Nehemiah 3:1 - Commentary

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Text -- Nehemiah 3:1 (NET)

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The Names of the Builders

3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

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Names, People and Places:

· Eliashib chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary,son of Eli-O-Enai, (Hananiah Zerubbabel David),high priest in the days of Nehemiah,a Levite singer who agreed to put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Zattu clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife,a chief priest; son of Joiakim

· Hananel a tower on the wall of Jerusalem

· Sheep Gate the gate in the wall of Jerusalem on northeastern corner,a gate into Jerusalem

· sheep gate the gate in the wall of Jerusalem on northeastern corner,a gate into Jerusalem

· Tower of Hananel a specific tower on the northern wall of Jerusalem

· Tower of the Hundred a specific tower on the northern wall of Jerusalem