaired beside his house.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23

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  • Azbuk

    Father of Nehemiah of Beth-zur

    Named as the father of Nehemiah, ruler of half of Beth-zur.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:16

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  • Baana

    Father of Zadok

    Named as the father of Zadok the wall builder.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4

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  • Baruch

    Wall builder

    Son of Zabbai who diligently repaired a section up to the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:20

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  • Benjamin

    Wall builder

    With Hasshub, repaired in front of their house.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23

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  • Berechiah

    Father of Meshullam

    Son of Meshezabel and father of the wall builder Meshullam.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30

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  • Besodeiah

    Father of Meshullam

    Named as the father of Meshullam, a gate repairer.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6

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  • Binnui

    Ruler of half of Keilah, Levite

    Son of Henadad; ruler of the other half-district of Keilah who repaired two sections of the wall and is listed among the covenant-sealing Levites.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:18; Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9

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  • Col-hozeh

    Father of Shallun and ancestor of Maaseiah

    Named as father of Shallun the ruler and, in Neh 11:5, as son of Hazaiah and grandfather of Maaseiah of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 11:5

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  • Eliashib

    High priest who began the wall

    High priest who, with his fellow priests, rebuilt the Sheep Gate; son of Joiakim in the high-priestly line. Neh 13:4 names an Eliashib the priest, Tobiah’s relative, in charge of…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:20; Nehemiah 12:10

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  • Ezer

    Ruler of Mizpah

    Son of Jeshua and ruler of Mizpah who repaired a section opposite the Ascent to the Armory.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:19

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  • Hakkoz

    Priest, ancestor of Meremoth

    Named as the grandfather of Meremoth; Hakkoz is also a priestly family whose members could not prove their descent after the return.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21

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  • Hallohesh

    Father of Shallum

    Named as the father of Shallum the ruler; a Hallohesh is also among the leaders who sealed the covenant.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:12; Nehemiah 10:24

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  • Hananiah

    Son of the perfumer, wall builder

    Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs next to Uzziel.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:8

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  • Hananiah

    Wall builder

    Son of Shelemiah who repaired another section.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30

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  • Hanun

    Wall builder

    The sixth son of Zalaph, who repaired another section.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30

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  • Hanun

    Rebuilt the Valley Gate

    With the residents of Zanoah he repaired the Valley Gate and a thousand cubits of the wall.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:13

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  • Harhaiah

    Father of Uzziel

    Named as the father of Uzziel the goldsmith.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:8

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  • Harumaph

    Father of Jedaiah

    Named as the father of Jedaiah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10

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  • Hashabiah

    Ruler of half of Keilah

    Ruler of a half-district of Keilah who repaired for his district.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:17

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  • Hashabneiah

    Father of Hattush

    Named as the father of Hattush.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10

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  • Hasshub

    Wall builder

    Son of Pahath-moab who repaired with Malchijah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:11

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  • Hasshub

    Wall builder

    With Benjamin, repaired in front of their house.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23

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  • Hattush

    Wall builder

    Son of Hashabneiah who made repairs next to Jedaiah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10

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  • Henadad

    Levite, ancestor of temple supervisors

    Named as the father of the Levites ("sons of Henadad") who supervised the temple work; Binnui son of Henadad helped rebuild the wall.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 3:18; Nehemiah 10:9

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  • Hur

    Father of Rephaiah

    Named as the father of Rephaiah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:9

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  • Imri

    Father of Zaccur

    Named as the father of Zaccur the wall builder.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:2

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  • Jadon

    Wall builder from Meronoth

    Jadon the Meronothite repaired next to the Jeshanah Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:7

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  • Jedaiah

    Wall builder

    Son of Harumaph who repaired across from his own house.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10

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  • Jeshua

    Father of Ezer

    Named as the father of Ezer, ruler of Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:19

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  • Joiada

    Wall builder

    Son of Paseah who, with Meshullam, repaired the Jeshanah Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6

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  • Maaseiah

    Father of Azariah

    Son of Ananiah and father of Azariah the wall builder.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23

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  • Malchijah

    Goldsmith, wall builder

    One of the goldsmiths who repaired as far as the house of the temple servants.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:31

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  • Malchijah

    Wall builder

    Son of Harim who, with Hasshub, repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:11

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  • Malchijah

    Ruler of Beth-haccherem

    Son of Rechab and ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem who rebuilt the Dung Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:14

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  • Melatiah

    Wall builder from Gibeon

    Melatiah the Gibeonite repaired next to the Jeshanah Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:7

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  • Meremoth

    Priest, son of Uriah

    Priest into whose hand Ezra’s party weighed the silver and gold and sacred articles at Jerusalem; he also repaired two sections of the wall.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21

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  • Meshezabel

    Grandfather of Meshullam

    Named as the father of Berechiah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4

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  • Meshullam

    Wall builder

    Son of Berechiah who repaired two sections of the wall; his daughter married Jehohanan, Tobiah’s son.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18

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  • Meshullam

    Wall builder

    Son of Besodeiah who, with Joiada, repaired the Jeshanah Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6

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  • Nehemiah

    Ruler of half of Beth-zur

    Son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, who repaired up to opposite the tombs of David.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:16

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  • Palal

    Wall builder

    Son of Uzai who repaired opposite the angle and the tower of the upper palace.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:25

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  • Paseah

    Father of Joiada

    Named as the father of Joiada, a gate repairer.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6

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  • Pedaiah

    Wall builder

    Son of Parosh who repaired next to Palal.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:25

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  • Rechab

    Father of Malchijah

    Named as the father of Malchijah, ruler of Beth-haccherem.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:14

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  • Rehum

    Levite wall builder

    Son of Bani under whom the Levites made repairs.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:17

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  • Rephaiah

    Ruler of half of Jerusalem

    Son of Hur and ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem who made repairs.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:9

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  • Shallum

    Ruler of half of Jerusalem

    Son of Hallohesh and ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem; he repaired with the help of his daughters.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:12

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  • Shallun

    Ruler of Mizpah

    Son of Col-hozeh and ruler of the district of Mizpah who rebuilt the Fountain Gate and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:15

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  • Shecaniah

    Father of Shemaiah

    Named as the father of Shemaiah, guard of the East Gate.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29

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  • Shelemiah

    Father of Hananiah

    Named as the father of Hananiah the wall builder.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30

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  • Shemaiah

    Guard of the East Gate

    Son of Shecaniah and guard of the East Gate who made repairs.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29

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  • Uriah

    Father of Meremoth the priest

    Named as the father of Meremoth and the son of Hakkoz.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4

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  • Uzai

    Father of Palal

    Named as the father of Palal.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:25

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  • Uzziel

    Goldsmith, wall builder

    Son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, who made repairs.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:8

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  • Zabbai

    Father of Baruch

    Named as the father of Baruch the wall builder.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:20

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  • Zaccur

    Wall builder

    Son of Imri who rebuilt a section next to the men of Jericho.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:2

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  • Zadok

    Wall builder

    Son of Baana who made repairs next to Meshullam.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4

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  • Zadok

    Priest, wall builder

    Son of Immer who repaired opposite his own house.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29

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  • Zalaph

    Father of Hanun

    Named as the father of Hanun, his sixth son.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30

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Cross references (30)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; John 5:2; Zechariah 14:10; Nehemiah 13:28
  2. 2 Nehemiah 7:36; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 10:12
  3. 3 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 12:39; Nehemiah 2:8; Zephaniah 1:10; Nehemiah 3:6
  4. 4 Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:21; Nehemiah 10:15; Nehemiah 10:7
  5. 5 Nehemiah 3:27; 2 Samuel 14:2; Jeremiah 30:8–9; Jeremiah 27:12; 1 Corinthians 1:26
  6. 6 Nehemiah 12:39
  7. 7 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Chronicles 16:6; Nehemiah 2:7–8; Nehemiah 3:19; Joshua 9:3–27
  8. 8 Nehemiah 12:38; Nehemiah 3:31–32; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Genesis 50:2; Exodus 30:25
  9. 9 Nehemiah 3:12; Nehemiah 3:17
  10. 10 Nehemiah 10:4; Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28–30
  11. 11 Nehemiah 12:38; Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 10:5; Ezra 8:4; Nehemiah 10:14
  12. 12 Nehemiah 3:9; Philippians 4:3; Exodus 35:25; Acts 21:8–9; Nehemiah 3:14–18
  13. 13 Nehemiah 2:13; Joshua 15:34; 2 Chronicles 26:9; 1 Chronicles 4:18; Joshua 15:56
  14. 14 Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:15–18; Nehemiah 3:12–13; Nehemiah 3:9
  15. 15 John 9:7; Isaiah 8:6; Nehemiah 12:37; Nehemiah 2:14; Luke 13:4
  16. 16 Nehemiah 3:9; Nehemiah 3:12; 2 Kings 20:20; Acts 2:29; Nehemiah 3:14
  17. 17 Joshua 15:44; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:1–13; Nehemiah 3:16
  18. 19 2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 12:8
  19. 20 Nehemiah 3:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Romans 12:11; Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 12:22–23
  20. 21 Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63
  21. 22 Nehemiah 12:28; Nehemiah 6:2
  22. 23 Nehemiah 3:10; Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 3:29–30; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 8:7
  23. 24 Nehemiah 3:19; Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 3:27
  24. 25 Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 37:21; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 33:1; Ezra 2:3
  25. 26 Nehemiah 11:21; Nehemiah 8:1; Nehemiah 12:37; Nehemiah 8:3; 2 Chronicles 33:14
  26. 27 Nehemiah 3:5
  27. 28 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40; 2 Kings 11:16; Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 3:10
  28. 29 Jeremiah 19:2; Nehemiah 7:40; Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:2
  29. 31 Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 3:32
  30. 32 Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39; John 5:2; Nehemiah 3:31; Nehemiah 3:8

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