Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 3:19
Verse 19. The going up to the armoury] This was either a tower that defended the angle where the two walls met; or the city arsenal, where shields, spears, c., were kept to arm the people in time of danger.
Verse 19. The going up to the armoury] This was either a tower that defended the angle where the two walls met; or the city arsenal, where shields, spears, c., were kept to arm the people in time of danger.
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....
_Ezer … the ruler of Mizpah, another piece_ R.V. PORTION. -The ruler of Mizpah" as distinguished from -the ruler of the district of Mizpah" (Nehemiah 3:15). _over against the going up to the armoury_...
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...
_AND NEXT TO HIM REPAIRED EZER THE SON OF JESHUA, THE RULER OF MIZPAH, ANOTHER PIECE OVER AGAINST THE GOING UP TO THE ARMOURY AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL._ At the turning of the wall - i:e., the wall...
3:19 angle. (h-28) Or 'turning.' so vers. 20,24,25....
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 ARMOURY] the site of 'the house of the forest of Lebanon' (1 Kings 10:17; 1 Kings 10:21; Isaiah 22:8)....
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...
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...
AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL. — Literally, _the armoury of the corner:_ the north-west corner of the “city of David,” with its special wall....
וַ יְחַזֵּ֨ק עַל ־יָדֹ֜ו עֵ֧זֶר בֶּן ־יֵשׁ֛וּ
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...
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the (d) turning [of the wall]. (d) Where the weapons and armour of the...
_Strong corner, noted for some fortress, tower, (Calmet) or arsenal. (Vatable) (Du Hamel) --- Septuagint, "the ascent connecting the corner." (Haydock)_...
(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...
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning [of the wall]. Ver. 19. _Another piece_] Or, a second measu...
_The going up to the armory_ Either to the house, or the forest of Lebanon, which was their armory from Solomon's days, (Isaiah 22:8,) or to some other place, which, either before or since that time,...
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 THE LOWER CITY...
And next to him repaired Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece, in addition to that mentioned in verse 7, OVER AGAINST THE GOING UP TO THE ARMORY AT THE TURNING OF THE WALL, an a...
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...
TO THE ARMORY; either to the house of the forest of Lebanon, which was their armory from Solomon's days, ISAIAH 22:8; or to some other place, which either before or since that time had been used as an...
Nehemiah 3:19 him H3027 Ezer H5829 son H1121 Jeshua H3442 leader H8269 Mizpah H4709 repaired H2388 (H8762) another
‘And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, opposite the ascent to the armoury at the turning (of the wall).' ‘Next to him', as in Nehemiah 3:17, may be in...
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...
2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 12:8; Nehemiah 3:15...