Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Nehemiah 3:8-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Uzziel son of Harhaiah the goldsmith rebuilt the next section.Hananiah the perfume maker rebuilt the section next after that, and it went as far as Broad Wall.

9. Rephaiah son of Hur ruled half of the Jerusalem District, and he rebuilt the next section of the wall.

10. The section after that was close to the home of Jedaiah son of Harumaph, and he rebuilt it.Hattush son of Hashabneiah constructed the next section of the wall.

11. Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath Moab rebuilt the section after that, and they also built Oven Tower.

12. Shallum son of Hallohesh ruled the other half of the Jerusalem District, and he rebuilt the next section of the wall. Shallum's daughters also worked with him.

13. Hanun and the people who lived in the town of Zanoah rebuilt Valley Gate. They hung the doors and added metal bolts and wooden beams as locks. They also rebuilt the wall for four hundred and forty metres, all the way to Rubbish Gate.

14. Malchijah son of Rechab ruled the district of Beth-Haccherem, and he rebuilt Rubbish Gate. He hung the doors and added metal bolts and wooden beams as locks.

15. Shallum son of Colhozeh ruled the district of Mizpah, and he rebuilt Fountain Gate. He put a cover over the gateway, then hung the doors and added metal bolts and wooden beams as locks. He also rebuilt the wall at Shelah Pool. This section was next to the king's garden and went as far as the stairs leading down from David's City.

16. Nehemiah son of Azbuk ruled half of the district of Beth-Zur, and he rebuilt the next section of the wall. It went as far as the royal cemetery, the artificial pool, and the army barracks.

17. The Levites who worked on the next sections of the wall were Rehum son of Bani; Hashabiah, who ruled half of the district of Keilah and did this work for his district;

18. Binnui son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the district of Keilah;

19. Ezer son of Jeshua, who ruled Mizpah, rebuilt the section of the wall that was in front of the armoury and reached to the corner of the wall;

20. Baruch son of Zabbai eagerly rebuilt the section of the wall that went all the way to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest;

21. Meremoth, son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, built up to the far end of Eliashib's house.

22. Here is a list of the priests who worked on the wall:Priests from the region around Jerusalem rebuilt the next section of the wall.