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1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and built the Sheep Gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the Tower of the Hundred they sanctified [it], to the Tower of Hananel.
2 And [they built] by the side of the men of Jericho, and by the side of the sons of Zacchur, the son of Imri.
3 And the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, and bolts, and bars.
4 And next to them [the order] reached to Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, and next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezebel took [his] place; and next to them Zadok the son of Baana took [his] place.
5 And next to them the Tekoites took [their] place; but the Adorim did not put their shoulders to their service.
6 And Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah, repaired the old gate; they covered it in, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
7 And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs to the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8 And next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the smiths, carried on the repairs. And next to them Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers made repairs, and they finished Jerusalem to the broad wall.
9 And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem.
10 And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, and [that] in front of his house. And next to him repaired Hattush son of Hashabniah.
11 And next [to him] repaired Malchijah son of Harim, and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab, even to the Tower of the Ovens.
12 And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the gate of the valley; they built it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.
14 And Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district round about Beth-Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate, he and his sons; and they covered it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
15 But Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the City of David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district round about Beth Zur, as far as the garden of David's Tomb, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
17 After him repaired the Levites, [even] Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, ruler of half the district round about Keilah, in his district.
18 And after him repaired his brothers, Bavai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district round about Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner.
20 After him repaired Baruch the son of Zabbai, a second portion, from the corner as far as the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz, a second part from the door of the house of Eliashib, to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar.
23 And after him repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. And after him repaired Azariah son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah, [the parts] near to his house.
24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad, another portion from the house of Azariah as far as the corner and to the turning,
25 of Palal the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and [where is] also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison house. And after him [repaired] Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26 And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, as far as the garden of the Water Gate eastward, and [there is] the projecting tower.
27 And after them the Tekoites repaired, another portion opposite the great projecting tower, even as far as the wall of Ophel.
28 The priests repaired above the Horse Gate, [every] man over against his own house.
29 And after him Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the East Gate.
30 After him repaired Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired over against his treasury.
31 After him repaired Malchijah the son of Sarephi as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the merchants over against the Gate of Miphkad, and as far as the steps of the corner.
32 And between [that and] the Sheep Gate the smiths and merchants repaired.
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