Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Nehemiah 3:4
Repaired, to wit, the demolished or decayed wall, there being no gate in this part. And so in the rest which follow.
Repaired, to wit, the demolished or decayed wall, there being no gate in this part. And so in the rest which follow.
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The builders of the sheep gate (Nehemiah 3:1)_ 2. The builders of the fish gate (Nehemiah 3:3) 3. The repairers of the old gate (Nehemiah 3:6) 4. The repairers of the valley gate ...
THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS, This is an independent section which breaks the connexion between Nehemiah 2:20 and Nehemiah 4:1 ff.; it is an excerpt which commences with And Eliashib. (not then Eliashib....
_repaired_ Literally -made strong." The word in the Hebrew is used of -calking" a ship in Ezekiel 27:9; Ezekiel 27:27. In this chapter it is used of making good the defects and filling up the breaches...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT TEXT, Nehemiah 3:1-32 1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They cons...
_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....
3:4 Koz. (h-14) Or 'Hakkoz,' also ver. 21....
PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE REBUILDING 1. Then, etc.] For the purposes of repair the wall was parcelled out between a number of working parties consisting of various important families, the inhabitants...
When Nehemiah records some of the names, he also mentions their families. He also does this often in the rest of his book. Families were very important to the *Jews. We can read about Meremoth in Ezra...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 3 In this chapter, there are many names. The Bible does not mention most of these people elsewhere. Ma...
REPAIRED. — Literally, _strengthened;_ as before it was _built. _...
וְ עַל ־יָדָ֣ם הֶחֱזִ֗יק מְרֵמֹ֤ות בֶּן ־אוּר
BUILDING THE WALLS Nehemiah 3:1 THE third chapter of the Book of Nehemiah supplies a striking illustration of the constructive character of the history of the Jews in the Persian period. Nor is that...
This chapter is supremely interesting in its revelation of method. That it is preserved for us at all shows how system characterized Nehemiah's procedure. The description proceeds round the entire wal...
(2) And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. (3) But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up th...
Starting Point"A false friend is like your shadow. As long as there is sunshine, he sticks close by. But the minute you step into the shade, he disappears." Green I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week = talk...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of...
1 The names and order of them that builded the wall. 1 THEN Eliashib the hie priest, rose vp with his brethren the Priests, and they built the sheepe-gate, they sanctified it, & set vp the doores of...
And next unto them repaired Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, rather, of the family of Hakkoz. AND NEXT UNTO THEM REPAIRED MESHULLAM, THE SON OF BERECHIAH, THE SON OF MESHEZABEEL. AND NEXT...
THE WALLS OF THE LOWER CITY...
THE BUILDING WELL BEGUN (vv. 1-32) Eliashib the high priest is mentioned first in the building, not because he was the most devoted builder, but because of his position, for chapter 13:4 tells us th...
Nehemiah 3:4 them H3027 Meremoth H4822 son H1121 Urijah H223 son H1121 Koz H6976 repairs H2388 (H8689) them...
‘And next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.' The verb now changes from ‘rebuilt' to ‘repaired, made strong'. This may indicate that in this section the walls were in a be...
THE REBUILDING OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM (NEHEMIAH 3:1). It is difficult to overemphasise the huge impact of what was about to be accomplished. A city which was largely uninhabited, lay partially in r...
CONTENTS: Wall of Jerusalem built. CHARACTERS: God, Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: What is to be done for the public good, everyone should have a part in and further to the utm...
Nehemiah 3:1. _Eliashib the highpriest._ He was the son of Joachim, the son of Joshua, and the third highpriest after the first and greatest return of the people from Babylon. _They sanctified it,_ by...
_Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren._ THE BUILDERS AT WORK Unity in diversity seems to be the principle on which God works both in the natural and spiritual world--a truth which...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 3:1 The Wall Is Built, Despite Difficulties. The people of Judah build and repair the walls, despite the efforts to stop them. Excavations in Jerusalem have uncovered remains...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 3:1. ELIASHIB] The grandson of Jeshua, and the first high priest after the return from Babylon. No reason to doubt that the same Eliashib is referred to in Ezra 10:6. THE...
EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTIES, WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPERINTENDED THE BUILDING ...
And in chapter 3, you have the names of all of the families and the section of the walls where they would be working. And because the names really are insignificant to us we're not going to wade throu...
Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 10:7; Nehemiah 10:15; Nehemiah 3:21...