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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;...
  

• 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....
  

• Nehemiah

  [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...
  

• 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.
  

• Goldsmith

  [ebd] (Neh. 3:8,32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word so rendered means properly a founder or finer.
  [isbe] GOLDSMITH - gold'-smith (tsreph): Goldsmiths are first mentioned in connection with the building of the tabernacle (Ex 31:4; 36:1). Later, goldsmiths' guilds are mentioned (Neh 3:8,32). The art of refining gold and shaping i...
  [nave] GOLDSMITH, 2 Chr. 2:7, 14; Neh. 3:8, 31, 32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6. See: Gold.
  

• 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...
  

• 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. ...
  

• 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, ...
  

• 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...
  

• Zalaph

  [isbe] ZALAPH - za'-laf (tsalaph, "caper-plant"): Father of Hanun, one of the repairers of the wall (Neh 3:30).
  [smith] (wound) father of Hanun, who assisted in rebuilding the city wall. (Nehemiah 3:30)
  [nave] ZALAPH, father of Hanun, Neh. 3:30.
  

• Hananiah

  [ebd] Jehovah has given. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4,23). (3.) One of Uzziah's military officers (2 Chr. 26:11). (4.) Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jere...
  [isbe] HANANIAH - han-a-ni'-a (chananyahu, chananyah; Ananias; also with aspirate, "Yahweh hath been gracious"): This was a common name in Israel for many centuries. (1) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:24). (2) A captain of Uzziah's army (2 Ch...
  [nave] HANANIAH 1. Son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 23. 2. A captain of Uzziah's army, 2 Chr. 26:11. 3. Father of Zedekiah, Jer. 36:12. 4. A prophet of Gibeon who uttered false prophecies in the temple during the reign of Zedekiah, Je...
  

• Zadok

  [isbe] ZADOK - za'-dok (tsadowq, once tsadhoq (1 Ki 1:26), similar to tsaddiq, and tsadduq, post-Biblical, meaning justus, "righteous"; Septuagint Sadok): Cheyne in Encyclopedia Biblica suggests that Zadok was a modification of a G...
  [smith] (just). Son of Ahitub and one of the two chief priests in the time of David, Abiathar being the other. Zadok was of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, (1 Chronicles 24:3) and eleventh in descent from Aaron. (1 Chro...
  [nave] ZADOK 1. High priest in time of David's reign, 2 Sam. 19:11; 20:25; 1 Chr. 15:11; 16:39. Removes the ark from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's usurpation; returns with it at David's command, 2 Sam. 15:24-36; 17:15, 17-21....
  

• Immer

  [ebd] talkative. (1.) The head of the sixteenth priestly order (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) Jer. 20:1. (3.) Ezra 2:37; Neh. 7:40. (4.) Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. (5.) The father of Zadok (Neh. 3:29).
  [isbe] IMMER - im'-er ('immer): (1) A priest of David's time (1 Ch 24:14), whose descendants are mentioned in Ezr 2:37; 10:20; Neh 3:29; 7:40; 11:13. (2) A priest of Jeremiah's time (Jer 20:1). (3) A place in Babylonia (Ezr 2:59; N...
  [nave] IMMER 1. A family of priests, 1 Chr. 9:12; Ezra 2:37; 10:20; Neh. 7:40; 11:13. 2. Head of a division of priests, 1 Chr. 24:14. 3. Name of a man or town, Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. 4. Father of Zadok, Neh. 3:29. 5. Father of P...
  

• Berechiah

  [isbe] BERECHIAH - ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:20). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Ch 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Ch 15:17). (3) A f...
  [smith] (blessed of Jehovah). A descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:20) A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:4,30; 6:18) A Levite. (1 C...
  [nave] BERECHIAH 1. Father of Asaph, 1 Chr. 15:17, 23. Called Berachiah, 1 Chr. 6:39. 2. A warrior of Ephraim, 2 Chr. 28:12. 3. A brother of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:20. 4. Son of Asa, 1 Chr. 9:16. 5. Son of Iddo, Zech. 1:1, 7. 6...
  

• ASCENT

  [isbe] ASCENT - a-sent': (1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and American) 14 times correctly, of Hebrew ma`aleh, "ascent," "pass," as a geographical term (the King James Version Nu 34:4;...
  

• Miphkad

  [smith] (appointed place), The gate, one of the gates of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:31) It was probably not in the wall of Jerusalem proper, but in that of the city of David, or Zion, and somewhere near to the junction of the two on the ...
  [nave] MIPHKAD Neh. 3:31
  

• Shechaniah

  [smith] (dweller with Jehovah). A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. ...
  [nave] SHECHANIAH 1. A descendant of David, 1 Chr. 3:21, 22. 2. Two men whose descendants returned with Ezra from captivity in Babylon, Ezra 8:3, 5. 3. A Jew who proposed to Ezra the putting away of Gentile wives, Ezra 10:2. 4. ...
  

• Rebuilding the Wall

  

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