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.

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Footnotes

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

31 Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. (A)One went to the south on the wall to (B)the Dung Gate.

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