After him repaired Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half-part of Beth-zur, of this circuit, which was north of Hebron, unto the place over against the sepulchers of David, the tombs of the kings, and to the pool that was made, presumably the present Fountain of the Virgin, and unto the house of the mighty, where the cliffs of Zion arose.
Verse 16. _THE POOL THAT WAS MADE_] Calmet supposes that this was the reservoir made by Hezekiah, when besieged by Sennacherib, 2 Chronicles 32:4. _THE HOUSE OF THE MIGHTY._] Probably a place where a...
BETH-ZUR - Now Beit-sur, on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron Joshua 15:58. By “the sepulchres of David” must be understood the burial place in which David and the kings his descendants to the time of...
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....
BETH-ZUR. Now _Beit Sur,_ about four miles north of Hebron. THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID. These therefore were in Zion, and include those of his descendants. POOL. See 2 Kings 20:20. MIGHTY. mighty men....
_the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur_ R.V. THE RULER OF HALF THE DISTRICT OF BETH-ZUR. Beth-Zur (Joshua 15:58), the modern Beitsur, was about 13 miles S. of Jerusalem. It commanded the road to Hebr...
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 REPAIRED NEHEMIAH THE SON OF AZBUK, THE RULER OF THE HALF PART OF BETHZUR, UNTO THE PLACE OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID, AND TO THE POOL THAT WAS MADE, AND UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE MIGH...
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 SEPULCHRES OF DAVID] i.e. the tombs of David's descendants and successors: cp. 2 Chronicles 32:33; These were near the Temple (Ezekiel 43:7), probably NW. of the city. THE POOL THAT WAS MADE] perh...
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...
Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked hard. They repaired a gate and a very long section of the wall. Malkijah, Shallum and Nehemiah helped to build the walls. They also were rulers of the distric...
THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID. — Excavated on the western side of the Temple, and never yet traced. THE POOL THAT WAS MADE. — This may have been the reservoir of Hezekiah (Isaiah 22:11); and “the house of...
אַחֲרָ֤יו הֶחֱזִיק֙ נְחֶמְיָ֣ה בֶן ־עַזְבּ֔וּק שַׂ֕ר...
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...
_Labour, by Ezechias, for a reservoir, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii. 4. --- Mighty men of David, (1 Paralipomenon xi. 10.) or the king's guards, (Calmet) or the garrison. (Menochius)_...
(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 repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mig...
_Beth-haccerem_ A town or territory, the government whereof was divided between two persons. _The wall of the pool of Siloah _ That part of the wall which was directly against that pool. _After him re...
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 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...
OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID, i.e. the place which David appointed for his own sepulchres, and the sepulchres of his successors the kings of Israel and Judah. THE POOL THAT WAS MADE, to wit, b...
Nehemiah 3:16 After H310 Nehemiah H5166 son H1121 Azbuk H5802 leader H8269 half H2677 district H6418 Zur H1049 repa
‘After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Bethzur, up to the place over against the sepulchres of David, and up to the pool that was made (or the artificial pool...
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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 3:16 AFTER HIM describes each successive group of builders. NEHEMIAH THE SON OF AZBUK is a different Nehemiah, of course. RULER OF HALF THE DISTRICT. See note on
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 2:45; 1 Kings 14:27; 1 Kings 14:28; 2 Chronicles 11:7;...
Made — By Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20:20. Whereby it is distinguished from that pool which was natural. Mighty — Or, of the valiant: which possibly was formerly appointed for the receipt of those chief capta...