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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Green's Literal Translation

Nehemiah 3:22

And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made strong.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Plain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hananeel, Tower of;   Jerusalem;   Pahath Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Plain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Joram;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Circuit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jerusalem;   Kikkar;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The next repairs were made by the priests from the surrounding region.
English Revised Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Update Bible Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
New Century Version
Next to him worked the priests from the surrounding area.
New English Translation
After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district.
Webster's Bible Translation
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
World English Bible
After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Amplified Bible
After him the priests, the men of the [lower Jordan] valley, carried out repairs.
English Standard Version
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, repaired.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And prestis, men of the feeldi places of Jordan, bildiden aftir hym.
Berean Standard Bible
And next to him, the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
Contemporary English Version
Here is a list of the priests who worked on the wall: Priests from the region around Jerusalem rebuilt the next section of the wall.
American Standard Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Bible in Basic English
After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland.
Complete Jewish Bible
After him the cohanim from the plain made repairs.
Darby Translation
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain [of Jordan].
Easy-to-Read Version
The next section of walls was repaired by the priests who lived in that area.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
King James Version (1611)
And after him repaired the Priests, the men of the plaine.
New Life Bible
After him the religious leaders, the men of the valley, did the needed work.
New Revised Standard
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After him also fortified the Priests, the men of the playne.
George Lamsa Translation
After him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
Good News Translation
The following priests rebuilt the next several sections of the wall: Priests from the area around Jerusalem built the next section;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after him built the priests, the men of the plains of the Jordan.
Revised Standard Version
After him the priests, the men of the Plain, repaired.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After him buylded the priestes, the men of the playne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar.
Christian Standard Bible®
And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
Hebrew Names Version
After him repaired the Kohanim, the men of the Plain.
King James Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
Lexham English Bible
After him the priests, men from the vicinity, repaired.
Young's Literal Translation
And after him have the priests, men of the circuit, strengthened.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After him buylded the prestes, the me of the countre.
New American Standard Bible
And after him the priests, the men of the vicinity, carried out repairs.
New King James Version
And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
After him the priests, the men of the valley, carried out repairs.
Legacy Standard Bible
After him the priests, the men of the valley, made repairs.

Contextual Overview

1 And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests. And they built the Sheep Gate. They sanctified it and made stand its doors. Even to the Tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel. 2 And next to his hand the men of Jericho built. And next to his hand Zaccur the son of Imri built. 3 But the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate, who laid its beams, and made stand its doors, its locks and its bars. 4 And next to their hand Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz made strong. And next to their hand Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel made strong. And next to their hand Zadok the son of Baana made strong. 5 And next to their hand the Tekoites made strong. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 And the Old Gate was made strong by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams, and made stand its doors, and its locks, and its bars. 7 And next to their hand Melatiah of Gibeon made strong, and Jadon of Meron, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor Beyond the River. 8 And next to his hand Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, made strong. And next to his hand Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers made strong. And they left Jerusalem safe to the Broad Wall. 9 And next to their hand Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, made strong. 10 And next to their hand Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made strong, even across from his house. And next to his hand Hattush the son of Hashabniah made strong.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the men of the plain: Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 12:28

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
And God said, let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 3:5
for God knows that in the day you eat of it, even your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise. And she took of its fruit andate; and she also gave to her husband with her,and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed leaves of the fig tree, and made girdles for themselves.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Psalms 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to the ones who lay hold on her, and happy are the ones holding her fast.
Jeremiah 22:23
One dwelling in Lebanon, nested in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come to you, the pain as of a woman in labor!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. Either of the plain of Jericho, where, in later times at least, there was a station of the priests, or of the plain about Jerusalem; those also assisted in the repairs of the wall.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple.

Nehemiah 3:18

Bavai - Or, “Binnui” Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9.

The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, “the armoury of the corner.” The northwestern corner of the special wall of the “city of David” seems to be intended. See Nehemiah 3:1 note.

Nehemiah 3:20

The other piece - Rather, “another piece.” The notice of Baruch’s first piece, like that of Malchijah’s and Hashub’s Nehemiah 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text.

Nehemiah 3:22

The word here translated “plain” is applied in the rest of Scripture almost exclusively to the Ghor or Jordan valley. Compare, however, Nehemiah 12:28.

Nehemiah 3:24

The turning of the wall - The northeastern angle of the “city of David” seems here to be reached. At this point a tower “lay out” Nehemiah 3:25, or projected extraordinarily, from the wall, being probably a watch-tower commanding the Kidron valley and all the approaches to the city from the southeast, the east, and the northeast.

Nehemiah 3:25

The “king’s high house” is almost certainly the old palace of David, which was on the temple hill, and probably occupied a position directly north of the temple.

That was by the court of the prison - Prisons were in old times adjuncts of palaces. The palace of David must have had its prison; and the “prison gate” Nehemiah 12:39 was clearly in this quarter.

Nehemiah 3:26

The marginal reading is better. On the Nethinims see 1 Chronicles 9:2 note.

Ophel was the slope south of the temple (see the marginal reference “y” note); and the water-gate, a gate in the eastern wall, either for the escape of the superfluous water from the temple reservoirs, or for the introduction of water from the Kidron valley when the reservoirs were low.

Nehemiah 3:27

The foundations of an outlying tower near the southeast angle of the temple area in this position have been recently discovered.

Nehemiah 3:28

“The horse gate” was on the east side of the city, overlooking the Kidron valley. It seems to have been a gate by which horses approached and left the old palace, that of David, which lay north of the temple Nehemiah 3:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. The priests, the men of the plain. — Some of the officers of the temple, particularly the singers, dwelt in the plain country round about Jerusalem, Nehemiah 12:28; and it is likely that several of the priests dwelt in the same place.


 
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