Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.

After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam son of Berekiah repaired [the wall] opposite his room.

And Sanballat sent his servant with an open letter, [another] word like this to me a fifth time, in his hand.

I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While they are standing guard let them shut and fasten the doors. And appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his post and another opposite his house."