Joshua was the father of Joiakim; Joiakim was the father of Eliashib; Eliashib was the father of Joiada;

Joiada was the son of Eliashib the High Priest, but one of Joiada's sons married the daughter of Sanballat, from the town of Beth Horon, so I made Joiada leave Jerusalem.

and from there we went past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. We ended our march near the gate to the Temple.

Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.

The priests and the Levites performed ritual purification for themselves, the people, the gates, and the city wall.

"Then the officers will address the men and say, 'Is there any man here who has just built a house, but has not yet dedicated it? If so, he is to go home. Otherwise, if he is killed in battle, someone else will dedicate his house.

I praise you, LORD, because you have saved me and kept my enemies from gloating over me.

Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.

Honor the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.

and from there we went past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. We ended our march near the gate to the Temple.

"The time is coming," says the LORD, "when all of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my city, from Hananel Tower west to the Corner Gate.

The whole region, from Geba in the north to Rimmon in the south, will be made level. Jerusalem will tower above the land around it; the city will reach from the Benjamin Gate to the Corner Gate, where there had been an earlier gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal wine presses.