1 And Eliashib, the great priest, rose up, with his brothers, the priests, and they built the gate of the flock. They sanctified it, and they set up its double doors, and as far as the tower of one hundred cubits, they sanctified it, even to the tower of Hananel. 2 And beside him, the men of Jericho built. And beside them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, built. 3 But the sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They covered it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars. And beside them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, built. 4 And beside him, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, built. And beside them, Zadok, the son of Baana, built. 5 And beside them, the Tekoites built. But the nobles among them did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 And Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, built the old gate. They covered it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars. 7 And beside them, Melatiah, a Gibeonite, and Jadon, a Meronothite, men from Gibeon and Mizpah, built, on behalf of the governor who was in the region across the river. 8 And beside him, Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah the goldsmith, built. And beside him, Hananiah, the son of the perfumer, built. And they left aside Jerusalem as far as the wall of the broad street. 9 And beside him, Rephaiah, the son of Hur, leader of a street of Jerusalem, built. 10 And beside him, Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, built, opposite his own house. And beside him, Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah, built. 11 Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, built one half part of the street and the tower of the furnaces. 12 And beside him, Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the leader of one half part of a street of Jerusalem, built, he and his daughters. 13 And Hanun built the gate of the valley, with the inhabitants of Zanoah. They built it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars, with one thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the gate of the dunghill. 14 And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the leader of the street of Beth-haccherem, built the gate of the dunghill. He built it, and he set up its double doors and locks and bars. 15 And Shallum, the son of Colhozeh, the leader of the district of Mizpah, built the gate of the fountain. He built it, and he covered it, and he set up its double doors and locks and bars, and the walls of the pool of Shelah at the garden of the king, and as far as the steps that descend from the City of David. 16 After him, Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the leader of one half part of the street of Bethzur, built, as far as opposite the sepulcher of David, and even to the pool, which was constructed with great labor, and even to the house of the strong. 17 After him, the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani, built. After him, Hashabiah, the leader of one half part of the street of Keilah, built, in his own neighborhood. 18 After him, their brothers, Binnui, the son of Henadad, the leader of one half part of Keilah, built. 19 And beside him, Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, built another measure, opposite the ascent to the strongest corner. 20 After him, at the mount, Baruch, the son of Zabbai, built another measure, from the corner even to the door of the house of Eliashib, the great priest. 21 After him, Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, built another measure, from the door of the house of Eliashib, along the length of the house of Eliashib. 22 And after him, the priests, men from the plains of the Jordan, built. 23 After him, Benjamin and Hasshub built, opposite their own house. And after him, Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, built, opposite his own house. 24 After him, Binnui, the son of Henadad, built another measure, from the house of Azariah, even to the bend and to the corner. 25 Palal, the son of Uzai, built, opposite the bend and the tower that projects from the high house of the king, that is, into the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah, the son of Parosh, built. 26 And the temple servants, who were living in Ophel, built to a point opposite the water gate, toward the east, and the tower that is prominent. 27 After him, the Tekoites built another measure in the opposite area, from the great and prominent tower to the wall of the temple. 28 Then, upward from the horse gate, the priests built, each one opposite his own house. 29 After them, Zadok, the son of Immer, built, opposite his own house. And after him, Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate, built. 30 After him, Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, built another measure. After him, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, built, opposite his own storehouse. After him, Malchijah, the son of the goldsmith, built, even up to the house of the temple servants and of the sellers of small items, opposite the judgment gate, and even to the upper room of the corner. 31 And within the upper room of the corner, at the gate of the flock, the goldsmiths and the merchants built.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Ananiah
Azariah
Son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, who repaired beside his house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23
Azbuk
Named as the father of Nehemiah, ruler of half of Beth-zur.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:16
Baana
Named as the father of Zadok the wall builder.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4
Baruch
Son of Zabbai who diligently repaired a section up to the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:20
Benjamin
With Hasshub, repaired in front of their house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23
Berechiah
Son of Meshezabel and father of the wall builder Meshullam.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30
Besodeiah
Named as the father of Meshullam, a gate repairer.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6
Binnui
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
Eliashib
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
Ezer
Son of Jeshua and ruler of Mizpah who repaired a section opposite the Ascent to the Armory.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:19
Hakkoz
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
Hallohesh
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
Hananiah
Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs next to Uzziel.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:8
Hananiah
Son of Shelemiah who repaired another section.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30
Hanun
The sixth son of Zalaph, who repaired another section.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30
Hanun
With the residents of Zanoah he repaired the Valley Gate and a thousand cubits of the wall.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:13
Harhaiah
Harumaph
Hashabiah
Ruler of a half-district of Keilah who repaired for his district.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:17
Hashabneiah
Hasshub
Son of Pahath-moab who repaired with Malchijah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:11
Hasshub
With Benjamin, repaired in front of their house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23
Hattush
Son of Hashabneiah who made repairs next to Jedaiah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10
Henadad
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
Hur
Imri
Named as the father of Zaccur the wall builder.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:2
Jadon
Jadon the Meronothite repaired next to the Jeshanah Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:7
Jedaiah
Son of Harumaph who repaired across from his own house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:10
Jeshua
Named as the father of Ezer, ruler of Mizpah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:19
Joiada
Son of Paseah who, with Meshullam, repaired the Jeshanah Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6
Maaseiah
Son of Ananiah and father of Azariah the wall builder.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:23
Malchijah
One of the goldsmiths who repaired as far as the house of the temple servants.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:31
Malchijah
Son of Harim who, with Hasshub, repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:11
Malchijah
Son of Rechab and ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem who rebuilt the Dung Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:14
Melatiah
Melatiah the Gibeonite repaired next to the Jeshanah Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:7
Meremoth
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
Meshezabel
Meshullam
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
Meshullam
Son of Besodeiah who, with Joiada, repaired the Jeshanah Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6
Nehemiah
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
Palal
Son of Uzai who repaired opposite the angle and the tower of the upper palace.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:25
Paseah
Named as the father of Joiada, a gate repairer.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:6
Pedaiah
Rechab
Named as the father of Malchijah, ruler of Beth-haccherem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:14
Rehum
Son of Bani under whom the Levites made repairs.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:17
Rephaiah
Son of Hur and ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem who made repairs.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:9
Shallum
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
Shecaniah
Named as the father of Shemaiah, guard of the East Gate.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29
Shelemiah
Named as the father of Hananiah the wall builder.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:30
Shemaiah
Son of Shecaniah and guard of the East Gate who made repairs.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29
Uriah
Named as the father of Meremoth and the son of Hakkoz.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4
Uzai
Uzziel
Son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, who made repairs.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:8
Zabbai
Named as the father of Baruch the wall builder.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:20
Zaccur
Son of Imri who rebuilt a section next to the men of Jericho.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:2
Zadok
Son of Baana who made repairs next to Meshullam.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4
Zadok
Son of Immer who repaired opposite his own house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:29
Zalaph
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; John 5:2; Zechariah 14:10; Nehemiah 13:28
- 2 Nehemiah 7:36; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 10:12
- 3 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 12:39; Nehemiah 2:8; Zephaniah 1:10; Nehemiah 3:6
- 4 Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:21; Nehemiah 10:15; Nehemiah 10:7
- 5 Nehemiah 3:27; 2 Samuel 14:2; Jeremiah 30:8–9; Jeremiah 27:12; 1 Corinthians 1:26
- 6 Nehemiah 12:39
- 7 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Chronicles 16:6; Nehemiah 2:7–8; Nehemiah 3:19; Joshua 9:3–27
- 8 Nehemiah 12:38; Nehemiah 3:31–32; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Genesis 50:2; Exodus 30:25
- 9 Nehemiah 3:12; Nehemiah 3:17
- 10 Nehemiah 10:4; Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28–30
- 11 Nehemiah 12:38; Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 10:5; Ezra 8:4; Nehemiah 10:14
- 12 Nehemiah 3:9; Philippians 4:3; Exodus 35:25; Acts 21:8–9; Nehemiah 3:14–18
- 13 Nehemiah 2:13; Joshua 15:34; 2 Chronicles 26:9; 1 Chronicles 4:18; Joshua 15:56
- 14 Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:15–18; Nehemiah 3:12–13; Nehemiah 3:9
- 15 John 9:7; Isaiah 8:6; Nehemiah 12:37; Nehemiah 2:14; Luke 13:4
- 16 Nehemiah 3:9; Nehemiah 3:12; 2 Kings 20:20; Acts 2:29; Nehemiah 3:14
- 17 Joshua 15:44; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:1–13; Nehemiah 3:16
- 19 2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 12:8
- 20 Nehemiah 3:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Romans 12:11; Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 12:22–23
- 21 Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63
- 22 Nehemiah 12:28; Nehemiah 6:2
- 23 Nehemiah 3:10; Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 3:29–30; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 8:7
- 24 Nehemiah 3:19; Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 3:27
- 25 Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 37:21; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 33:1; Ezra 2:3
- 26 Nehemiah 11:21; Nehemiah 8:1; Nehemiah 12:37; Nehemiah 8:3; 2 Chronicles 33:14
- 27 Nehemiah 3:5
- 28 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40; 2 Kings 11:16; Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 3:10
- 29 Jeremiah 19:2; Nehemiah 7:40; Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:2
- 31 Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 3:32
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