Nehemiah 3:28
in Nehemiah 3Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house.
KJV
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseUpwards to the Horse Gate they built, etc. Jeremiah mentions this gate and designates it to be on the eastern side of the city, writing typically about the holy Church: And the city shall be built for the Lord from the tower of Hananeel (Jer. …
This site's exposition
Above the Horse Gate
on Nehemiah 3:28-32
Then "the guard of the East Gate" takes his stretch, and "the goldsmiths and merchants" carry the wall back to the Sheep Gate. The loop closes and the map is complete. Guilds and priesthood share one wall, and the last crew named are tradesmen finishing what the high priest started.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
From above the horse gate repaired the priests,.... So called, either because near it were stables for horses; or through it horses were led to be watered at the brook of Kidron, to which it was near; or to be exercised in the valley; Josephus (c) speaks of the "hippie", or horse tower, which might be near it: everyone over against his house; for it seems there was a row of houses in which the priests dwelt, and each of them repaired as much of the wall as was right against his house. (c) Ut supra. (De Bello Jud. l.
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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), and so they brought their work quite round the city. The Rebuilding of the Wall. 1 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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The horse gate - The place through which the horses passed in order to be watered; It was near the temple. Some rabbins suppose that in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to the place here referred to, but then was obliged to alight, as a horse could pass no farther. Horses were never very plentiful in Jerusalem.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֵעַ֣ל׀ | meal | <from> above | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַסּוּסִ֗ים | hasusim | the horses | H5483 → | |
| הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ | hecheziku | they repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | each one | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְנֶ֥גֶד | leneged | to before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ ס | beito | own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
מֵעַ֣ל׀<from> above
mealH5921 →5755 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַסּוּסִ֗יםthe horses
hasusimH5483 →
הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙they repaired
hechezikuH2388 →291 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
אִ֖ישׁeach one
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְנֶ֥גֶדto before
lenegedH5048 →151 times
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ סown house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
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 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 23:15
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 15:23
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- Joel 3:17
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- John 18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
- 2 Kings 11:16
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
- 2 Chronicles 23:15
Through
2 Chronicles 23:15So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
it leads to
- Revelation 16:5–7
And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- Revelation 16:5–7
Through
2 Kings 11:16So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
it leads to
- Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Genesis 9:6
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.