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Next to them the people from Tekoa made repairs, but their officials wouldn’t help with the work[a] of their supervisors.[b]

Joiada, Paseah’s son, and Meshullam, Besodeiah’s son, repaired the Mishneh Gate;[c] they laid its beams and set up its doors, bolts, and bars. Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and[d] the people of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were ruled by the governor of the province Beyond the River.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:5 Or didn’t bring their neck into the service of
  2. Nehemiah 3:5 Or lords
  3. Nehemiah 3:6 Or Old Gate
  4. Nehemiah 3:7 Syr; Heb lacks and.

The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa,(A) but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]

The Jeshanah[b] Gate(B) was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon(C) and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor
  2. Nehemiah 3:6 Or Old