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¹ Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof, - even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel; ² and, at his hand, built, the men of Jericho, - and at his other hand built Zaccur, son of Imri.³ And, the fish-gate, did the sons of Hassenaah build, - they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof;⁴ and, at their hand, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, and, at their hand, repaired, Meshullum son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel, - and, at their hand, repaired, Zadok son of Baana;⁵ and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites, - but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords.⁶ And, the old gate, did Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah, repair, - they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof;⁷ and, at their hand, repaired, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, - who pertained to the throne of the pasha Beyond the River;⁸ at his hand, repaired, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, and, at his hand, repaired Hananiah son of the perfumers, - and they fortified Jerusalem, as far as the broad wall;⁹ and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem;¹⁰ and, at their hand, repaired, Jedaiah son of Harumaph, even over against his own house, - and, at his hand, repaired, Hattush, son of Hashabneiah;¹¹ a second length, did Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab, repair, - also the tower of the ovens;¹² and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem, - he and his daughters.¹³ The valley-gate, did Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repair, - they, built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, - also a thousand cubits in the wall, as far as the dung-gate. ¹⁴ And, the dung-gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth-haccherem, repair, - he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof.¹⁵ And, the fountain-gate, did Shallun son of Col-hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, - also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David;¹⁶ after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half-circuit of Beth-zur, - as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes;¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani, - at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half-circuit of Keilah, for his circuit;¹⁸ after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad, - ruler of the other half-circuit of Keilah;¹⁹ and there repaired at his hand, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, a second length, - over against the ascent of the armoury, at the corner;²⁰ after him, zealously repaired Baruch son of Zabbai, a second length, - from the corner, unto the opening of the house of Eliashib, the high priest;²¹ after him, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, a second length, - from the opening of the house of Eliashib, even unto the end of the house of Eliashib;²² and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;²³ after him, repaired, Benjamin and Hasshub, over against their own house, - after him, repaired, Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah, beside his own house;²⁴ after him, repaired, Binnui son of Henadad, a second length, - from the house of Azariah, unto the corner, even unto the pinnacle:²⁵ Palal, son of Uzai, from over against the corner, and the tower that projecteth from the upper house of the king, which belongeth to the court of custody, - after him, Pedaiah son of Parosh.²⁶ Now, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel, - as far as over against the water-gate, on the east, and the tower that projecteth;²⁷ after him, repaired, the Tekoites, a second length, - from over against the great tower that projecteth, even unto the wall of Ophel:²⁸ from beside the horse-gate, repaired the priests, every one over against his own house;²⁹ after him, repaired, Zadok son of Immer, over against his own house, - and, after him, repaired, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the east-gate;³⁰ after him, repaired, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph, a second length, - after him, repaired, Meshullam son of Berechiah, over against his chamber;³¹ after him, repaired, Malchijah son of Zorphi, as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the traders, - over against the muster-gate, even unto the ascent of the pinnacle;³² and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep-gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.