George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Nehemiah 3:20
CHAPTER III.
Mount Sion. (Menochius) --- Hebrew and Septuagint, "earnestly repaired;" (Haydock) being indignant at the negligence of his neighbour, or undertaking his work with zeal. (Calmet)
CHAPTER III.
Mount Sion. (Menochius) --- Hebrew and Septuagint, "earnestly repaired;" (Haydock) being indignant at the negligence of his neighbour, or undertaking his work with zeal. (Calmet)
Verse 20. _EARNESTLY REPAIRED_] He distinguished himself by his _zeal_ and _activity_....
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....
EARNESTLY. zealously. This is said, to the everlasting memory, of Baruch. Proverbs 10:7. DOOR. Hebrew. _pethach =_ entrance. Not same word as verses: Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:3;...
_Baruch the son of Zabbai_ R.V. marg. -Another reading is, _Zaccai_." Zabbai (so Ezra 10:28) is the reading of C'thib and LXX., Zaccai of K'ri and Vulg. _earnestly repaired_ The word rendered -earnest...
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....
3:20 another (i-10) Heb. 'a second.'...
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...
EARNESTLY REPAIRED THE OTHER PIECE. — The reason of this man’s emulation in building near the high priest’s house does not appear....
אַחֲרָ֨יו הֶחֱרָ֧ה הֶחֱזִ֛יק בָּר֥וּךְ בֶּן־_זַכַּ֖י_† מִדָּ֣ה
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...
(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...
_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._ Ver. 20. _Earnestly repaired the other...
_Baruch earnestly repaired the other piece_ Did his work with eminent diligence and fervency; which is here noted to his commendation. And, it is probable, this good man's zeal provoked many to take t...
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...
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....
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...
ZABBAI: Or, Zaccai...
EARNESTLY REPAIRED; did his work with eminent diligence and fervency; which is here noted to his commendation. FROM THE TURNING OF THE WALL, or, _from the corner_, as NEHEMIAH 3:19. Unto the door of t...
Nehemiah 3:20 After H310 Baruch H1263 son H1121 Zabbai H2079 carefully H2734 (H8689) repaired H2388 (H8689) other...
‘After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly (strivingly) repaired another portion, from the turning (of the wall) to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.' It is an open question as to...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:10; Nehemiah 12:22; Nehemiah 12:23; Nehemiah 13:28;...
Earnestly — Did his work with eminent diligence and fervency: which is here noted to his commendation. And it is probable, this good man's zeal provoked many, to take the more pains, and make the more...