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Neemias 3

ARC · Chapter 3/13

1E levantou-se Eliasib, o summo sacerdote, com os seus irmãos, os sacerdotes, e edificaram a porta do gado, a qual consagraram; e levantaram as suas portas: e até a torre de Meah consagraram, e até a torre d'Hananel.

2E junto a elle edificaram os homens de Jericó: tambem ao seu lado edificou Zaccur, filho d'Imri.

3E a porta do peixe edificaram os filhos de Senaa; a qual emmadeiraram, e levantaram as suas portas com as suas fechaduras e os seus ferrolhos.

4E ao seu lado reparou Meremoth, filho d'Urias, o filho de Kós; e ao seu lado reparou Mesullam, filho de Berechias, o filho de Mesezabel; e ao seu lado reparou Zadok, filho de Baana.

5E ao seu lado repararam os tekoitas: porém os seus illustres não metteram o seu pescoço ao serviço de seu senhor.

6E a porta velha repararam-n'a Joiada, filho de Paseah, e Mesullam, filho de Besodias: estes a emmadeiraram, e levantaram as suas portas com as suas fechaduras e os seus ferrolhos.

7E ao seu lado repararam Melatias, o gibeonita, e Jadon, meronothita, homens de Gibeon e Mispah, até ao assento do governador d'áquem do rio.

8Ao seu lado reparou Uziel, filho d'Harhaias, um dos ourives; e ao seu lado reparou Hananias, filho d'um dos boticarios; e deixaram a Jerusalem até ao muro largo.

9E ao seu lado reparou Rephaias, filho d'Hur, maioral d'ametade de Jerusalem.

10E ao seu lado reparou Jedaias, filho d'Harumaph, e defronte de sua casa; e ao seu lado reparou Hattus, filho d'Hasabneias.

11A outra porção reparou Malchias, filho d'Harim, e Hasub, filho de Pahathmoab: como tambem a torre dos fornos.

12E ao seu lado reparou Sallum, filho de Lohes, maioral da outra meia parte de Jerusalem, elle e suas filhas.

13A porta do valle reparou-a Hanun e os moradores de Zanoah: estes a edificaram, e lhe levantaram as portas com as suas fechaduras e os seus ferrolhos, como tambem mil covados no muro, até á porta do monturo.

14E a porta do monturo reparou-a Malchias, filho de Rechab, maioral do districto de Beth-cherem: este a edificou, e lhe levantou as portas com as suas fechaduras e os seus ferrolhos.

15E a porta da fonte reparou-a Sallum, filho de Col-hose, maioral do districto de Mispah: este a edificou, e a cobriu, e lhe levantou as portas com as suas fechaduras e os seus ferrolhos, como tambem o muro do viveiro de Selah, ao pé do jardim do rei, e até aos degraus que descem da cidade de David.

16Depois d'elle edificou Nehemias, filho d'Azbuk, maioral da metade de Beth-zur, até defronte dos sepulchros de David, e até ao viveiro artificial, e até á casa dos varões.

17Depois d'elle repararam os levitas, Rehum, filho de Bani: ao seu lado reparou Hasabias, maioral da metade de Keila, no seu districto.

18Depois d'elle repararam seus irmãos, Bavai, filho d'Henadad, maioral da outra meia parte de Keila.

19Ao seu lado reparou Ezer, filho de Josué, maioral de Mispah, outra porção, defronte da subida á casa das armas, á esquina.

20Depois d'elle reparou com grande ardor Baruch, filho de Zabbai, outra medida, desde a esquina até á porta da casa d'Eliasib, o summo sacerdote.

21Depois d'elle reparou Meremoth, filho d'Urias, o filho de Kos, outra porção, desde a porta da casa d'Eliasib, até á extremidade da casa d'Eliasib.

22E depois d'elle repararam os sacerdotes que habitavam na campina.

23Depois reparou Benjamin e Hasub, defronte da sua casa: depois d'elle reparou Azarias, filho de Maaseias, o filho d'Ananias, junto á sua casa.

24Depois d'elle reparou Binnui, filho d'Henadad, outra porção, desde a casa d'Azarias até á esquina, e até ao canto.

25Palal, filho d'Uzai, defronte da esquina, e a torre que sae da casa real superior, que está junto ao pateo da prisão: depois d'elle Pedaias, filho de Parós.

26E os nethineos que habitavam em Ophel, até defronte da porta das aguas, para o oriente, e até á torre alta.

27Depois repararam os tekoitas outra porção, defronte da torre grande e alta, e até ao muro d'Ophel.

28Desde acima da porta dos cavallos repararam os sacerdotes, cada um defronte da sua casa.

29Depois d'elles reparou Zadok, filho d'Immer, defronte de sua casa: e depois d'elle reparou Semaias, filho de Sechanias, guarda da porta oriental.

30Depois d'elle reparou Hananias, filho de Selemias, e Hanun, filho de Zalaph, o sexto, outra porção: depois d'elle reparou Mesullam, filho de Berechias, defronte da sua camara.

31Depois d'elle reparou Malchias, filho d'um ourives, até á casa dos nethineos e mercadores, defronte da porta de Miphkad, e até á camara do canto.

32E entre a camara do canto e a porta do gado, repararam os ourives e os mercadores.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

A detailed list is recorded of the families and groups who worked rebuilding different sections of Jerusalem's wall, each responsible for the part nearest their own home or region.

Explanation

This list, which might seem merely administrative, reveals a powerful principle of community mobilization: each group cared for the section of the wall closest to them, which created personal responsibility and kept the task from feeling impossible or too distant. Priests, merchants, women, and even residents of neighboring towns took part, showing that the rebuilding was truly a collective effort, not just the work of specialists. One notable detail is the mention that the nobles of Tekoa did not help with the work, a small reminder that not everyone is willing to serve, even when they could. The practical application is clear: great works get finished when each person takes up their specific part.

Fun facts

  • The mention that the daughters of Shallum helped in the rebuilding is one of the rare explicit biblical records of women taking part in a public building project.
  • The ten gates of Jerusalem mentioned in this list (the Sheep Gate, the Fish Gate, the Valley Gate, the Dung Gate, the Fountain Gate, among others) help archaeologists reconstruct the layout of ancient Jerusalem.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Neemias 3:1The chapter lists family by family who rebuilt which stretch of the wall, beginning with the high priest Eliashib and the other priests at the sheep gate. It is a record of collective labor, almost a community work party organized by neighborhoods and families.
  2. Neemias 3:2Alongside the priests, the men of Jericho also take on a stretch of the wall, showing that families from outside Jerusalem itself also came to help with the work.
  3. Neemias 3:3The sons of Hassenaah, a large family already mentioned among those who returned from exile decades earlier, are responsible for the fish gate, including setting its doors and bars in place.
  4. Neemias 3:4Three different men repair neighboring stretches of the wall, among them Meremoth, probably the same priest who decades earlier had helped weigh the treasures brought by Ezra.
  5. Neemias 3:5Among the many who take part, the text points out that the nobles of Tekoa would not put their necks to the work, while the common people of that same town took part normally. It is a rare note of social criticism within a list that otherwise only praises those who built.
  6. Neemias 3:6The old gate, one of the oldest in the city, is restored by Jehoiada and Meshullam, two more names in the long list of families who took on a piece of the wall.
  7. Neemias 3:7Here residents of Gibeon and Mizpah, towns neighboring Jerusalem, appear helping to rebuild up to the point where the seat of the governor of the province beyond the river stood.
  8. Neemias 3:8A goldsmith and a perfumer join the list of builders, common urban trades that show the rebuilding was not just a mason's job — it was a task for the whole city.
  9. Neemias 3:9Rephaiah was responsible for administering half the district of Jerusalem, and even so he also took on a stretch of the wall to rebuild.
  10. Neemias 3:10Jedaiah rebuilds right in front of his own house, a pattern that repeats many times in this list: each person taking care of the piece closest to where he lived.
  11. Neemias 3:11This stretch includes the tower of the furnaces, probably near where the city's public bread ovens operated.
  12. Neemias 3:12Shallum rebuilds a stretch of the wall helped by his own daughters, a detail that stands out because it shows women directly involved in the heavy work of rebuilding, not just behind the scenes.
  13. Neemias 3:13The residents of Zanoah rebuild an enormous stretch, about five hundred meters of wall, far longer than most of the other groups mentioned.
  14. Neemias 3:14The dung gate, probably where the city's refuse was carried out, falls under the responsibility of Malchiah, leader of another district in the region.
  15. Neemias 3:15This stretch includes a royal garden and an ancient stairway that had already existed since the days of King David himself, centuries before.
  16. Neemias 3:16Another Nehemiah, sharing the same name as the book's protagonist, rebuilds a stretch near the tombs of King David — a coincidence of names that the text does not comment on.
  17. Neemias 3:17The Levites also join the list of builders, including a leader from the town of Keilah, showing that people from outside Jerusalem took part even while administering other regions.
  18. Neemias 3:18The other leader from Keilah also appears, completing the pair who represented that town in the work on the wall.
  19. Neemias 3:19This stretch lies near an old armory of the city, rebuilt by the leader of Mizpah, another town neighboring Jerusalem.
  20. Neemias 3:20The text notes that Baruch worked with unusual zeal, one of the few specific compliments about effort in this highly detailed list.
  21. Neemias 3:21Meremoth appears a second time in the list, now rebuilding a stretch near the house of the high priest Eliashib himself.
  22. Neemias 3:22Priests who lived outside the city, in the surrounding countryside, also travel in to help with a stretch of the wall.
  23. Neemias 3:23More residents rebuild directly in front of their own houses, the same practical pattern that appears repeatedly throughout the chapter.
  24. Neemias 3:24Binnui continues the work where Azariah left off, showing how the list literally follows the physical line of the wall, stretch after stretch.
  25. Neemias 3:25This stretch passes near a tower connected to the royal palace itself and to the court of a prison, one of the points closest to the city's center of power.
  26. Neemias 3:26The Nethinims, servants of the temple, live in a region called Ophel and help rebuild the wall near the water gate, facing the eastern side of the city.
  27. Neemias 3:27The people of Tekoa appear again rebuilding another stretch, near the great tower of the city — the same group whose nobles had earlier refused to help, back in verse 5.
  28. Neemias 3:28Near the horse gate, more priests rebuild directly in front of their own houses, repeating the practical pattern found throughout the chapter.
  29. Neemias 3:29A guard responsible for the temple's east gate also takes on a stretch of the wall, showing that even those who already held a fixed post at the temple helped with the work.
  30. Neemias 3:30Hanun is described here as “the sixth” son of his family, a rare detail of birth order in a list so focused on names and locations.
  31. Neemias 3:31This stretch reaches an area where the Nethinims and merchants lived, near the gate of Miphkad, whose name means something like “the place of inspection.”
  32. Neemias 3:32The chapter closes exactly where it began, at the sheep gate, with goldsmiths and merchants completing the final stretch and forming a complete circle around the city.

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