Nehemiah 3:6
in Nehemiah 3The 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
KJV
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMoreover, the old gate repaired Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah,.... Which some think was so called because it led to the old city Salem. Dr. Lightfoot (a) thinks it is the same with the second or third gate, Zep 1:10. According to Vatablus, it was the gate of the old pool, Isa 22:11, or rather, perhaps, it was the gate of the old wall Josephus speaks of (b); it led to the north of the land: they laid the beams thereof; as in Neh 3:3. (a) Ut supra. (Chorograph.
This site's exposition
the old gate
on Nehemiah 3:6-12
The builders are not builders: a goldsmith and an apothecary repair at verse 8, rulers of half-parts of towns take their sections, and at verse 12 Shallum repairs, HE AND HIS DAUGHTERS, women named into the wall's record. Perfumers and jewelers doing masonry is the chapter's picture of a city where the work outranked the trade. Every fortifying of Jerusalem in this roll is done by amateurs whose names were kept.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And they rebuilt the old gate, etc. That old gate is what John mentions, saying: Beloved, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning (1 John 2). The old commandment is the word …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), and so were co-founders, and shared the honour of it between them. The good work which we cannot compass ourselves we must be thankful to those that will go partners with us in. Some think that this is called the old gate because it belonged to the ancient Salem, which was said to be first built by Melchizedek.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The old gate - Either the modern Damascus gate, the main entrance to the city on the north side; or a gate a little further eastward.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֩ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁ֨עַר | shaar | Gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַיְשָׁנָ֜ה | hayshanah | the Jeshanah | H3465 → | |
| הֶחֱזִ֗יקוּ | hecheziku | they repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| יֽוֹיָדָע֙ | yoyada' | Joiada | H3111 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פָּסֵ֔חַ | paseach | Paseah | H6454 → | |
| וּמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם | umeshulam | and Meshullam | H4918 → | 25 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְּסֽוֹדְיָ֑ה | besodyah | Besodeiah | H1152 → | |
| הֵ֣מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| קֵר֔וּהוּ | keruhu | they made beams for it | H7136 → | 27 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ | vaiyaamidu | and they set up | H5975 → | 521 times |
| דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו | daltotav | doors its | H1817 → | 88 times |
| וּמַנְעֻלָ֖יו | umanulav | and bolts its | H4514 → | 6 times |
| וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ ס | uverichav | and bars its | H1280 → | 40 times |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שַׁ֨עַרGate
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַיְשָׁנָ֜הthe Jeshanah
hayshanahH3465 →
הֶחֱזִ֗יקוּthey repaired
hechezikuH2388 →291 times
יֽוֹיָדָע֙Joiada
yoyada'H3111 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
פָּסֵ֔חַPaseah
paseachH6454 →
וּמְשֻׁלָּ֖םand Meshullam
umeshulamH4918 →25 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בְּסֽוֹדְיָ֑הBesodeiah
besodyahH1152 →
הֵ֣מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
קֵר֔וּהוּthey made beams for it
keruhuH7136 →27 times
וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙and they set up
vaiyaamiduH5975 →521 times
דַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdoors its
daltotavH1817 →88 times
וּמַנְעֻלָ֖יוand bolts its
umanulavH4514 →6 times
וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ סand bars its
uverichavH1280 →40 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 12:39over 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 3:25
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…
- 2 Kings 14:13
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the…
- Nehemiah 3:1
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.