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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>. 3:21 After <0310> him Meremoth <04822> son <01121> of Uriah <0223>, the son <01121> of Hakkoz <06976>, worked on another <08145> section <04060> from the door <06607> of Eliashib’s <0475> house <01004> to <05704> the end <08503> of it. 3:22 After <0310> him the priests <03548> worked <02388>, men <0376> of the nearby district <03603>. 3:23 After <0310> them Benjamin <01144> and Hasshub <02815> worked <02388> opposite <05048> their house <01004>. After <0310> them Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641>, the son <01121> of Ananiah <06055>, worked <02388> near <0681> his house <01004>. 3:24 After <0310> him Binnui <01131> son <01121> of Henadad <02582> worked on <02388> another <08145> section, from <04060> the house <01004> of Azariah <05838> to <05704> the buttress <04740> and the corner <06438>. 3:25 After him Palal <06420> son <01121> of Uzai <0186> worked opposite <05048> the buttress <04740> and the tower <04026> that protrudes <03318> from the upper <05945> palace <04428> <01004> of the court <02691> of the guard <04307>. After <0310> him Pedaiah <06305> son <01121> of Parosh <06551> 3:26 and the temple servants <05411> who were <01961> living <03427> on Ophel <06077> worked up to <05704> the area opposite <05048> the Water <04325> Gate <08179> toward the east <04217> and the protruding <03318> tower <04026>. 3:27 After <0310> them the men of Tekoa <08621> worked on <02388> another <08145> section <04060>, from opposite <05048> the great <01419> protruding <03318> tower <04026> to <05704> the wall <02346> of Ophel <06077>. 3:28 Above <05921> the Horse <05483> Gate <08179> the priests <03548> worked <02388>, each <0376> in front of <05048> his house <01004>. 3:29 After <0310> them Zadok <06659> son <01121> of Immer <0564> worked <02388> opposite <05048> his house <01004>, and after <0310> him Shemaiah <08098> son <01121> of Shecaniah <07935>, guard <08104> at the East <04217> Gate <08179>, worked <02388>. 3:30 After <0310> him Hananiah <02608> son <01121> of Shelemiah <08018>, and Hanun <02586>, the sixth <08345> son <01121> of Zalaph <06764>, worked on <02388> another <08145> section <04060>. After <0310> them Meshullam <04918> son <01121> of Berechiah <01296> worked <02388> opposite <05048> his quarters <05393>. 3:31 After <0310> him Malkijah <04441>, one <01121> of the goldsmiths <06885>, worked <02388> as far as <05704> the house <01004> of the temple servants <05411> and the traders <07402>, opposite <05048> the Inspection <04663> Gate <08179>, and up to <05704> the room above <05944> the corner <06438>. 3:32 And between <0996> the room above <05944> the corner <06438> and the Sheep <06629> Gate <08179> the goldsmiths <06884> and traders <07402> worked <02388>.

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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....
  

• Ophel

  [ebd] hill; mound, the long, narrow, rounded promontory on the southern slope of the temple hill, between the Tyropoeon and the Kedron valley (2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27). It was surrounded by a separate wall, and was occup...
  [isbe] OPHEL - o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2 Ch 27:3; 33:14; Neh 3:26 f; 11:21; and without article, Isa 32:14 and Mic 4:8; also 2 Ki 5:24)): 1. Meaning of Name: There has been considerable divergence of opinion with regard to the meaning o...
  [smith] (hill), a part of ancient Jerusalem. Ophel was the swelling declivity by which the mount of the temple slopes on its southern side into the valley of Hinnom--a long, narrowish rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes betw...
  [nave] OPHEL, a gate in the wall of the city and the temple, 2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27.
  

• HANUN

  [ebd] graciously given. (1.) The son and successor of Nahash, king of Moab. David's messengers, sent on an embassy of condolence to him to Rabbah Ammon, his capital, were so grossly insulted that he proclaimed war against Hanun. D...
  [isbe] HANUN - ha'-nun (chanun, "favored," "pitied"): (1) A son and successor of Nahash, king of Ammon. Upon the death of Nahash, David sent sympathetic communications to Hanun, which were misinterpreted and the messengers dishonor...
  [smith] (favored). Son of Nahash (2 Samuel 10:1,2; 1 Chronicles 19:1,2) king of Ammon, who dishonored the ambassadors of David, (2 Samuel 10:4) and involved the Ammonites in a disastrous war, (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chroni...
  

• Shelemiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39. (2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh. 3:30). (3.) A priest in the time of Nehemiah (13:13). (4.) Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jer. 37:3; 38:1). (5.) Father of a c...
  [isbe] SHELEMIAH - shel-e-mi'-a, she-lem'-ya (shelemyah; Codex Vaticanus Selemia, Codex Alexandrinus (Selemias): (1) One of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezr 10:39), called "Selemias" in 1 Esdras 9...
  [smith] (repaid by Jehovah). One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:30) (B.C. 458.) The father of Hananiah. (Nehemiah 3:30) A priest in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 13:13) The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the ti...
  [nave] SHELEMIAH 1. A porter of the tabernacle, 1 Chr. 26:14. 2. Name of two descendants of Bani who put away Gentile wives, Ezra 10:39, 41. 3. Father of Hananiah, Neh. 3:30. 4. A priest made treasurer by Nehemiah, Neh. 13:13. ...
  

• 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...
  

• Pedaiah

  [ebd] redemption of the Lord. (1.) The father of Zebudah, who was the wife of Josiah and mother of king Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36). (2.) The father of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:17-19). (3.). The father of Joel, ruler of the half-tribe o...
  [isbe] PEDAIAH - pe-da'-ya, pe-di'-a (pedhayahu, "Yah redeems"): (1) Father of Joel, who was ruler of Western Manasseh in David's reign (1 Ch 27:20). Form pedhayah (see above). (2) Pedaiah of Rumah (2 Ki 23:36), father of Zebudah, ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah redeems). The father of Zebudah, mother of King Jehoiakim. (2 Kings 23:38) (B.C. before 648.) The brother of Salathiel or Shealtiel and father of Zerubbabel who is usually called the "son of Shealtiel," bein...
  [nave] PEDAIAH 1. Grandfather of King Josiah, 2 Kin. 23:36. 2. Father of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:18, 19. 3. Father of Joel, 1 Chr. 27:20. 4. Son of Parosh, Neh. 3:25. 5. A Levite appointed as treasurer by Nehemiah, Neh. 8:4; 13:13...
  

• 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...
  

• Nethinim

  [isbe] NETHINIM - neth'-i-nim (nethinim, "given"; Natheineim; the King James Version Nethinims): 1. Meaning: A group of temple-servants (1 Ch 9:2 and 16 times in Ezra and Nehemiah). The word has always the article, and does not occ...
  [nave] NETHINIM Servants of the Levites, Ezra 8:20. Return from the captivity, 1 Chr. 9:2; Ezra 2:43, 58, 70; 7:7, 24; 8:17; Neh. 3:26, 31; 7:46, 60, 73; 10:28; 11:3, 21.
  

• Gihon

  [nave] GIHON 1. A river in Egypt, Gen. 2:13. 2. Pools near Jerusalem, 1 Kin. 1:33, 38, 45. Hezekiah brings the waters of the upper pool by an aqueduct into the city of Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 32:4, 30; 33:14; Neh. 2:13-15; 3:13-16; Isa...
  

• Malchiah

  [ebd] Jehovah's king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A priest, the father of Pashur (1 Chr. 9:12; Jer. 38:1). (3.) One of the priests appointed as musicians to celebrate...
  [nave] MALCHIAH Called also Malchijah. 1. A Gershonite, 1 Chr. 6:40. 2. Called also Melchiah. An Aaronite, 1 Chr. 9:12; Neh. 11:12; Jer. 21:1; 38:1. 3. Head of a division of priests, 1 Chr. 24:9. 4. Name of three exiles, Ezra 10...
  

• Henadad

  [isbe] HENADAD - hen'-a-dad (chenadhadh, "favor of Hadad"; Septuagint Henaad; Henadad; Henadab; Henalab (Ezr 3:9; Neh 3:18,24; 10:9)): One of the heads of the Levites in the post-exilic community.
  [nave] HENADAD, a Levite, Ezra 3:9; Neh. 3:18, 24; 10:9.
  

• Zabbai

  [ebd] wanderer; pure. (1.) Ezra 10:28. (2.) The father of Baruch, who "earnestly repaired" part of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:20; marg., "Zaccai").
  [isbe] ZABBAI - zab'-a-i, zab'-i ( zabbay, meaning unknown; Zabou): (1) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:28) = "Jozabdus" of 1 Esdras 9:29. (2) Father of Baruch (Neh 3:20). The Qere has zakkay = "Zaccai"of Ezr 2:9...
  [smith] (pure). One of the descendants of Bebai who had married a foreign wife in the days of Ezra. (Ezra 10:28) (B.C. 458.) Father of Baruch who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall. (Nehemiah 3:20) (B.C. before 446.)
  [nave] ZABBAI 1. Son of Bebai, Ezra 10:28. 2. Father of Baruch, Neh. 3:20.
  

• Shemaiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Le...
  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• 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...
  

• Bani

  [ebd] built. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David's thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36). (3.) Ezra 2:10; 10:29,34,38. (4.) A Levite who was prominent in the reforms on the return from Babylon (Neh. 8:7; 9:4,5). His son R...
  [isbe] BANI - ba'-ni (bani, "posterity"): (1) A Gadite, one of David's mighty men (2 Sam 23:36). (2) A Levite whose son was appointed for service in the tabernacle at David's time (1 Ch 6:46). (3) A Judahite whose son lived in Jeru...
  [smith] (built). A Gadite, one of David?s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:36) (B.C. 1046.) A Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan. (1 Chronicles 6:46) A man of Judah of the line of Pharez. (1 Chronicles 9:4) "Chil...
  [nave] BANI 1. A Gadite, 2 Sam. 23:36. 2. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:46. 3. A descendant of Pharez, 1 Chr. 9:4. 4. Father of returned exiles, Ezra 2:10; 10:29. Called Biui, Neh. 7:15. 5. A Levite of the returned exiles, Neh. 3:17; 8:7...
  

• Rebuilding the Wall

  

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