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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 ...
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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....
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RULER. prince. Heb, _sar._ Not the same word as Nehemiah 2:16.
PART. circuit....
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_the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem_ R.V. THE RULER OF HALF THE
DISTRICT OF JERUSALEM. Rephaiah was ruler not of the city but of one
of the districts into which Jerusalem was divided. The ruler o...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
TEXT, Nehemiah 3:1-32
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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...
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_AND NEXT UNTO THEM REPAIRED REPHAIAH THE SON OF HUR, THE RULER OF THE
HALF PART OF JERUSALEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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OF THE HALF PART] RV 'of half the district,' the ruler of the other
half being the Shallum of Nehemiah 3:12....
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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...
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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...
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Most of the people who built the wall were not skilled builders. They
were normal people who had other jobs. Men who usually made *perfume
or things of gold helped to build the walls.
Some people wor...
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THE HALF PART OF JERUSALEM. — _Of the district belonging to
Jerusalem.
_...
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וְ עַל ־יָדָ֤ם הֶחֱזִיק֙ רְפָיָ֣ה בֶן
־ח֔וּר
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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...
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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...
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_Street. Protestants, "of the half part," (Haydock) belonging to
Benjamin. Sellum was the inspector of that part which fell to the
share of Juda, ver. 12., and chap. iv. 19. (Grotius) --- Jerusalem,
l...
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(5) And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not
their necks to the work of their Lord. (6) Moreover the old gate
repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of
Be...
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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...
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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...
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And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the
half part of Jerusalem.
Ver. 9. _Ruler of the half part of Jerusalem_] Which, being part in
Judah and part in Benjamin, had two g...
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_The ruler of the half part of Jerusalem_ As Rome was anciently
divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem; and
especially into two parts, whereof one was in the tribe of Benjamin,
and...
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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...
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And next unto them repaired Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of the
half-part of Jerusalem, of half its circuit, which was a governmental
term....
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THE WALLS OF THE LOWER CITY...
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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...
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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; t...
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Nehemiah 3:9 them H3027 Rephaiah H7509 son H1121 Hur H2354 leader
H8269 half H2677 district H6418 Jerusalem H3389
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‘And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of
half the district of Jerusalem.'
‘Them' refers to the perfumers. Next to the perfumers repaired
Rephaiah, and the residents of half the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 3:9 RULER OF HALF THE DISTRICT OF
JERUSALEM. Similar expressions occur six times in vv. Nehemiah 3:12.
They may refer to an administrative system t
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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...
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EXPOSITION
COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTIES, WITH
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPERINTENDED THE BUILDING ...
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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...
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Nehemiah 3:12; Nehemiah 3:17...
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Half part — As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or
regions, so was Jerusalem; and especially into two parts, whereof one
was in the tribe of Benjamin, and nearest the temple, the other...