Nehemiah 3:1
in Nehemiah 3At 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 of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
KJV
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Eliashib (compare the marginal reference) was the grandson of Joshua, the high priest contemporary with Zerubbabel. The sheep gate - This was a gate in the eastern wall, not far from the pool of Bethesda, marginal reference, which was perhaps originally a sheep-pool. The exact line which the writer follows in describing the circuit of the wall will probably be always a matter of dispute.
This site's exposition
At the Sheep Gate
on Nehemiah 3:1-2
The high priest builds first, and the sheep gate he raises is the only stretch the chapter says was SANCTIFIED. The circuit that begins here will close here, and its first and last stone belong to worship. Leadership in this roll means a trowel in the high priest's hand.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
And Eliasib the great priest rose, etc. This Eliasib, the high priest of that time, was the son of Joakim, who, after his father Jesus the son of Josedec the great priest, himself also for no small time held the insignias of the high priesthood. …
And up to the tower of a hundred cubits, etc. For priests build up to the measure of a hundred cubits, when they kindle all whom they instruct with love and desire for eternal things. For the number one hundred, which in the counting of …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The priests repaired the sheep-gate, so called because through it were brought the sheep that were to be sacrificed in the temple; and therefore the priests undertook the repair of it because the offerings of the Lord made by fire were their inheritance. And of this gate only it is said that they sanctified it with the word and prayer, and perhaps with sacrifices perhaps, 1.
Ministers should be foremost in every good work, animating others by their example as well as doctrine. Sheep-gate - Which was next to the temple; so called, because the sheep were brought thro' it to be sacrificed. Sanctified - Or, they prepared or repaired it: for so the word sometimes signifies.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,....
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
There the sheep were washed and then taken to the temple for sacrifice. they sanctified it, and set up the doors--Being the common entrance into the temple, and the first part of the building repaired, it is probable that some religious ceremonies were observed in gratitude for its completion.
Eliashib the high priest - It was right that the priests should be first in this holy work; and perhaps the sheep gate which is mentioned here is that by which the offerings or sacrifices were brought into the temple. They sanctified it - As they began with the sacred offering as soon as they got an altar built, it was proper that the gate by which these sacrifices entered should be consecrated for this purpose, i. e., set apart, so that it should be for this use only.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֡קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶלְיָשִׁיב֩ | ʾelyashiv | Eliashib | H475 → | 17 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֨ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַגָּד֜וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְאֶחָ֣יו | veechav | and brothers his | H251 → | 630 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וַיִּבְנוּ֙ | vaiyivnu | and they rebuilt | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַצֹּ֔אן | hatzon | the sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| הֵ֣מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ | kideshuhu | they consecrated it | H6942 → | 171 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ | vaiyaamidu | and they set up | H5975 → | 521 times |
| דַּלְתֹתָ֑יו | daltotav | doors its | H1817 → | 88 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מִגְדַּ֤ל | migdal | [the] tower of | H4026 → | 48 times |
| הַמֵּאָה֙ | hameah | the hundred | H3968 → | |
| קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ | kideshuhu | they consecrated it | H6942 → | 171 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מִגְדַּ֥ל | migdal | [the] tower of | H4026 → | 48 times |
| חֲנַנְאֵֽל׃ ס | chananel | Hananel | H2606 → |
וַיָּ֡קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֩Eliashib
ʾelyashivH475 →17 times
הַכֹּהֵ֨ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַגָּד֜וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
וְאֶחָ֣יוand brothers his
veechavH251 →630 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וַיִּבְנוּ֙and they rebuilt
vaiyivnuH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַצֹּ֔אןthe sheep
hatzonH6629 →274 times
הֵ֣מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּthey consecrated it
kideshuhuH6942 →171 times
וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּand they set up
vaiyaamiduH5975 →521 times
דַּלְתֹתָ֑יוdoors its
daltotavH1817 →88 times
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
מִגְדַּ֤ל[the] tower of
migdalH4026 →48 times
הַמֵּאָה֙the hundred
hameahH3968 →
קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּthey consecrated it
kideshuhuH6942 →171 times
עַ֖דto
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
מִגְדַּ֥ל[the] tower of
migdalH4026 →48 times
חֲנַנְאֵֽל׃ סHananel
chananelH2606 →
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
Jeremiah 31:38“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 30:18
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 14:10
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
- 2 Kings 14:13
Through
John 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
it leads to
- 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…
- Nehemiah 12:39
Through
Zechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
it leads to
- Joshua 15:32
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Zechariah 12:6
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right…
- Joshua 15:32
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 3:3
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- 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
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).