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Nehemiah 3

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Introduction

1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26) The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'

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Verse 2

3:2 them (f-4) them (f-13) Lit. 'him.'

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Verse 3

3:3 Senaah (g-8) Or 'Hassenaah.'

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Verse 4

3:4 Koz. (h-14) Or 'Hakkoz,' also ver. 21.

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Verse 7

3:7 seat (a-22) Or 'throne;' as Genesis 41:40 . governor (b-25) Or 'pacha;' see Ezra 8:36 .

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Verse 8

3:8 them (c-3) Lit. 'him.' perfumers, (d-21) Lit. 'son of perfumers.' as (e-31) Others, '[the Chaldeans] had left [the walls of] Jerusalem as far as.'

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Verse 12

3:12 them (c-4) Lit. 'him.'

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Verse 15

3:15 Shelah (f-40) Siloam, John 9:7 . city (g-54) The part of Jerusalem thus called.

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Verse 19

3:19 angle. (h-28) Or 'turning.' so vers. 20,24,25.

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Verse 20

3:20 another (i-10) Heb. 'a second.'

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Verse 21

3:21 another (i-13) Heb. 'a second.'

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Verse 22

3:22 Jordan]. (k-13) See Genesis 13:10 .

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Verse 23

3:23 them (c-2) them (c-12) Lit. 'him.'

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Verse 24

3:24 another (i-9) Heb. 'a second.'

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Verse 26

3:26 Nethinim (a-3) See Note, 1 Chronicles 9:2 . Ophel, (b-6) See 2 Chronicles 27:3

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Verse 29

3:29 them (c-2) Lit. 'him.'

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Verse 30

3:30 them (c-20) Lit. 'him.' chamber. (d-30) Lit. 'lodging.'

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Verse 31

3:31 the (e-6) Lit. 'son of the.' place (f-10) Lit. 'house.' of (g-27) Or 'upper chamber in.'

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Verse 32

3:32 of (g-5) Or 'upper chamber in.'

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Bibliographical Information
Darby, John. "Commentary on Nehemiah 3". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/nehemiah-3.html. 1857-67.

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