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Nehemiah 3:6-15 Good News Bible (GNB)

6. Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah rebuilt Jeshanah Gate. They put the beams and the gates in place, and put in the bolts and bars for locking the gate.

7. Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah built the next section, as far as the residence of the governor of West Euphrates.

8. Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith, built the next section.Hananiah, a maker of perfumes, built the next section, as far as Broad Wall.

9. Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the Jerusalem District, built the next section.

10. Jedaiah son of Harumaph built the next section, which was near his own house.Hattush son of Hashabneiah built the next section.

11. Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath Moab built both the next section and the Tower of the Ovens.

12. Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section. (His daughters helped with the work.)

13. Hanun and the inhabitants of the city of Zanoah rebuilt the Valley Gate. They put the gates in place, put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate, and repaired the wall for 440 metres, as far as the Rubbish Gate.

14. Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the Beth Haccherem District, rebuilt the Rubbish Gate. He put the gates in place, and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate.

15. Shallum son of Colhozeh, ruler of the Mizpah District, rebuilt the Fountain Gate. He covered the gateway, put the gates in place, and put in the bolts and the bars. At the Pool of Shelah he built the wall next to the royal garden, as far as the steps leading down from David's City.