Discovery BoxPsalms 51:18
Context51:18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! 1
Fortify 2 the walls of Jerusalem! 3
Psalms 102:13-16
Context102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. 4
For it is time to have mercy on her,
for the appointed time has come.
102:14 Indeed, 5 your servants take delight in her stones,
and feel compassion for 6 the dust of her ruins. 7
102:15 The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, 8
and all the kings of the earth will respect 9 his splendor,
102:16 when the Lord rebuilds Zion,
and reveals his splendor,
Nehemiah 3:1-16
Context3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues 10 arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated 11 it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred 12 and 13 the Tower of Hananel. 3:2 The men of Jericho 14 built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them. 15
3:3 The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 3:4 Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them. 3:5 The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders 16 would not assist 17 with the work of their master. 18
3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. 19 They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 3:7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction 20 of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. 3:8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered 21 the city wall of Jerusalem 22 as far as the Broad Wall. 3:9 Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them. 3:10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite 23 his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him. 3:11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots. 3:12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters. 24
3:13 Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet 25 of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
3:14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, 26 by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David. 3:16 Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.
Nehemiah 7:4
Context7:4 Now the city was spread out 27 and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. 28 At that time houses had not been rebuilt.
Isaiah 14:32
Context14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? 29
Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;
the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
Isaiah 62:7
Context62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, 30
until he makes Jerusalem the pride 31 of the earth.
Jeremiah 31:4
Context31:4 I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, 32
so that you will once again be built up.
Once again you will take up the tambourine
and join in the happy throng of dancers. 33
Daniel 9:25
Context9:25 So know and understand:
From the issuing of the command 34 to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem 35 until an anointed one, a prince arrives, 36
there will be a period of seven weeks 37 and sixty-two weeks.
It will again be built, 38 with plaza and moat,
but in distressful times.
Matthew 16:18
Context16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades 39 will not overpower it.
[51:18] 1 tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”
[51:18] 2 tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
[51:18] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[102:13] 4 tn The imperfect verbal forms are understood as expressing the psalmist’s confidence in God’s intervention. Another option is to take them as expressing the psalmist’s request or wish, “You, rise up and have compassion!”
[102:14] 6 tn The Poel of חָנַן (khanan) occurs only here and in Prov 14:21, where it refers to having compassion on the poor.
[102:14] 7 tn Heb “her dust,” probably referring to the dust of the city’s rubble.
[102:15] 8 tn Heb “will fear the name of the
[102:15] 9 tn The verb “will fear” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).
[3:1] 10 tn Heb “his brothers the priests.”
[3:1] 11 tn Or “consecrated” (so NASB, NRSV); KJV, ASV “sanctified”; NCV “gave it to the Lord’s service.”
[3:1] 12 tc The MT adds קִדְּשׁוּהוּ (qidshuhu, “they sanctified it”). This term is repeated from the first part of the verse, probably as an intentional scribal addition to harmonize this statement with the preceding parallel statement.
[3:1] 13 tc The translation reads וְעַד (vÿ’ad, “and unto”) rather than the MT reading עַד (ad, “unto”). The original vav (ו) was probably dropped accidentally due to haplography with the final vav on the immediately preceding word in the MT.
[3:2] 14 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
[3:5] 16 tn Heb “their nobles.”
[3:5] 17 tn Heb “bring their neck.”
[3:5] 18 tn The plural form אֲדֹנֵיהֶם (’adonehem, “lords”) is probably a plural of majesty referring to Nehemiah (e.g., Isa 19:4; see GKC 399 §124.i). However, some English versions take the plural to refer to the “supervisors” (NIV, NCV, TEV) and others to “their Lord” (KJV, NRSV).
[3:6] 19 tn Or “the Old Gate” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).
[3:7] 20 tn Heb “to the seat.”
[3:8] 21 tc Assuming that the MT reading וַיַּעַזְבוּ (vayya’azvu) is related to the root עָזַב I (“to abandon”) – which makes little sense contextually – some interpreters emend the MT to וַיַּעַזְרוּ (vayya’azru, “they aided”), as suggested by the editors of BHS. However, it is better to relate this term to the root II עָזַב meaning “to restore; to repair” (BDB 738 s.v. II עָזַב) or “to plaster” (HALOT 807 s.v. II עזב qal.1). This homonymic root is rare, appearing elsewhere only in Exod 23:5 and Job 9:27, where it means “to restore; to put in order” (HALOT 807-8 s.v. II עזב qal.2). The related Mishnaic Hebrew noun מעזיבה refers to a “plastered floor.” This Hebrew root is probably related to the cognate Ugaritic, Old South Arabic and Sabean verbs that mean “to restore” and “to prepare; to lay” (see BDB 738 s.v.; HALOT 807 s.v.). Some scholars in the nineteenth century suggested that this term be nuanced “paved.” However, most modern English versions have “restored” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “rebuilt” (so NCV, CEV).
[3:8] 22 tn Heb “[the city wall of] Jerusalem.” The term “Jerusalem” probably functions as a metonymy of association for the city wall of Jerusalem. Accordingly, the phrase “the city wall of” has been supplied in the translation to clarify this figurative expression.
[3:10] 23 tc The translation reads נֶגֶד (neged, “before”) with a few medieval Hebrew
[3:12] 24 tc The reference to daughters, while not impossible, is odd in light of the cultural improbability that young women would participate in the strenuous labor of rebuilding city walls. All other such references in the Book of Nehemiah presuppose male laborers. Not surprisingly, some scholars suspect a textual problem. One medieval Hebrew
[3:13] 25 tn Heb “one thousand cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long, so this section of the wall would be about fifteen hundred feet (450 m).
[3:15] 26 tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV “Shelah”). It apparently refers to the Pool of Siloam whose water supply came from the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah’s Tunnel built in 701
[7:4] 27 tn Heb “wide of two hands.”
[7:4] 28 tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”
[14:32] 29 sn The question forces the Philistines to consider the dilemma they will face – surrender and oppression, or battle and death.
[62:7] 30 tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.
[62:7] 31 tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”
[31:4] 32 tn Heb “Virgin Israel.”
[31:4] 33 sn Contrast Jer 7:34 and 25:10.
[9:25] 34 tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).
[9:25] 35 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[9:25] 36 tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.
[9:25] 37 tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).
[9:25] 38 tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
[16:18] 39 tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).
