The number of them that built the walls.

Then arose Eliashib the high Priest with his brethren the Priests, and they built the sheep gate: they [a]repaired it, and set up the doors thereof: even unto the tower of Meah repaired they it, and unto the tower of Hananel.

And next unto him built the men of Jericho, and beside him Zaccur the son of Imri.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:1 In Hebrew, they sanctified it, that is, they finished it, and so dedicated it to the Lord by prayer, in desiring him to maintain it.

Builders of the Wall

Eliashib(A) the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt(B) the Sheep Gate.(C) They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.(D) The men of Jericho(E) built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.

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