Nehemiah 3:7
Gibeonite <01393> [the Gibeonite.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
jurisdiction <03678> [the throne.]
That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode: for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors.
Nehemiah 3:11
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Pahath-Moab <06355> [Pahath-moab.]
another section <04060 08145> [other piece. Heb. second measure. the tower.]
Nehemiah 3:14
Dung Gate <08179 0830> [the dung gate.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Beth Hakkerem <01021> [Beth-haccerem.]
Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. ch. 6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:17
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Keilah <07084> [Keilah.]
Nehemiah 3:20-21
Zabbai <02079> [Zabbai. or, Zaccai. earnestly.]
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
Meremoth <04822> [Meremoth.]
Hakkoz <06976> [Koz.]
Nehemiah 3:24
Binnui <01131> [Binnui.]
another ... from <08145 04060> [another piece.]
That which had been left by Azariah, after he had repaired the wall by his own house. It is probable that some of the principal people were either obliged, or voluntarily offered, to repair those parts of the wall which were opposite, or adjacent, to their own houses. The names of those who repaired the walls are commemorated, because it was an undertaking of piety, virtue, and courage, to restore the holy city.
buttress <04740> [the turning.]
Nehemiah 3:31
goldsmiths <06885> [the goldsmith's.]
room above ... corner <06438 05944> [going up of the corner. or, corner-chamber.]
