13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired (A)the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and (B)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits[a] of the wall, as far as (C)the Dung Gate.

14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of (D)Beth-haccherem, repaired (E)the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and (F)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15 And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired (G)the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and (H)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of (I)the Pool of Shelah of (J)the king's garden, as far as (K)the stairs that go down from the city of David.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

13 The Valley Gate(A) was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah.(B) They rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits[a] of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.(C)

14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem.(D) He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.

15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[b](E) by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:13 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters
  2. Nehemiah 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam