The Book of
Nehemiah 3
32 verses≈ 7 min3 peopleBSB
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In this chapter
Where we are
- 1–2The callA cupbearer prays and is sent
- 3–6The wallBuilt under fire in 52 daysChapter 3
- 7The peopleThe families remembered
- 8–10The WordRead, confessed, sworn
- 11–12The citySettled and dedicated
- 13The endingPromises broken, reforms again
The Builders of the Walls
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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Around the wall
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The chapter walks the wall counter-clockwise, gate by gate, and ends where it began. The exact line is uncertain in places, so read this as the route, not a survey.
On the wall
The north wall
Men of Jericho; Zaccur son of Imri
The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.
Beams, doors, bars
Fish Gate: sons of Hassenaah
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
Meremoth son of Uriah
Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs.
Meshullam and Zadok
Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.
Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.
On the wall
The west wall
Half-district ruler
Rephaiah son of Hur
Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
By his own house
Jedaiah, then Hattush
next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
Tower of the Ovens
Malchijah and Hasshub
Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
Reflect
Your stretch of wall
Nobody built the whole wall. Each person built the piece in front of them, next to someone else. What is your stretch of wall right now, and who is working next to you?
On the wall
Valley, Dung and Fountain Gates
A thousand cubits
Valley Gate: Hanun and Zanoah
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
Beth-haccherem
Dung Gate: Malchijah son of Rechab
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
Ruler of Mizpah
Fountain Gate: Shallun son of Col-hozeh
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
Another name: Siloam
The wall of the Pool of Shelah
He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
Stylised map · locations approximate
Where it happened
Who came to build
The builders came from the towns all around: Jericho to the east, Gibeon and Mizpah to the north, Tekoa, Zanoah, Keilah and Beth-zur to the south and southwest. Beth-haccherem probably lay just south of Jerusalem.
On the wall
Past the tombs of David
Not the governor
Nehemiah son of Azbuk
Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
The Levites; Hashabiah of Keilah
Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Other half of Keilah
Binnui son of Henadad
Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah.
Ruler of Mizpah
Ezer son of Jeshua
And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, near the angle in the wall.
Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section
Nehemiah 3:20
On the wall
By the high priest’s house
A second section
Meremoth son of Uriah
Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.
Priests of the surrounding area
And next to him, the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
By their own houses
Benjamin, Hasshub, Azariah
Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
A second section
Binnui son of Henadad
After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out. And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain
Pray
The people next to you
Thank God for the people working next to you, by name. Ask for grace to do your own stretch of the work well, whether anyone notices or not.
Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
Nehemiah 3:28
On the wall
East Gate to the upper room
East Gate guard
Zadok; Shemaiah
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
Sixth son of Zalaph
Hananiah and Hanun
Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section.
By his own quarters
Meshullam son of Berechiah
Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.
To the corner room
Malchijah the goldsmith
Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
Question
Quick question
Priests, rulers, tradesmen and whole towns took a stretch of the wall.
Who helped Shallum repair his section of the wall?
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Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
Nehemiah 3:28
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