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After him Nehemiah [III] son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired [the wall] to a point opposite the sepulchers of David, and to the artificial pool and the house of the guards.
Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the angular turn of the wall and the tower which stands out from the upper house of the king by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh
I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still on guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the people of Jerusalem, each to his watch [on the wall] and each opposite his own house.
The Lord purposed to lay in ruins the [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion. He marked it off by measuring line; He restrained not His hand from destroying. He made rampart and wall lament; they languished together.
And As The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) renders these verses. The Hebrew is obscure.the man [an angel] measured the gate from the outer wall of one chamber or guardroom to the outer wall of another--a breadth of twenty-five cubits from door to door.
Next to them repaired Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah, one of the perfumers, and they abandoned [fortification of] Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall [omitting that part of the ancient city and reducing the area].
Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another portion and the Tower of the Furnaces.
They were a wall to us night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,
He built the Upper Gate of the Lord's house and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
Next to them repaired Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
And the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
Dig through the wall in their sight and carry the stuff out through the hole.
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall.
And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the princes of Judah,
And against every high tower and every fenced wall,
So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza which shall devour its strongholds.
The wall was built of jasper, while the city [itself was of] pure gold, clear and transparent like glass.