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The people of each provincial town were set to work for the most part
on the portion of the wall nearest their city. Thus, “the men of
Jericho,” were employed at the northeast corner of Jerusalem....
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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 (N...
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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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NEXT UNTO HIM. at his hand.
THE MEN OF JERICHO. Compare Ezra 2:34. The gate opposite to their
city. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
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_next unto him_ i.e. next to Eliashib and the priests. The description
passing northward from the Temple, now turns west.
_the men of Jericho_ Some suppose that this section of the wall lay
sufficien...
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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 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 assi...
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3:2 them (f-4) them (f-13) Lit. 'him.'...
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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 inhabitant...
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The first people that Nehemiah wrote about were the chief priest and
the other priests. They did not think that they were too important to
help. They were good models to the rest of the people. The Sh...
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NEXT UNTO HIM. — _At his hand,_ the customary phrase throughout the
chapter, indicating the order of the building, which, however,
involves some difficulty towards the close. The phrase, as first used...
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וְ עַל ־יָדֹ֥ו בָנ֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֣י
יְרֵחֹ֑ו ס וְ עַל ־יָדֹ֣ו בָנָ֔ה
זַכּ֖וּר בֶּן ־אִמְרִֽי׃ ס...
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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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(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...
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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 him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded
Zaccur the son of Imri.
Ver. 2. _And next unto him builded the men of Jericho_] And are
thereby here eternalized for their forwa...
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_The men of Jericho_ The posterity of the ancient inhabitants of
Jericho. _The fish-gate_ This gate, being on the north-west side of
Jerusalem, looked toward the sea, from whence fish was wont to be
b...
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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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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 t...
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NEXT UNTO HIM:
_ Heb._ at his hand...
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THE MEN OF JERICHO; the posterity of the ancient inhabitants of
Jericho. See EZRA 2:34....
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Nehemiah 3:2 Next H3027 men H582 Jericho H3405 built H1129 (H8804)
Zaccur H2139 son H1121 Imri H566 built H1129 (H8804)
next unto him - Heb. at his hand
the men - Nehemiah 7:36; Ezra 2:34
Zaccur -...
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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...
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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 3:1 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...
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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 (Nehemiah 3:1. ).
The especial object of this chapter seems to be th...
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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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Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 10:12; Nehemiah 7:36...