Nehemiah 3:16

_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 MIGHTY._ Nehemiah ... the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, х_ SAR_ (H8269) _ CHªTSIY_ (H2677) _ PELEK_ (H6418)] - chief of the half district or circuit. Beth-zur (now Beit-sur), which was one of the strongest fortresses in Judea, was not far from Hal-hul (Joshua 15:58), on the way from Jerusalem to Hebron (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 1:, p. 320; 3:, p. 14; also 'Handbook of Syria and Palestine,' p. 72). THE SEPULCHRES OF DAVID, AND TO THE POOL THAT WAS MADE, AND UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE MIGHTY - i:e., along the precip

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 _band of_ _soldiers_ was kept, or the _city guard_....

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 Ezekiel 43:7, and on its western side. The position of the burial-place was well known until the destruction of the city by Titus; but modern research has not yet discovered it. THE POOL - Probably that made by Hezekiah in the Tyropoeon valley, west of the temple area (marginal reference)....

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTIES, WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPERINTENDED THE BUILDING (Nehemiah 3:1. ). The especial object of this chapter seems to be the rendering of honour where honour was due—the putting on record of the names of the men who boldly came to the front on this occasion, sacrificed their ease to their duty, and exposed themselves to a threatened hostile attack (Nehemiah 4:8). Though Nehemiah's eloquence had ca

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 (Nehemiah 3:13) 5. The repairers of the dung gate (Nehemiah 3:14) 6. The repairers of the gate of the fountain (Nehemiah 3:15) 7. The repairers of the water 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. as RV), thus betraying a connexion with something which must originally have preceded it. As the text now stands, the contents of the section do not follow on logically after Nehemiah 2:20. Further, the description here given, in itself incomplete, of the distribution of the work represents the different parts of the wall as having been repaired simultaneously, but this is contradicted by Nehemiah 6:1....

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. Hebrew, plural of _gibbor._ App-14....

_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 Hebron and was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:7). From the mention of it in this verse we may gather that it ranked as an important town on the Southern frontier. In the Maccabean Wars it appears as a strongly fortified place and the scene of three of the bloodiest conflicts (cf. 1Ma 4:29; 1Ma 11:65-66; 1Ma 14:7. _unto_the place _over against the sepulchres of David_ This must have been a well-known spot opposite the tombs of the former kings of Judah. From the way in which these are mentioned in...

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 consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built. 3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4 And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs. 5 Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters, 6 And Joiada the

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 of certain towns, and different professional and trading bodies. The description of the several sections of the wall begins near the Temple at the SHEEP-GATE, through which the flocks used to be driven for sacrifice. The writer's purpose in enumerating all who undertook to rebuild these sections is to put on record the names of those who devoted their labour and their substance to restoring the city which protected Jehovah's sanctuary, and to challenge the emulation of later generations....