Nehemiah 12:27-43
dedication .......................... dedication <02598> [A.M. 3559. B.C. 445. the dedication.]
Jerusalem was the holy city, and the wall was built under the immediate superintendence and blessing of Jehovah: it was therefore proper that it should be dedicated to that God who was there worshipped by solemn praises, prayers, and sacrifices. The dedication seems to have consisted in processions of the most eminent persons around the walls, with thanksgivings to God, who had enabled them to bring the work to so happy a conclusion; and, no doubt, to all this were added a particular consecration of the city to God, and the most earnest invocation that He would take it under His guardianship, and defend it and its inhabitants against their enemies.
places <04725> [out.]
joyfully <08057> [gladness.]
thanksgiving <08426> [thanksgivings.]
district <03603> [plain.]
Netophathites <05200> [Netophathi.]
Beth <01004> [the house.]
Or, Beth-Gilgal, a village erected where the Israelites encamped after they had crossed the Jordan.
Geba <01387> [Geba.]
Azmaveth <05820> [Azmaveth.]
purified .... purified <02891> [themselves.]
leaders <08269> [the princes.]
two large <08147 01419> [two great.]
Dung Gate <08179 0830> [dung gate.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
trumpets <02689> [with trumpets.]
Zechariah <02148> [Zechariah.]
musical instruments <03627 07892> [musical instruments.]
Ezra <05830> [Ezra.]
Fountain Gate ............................... Gate <08179 05869> [the fountain gate.]
steps <04609> [the stairs.]
Jerusalem was built on very uneven ground, some hills being enclosed within the walls, there was a necessity, therefore, for steps, by which to ascend and descend; probably similar to what is seen in the city of Bristol.
Gate .............................. Water Gate <08179 04325> [water gate.]
second <08145> [other.]
Tower <04026> [tower.]
Broad <07342> [broad.]
Ephraim Gate .... Gate .... Gate ............... Gate ...... Gate <0669 08179> [the gate of Ephraim.]
<03465> [the old.]
Gate .... Gate ... Fish Gate ............... Gate ...... Gate <08179 01709> [the fish gate.]
Tower ...... Tower <04026> [the tower.]
Sheep <06629> [the sheep.]
Guard <04307> [the prison.]
trumpets <02689> [with trumpets.]
loudly <08085> [sang loud. Heb. made their voice to be heard.]
under the direction <06496> [overseer.]
offered <02076> [offered.]
God <0430> [God.]
women ... children <0802 03206> [the wives also.]
joy ......... rejoicing <08057> [the joy.]
