Nehemiah 3:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ The next section was to be repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their town leaders refused to do the hard work they were assigned.^[a]

⁶ Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah restored Ancient Gate. They put the beams in place, hung the doors, and added metal bolts and wooden beams as locks. ⁷ Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, and the men from Gibeon and Mizpah rebuilt the next section of the wall. This section reached as far as the house of the governor of West Euphrates Province.^[b]