Eliashib (compare the marginal reference) was the grandson of Joshua, the high priest contemporary with Zerubbabel. THE SHEEP GATE - This was a gate in the eastern wall, not far from the pool of Bethesda, marginal reference, which was perhaps originally a sheep-pool. The exact line which the writer... [ Continue Reading ]
The people of each provincial town were set to work for the most part on the portion of the wall nearest their city. Thus, “the men of Jericho,” were employed at the northeast corner of Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FISH GATE - The gate through which fish from the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee entered Jerusalem; a gate in the north wall, a little to the east of the modern Damascus gate. LOCKS - The word used (here and in Nehemiah 3:6, Nehemiah 3:13) is thought to mean rather a “cross-bar” than a lock, whil... [ Continue Reading ]
TEKOITES - See 2 Samuel 14:2 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OLD GATE - Either the modern Damascus gate, the main entrance to the city on the north side; or a gate a little further eastward.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE THRONE ... - The meaning is thought to be “the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who, though they worked for Nehemiah, were not under his government, but belonged to the jurisdiction of the governor on this side the river.”... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER PIECE - Rather, “another piece” (as in Nehemiah 3:19, Nehemiah 3:21, Nehemiah 3:27, Nehemiah 3:30). It is conjectured that a verse has fallen out in which Malchijah’s and Hashub’s “first piece” was mentioned. THE TOWER OF THE FURNACES - Either a tower at the northwestern angle of the city... [ Continue Reading ]
Zanoah lay west of Jerusalem, at the distance of about 10 miles (Joshua 15:34 note).... [ Continue Reading ]
The “pool of Siloah” lies at the southwestern foot of the temple hill, near the lower end of the Tyropoeon. It appears to have been at all times beyond the line of the city wall, but was perhaps joined to the city by a fortification of its own. THE KING’S GARDENS - See 2 Kings 25:4 note. THE STAIR... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Hezekiah were interred. This was an excavation in the rock, in the near vicinity of the temple Eze... [ Continue Reading ]
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 BAVAI - Or, “Binnui” Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9. THE ARMOURY AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL - literall... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATE MIPHKAD - Not elsewhere mentioned. It must have been in the east, or northeast, wall, a little to the south of the “sheep-gate”... [ Continue Reading ]