Rebuilding the Wall
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Then b Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built c the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and d set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the e Tower of Hananel.
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And next to him f the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
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The sons of Hassenaah built g the Fish Gate. h They laid its beams and d set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And next to them i Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them j Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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And next to them k the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah l repaired the Gate of Yeshanah. h They laid its beams and d set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of m the governor of the province Beyond the River.
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Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as n the Broad Wall.
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Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, o ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
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Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.
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Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and p the Tower of the Ovens.
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Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, q ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
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Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired r the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as t the Dung Gate.
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Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of u Beth-haccherem, repaired t the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired v the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and s set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of w the Pool of Shelah of x the king's garden, as far as y the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite z the tombs of David, as far as a the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
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After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
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After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
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Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at b the buttress.
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After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the buttress to the door of the house of c Eliashib the high priest.
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After him d Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
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After him the priests, the men of e the surrounding area, repaired.
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After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.
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After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress
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and to f the corner. Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at g the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh
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h and the temple servants living on i Ophel repaired to a point opposite j the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
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After him k the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
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Above l the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
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After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
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After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him m Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite n his chamber.
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After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.
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And between the upper chamber of the corner and o the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
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Nehemiah 3:20 - 21
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 13:4
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah.
Nehemiah 13:7
And came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me.
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Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
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Nehemiah 6:1
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ( although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates).
Nehemiah 7:1
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed.
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Jeremiah 31:38
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Zechariah 14:10
The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
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Ezra 2:34
The sons of Jericho, 345.
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Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
2 Chronicles 33:14
Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, and for the entrance into the Fish Gate, and carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Zephaniah 1:10
On that day," declares the Lord, "a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills.
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Nehemiah 2:8
And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 3:21
After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Ezra 8:33
On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.
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Nehemiah 3:30
After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber.
Ezra 8:16
Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight.
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Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
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Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
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Nehemiah 3:3
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 2:7
And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah.
Nehemiah 2:9
Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
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Nehemiah 12:38
The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall.
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Nehemiah 3:12
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
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Nehemiah 12:38
The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall.
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Nehemiah 3:9
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:15
Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 2:13
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 12:31
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate.
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Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
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Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
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Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
John 9:7
And said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
John 9:11
He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight.
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2 Kings 25:4
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
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Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
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1 Kings 2:10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
Acts 2:29
Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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2 Kings 20:20
The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Isaiah 22:11
You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
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2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 3:4
And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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Nehemiah 12:28
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites.
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2 Kings 14:13
And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
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Jeremiah 32:2
At that time the army of the king of Babylon wa...
Jeremiah 33:1
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second ...
Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committe...
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cis...
Jeremiah 38:13
Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifte...
Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard...
Jeremiah 39:14
Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the gu...
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate ...
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Nehemiah 11:21
But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
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2 Chronicles 27:3
He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
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Nehemiah 8:1
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
Nehemiah 8:3
And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Nehemiah 8:16
So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
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Nehemiah 3:5
And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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2 Chronicles 23:15
So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there.
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Nehemiah 3:4
And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
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Nehemiah 12:44
On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
Nehemiah 13:7
And came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
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