Nehemiah 3 lists the builders who were responsible for repairing different parts of Jerusalem's wall. Sometimes the text makes explicit reference to a group of builders, e.g.:

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> Eliashib the high priest rose up **with his brothers** the priests, and **they built**...
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(verse 1)

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> The sons of Hassenaah built...
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(verse 3)

However, several individual builders are listed as responsible for the wall. E.g.:

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> And next to them **Meremoth the son of Uriah**, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them **Meshullam the son of Berechiah**, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them **Zadok the son of Baana** repaired.
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(verse 4)

Where individual builders are listed in this way, are we to infer that these family-heads oversaw the work of their families and servants on that portion of the wall, or does the text describe the stoic efforts of one man working unassisted on the portion of the wall for which he is responsible?