Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked hard. They repaired a gate and a very long section of the wall.

Malkijah, Shallum and Nehemiah helped to build the walls. They also were rulers of the districts. This is not the Malkijah who married a foreign wife (Nehemiah 3:11). Also this Nehemiah is not the same as the man who wrote the book.

v17 Next to him, the *Levites repaired another section of the wall. Rehum, the son of Bani, was one of the *Levites. Next to Rehum, Hashabiah made repairs. Hashabiah ruled half of the district called Keilah, and he made the repairs on behalf of his district. v18 Next to him, Binnui, the son of Henadad, and some men from Keilah repaired another section of the wall. Binnui ruled the other half of the district called Keilah. v19 Next to him, Ezer, the son of Jeshua, repaired the wall. He repaired it from a point opposite the hill where the store for the *weapons was. He repaired as far as the bend in the wall. Ezer ruled Mizpah. v20 Next to him, Baruch, the son of Zabbai, repaired the wall. Baruch worked very hard. He repaired the wall from the bend to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest. v21 Next to him, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and the grandson of Hakkoz, repaired another section. He repaired the wall from the door of Eliashib’s house as far as the end of this house. v22 Next to Meremoth, priests who lived near Jerusalem made repairs.

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