KJV King James Version
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
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Nehemiah 3:13
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
WEB World English Bible
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
ASV American Standard Version
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The gate of the valley hath Hanun strengthened, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they have built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits in the wall unto the dung-gate.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 3
10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
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אֵת֩H853 · et[Obj.]שַׁ֨עַרH8179 · sha.argateהַגַּ֜יְאH1516 · gayValleyהֶחֱזִ֣יקH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenחָנוּן֮H2586 · cha.nunHanunוְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellזָנוֹחַ֒H2182 · za.no.achZanoahהֵ֣מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)בָנ֔וּהוּH1129 · ba.nahto buildוַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙H5975 · a.madto stand: standדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוH1817 · daldoorמַנְעֻלָ֖יוH4514 · man.ulboltוּבְרִיחָ֑יוH1280 · be.ri.achbarוְאֶ֤לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandאַמָּה֙H520 · am.mahcubitבַּחוֹמָ֔הH2346 · cho.mahwallעַ֖דH5704 · adtillשַׁ֥עַרH8179 · sha.argateהָשֲׁפֽוֹת׃H830 · ash.potDung (Gate)
Cross-references
Nehemiah 2:13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.Joshua 15:34And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,Nehemiah 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.Joshua 15:56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,1 Chronicles 4:18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.2 Chronicles 26:9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
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