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Nehemiah 3:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 3:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Beside them the Tekoites(A) made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help[a] their supervisors.
Old Gate, Broad Wall, and Tower of the Ovens
6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old[b] Gate.(B) They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. 7 Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon(C) and Mizpah, who were under the authority[c](D) of the governor(E) of the region west of the Euphrates River.(F)
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- Nehemiah 3:5 Lit not bring their neck to the work of
- Nehemiah 3:6 Or Jeshanah
- Nehemiah 3:7 Or Mizpah, the seat
Nehemiah 3:5-7
New International Version
Nehemiah 3:5-7
New International Version
5 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]
6 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. 7 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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- Nehemiah 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor
- Nehemiah 3:6 Or Old
Nehemiah 3:5-7
King James Version
Nehemiah 3:5-7
King James Version
5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
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