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Nehemiah 3:25

in Nehemiah 3

and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

KJV

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

This verse in Nehemiah 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall,.... Who dwelt there, and so repaired what was right against him: and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house: which might be built for prospect, or his upper house: that was by the court of the prison; and we often read in Jeremiah of the court of the prison being in or near the king's house, see Jer 32:2, after him Pedaiah the son of Parosh; went on from hence with the repair.

This 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 Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • פָּלָ֣לPalal

    palalH6420

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אוּזַי֮Uzai

    ʾuzaiH186

  • מִנֶּ֣גֶדfrom before

    minegedH5048151 times

  • הַמִּקְצוֹעַ֒the buttress

    hamiktzoa'H474012 times

  • וְהַמִּגְדָּ֗לand the tower

    vehamigdalH402648 times

  • הַיּוֹצֵא֙which projects

    haiyotze'H33181067 times

  • מִבֵּ֤יתfrom [the] house of

    mibeitH10042046 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן<the> upper

    haelyonH5945

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • לַחֲצַ֣ר[belongs] to [the] courtyard of

    lachatzarH2691191 times

  • הַמַּטָּרָ֑הthe guard

    hamatarahH4307

  • אַחֲרָ֖יוafter him

    ʾacharavH310715 times

  • פְּדָיָ֥הPedaiah

    pedayahH63058 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H11214930 times

  • פַּרְעֹֽשׁ׃ סParosh

    paroshH65516 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Jeremiah 37:21

    So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 38:28

      And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 38:13

      and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:2

    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 37:21

      So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 33:1

    While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:8

      Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 12:39

    over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:1

      At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower…

    • Nehemiah 8:16

      And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…

    • Nehemiah 3:3

      The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

    • Nehemiah 3:6

      The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

Where this verse is studied

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About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).