Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite<n id="1" /> his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.

After him Palal son of Uzai worked<n id="1" /> opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace<n id="2" /> of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate,<n id="1" /> and up to the room above the corner.

This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest<n id="1" /> that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify<n id="1" /> their family connection<n id="2" /> or their ancestry,<n id="3" /> as to whether they were really from Israel):p>

We also accept responsibility for<n id="1" /> bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the <sc>LORDsc>.

Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, supervisor in the temple of God,

They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.p>

and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

<p class="bodytext">Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!p>

Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.p>

When I had made an inspection,<n id="1" /> I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord,<n id="2" /> and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears,<n id="1" /> shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people<n id="2" /> of Judah

I<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning,<n id="2" /> until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them.<n id="3" /> Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So the people went out and brought these things<n id="1" /> back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple<n id="2" /> of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things &#8211; wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full<n id="1" /> and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.p>

for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God.p>