earnestly = zealously. This is said, to the everlasting memory, of Baruch. Proverbs 10:7 . door. Hebrew. pethach = entrance. Not same word as verses: Nehemiah 3:1 , Nehemiah 3:3 , Nehemiah 3:6 , Neh 1:13 , Neh 1:14 , Neh 1:15 . See longer note on Nehemiah 7:4 . read more
THE WALL THAT INCLUDED THE VALLEY GATE AND THE DUNG GATE REPAIRED"The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate."And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof."Thousands of the Israelites worked on the... read more
REGARDING THE WALL INCLUDING THE FOUNTAIN GATE"And the fountain gate repaired Shellun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall by the pool of Shelab by the king's garden even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of... read more
12. Shallum . . . he and his daughters—who were either heiresses or rich widows. They undertook to defray the expenses of a part of the wall next them. read more
13. the inhabitants of Zanoah—There were two towns so called in the territory of Judah (Joshua 15:34; Joshua 15:56). read more
14. Beth-haccerem—a city of Judah, supposed to be now occupied by Bethulia, on a hill of the same name, which is sometimes called also the mountain of the Franks, between Jerusalem and Tekoa. read more
16. the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty—that is, along the precipitous cliffs of Zion [BARCLAY]. read more
19. at the turning of the wall—that is, the wall across the Tyropoeligon, being a continuation of the first wall, connecting Mount Zion with the temple wall [BARCLAY]. read more
1. The workers and their work ch. 3Eliashib (Nehemiah 3:1) was evidently the grandson of Jeshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10; Ezra 3:2). Construction was an act of consecration because this was a project that God had ordained.Archaeologists continue to study the exact location of the wall at many places, as well as that of towers and gates. There is debate among them regarding various sites, as well as the total extent of the wall. Those who hold to a smaller city are "minimalists," [Note:... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 3:17
Keilah. Now Kila, about fifteen miles southeast of Jerusalem, in the Hebron mountains. See 1 Samuel 23:1-13 . read more