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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Nehemiah 3 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nehemiah/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/nehemiah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Nehemiah 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nehemiah/2.htm" title="Nehemiah 2">◄</a> Nehemiah 3 <a href="../nehemiah/4.htm" title="Nehemiah 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/nehemiah/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>People from the town of Jericho worked next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son of Imri.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, and then Zadok son of Baana. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The Old City Gate<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Next to them were Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the wall across from his own house, and next to him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then came Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab, who repaired another section of the wall and the Tower of the Ovens. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters repaired the next section. He was the leader of the other half of the district of Jerusalem.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> of wall to the Dung Gate.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Next to him, repairs were made by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of his own district. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Next down the line were his countrymen led by Binnui<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> son of Henadad, the leader of the other half of the district of Keilah.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Next to them, Ezer son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall across from the ascent to the armory near the angle in the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Next to him was Baruch son of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz rebuilt another section of the wall extending from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of the house.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The next repairs were made by the priests from the surrounding region. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired the section across from their house, and Azariah son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah repaired the section across from his house. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Next was Binnui son of Henadad, who rebuilt another section of the wall from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Palal son of Uzai carried on the work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that projects up from the king’s upper house beside the court of the guard. Next to him were Pedaiah son of Parosh, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>with the Temple servants living on the hill of Ophel, who repaired the wall as far as a point across from the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another section across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of Ophel.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Next Zadok son of Immer also rebuilt the wall across from his own house, and beyond him was Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the gatekeeper of the East Gate. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Next Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section, while Meshullam son of Berekiah rebuilt the wall across from where he lived. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the wall as far as the housing for the Temple servants and merchants, across from the Inspection Gate. Then he continued as far as the upper room at the corner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The other goldsmiths and merchants repaired the wall from that corner to the Sheep Gate.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">The Mishneh Gate,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">The Jeshanah Gate.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the province beyond the river.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">They fortified Jerusalem up to the Broad Wall.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1,000 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [460 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:15a </span><span class="ft">As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Shallun.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:15b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">pool of Shelah,</span><span class="ft"> another name for the pool of Siloam.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">As in a few Hebrew manuscripts, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 3:24; 10:9); most Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">Bavvai.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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