13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired (A)the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and (B)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits[a] of the wall, as far as (C)the Dung Gate.

14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of (D)Beth-haccherem, repaired (E)the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and (F)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

15 And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired (G)the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and (H)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of (I)the Pool of Shelah of (J)the king's garden, as far as (K)the stairs that go down from the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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