Nehemiah 3 · נחמיה

Then Elyashiv the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors; even to the tower of the hundred they sanctified it, as far as the tower of Ḥanan᾽el.

And next to him the men of Yereĥo built. And next to them Zakkur the son of Imri built.

But the fish gate did the sons of Sena᾽a build; they also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

And next to them Meremot the son of Uriyya, the son of Qoż repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berekhya the son of Meshezav᾽el repaired. And next to them Żadoq the son of Ba῾ana repaired.

And next to them the Teqo῾ites repaired; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

And Yoyada the son of Paseaĥ, and Meshullam the son of Besodya repaired the old gate; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.

And next to them Melatya the Giv῾onite and Yadon the Meronotite, the men of Giv῾on and of Miżpa repaired, as far as the seat of the governor beyond the river.

Next to him ῾Uzzi᾽el the son of Ḥarhaya of the goldsmiths repaired. And next to him Ḥananya one of the perfumers repaired; and they restored Yerushalayim unto the broad wall.

And next to them Refaya the son of Ḥur, the ruler of the half district of Yerushalayim repaired.

And next to them Yedaya son of Ḥarumaf repaired, even over against his house. And next to him Ḥattush the son of Ḥashavneya repaired.

Malkiyya the son of Ḥarim, and Ḥashshuv the son of Paĥat-mo᾽av, repaired another section, and the furnace tower.

And next to him Shallum the son of Halloĥesh, the ruler of the half district of Yerushalayim repaired, he and his daughters.

The valley gate did Ḥanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoaĥ repair; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall as far as the dung gate.

But the dung gate did Malkiyya the son of Rekhav, the ruler of part of Bet-hakkerem repair; he undertook to build it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

But the fountain gate did Shallun the son of Kol-ĥoze, the ruler of the district of Miżpa repair; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelaĥ by the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.

After him did Neĥemya the son of ῾Azbuq, the ruler of the half district of Bet-żur repair, as far as a point opposite the tombs of the house of David, as far as the man-made pool, and as far as the house of the warriors.

After him the Levites repaired, Reĥum the son of Bani: next to him Ḥashavya, the ruler of the half district of Qe῾ila repaired for his area.

After him their brethren, Bavvay the son of Ḥenadad, the ruler of the half district of Qe῾ila repaired.

And next to him ῾Ezer the son of Yeshua, the ruler of Miżpa, repaired another section over against the ascent to the armoury at the corner.

After him Barukh the son of Zakkay earnestly repaired another section, from the corner as far as the door of the house of Elyashiv the high priest.

After him did Meromot the son of Uriyya the son of Qoż repair another section, from the door of the house of Elyashiv even to the end of the house of Elyashiv.

And after him the priests, the men of the plain repaired.

After him Binyamin and Ḥashshuv repaired opposite their house. After him ῾Azarya the son of Ma῾aseya the son of ῾Ananya repaired by his house.

After him Binnuy the son of Ḥenadad repaired another section, from the house of ῾Azarya as far as the corner, and up to the turning.

Palal the son of ῾Uzay, opposite the corner, and the tower which projects from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the guard. After him Pedaya the son of Par῾osh.

Moreover the temple servants dwelt in the ῾Ofel, as far as a point opposite the water gate towards the east, and the projecting tower.

After them the Teqo῾ites repaired another section, opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of the ῾Ofel.

From above the horse gate the priests repaired every one over against his house.

After them Żadoq the son of Immer repaired opposite his house. And after him Shema῾ya the son of Shekhanya, the keeper of the east gate, repaired.

After him Ḥananya the son of Shelemya, and Ḥanun the sixth son of Żalaf repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berekhya repaired opposite his chamber.

After him Malkiyya one of the goldsmiths repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the muster gate to the corner of the battlement.

And between the corner of the battlement and the sheep gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

But it came to pass, that when Sanvallat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews.

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Shomeron, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they restore things? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish seeing they are burned?

Now Toviyya the ῾Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their insolence upon their own head, and give them up for a prey in the land of captivity:

and do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before Thee: for they have provoked Thee to anger before the builders.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.