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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 3:7

i.e. Unto the place where the governor of the country on this side the river Euphrates, for and under the Persian kings, sometimes had a palace or throne, to which all persons living in the adjacent parts were to resort for judgment. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 3:1-32

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 sheep gate] In regard to the gates of ancient Jerusalem much uncertainty prevails. The sheep gate probably the προβατικὴ of John 5:2, translated in E. V. “sheep market.” Modern topographers seek it near the present St. Stephen’s gate, through which the Bedouins to this day drive sheep into the town... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 3:1-32

Chapter 3And 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 through chapter 3, but go on to chapter 4. " read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 3:1-32

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 the exercises of devotion, it being a chamber of justice over the gate, as well as a tower of defence: David sanctified his palace. Psalms 30:0. Nehemiah 3:3 . The fish gate, on the north side of the city, where fish from the sea of Galilee was sold. Nehemiah 3:6 . The old gate, in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 3:1-32

Nehemiah 3:1-32Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren.The builders at workUnity in diversity seems to be the principle on which God works both in the natural and spiritual world--a truth which is capable of almost endless illustration.I. We see it, for instance, in an individual church. What a variety of mental constitution and habits of thought; what difference in training, in education, and, consequently, in apprehension of spiritual things, and also in time, opportunity and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 3:7

Neh 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. Ver. 7. Unto the throne of the governor ] i.e. Of the king of Persia’s viceroy, who had there his throne, or tribunal. But to what a height of pride were the bishops grown, that sat in thrones, and from on high despised their fellow servants! this was their ruin, God putts down the mighty from their throne, and exalts... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 3:7

the Gibeonite: Joshua 9:3-Daniel :, 2 Samuel 21:2 Mizpah: Nehemiah 3:19, 2 Chronicles 16:6 the throne: That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode: for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Nehemiah 3:7

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.The throne — Unto the place where the governor of the country on this side Euphrates, under the Persian kings, sometimes had a palace or throne. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 3:7

7. Meronothite A native or inhabitant of Meronoth, but no place of this name is now known. Compare 1 Chronicles 27:30. Unto the throne of the governor The official residence of the Persian governor of Jerusalem. The governor of Jerusalem was one of the several officers of like character and authority on the west of the Euphrates. Comp. Nehemiah 2:7. The throne is to be understood of the seat or tribunal where the governor sat to hear cases and dispense justice, and seems to have been... read more