Nehemiah 3:23
in Nehemiah 3Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
KJV
After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Nehemiah the son of Azbuk
on Nehemiah 3:16-27
A second Nehemiah, son of Azbuk, repairs to the place over against the sepulchres of David and the house of the mighty, the roll passing David's tombs and his guard-house in one clause. Through this stretch the record's quiet principle emerges and repeats: men repair over against their own houses, Levites, priests and Nethinims each by their dwelling, responsibility mapped to residence. The Tekoites appear a second time at verse 27, the commoners doubling the portion their nobles refused.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They did not think their callings excused them, nor plead that they could not leave their shops to attend the public business, knowing that what they lost would certainly be made up to them by the blessing of God upon their callings. Some ladies are spoken of as helping forward this work-- Shallum and his daughters (
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After him,.... The last of the priests before mentioned: repaired Benjamin, and Hashub, over against their house; as much of the wall as the length of their house, or houses, were: after him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, by his house: as far as that reached.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַחֲרָ֨יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֧יק | hechezik | he repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| בִּנְיָמִ֛ן | binyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| וְחַשּׁ֖וּב | vechashuv | and Hasshub | H2815 → | 5 times |
| נֶ֣גֶד | neged | before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| בֵּיתָ֑ם ס | beitam | own house their | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַחֲרָ֣יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֗יק | hechezik | he repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֧ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה | maaseyah | Maaseiah | H4641 → | 23 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֲנָֽנְיָ֖ה | ʾananeyah | Ananiah | H6055 → | |
| אֵ֥צֶל | ʾetzel | beside | H681 → | 61 times |
| בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ ס | beito | own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
אַחֲרָ֨יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
הֶחֱזִ֧יקhe repaired
hechezikH2388 →291 times
בִּנְיָמִ֛ןBenjamin
binyaminH1144 →166 times
וְחַשּׁ֖וּבand Hasshub
vechashuvH2815 →5 times
נֶ֣גֶדbefore
negedH5048 →151 times
בֵּיתָ֑ם סown house their
beitamH1004 →2046 times
אַחֲרָ֣יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
הֶחֱזִ֗יקhe repaired
hechezikH2388 →291 times
עֲזַרְיָ֧הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛הMaaseiah
maaseyahH4641 →23 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֲנָֽנְיָ֖הAnaniah
ʾananeyahH6055 →
אֵ֥צֶלbeside
ʾetzelH681 →61 times
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ סown house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 8:7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:4
And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- Leviticus 10:11
so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Ezra 10:22–23
From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Nehemiah 9:4
Through
Nehemiah 8:4Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum,…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 10:20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
- Nehemiah 11:7
From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
- Nehemiah 11:5
and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.
- Nehemiah 12:13
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
- Nehemiah 10:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).