Chapter 3

1
Eliashib Neh 12:10, Neh 13:28

the sheep gate This gate is supposed to have immediately communicated with the temple, and to have been called the sheep gate, because the sheep intended for sacrifice passed through it. But, after all which learned men have written on this subject, which is but of little interest, we scarcely know anything about these gates. What they were, why called by these names, or in what part of the wall they were situated, beyond what may be learned from the parallel passages. Neh 12:39; John 5:2

sanctified it Neh 12:30; Deut 20:5; Ps 30:1 *title Prov 3:6, Prov 3:9

the tower Neh 12:39; Jer 31:38; Zech 14:10


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next unto him Heb. at his hand

the men Neh 7:36; Ezra 2:34

Zaccur Neh 10:12


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the fish gate Neh 12:39; 2Chr 33:14; Zeph 1:10

the beams Neh 3:6, Neh 2:8

the doors Neh 6:1, Neh 7:1


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Meremoth Neh 3:21, Neh 10:15

Urijah Ezra 8:33, Uriah

Meshullam Neh 10:7


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the Tekoites Neh 3:27; 2Sam 14:2; Amos 1:1

their nobles Judg 5:23; Jer 5:4-5; 1Cor 1:26; 1Tim 6:17-18

put not Jer 27:2, Jer 27:8, Jer 27:12, Jer 30:8-9; Matt 11:29; Acts 15:10


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Neh 12:39


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the Gibeonite Josh 9:3-27; 2Sam 21:2

Mizpah Neh 3:19; 2Chr 16:6

the throne That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode. For Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors. Neh 2:8


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the goldsmiths Neh 3:31-32; Isa 46:6

of the apothecaries Gen 50:2; Exod 30:25; Eccl 10:1

fortified or, left

the broad wall Neh 12:38


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the ruler Neh 3:12, Neh 3:17


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even Neh 3:23, Neh 3:28-30

Hattush Neh 10:4


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Harim Neh 10:5

Pahathmoab Neh 7:11, Neh 10:14; Ezra 2:6, Ezra 8:4

other piece Heb. second measure

the tower Neh 12:38


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the ruler Neh 3:9, Neh 3:14-18

he and his daughters Exod 35:25; Acts 21:8-9; Phil 4:3


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the valley gate Neh 2:13

Zanoah There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of Judah. See the parallel passages. Neh 11:30; Josh 15:34, Josh 15:56; 1Chr 4:18


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the dung gate Neh 2:13, Neh 12:31

the ruler Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:15-18

Bethhaccerem Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer 6:1-30. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. Jer 6:1


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the gate Neh 2:14, Neh 12:37; 2Chr 32:30

the ruler Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:14

Mizpah Neh 3:7; Judg 20:1, Judg 20:3, Mizpeh, Jer 40:6

Siloah Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem, between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion. Dr. Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah. Isa 8:6, Shiloah, Luke 13:4; John 9:7, Siloam

the stairs 2Sam 5:6-7


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the ruler Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:14

Bethzur Josh 15:58; 1Chr 2:45; 2Chr 11:7

the sepulchres 2Chr 16:14; Acts 2:29

the pool 2Kgs 20:20; Isa 7:3, Isa 22:11

the house 1Kgs 14:27-28; 2Chr 12:10-11; Song 3:7


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the ruler Neh 3:16; 1Chr 23:4

Keilah Josh 15:44; 1Sam 23:1, 1Sam 23:2-13


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Jeshua Neh 10:9, Neh 12:8

Mizpah Neh 3:15

the turning 2Chr 26:9


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Zabbai or, Zaccai

earnestly Eccl 9:10; Rom 12:11

Eliashib Neh 3:1, Neh 3:21, Neh 12:22-23, Neh 13:4, Neh 13:28


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Meremoth Neh 3:4

Koz Neh 7:63; Ezra 2:61


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the men of the plain Neh 6:2, Neh 12:28


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over against Neh 3:10, Neh 3:29-30

Azariah Neh 10:2

Maaseiah Neh 8:4, Neh 8:7


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Binnui Neh 10:9

another piece That which had been left by Azariah, after he had repaired the wall by his own house. It is probable that some of the principal people were either obliged, or voluntarily offered, to repair those parts of the wall which were opposite, or adjacent, to their own houses. The names of those who repaired the walls are commemorated, because it was an undertaking of piety, virtue, and courage, to restore the holy city. Neh 3:11, Neh 3:19, Neh 3:27

the turning Neh 3:20


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the king's Jer 22:14, Jer 39:8

by the court Neh 12:39; Jer 32:2, Jer 33:1, Jer 37:21, Jer 39:15

Pedaiah Neh 8:4

Parosh Neh 7:8; Ezra 2:3


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Nethinims Neh 7:46-56, Neh 10:28; 1Chr 9:2; Ezra 2:43-58

dwelt etc. or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto

Ophel or, the tower. Neh 3:27, Neh 11:21; 2Chr 27:3, 2Chr 33:14

the water The water gate is supposed to have been that by which the Nethinim brought in water for the use of the temple. Neh 8:1, Neh 8:3, Neh 12:37


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the Tekoites Neh 3:5

the wall Neh 3:26


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the horse 2Kgs 11:16; 2Chr 23:15; Jer 31:40

every one Neh 3:10, Neh 3:23


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the son Neh 7:40; Ezra 2:37

Shechaniah Ezra 10:2

the east gate Jer 19:2


30
another piece Neh 3:21

Meshullam Neh 3:4


31
the goldsmith's Neh 3:8, Neh 3:32

going up of the corner or, corner-chamber


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the sheep gate Thus the whole city was surrounded with a wall; for Eliashib began at the sheep gate. Neh 3:1, Neh 12:39; John 5:2

the goldsmiths The word tzeraphim may denote smiths, or refiners, or persons that worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood of those who worked in gold. From the remotest period of the history of the Jews, they had artists in all the elegant and ornamental trades; and it appears that goldsmiths, apothecaries, and merchants were formed into companies in the time of Nehemiah. Neh 3:8, Neh 3:31


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