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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...
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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
B...
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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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_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...
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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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_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....
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3:22 Jordan]. (k-13) See Genesis 13:10 ....
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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 *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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THE MEN OF THE PLAIN. — Priests dwelling in the Jordan valley, the
“Kikkar” of Scripture....
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וְ אַחֲרָ֛יו הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ הַ
כֹּהֲנִ֖ים אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַ כִּכָּֽר׃...
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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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And after him repaired the priests, the men of (e) the plain.
(e) Who dwelt in the plain country by Jordan and Jericho....
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_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) ---...
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(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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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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 ZION...
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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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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...
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Nehemiah 3:22 after H310 priests H3548 men H582 plain H3603 repairs
H2388 (H8689)
the men of the plain - Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 12:28...
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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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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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Nehemiah 12:28; Nehemiah 6:2...