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Nehemiah 12:38

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The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall,

KJV

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

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This verse in Nehemiah 12

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The broad wall - What part this was, we know not: it might have been a place designed for a public promenade, or a parade for assembling the troops or guard of the temple.

This site's exposition

The second thanksgiving choir

on Nehemiah 12:38-40

The second choir proceeds "to the left," and Nehemiah follows with half the people past sites chapter 3 named in the building (12:38). Both choirs meet in the house of God, and the circuit once walked in construction is walked in thanksgiving.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

And a second chorus of those giving thanks went opposite, etc. It is long to discuss each gate or tower in particular; it suffices to say that those who completed the gates, towers, and wall of the city in great labor, hardship, hunger, cold, daily …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His presence, and anew set apart to His service. It was on these accounts that Jerusalem was called "the holy city," and by this public and solemn act of religious observance, after a long period of neglect and desecration, it was, as it were, restored to its rightful proprietor.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • וְהַתּוֹדָ֧הand the thanksgiving choir

    vehatodahH8426 →31 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֛ית<the> second

    hashenitH8145 →156 times

  • הַהוֹלֶ֥כֶת[was] the [one which] was going

    haholekhetH1980 →1546 times

  • לְמ֖וֹאלto [the] front

    lemolH4136 →

  • וַאֲנִ֣יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • אַחֲרֶ֑יהָ[was] behind it

    ʾachareihaH310 →715 times

  • וַחֲצִ֨יand [the] half of

    vachatziH2677 →125 times

  • הָעָ֜םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • מֵעַ֣לfrom on

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • לְהַחוֹמָ֗הto the wall

    lehachomahH2346 →133 times

  • מֵעַל֙from above

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • לְמִגְדַּ֣לto [the] tower of

    lemigdalH4026 →48 times

  • הַתַּנּוּרִ֔יםthe ovens

    hatanurimH8574 →

  • וְעַ֖דand to

    veadH5704 →1261 times

  • הַחוֹמָ֥הthe wall

    hachomahH2346 →133 times

  • הָרְחָבָֽה׃<the> broad

    harechavahH7342 →21 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Nehemiah 12:31

    Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 2:13

      So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the…

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:11

    Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.

    it leads to

    • Ezra 2:6

      the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

    • Nehemiah 10:14

      And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

    • Nehemiah 10:5

      Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

    • Nehemiah 7:11

      the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:31–32

      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…

    • Genesis 50:2

      And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

    • Exodus 30:25

      Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

Where this verse is studied

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.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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