And next to them (A)the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.[a]

Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah (B)repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.[b] (C)They laid its beams and (D)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of (E)the governor of the province Beyond the River.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:5 Or lords
  2. Nehemiah 3:6 Or of the old city

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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Footnotes

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