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3:1 Then Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest <03548> and his priestly <03548> colleagues <0251> arose <06965> and built <01129> the <0853> Sheep <06629> Gate <08179>. They <01992> dedicated <06942> it and erected <05975> its doors <01817>, working as far as <05704> the Tower <04026> of the Hundred <03968> and the Tower <04026> of Hananel <02606>. 3:2 The men <0582> of Jericho <03405> built <01129> adjacent <03027> <05921> to it, and Zaccur <02139> son <01121> of Imri <0566> built <01129> adjacent <03027> <05921> to them. 3:3 The sons <01121> of Hassenaah <05570> rebuilt <01129> the Fish <01709> Gate <08179>. They <01992> laid <07136> its beams <07136> and positioned <05975> its doors <01817>, its bolts <04514>, and its bars <01280>. 3:4 Meremoth <04822> son <01121> of Uriah <0223>, the son <01121> of Hakoz <06976>, worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent to them. Meshullam <04918> son <01121> of Berechiah <01296> the son <01121> of Meshezabel <04898> worked <02388> on the section next <03027> <05921> to them. And Zadok <06659> son <01121> of Baana <01195> worked <02388> on the section adjacent to them. 3:5 The men of Tekoa <08621> worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders <0117> would not <03808> assist <06677> <0935> with the work <05656> of their master <0113>. 3:6 Joiada <03111> son <01121> of Paseah <06454> and Meshullam <04918> son <01121> of Besodeiah <01152> worked <02388> on the Jeshanah <03465> Gate <08179>. They <01992> laid its beams <07136> and positioned <05975> its doors <01817>, its bolts <04514>, and its bars <01280>. 3:7 Adjacent <03027> <05921> to them worked <02388> Melatiah <04424> the Gibeonite <01393> and Jadon <03036> the Meronothite <04824>, who were men <0376> of Gibeon <01391> and Mizpah <04709>. These towns were under the jurisdiction <03678> of the governor <06346> of Trans-Euphrates <05104> <05676>. 3:8 Uzziel <05816> son <01121> of Harhaiah <02736>, a member of the goldsmiths <06884>’ guild, worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to him. Hananiah <02608>, a member <01121> of the perfumers <07546>’ guild, worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to him. They plastered <05800> the city wall of Jerusalem <03389> as far as <05704> the Broad <07342> Wall <02346>. 3:9 Rephaiah <07509> son <01121> of Hur <02354>, head <08269> of a half-district <06418> <02677> of Jerusalem <03389>, worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to them. 3:10 Jedaiah <03042> son <01121> of Harumaph <02739> worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to them opposite <05048> his house <01004>, and Hattush <02407> son <01121> of Hashabneiah <02813> worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to him. 3:11 Malkijah <04441> son <01121> of Harim <02766> and Hasshub <02815> son <01121> of Pahath-Moab <06355> worked <02388> on another <08145> section <04060> and the Tower <04026> of the Fire Pots <08574>. 3:12 Shallum <07967> son <01121> of Hallohesh <03873>, head <08269> of a half-district <06418> <02677> of Jerusalem <03389>, worked <02388> on <05921> the section adjacent <03027> to him, assisted by his daughters <01323>. 3:13 Hanun <02586> and the residents <03427> of Zanoah <02182> worked <02388> on the Valley <01516> Gate <08179>. They <01992> rebuilt <01129> it and positioned <05975> its doors <01817>, its bolts <04514>, and its bars <01280>, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet <0520> <0505> of the wall <02346> as far as <05704> the Dung <0830> Gate <08179>. 3:14 Malkijah <04441> son <01121> of Recab <07394>, head <08269> of the district <06418> of Beth Hakkerem <01021>, worked <02388> on the Dung <0830> Gate <08179>. He rebuilt <01129> it and positioned <05975> its doors <01817>, its bolts <04514>, and its bars <01280>. 3:15 Shallun <07968> son <01121> of Col-Hozeh <03626>, head <08269> of the district <06418> of Mizpah <04709>, worked <02388> on the Fountain <05869> Gate <08179>. He <01931> rebuilt <01129> it, put on its roof <02926>, and positioned <05975> its doors <01817>, its bolts <04514>, and its bars <01280>. In addition, he rebuilt the wall <02346> of the Pool <01295> of Siloam <07975>, by the royal <04428> garden <01588>, as far as <05704> the steps <04609> that go down <03381> from the City <05892> of David <01732>. 3:16 Nehemiah <05166> son <01121> of Azbuk <05802>, head <08269> of a half-district <06418> <02677> of Beth Zur <01049>, worked <02388> after <0310> him as far as <05704> the tombs <06913> of David <01732> and <05704> the artificial pool <01295> and <05704> the House <01004> of the Warriors <01368>. 3:17 After <0310> him the Levites <03881> worked <02388>– Rehum <07348> son <01121> of Bani <01137> and after him Hashabiah <02811>, head <08269> of half <02677> the district <06418> of Keilah <07084>, for his district <06418>. 3:18 After <0310> him their relatives <0251> worked <02388>– Binnui <0942> son <01121> of Henadad <02582>, head <08269> of a half-district <06418> <02677> of Keilah <07084>. 3:19 Adjacent <03027> to <05921> him Ezer <05829> son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, head <08269> of Mizpah <04709>, worked <02388> on another <08145> section <04060>, opposite <05048> the ascent <05927> to the armory <05402> at the buttress <04740>. 3:20 After <0310> him Baruch <01263> son <01121> of Zabbai <02079> worked on <02388> another <08145> section <04060>, from <04480> the buttress <04740> to <05704> the door <06607> of the house <01004> of Eliashib <0475> the high <01419> priest <03548>.

• Neh 3:1-32 -- The Names of the Builders

• Jerusalem

  [smith] (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46? 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18? 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samar...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Nehemiah

  [ebd] comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was one of the "Jews of the d...
  [smith] (consolation of the Lord). Son of Hachaliah, and apparently of the tribe of Judah. All that we know certainly concerning him is contained in the book which bears his name. We first find him at Shushan, the winter residence o...
  [nave] NEHEMIAH 1. Son of Hachaliah, Neh. 1:1. Cupbearer of Artaxerxes, Neh. 1:11; 2:1. Is grieved over the desolation of his country, Neh. 1. Is sent by the king to rebuild Jerusalem, Neh. 2:1-8. Register of the people whom he...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Country

  [nave] COUNTRY. Love of Judg. 5:1-31; 2 Sam. 10:12; Neh. 1:1-11; Neh. 2:1-20 chapters 3-6.Neh. 5:1-18; Psa. 137:1-6 The Jews held church and country as one, therefore See: Church, Love for. See also Patriotism.
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2

  [isbe] MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 - mak'-a-bez, I. 1 MACCABEES 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Historicity 5. Author's Standpoint and Aim 6. Date 7. Sources 8. Original Language 9. Text and Versions LITERATURE II. 2 MACCABEES 1....
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• JERUSALEM, 2

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 2 - IV. General Topography of Jerusalem. From the foregoing description of the "natural site," it will be seen that we have to deal with 5 natural subdivisions or hills, two on the western and three on the eastern...
  

• Meshullam

  [isbe] MESHULLAM - me-shul'-am (meshullam, "resigned" or "devoted"; compare Arabic Muslim; Mesollam): An Old Testament name very common in post-exilic times. (1) The grandfather of Shaphan (2 Ki 22:3). (2) A son of Zerubbabel (1 Ch...
  [smith] (friend). Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. (2 Kings 22:3) The son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19) A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13) A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] MESHULLAM 1. Grandfather of Shaphan, 2 Kin. 22:3. 2. A son of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:19. 3. A Gadite of Bashan, 1 Chr. 5:13. 4. Three Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:17; 9:7, 8. 5. An Aaronite, 1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11. 6. A priest, ...
  

• Eliashib

  [ebd] whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chr. 24:12). (2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 12:22, 23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1...
  [isbe] ELIASHIB - e-li'-a-shib ('elyashibh, "God restores"): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:24). (2) Head of the eleventh course of priests (1 Ch 24:12). (3) The high priest in the time of Nehemiah. He, with his brethren the pri...
  [smith] (whom God restores). A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1 Chronicles 24:12) One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24) Hi...
  [nave] ELIASHIB 1. A priest, 1 Chr. 24:12. 2. Name of three Israelites, mentioned in Ezra 10:24, 27, 36. 3. High priest, Neh. 3:1; 12:10; 13:4-9, 28. 4. Son of Elioenai, 1 Chr. 3:24.
  

• Persia

  [nave] PERSIA An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, Esth. 1:1; Dan. 6:1. Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations, Esth. 8:8; Dan. 6:8-12. Municipal gov...
  

• BAR (2)

  [isbe] BAR (2) - bar (substantive): (1) beriach = "a bolt" (Ex 26:26-29; 35:11; 36:31-34; 39:33; 40:18; Nu 3:36; 4:31; Dt 3:5; Jdg 16:3; 1 Sam 23:7; 1 Ki 4:13; 2 Ch 8:5; 14:7; Neh 3:3,6,13-15; Job 38:10 "bars and doors" for the sea...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• BOLT

  [isbe] BOLT - bolt (na`al, "to bind up"): The ancient Hebrews had fastenings of wood or iron for the doors of houses (2 Sam 13:17,18; Song 5:5), city gates (Neh 3:3,6,13-15), prison doors, etc. (Isa 45:2), which were in the form of...
  

• Mizpah

  [smith] and Miz?peh (a watch-tower), the name of several places in Palestine. The earliest of all, in order of the narrative, is the heap of stones piled up by Jacob and Laban, (Genesis 31:48) on Mount Gilead, ver. (Genesis 31:25) t...
  [nave] MIZPAH 1. A city allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:26. The Israelites assemble at, Judg. 20:1-3; and decree the penalty to be visited upon the Benjamites for their maltreatment of the Levite's concubine, Judg. 20:10. Assemble...
  

• Keilah

  [isbe] KEILAH - ke-i'-la (qe`ilah; Keeilam): (1) A city of the Shephelah mentioned (Josh 15:44) along with Nezib, Aehzib and Mareshah. Among those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem was "Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district o...
  [nave] KEILAH 1. One of a group of nine cities in the southern part of Palestine allotted to Judah, Josh. 15:44. Philistines make a predatory excursion against, after harvest, 1 Sam. 23:1. David rescues, 1 Sam. 23:2-13. Rulers o...
  

• Jedaiah

  [ebd] (1.) Invoker of Jehovah. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh. 3:10). (3.) Knowing Jehovah. The chief of one of the cour...
  [isbe] JEDAIAH - je-da'-ya, je-di'-a: (1) (yedha`yah, "Yah knows"): (a) A priest in Jerusalem (1 Ch 9:10; 24:7). (b) Ezr 2:36 = Neh 7:39, where "children of Jedaiah" are mentioned = "Jeddu" in 1 Esdras 5:24. (c) Jedaiah is among "t...
  [smith] A Simeonite, forefather of Ziza. (1 Chronicles 4:37) Son of Harumaph; a man who did his part in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:10) (B.C. 446.)
  [nave] JEDAIAH 1. Descendant of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. A returned exile, Neh. 3:10. 3. A priest of the captivity, 1 Chr. 9:10; 24:7; Ezra 2:36; Neh. 7:39. 4. A priest who dwelt at Jerusalem after the return of the captivity, Ne...
  

• Rehum

  [ebd] merciful. (1.) One of "the children of the province" who returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as "Nehum" (Neh. 7:7). (2.) The "chancellor" of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up against the Jews (Ezra 4:8-24) a...
  [isbe] REHUM - re'-hum (rechum, or rechum): (1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2; Neh 7:7 (by a copyist's error "Nehum"); 12:3; 1 Esdras 5:8, "Roimus"). (2) A Persian...
  [smith] (merciful). One who went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:2) (B.C. 536.) "Rehum the chancellor." (Ezra 4:8,9,17,23) He was perhaps a kind of lieutenant-governor of the province under the king of Persia. (B.C. 535.) A...
  [nave] REHUM 1. A captive who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, Ezra 2:2. Called Nehum, Neh. 7:7. 2. A chancellor who wrote a letter to Artaxerxes, influencing him against the Jews, Ezra 4:8, 9, 17, 23. 3. A Levite who repaire...
  

• Meremoth

  [ebd] exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3), to whom were sent the sacred vessels (Ezra 8:33) belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
  [isbe] MEREMOTH - mer'-e-moth, me-re'-moth (meremoth, "heights"; Mereimoth): (1) Son of Uriah (Ezr 8:33), who was head of the 7th course of priests appointed by David (1 Ch 24:10, Hakkoz = Koz; compare Neh 3:4,21). The family of Ko...
  [smith] (elevations), Son of Uriah or Urijah the priest, of the family of Koz or Hakkoz, the head of the seventh course of priests as established by David. In (Ezra 8:33) Meremoth is appointed to weigh and register the gold and silv...
  [nave] MEREMOTH 1. A priest who was appointed to weigh and register gold and silver vessels brought to Jerusalem, Ezra 8:33; Neh. 3:4, 21. 2. A Jew who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, Ezra 10:36. 3. A priest who se...
  

• Uzziel

  [ebd] strength of God. (1.) One of the sons of Kohath, and uncle of Aaron (Ex. 6:18; Lev. 10:4). (2.) A Simeonite captain (1 Chr. 4:39-43). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). (4.) One of the sons of Heman (...
  [isbe] UZZIEL - u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"): (1) A "son" of Kohath (Ex 6:18,22; Lev 10:4; Nu 3:19,30; 1 Ch 6:2,18 (Hebrew 5:28; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Lev 10:4 "uncle of Aar...
  [smith] (my strength is God). Fourth son of Kohath, father of Mishael, Eizaphan or Elizaphan and Zithri, and uncle to Aaron. (Exodus 6:18,22; Leviticus 10:4) (B.C. before 1491.) A Simeonite captain, son of Ishi, in the days of Hezek...
  [nave] UZZIEL 1. A son of Kohath, Ex. 6:18, 22; Lev. 10:4. 2. A Simeonite captain, 1 Chr. 4:42. 3. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 7:7. 4. One of David's musicians, 1 Chr. 25:4. 5. A Levite. Son of Jeduthun, 2 Chr. 29:14. 6. A goldsmith. ...
  

• Rebuilding the Wall

  

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