3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly brethren¹ arose and built the Sheep Gate. They sanctified it and erected its doors, working up to the Tower of the Hundred² and³ to the Tower of Hananel. 3:2 The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur the son of Imri built adjacent to them.⁴

3:3 The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its locks, and its bars. 3:4 Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakoz worked on the portion adjacent to them. And Zadok the son of Baana worked on the portion adjacent to them. 3:5 The men of Tekoa worked on the portion adjacent to them, but their nobles would not assist⁵ with the work of their lord.⁶

3:6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah worked on the Gate of Jeshanah. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 3:7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction⁷ of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. 3:8 Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmith guild, worked on the portion adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfume guild, worked on the portion adjacent to him. They avoided⁸ Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 3:9 Rephaiah the son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the portion adjacent to them. 3:10 Jedaiah the son of Harumaph worked on the portion adjacent to them opposite⁹ his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the portion adjacent to him. 3:11 Malkijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab worked on another portion and the Tower of the Fire Pots. 3:12 Shallum the son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the portion adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.¹⁰

3:13 Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Gate of the Valley. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its locks, and its bars, in addition to working on a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

3:14 Malkijah the son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its locks, and its bars.

3:15 Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Gate of the Fountain. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its locks, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam,¹¹ by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the city of David. 3:16 Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

3:17 After him the Levites worked. Rehum the son of Bani and¹² next to him, Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, worked for his district. 3:18 After him their brethren worked—Binnui¹³ the son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah. 3:19 Adjacent to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress. 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 3:21 After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of it.¹⁴

3:22 After him worked the priests, men of the nearby district. 3:23 After him Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After him Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house. 3:24 After him Binnui the son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner. 3:25 After him Palal the son of Uzai worked¹⁵ opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace¹⁶ of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh 3:26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked¹⁷ up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. 3:27 After him the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great tower that protrudes to the wall of Ophel.

3:28 Above the Gate of the Horses the priests worked, each in front of his house. 3:29 After him Zadok the son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked. 3:30 After him¹⁸ Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berekiah worked opposite his chamber. 3:31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Gate of Inspection, and up to the room above the corner. 3:32 and between the room above the corner and the Gate of the Sheep the goldsmiths and traders worked.

3:33¹⁹ Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews, 3:34 and in the presence of his brethren and the army of Samaria he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left alone?²⁰ Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”

3:35 Then Tobiah the Amonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to go up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

3:36 Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Return their reproach on their own head. Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile. 3:37 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have provoked to anger before the builders.

3:38 So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together up to half its height.²¹ The people were enthusiastic in their work.²²