Eliashib the high priest is listed first as volunteering to repair a section of the wall. Being high priest would mean that he was not used to the rigours of construction work; volunteering to assist involved considerable self-denial. Herein Eliashib foreshadowed Christ Jesus as our great high priest. The Son of God left the glory of the Father for the hard work of living among sinners on earth and eventually going to the cross to atone for sin.
1 Eliaschib, le souverain sacrificateur, se leva avec ses frères, les sacrificateurs, et ils bâtirent la porte des brebis. Ils la consacrèrent et en posèrent les battants; ils la consacrèrent, depuis la tour de Méa jusqu'à la tour de Hananeel.