Ophel. A very strong tower. See 2 Paralipomenon xxvii. 3., and xxxiii. 14. --- East of the great court of the temple, from which it was not remote, as Esdras here harangued the people, chap. xii. 36., and 3 Esdras viii. 1. Out of the gate was a pond of water, (Calmet) for the service of the temple. (Menochius)
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....
MOREOVER. Note the Parenthesis of Nehemiah 3:26. NETHINIMS. Their work was to carry wood and water for the Temple. Hence their dwelling. See note on Ezra 2:43. OPHEL. the Ophel: the hill south of Mor...
_Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel … lieth out_ R.V. ( NOW THE NETHINIM DWELT IN OPHEL … STANDETH OUT). The parenthesis probably includes the whole verse. We prefer the R.V. translation to that of...
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...
_MOREOVER THE NETHINIMS DWELT IN OPHEL, UNTO THE PLACE OVER AGAINST THE WATER GATE TOWARD THE EAST, AND THE TOWER THAT LIETH OUT._ The Nethinims - i:e., given to the sanctuary (cf. Nehemiah 7:46; Neh...
3:26 Nethinim (a-3) See Note, 1 Chronicles 9:2 . Ophel, (b-6) See 2 Chronicles 27:3...
MOREOVER] RV 'now,' the v. being parenthetical. OPHEL] the southern extremity of the Temple hill. THE WATER GATE] leading to the spring of Gihon in the gorge of the Kidron....
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...
In this part of the wall, some more people repaired the wall near their own houses. Also Binnui repaired a second section of the wall (Nehemiah 3:18). The *temple servants also helped to build the wa...
THE NETHINIMS DWELT IN OPHEL. — It has been proposed to insert “who” before dwelt (following the Syriac); but this is not necessary. Ophel was the long rounded spur running out south of the Temple, on...
וְ הַ֨ נְּתִינִ֔ים הָי֥וּ יֹשְׁבִ֖ים בָּ †...
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...
Moreover the (f) Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. (f) Read (Ezra 2:43)....
(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...
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. Ver. 26. _Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel_] Of Nethinims see E...
_The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel_ Or, _who dwelt in Ophel._ For this seems to be only a description of the persons whose work follows. Not only the priests and Levites, but the meanest persons that belon...
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...
THE WALLS OF ZION...
Moreover, the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, and these also worked on the wall, UNTO THE PLACE OVER AGAINST THE WATER GATE TOWARD THE EAST, a gate opening into the subterranean reservoirs, AND THE TOWER THA...
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...
OPHEL: Or, the tower...
DWELT IN OPHEL, or, _who dwelt in Ophel_; for this seems to be only a description of the persons, whose work follows. THE WATER-GATE; so called because by that gate water was brought in, either by the...
Nehemiah 3:26 Nethinim H5411 dwelt H3427 (H8802) Ophel H6077 Water H4325 Gate H8179 east H4217 projecting H331
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...
NETHINIMS That is, Dedicated (persons), probably descendants of the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:1) devoted to the service of the Levites. But see (Joshua 9:17)....
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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 3:26 TEMPLE SERVANTS. See note on Ezra 2:43–54. OPHEL was the whole southeastern hill. The WATER GATE, in the old wall,
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...
1 Chronicles 9:2; 2 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Ezra 2:43;...