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14 Rechab’s descendant[a] Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security[b] bars.

15 Colhozeh’s son Shallum, ruling official of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security[c] bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.

16 Next to him Azbuk’s son Nehemiah, ruling official of half of the Beth-zur district, carried on repairs as far as the tombs of David, then to the artificial pool that had been installed there, and then as far as the military barracks.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:14 Lit. son; cf. Jer 35:19
  2. Nehemiah 3:14 The Heb. lacks security
  3. Nehemiah 3:15 The Heb. lacks security
  4. Nehemiah 3:16 Lit. the house of the mighty