Nehemiah 11:21 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 11:21

The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

KJV

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel,.... An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see 2Ch 27:3, and Ziha, and Gispa, were over the Nethinims; had the oversight of them, and took care that they did their work; they were such themselves, but the principal of them, see Ezr 2:43.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel - Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem, because they were to do the servile work of the temple: therefore they were to be posted near it, that they might be ready to attend.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ophel, the southern spur of the temple hill, having a wall of its own Neh 3:27 might be reckoned either in Jerusalem or outside it. Here it is made a separate place.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים	ve.ha.ne.ti.Nim	and the temple servants	H5411 →
יֹשְׁבִ֣ים	yo.she.Vim	[were] dwelling	H3427 →
בָּעֹ֑פֶל	ba.'O.fel	on <the> Ophel	H6077 →
וְצִיחָ֥א	ve.tzi.Cha'	and Ziha	H6727 →
וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א	ve.gish.Pa'	and Gishpa	H1658 →
עַל־	'al-	[were] over	H5921 →
הַנְּתִינִֽים׃ פ	ha.ne.ti.Nim	the temple servants	H5411 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 27:3
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 33:14
  After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 3:26–27
  and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
Through
Nehemiah 3:26
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
leads to
- Nehemiah 8:1
  At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD…
- Nehemiah 12:37
  At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
- Nehemiah 8:3
  So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people…
- Ezra 2:43–58
  The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
Through
Nehemiah 3:31
Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above…
leads to
- Nehemiah 3:8
  Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs, and next to him, Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
- Nehemiah 3:32
  And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah