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The men of Tekoa built the next section, but the leading men of the town refused to do the manual labor assigned them by the supervisors.

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah rebuilt Jeshanah Gate.[a] They put the beams and the gates in place, and put in the bolts and bars for locking the gate.

Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah built the next section, as far as the residence of the governor of West-of-Euphrates.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:6 Jeshanah Gate; or the Old Gate.

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