# Nehemiah 3

> Lumin Translation

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Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Then Eliashib the high priest, along with his fellow priests, rebuilt the Sheep Gate, consecrated it, and installed its doors, extending the consecration to the Tower of Hammeah and the Tower of Hananel.
2. Beside him, men of Jericho built. Beside them, Zaccur son of Imri built.
3. The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate, positioned its beams, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
4. Beside them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, repaired. Beside them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, repaired. Beside them Zadok son of Baana repaired.
5. Beside them the Tekoites rebuilt, but their nobles did not shoulder their Lord's work.
6. Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah restored the Old Gate. They fitted its beams, hung its doors, and added its locks and bars.
7. Beside them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the governor's seat beyond the River.
8. Uzziel son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, restored beside him. Hananiah, one of the perfumers, restored beside him too, and they strengthened Jerusalem to the broad wall.
9. Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the Jerusalem district, repaired beside them.
10. Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired beside them, opposite his house. Hattush son of Hashabneiah repaired beside him.
11. Malchijah son of Harim and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab restored another stretch, along with the oven tower.
12. Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the Jerusalem district, repaired beside him—he and his daughters.
13. Hanun and the dwellers of Zanoah restored the Valley Gate, rebuilding it and installing its doors, bolts, and bars, along with a thousand cubits of wall to the Dung Gate.
14. Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the Beth Haccherem district, repaired the dung gate, rebuilt it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
15. Shallun son of Colhozeh, ruler of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, rebuilding it, roofing it over, and installing its doors, bolts, and bars, along with the wall of Shelah's pool beside the king's garden to the stairs descending from David's city.
16. After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the Beth-zur district, repaired the place opposite David's tombs, the pool that was made, and the house of the mighty men.
17. Rehum son of Bani the Levite restored the next section. Beside it Hashabiah, governor of half the Keilah district, restored his portion.
18. After him their brothers made repairs, Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of half the Keilah district.
19. Beside him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, rebuilt another stretch facing the ramp to the armory at the wall's bend.
20. After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section with zeal, from the wall's angle to the entrance of Eliashib the high priest's house.
21. Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section after him, from the entrance of Eliashib's house to its far end.
22. After him, priests from the plain repaired.
23. After them, Benjamin and Hashub restored the section facing their house. After them, Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah restored the section alongside his house.
24. After him, Binnui son of Henadad rebuilt another stretch, from Azariah's house to where the wall bends at the corner.
25. Palal son of Uzai restored the section facing the wall's bend and the tower projecting from the king's upper house, located beside the guard's courtyard. Pedaiah son of Parosh restored after him.
26. The temple servants living in Ophel repaired to the spot opposite the Water Gate on the east, as far as the projecting tower.
27. After him the Tekoites restored another section, opposite the large projecting tower, to the wall of Ophel.
28. The priests repaired above the Horse Gate, each opposite his house.
29. Then Zadok son of Immer repaired opposite his house. Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guardian of the east gate, repaired after him.
30. Hananiah son of Shelemiah, along with Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, restored another section after him. Meshullam son of Berechiah restored the part opposite his chamber after him.
31. After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired up to the quarters of the Nethinim and the merchants, opposite the Miphkad Gate to the corner stairway.
32. Goldsmiths and merchants repaired from the corner ascent to the sheep gate.

## Nearby chapters

[Nehemiah 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nehemiah/2.md)
[Nehemiah 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nehemiah/4.md)

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