Nehemiah 3:13-15
International Standard Version
13 Hanun and the residents of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate, reconstructing it and installing its doors, including locks and security[a] bars. They also rebuilt 1,000 cubits[b] of the wall[c] as far as the Dung Gate. 14 Rechab’s descendant[d] Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security[e] 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[f] bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.
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- Nehemiah 3:13 The Heb. lacks security
- Nehemiah 3:13 I.e. about 500 yards; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- Nehemiah 3:13 The Heb. lacks of the wall
- Nehemiah 3:14 Lit. son; cf. Jer 35:19
- Nehemiah 3:14 The Heb. lacks security
- Nehemiah 3:15 The Heb. lacks security
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