The priests, the men of the plain Either of the plains of Jordan, or of the plain country round about Jerusalem, as it is called Nehemiah 12:28. Probably they were thus called, because they or their parents now or formerly dwelt in those parts, whence they came to Jerusalem when the service of the temple required it.
Verse 22. _THE PRIESTS, THE MEN OF THE PLAIN._] Some of the officers of the temple, particularly the _singers_, dwelt in the _plain_ country round about Jerusalem, Nehemiah 12:28; and it is likely tha...
The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple. Nehemiah 3:18 BA...
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....
_the priests, the men of the plain_ R.V. THE MEN OF THE PLAIN. R.V. marg. -Or, _Circuit_". Literally, -the men of the Ciccar," LXX. Ἐκχεχάρ, Vulg. -de campestribus Jordanis." Some have explained the...
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...
_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....
3:22 Jordan]. (k-13) See Genesis 13:10 ....
THE PLAIN] better, 'The Plain,' the specific name of part of the Jordan valley (Genesis 13:10)....
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...
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...
The *Levites also helped to build the wall. They and some priests worked on the wall near to the house of the chief priest. Men from Keilah and their rulers worked together on part of the wall. And E...
THE MEN OF THE PLAIN. — Priests dwelling in the Jordan valley, the “Kikkar” of Scripture....
וְ אַחֲרָ֛יו הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֖ים אַנְשֵׁ֥י...
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...
And after him repaired the priests, the men of (e) the plain. (e) Who dwelt in the plain country by Jordan and Jericho....
_Plains. Septuagint, "from Chechar," retaining the original term cucar, which means "a plain." It lay in the environs of Jerusalem, chap. xii. 28. --- Of the Jordan, is not in Hebrew, &c. (Calmet) ---...
(13) 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 dun...
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 after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. Ver. 22. _The men of the plain_] Of the plain of Jordan, saith the Vulgar; but better understand it of the plain country round about Jerusale...
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 after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain, the Valley of Jordan....
THE WALLS OF ZION...
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...
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 di...
Nehemiah 3:22 after H310 priests H3548 men H582 plain H3603 repairs H2388 (H8689) the men of the plain -...
‘And after him repaired the priests, the men of the countryside.' Finishing off the section of the wall near the High Priest's house were ‘the priests, the men of the countryside' (literally ‘of the c...
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...
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...
Nehemiah 12:28; Nehemiah 6:2...