Ezra and Nehemiah 13
1 Then Eliasub the high priest, and
his brethren the priests, rose up, 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 Anameel.
2 And
they builded by the side of the men of Jericho, and
by the side of the sons of Zacchur, the son of Amari.
3 And the sons of Asana 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 Ramoth the son of Uria, the son
of Accos, and next to them Mosollam son of Barachias the son of Mazebel took
his place: and next to them Sadoc the son of Baana
took his place.
5 And next to them the Thecoim took
their place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to
their service.
6 And Joida the son of Phasec, and
Mesulam son of Basodia, repaired the old gate; they covered it in, and set up
its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
6a And next to them repaired Maltias
the Gabaonite, and Evaron the Meronothite, the men of Gabaon and Maspha, to
the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8 And next to him Oziel the son of
Arachias of the smiths, carried on the repairs: and next to them Ananias the
son of one of the apothecaries repaired, and they finished Jerusalem to the
broad wall. 9 And next to them
repaired Raphæa the son of Sur, the ruler of half the district round about
Jerusalem. 10 And next to them
repaired Jedaia the son of Eromaph, and that in front
of his house: and next to him repaired Attuth son of Asabania.
11 And next
to him repaired Melchias son of Heram, and Asub son
of Phaat Moab, even to the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next to him repaired Sallum
the son of Alloes, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem, he
and his daughters.
13 Anun and the inhabitants of Zano
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
dung-gate.
14 And Melchia the son of Rechab, the
ruler of the district round about Bethaccharim, repaired the dung-gate, he and
his sons; and they covered it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its
bars.
15 But Solomon the son of Choleze
repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Maspha; 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 Neemias son of Azabuch, ruler of half the district round about
Bethsur, as far as the garden of David's sepulchre, and as far as the
artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
17 After him repaired the Levites,
even Raum the son of Bani: next to him repaired
Asabia, ruler of half the district round about Keila, in his district.
18 And after him repaired his
brethren, Benei son of Enadad, ruler of half the district round about Keila.
19 And next to him repaired Azur the
son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion of the tower of ascent, where
it meets the corner. 20 After him
repaired Baruch the son of Zabu, a second portion, from the corner as far as
the door of the house of Eliasub the high priest.
21 After him repaired Meramoth the
son of Uria the son of Accos, a second part from the door of the house of
Eliasub to the end of the house of Eliasub.
22 And after him repaired the
priests, the men of Ecchechar. 23 And
after him repaired Benjamin and Asub over against their house: and after him
repaired Azarias son of Maasias the son of Ananias,
the parts near to his house.
24 After him repaired Bani the son of
Adad, another portion from the house of Azaria as far as the corner and to the
turning, 25 of Phalach 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 Phadæa the son
of Phoros. 26 And the Nathinim dwelt
in Ophal, as far as the garden of the water-gate eastward, and
there is the projecting tower.
27 And after them the Thecoim
repaired, another portion opposite the great projecting tower, even as far as
the wall of Ophla.
28 The priests repaired above the
horse-gate, every man over against his own house.
29 And after him Sadduc the son of
Emmer repaired opposite his own house: and after him repaired Samæa son of
Sechenia, guard of the east-gate.
30 After him repaired Anania son of
Selemia, and Anom, the sixth son of Seleph, another portion: after him Mesulam
the son of Barachia repaired over against his treasury.
31 After him repaired Melchia the son
of Sarephi as far as the house of the Nathinim, and the chapmen over against
the gate of Maphecad, and as far as the steps of the corner.
32 And between
that and the sheep-gate the smiths and chapmen
repaired.
33 Now it came to pass, when
Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him,
and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.
34 And he said before his brethren
(that is the army of the Samaritans)
Is it true that these Jews are building their city?
do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day
restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?
35 And Tobias the Ammanite came near
to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a
fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?
36 Hear, O our God, for we have
become a scorn; and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them
a scorn in a land of captivity,
37 and do not cover
their iniquity.