¹ Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof,—even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel;

² and, at his hand, built, the men of Jericho,—and at his [other] hand built Zaccur, son of Imri.

³ And, the fish-gate, did the sons of Hassenaah build,—they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof;

⁴ and, at their hand, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, and, at their hand, repaired, Meshullum son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel,—and, at their hand, repaired, Zadok son of Baana;

⁵ and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites,—but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords.

⁶ And, the old gate, did Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah, repair,—they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof;

⁷ and, at their hand, repaired, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,—who pertained to the throne of the pasha Beyond the River;

⁸ at his hand, repaired, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, and, at his hand, repaired Hananiah son of the perfumers,—and they fortified Jerusalem, as far as the broad wall;

⁹ and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem;

¹⁰ and, at their hand, repaired, Jedaiah son of Harumaph, even over against his own house,—and, at his hand, repaired, Hattush, son of Hashabneiah;

¹¹ a second length, did Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab, repair,—also the tower of the ovens;

¹² and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem,—he and his daughters.

¹³ The valley-gate, did Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repair,—they, built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,—also a thousand cubits in the wall, as far as the dung-gate.

¹⁴ And, the dung-gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth-haccherem, repair,—he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

¹⁵ And, the fountain-gate, did Shallun son of Col-hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,—also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David;

¹⁶ after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half-circuit of Beth-zur,—as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes;

¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani,—at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half-circuit of Keilah, for his circuit;

¹⁸ after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad,—ruler of the [other] half-circuit of Keilah;

¹⁹ and there repaired at his hand, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, a second length,—over against the ascent of the armoury, at the corner;

²⁰ after him, zealously repaired Baruch son of Zabbai, a second length,—from the corner, unto the opening of the house of Eliashib, the high priest;

²¹ after him, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, a second length,—from the opening of the house of Eliashib, even unto the end of the house of Eliashib;

²² and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;

²³ after him, repaired, Benjamin and Hasshub, over against their own house,—after him, repaired, Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah, beside his own house;

²⁴ after him, repaired, Binnui son of Henadad, a second length,—from the house of Azariah, unto the corner, even unto the pinnacle:

²⁵ Palal, son of Uzai, from over against the corner, and the tower that projecteth from the upper house of the king, which belongeth to the court of custody,—after him, Pedaiah son of Parosh.

²⁶ Now, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel,—as far as over against the water-gate, on the east, and the tower that projecteth;

²⁷ after him, repaired, the Tekoites, a second length,—from over against the great tower that projecteth, even unto the wall of Ophel:

²⁸ from beside the horse-gate, repaired the priests, every one over against his own house;

²⁹ after him, repaired, Zadok son of Immer, over against his own house,—and, after him, repaired, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the east-gate;

³⁰ after him, repaired, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph, a second length,—after him, repaired, Meshullam son of Berechiah, over against his chamber;

³¹ after him, repaired, Malchijah son of Zorphi, as far as the house of the Nethinim, and the traders,—over against the muster-gate, even unto the ascent of the pinnacle;

³² and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep-gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.