_THEN ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP WITH HIS BRETHREN THE PRIESTS, AND THEY BUILDED THE SHEEP GATE; THEY SANCTIFIED IT, AND SET UP THE DOORS OF IT; EVEN UNTO THE TOWER OF MEAH THEY SANCTIFIED IT, UNTO THE TOWER OF HANANEEL._ Then Eliashib the high priest - the grandson of Jeshua, and the first h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEXT UNTO HIM BUILDED THE MEN OF JERICHO. AND NEXT TO THEM BUILDED ZACCUR THE SON OF IMRI._ Next unto him builded the men of Jericho ... The wall was divided into portions, one of which was assigned respectively to each of the great families which had returned from the captivity; and this dist... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE FISH GATE DID THE SONS OF HASSENAAH BUILD, WHO ALSO LAID THE BEAMS THEREOF, AND SET UP THE DOORS THEREOF, THE LOCKS THEREOF, AND THE BARS THEREOF._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEXT UNTO HIM REPAIRED UZZIEL THE SON OF HARHAIAH, OF THE GOLDSMITHS. NEXT UNTO HIM ALSO REPAIRED HANANIAH THE SON OF ONE OF THE APOTHECARIES, AND THEY FORTIFIED JERUSALEM UNTO THE BROAD WALL._ Fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall - or double wall, extending from the gate of Ephraim to the corn... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEXT UNTO THEM REPAIRED REPHAIAH THE SON OF HUR, THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEXT UNTO HIM REPAIRED SHALLUM THE SON OF HALOHESH, THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF JERUSALEM, HE AND HIS DAUGHTERS._ SHALLUM ... THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF JERUSALEM, х_ SAR_ (H8269) _ CHªTSIY_ (H2677) _ PELEK_ (H6418) _ YªRUWSHAALAAIM_ (H3389)] - chief of the half district or circuit round J... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VALLEY GATE REPAIRED HANUN, AND THE INHABITANTS OF ZANOAH; THEY BUILT IT, AND SET UP THE DOORS THEREOF, THE LOCKS THEREOF, AND THE BARS THEREOF, AND A THOUSAND CUBITS ON THE WALL UNTO THE DUNG GATE._ The inhabitants of Zanoah. There were two towns so called in the territory of Judah (Joshua 15... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE DUNG GATE REPAIRED MALCHIAH THE SON OF RECHAB, THE RULER OF PART OF BETHHACCEREM; HE BUILT IT, AND SET UP THE DOORS THEREOF, THE LOCKS THEREOF, AND THE BARS THEREOF._ Beth-haccerem - a city of Judah, supposed to be now occupied by Bethulia, on a hill of the same name, which is sometimes ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE GATE OF THE FOUNTAIN REPAIRED SHALLUN THE SON OF COLHOZEH, THE RULER OF PART OF MIZPAH; HE BUILT IT, AND COVERED IT, AND SET UP THE DOORS THEREOF, THE LOCKS THEREOF, AND THE BARS THEREOF, AND THE WALL OF THE POOL OF SILOAH BY THE KING'S GARDEN, AND UNTO THE STAIRS THAT GO DOWN FROM THE CITY... [ Continue Reading ]
_AFTER HIM REPAIRED NEHEMIAH THE SON OF AZBUK, THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF BETHZUR, UNTO THE PLACE OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID, AND TO THE POOL THAT WAS MADE, AND UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE MIGHTY._ Nehemiah ... the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, х_ SAR_ (H8269) _ CHªTSIY_ (H2677) _ PELE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AFTER HIM REPAIRED THE LEVITES, REHUM THE SON OF BANI. NEXT UNTO HIM REPAIRED HASHABIAH, THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF KEILAH, IN HIS PART._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEXT TO HIM REPAIRED EZER THE SON OF JESHUA, THE RULER OF MIZPAH, ANOTHER PIECE OVER AGAINST THE GOING UP TO THE ARMOURY AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL._ At the turning of the wall - i:e., the wall across the Tyropoeon, being a continuation of the first wall connecting mount Zion with the temple w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AFTER HIM BARUCH THE SON OF ZABBAI EARNESTLY REPAIRED THE OTHER PIECE, FROM THE TURNING OF THE WALL UNTO THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_PALAL THE SON OF UZAI, OVER AGAINST THE TURNING OF THE WALL, AND THE TOWER WHICH LIETH OUT FROM THE KING'S HIGH HOUSE, THAT WAS BY THE COURT OF THE PRISON. AFTER HIM PEDAIAH THE SON OF PAROSH._ The tower which lieth out from the king's high house - i:e., watch-tower by the royal palace, in the for... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE NETHINIMS DWELT IN OPHEL, UNTO THE PLACE OVER AGAINST THE WATER GATE TOWARD THE EAST, AND THE TOWER THAT LIETH OUT._ The Nethinims - i:e., given to the sanctuary (cf. Nehemiah 7:46; Nehemiah 7:60; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 10:29; Nehemiah 11:3; Nehemiah 11:21; 1 Chronicles 9:2;... [ Continue Reading ]