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For I should have been ashamed to ask the king for a company of cavalry to protect us from hostile people on our road, as we had already said to the king, 'The hand of our God is over all who seek him for their protection, but his mighty retribution befalls all those who forsake him.' (Ezra 8, 22)
Under cover of dark I went out through the Valley Gate towards the Dragon's Fountain as far as the Dung Gate, and examined the wall of Jerusalem where it was broken down and its gates burnt out. (Nehemiah 2, 13)
So I went up the Valley in the dark, examining the wall; I then went in again through the Valley Gate, coming back (Nehemiah 2, 15)
Next to them repairs were carried out by Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the metal-workers' guild, and next to him repairs were carried out by Hananiah of the perfumers' guild. These renovated the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. (Nehemiah 3, 8)
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate: they rebuilt it, hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars; they also repaired a thousand cubits of wall up to the Dung Gate. (Nehemiah 3, 13)
Shallum son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it, roofed it, hung its doors and fixed its bolts and bars. He also rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloah, adjoining the king's garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. (Nehemiah 3, 15)
After him, the men of Tekoa repaired another section from in front of the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3, 27)
When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furiously angry. (Nehemiah 3, 33)
And beside him Tobiah of Ammon remarked, 'If a jackal were to jump on what they are building, it would knock their stone wall down!' (Nehemiah 3, 35)
Meanwhile we were rebuilding the wall, which was soon joined up all the way round to mid-height; the people put their hearts into the work. (Nehemiah 3, 38)
But in Judah the saying went, 'The strength of the carrier falters, the rubbish heap is so vast that by ourselves we cannot rebuild the wall!' (Nehemiah 4, 4)
men took up position in the space behind the wall at those points where it was lowest, and I organised the people by families with their swords, spears and bows. (Nehemiah 4, 7)