“Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.”
The Valley Gate section is rebuilt by "Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah," with the detail that "they repaired the wall as far as the Dung Gate," continuing to map the progress around the city's perimeter. The Dung Gate's apparent location near a refuse disposal site suggests that not all sections of the wall were equally prestigious, yet they are all systematically mentioned and attributed, demonstrating Nehemiah's commitment to comprehensive reconstruction and equal recognition of all contributions regardless of status.
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