Nehemiah 3:3-5

When Nehemiah records some of the names, he also mentions their families. He also does this often in the rest of his book. Families were very important to the *Jews. We can read about Meremoth in Ezra (Ezra 8:33).

Each person had his own special job to do.

The leaders from Tekoa were not like the priests. The leaders from Tekoa thought that they were too important. So they refused to do God’s work. But the other men from Tekoa did help to build the walls. In fact they did extra work (Nehemiah 3:27). Meshullam also did extra work (Nehemiah 3:30).

v6 Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They put its beams in place and they put the doors in the gate. They fastened the locks and they put the bars into position. v7 Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth and the men from Gibeon and Mizpah repaired the next section of the wall. The ruler of the district beyond the River Euphrates ruled Gibeon and Mizpah. v8 Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, repaired the next section of the wall. Uzziel was a skilled workman who made objects out of gold. Hananiah repaired the next part of the wall. He was a skilled man who made *perfume. Uzziel and Hananiah repaired Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. v9 Rephaiah, the son of Hur, repaired the next section of the wall. Rephaiah was a ruler. He ruled half of the district of Jerusalem. v10 Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, repaired the next part of the wall, which was near Jedaiah’s own house. Next to Jedaiah, Hattush, the son of Hashabniah, made repairs. v11 Malkijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-Moab, repaired another section of the wall. They also repaired the *Tower of the Ovens. v12 Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, repaired the next part of the wall. Shallum’s daughters helped him. Shallum was also a ruler. He ruled over the other half of the district of Jerusalem.