NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 3 The names of the several families that builded; their order wherein, and the proportion how much, they builded. ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST; grandchild of Joshua, the first high priest after their return from Babylon. ROSE UP; began the work. THEY BUILDED THE SHEEP-GATE; which was ne... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEN OF JERICHO; the posterity of the ancient inhabitants of Jericho. See EZRA 2:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FISH-GATE; of which mention is made 2 CHRONICLES 33:14 NEHEMIAH 12:39 ZEPHANIAH 1:10; so called, either from the fish-market, which was near it; or because the fish was brought in by it from the sea, NEHEMIAH 13:16; this gate being north-westward from Jerusalem. THE LOCKS THEREOF, AND THE BARS T... [ Continue Reading ]
REPAIRED, to wit, the demolished or decayed wall, there being no gate in this part. And so in the rest which follow.... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. Did not submit to it, would not further it, either through pride, or sloth and carelessness, or covetousness, or secret compliance with the enemies of the Jews. TO THE WORK OF THEIR LORD; either, 1. Of Nehemiah, who was their lord and governor, and had given a general command for the carrying... [ Continue Reading ]
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i.e. Unto the place where the governor of the country on this side the river Euphrates, for and under the Persian kings, sometimes had a palace or throne, to which all persons living in the adjacent parts were to resort for judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
It is not said _they repaired_, as was said of the rest, but they FORTIFIED it, either because this part of the wall was less demolished than the other, and therefore they needed not to repair it, but only to make it stronger by some additions; or to note their extraordinary care and diligence, that... [ Continue Reading ]
As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem, and especially this was divided into two parts, whereof one was in the tribe of Benjamin, and nearest to the temple; the other in the tribe of Judah, and more remote from it; which accordingly had two several rulers, t... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST HIS HOUSE; that part of the wall which was next to him, which his own interest obliged him to do with care.... [ Continue Reading ]
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OF THE HALF PART OF JERUSALEM, i.e. of the other half, &c.: SEE POOLE ON "NEHEMIAH 3:9". HE AND HIS DAUGHTERS; who were either heiresses, or rich widows, and caused part to be done at their charges.... [ Continue Reading ]
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BETH-HACCEREM; a town or territory, the government whereof was divided between two persons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WALL OF THE POOL OF SILOAH; that part of the wall which was directly against that pool.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID, i.e. the place which David appointed for his own sepulchres, and the sepulchres of his successors the kings of Israel and Judah. THE POOL THAT WAS MADE, to wit, by Hezekiah, 2 KINGS 20:20; whereby it is distinguished from that pool which was natural. THE HOUSE O... [ Continue Reading ]
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TO THE ARMORY; either to the house of the forest of Lebanon, which was their armory from Solomon's days, ISAIAH 22:8; or to some other place, which either before or since that time had been used as another and less armory for common occasions. AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL; or, _at the corner_; or, _wh... [ Continue Reading ]
EARNESTLY REPAIRED; did his work with eminent diligence and fervency; which is here noted to his commendation. FROM THE TURNING OF THE WALL, or, _from the corner_, as NEHEMIAH 3:19. Unto the door of the house; unto that part of the wall which was over against or next to this door.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the door was not in the middle of the house, as now they commonly are, but at one end of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Either of the plains of Jordan; or _of the plain country round about Jerusalem_, its it is called, NEHEMIAH 12:28. And they are thus called, because they, or their parents, either were born, or now did or formerly had dwelt, in those parks; whence they came to Jerusalem, when the service of the temp... [ Continue Reading ]
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OVER AGAINST THE TURNING OF THE WALL; in a part of the wall, which jutted out as the tower here following did, and therefore was opposite to or over against that turning. AND THE TOWER, or, _even the tower_. _Out from the king's high house_; either from the royal palace; or from some other smaller h... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT IN OPHEL, or, _who dwelt in Ophel_; for this seems to be only a description of the persons, whose work follows. THE WATER-GATE; so called because by that gate water was brought in, either by the people for the use of that part of the city, or rather by these Nethinims, who were Gibeonites, for... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TEKOITES; the same spoken of before, NEHEMIAH 3:5, who having despatched their first share sooner than their brethren had done theirs, freely offered their help to supply the defects of others, who, as it seems, neglected that part of the work which had been committed to them. And this their dou... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HORSE GATE; not that belonging to the king's palace, 2 CHRONICLES 23:15, but one of the gates of the city so called; either because nigh unto that were many stables for horses, or because the horses commonly went out that way to their watering-place.... [ Continue Reading ]
To wit, of the city, or of the temple; which being the chief gate, was committed to his particular care and custody.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or, _chambers_; the singular number for the plural.... [ Continue Reading ]
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