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Nehemiah 3:4

in Nehemiah 3

Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

KJV

And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

This verse in Nehemiah 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And next unto them repaired Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Koz,.... And the men under him; see Ezr 8:33, this part of the wall on which they worked was not wholly demolished, only weakened, and therefore did not rebuild it, but repaired and strengthened it, and this phrase is used all along afterwards: and next unto them repaired Meshullam, the sort of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel: and next unto them repaired Zadok, the son of Baana; but who they were cannot be said.

This site's exposition

The Fish Gate

on Nehemiah 3:3-5

Verse 5 carries one shame clause: "the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors" (3:5). The nobles hold back while their townsmen build, and the same Tekoites repair "another section" at verse 27 while their nobles' sentence stands.

This site's exposition

Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz

Gill identifies Meremoth with the priest who received the weighed temple silver on Ezra's arrival (Ezra 8:33). The family of Hakkoz had once been kept from the priesthood for want of a record (Ezra 2:61-62). Meshullam son of Berechiah reappears at 6:18, tied by marriage to Tobiah.

The words behind it

22 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.

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדָ֣םhand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • הֶחֱזִ֗יקhe repaired

    hechezikH2388 →291 times

  • מְרֵמ֤וֹתMeremoth

    meremotH4822 →6 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אוּרִיָּה֙Uriah

    ʾuriyahH223 →39 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • הַקּ֔וֹץ סHakkoz

    hakotzH6976 →6 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדָ֣םhand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • הֶחֱזִ֔יקhe repaired

    hechezikH2388 →291 times

  • מְשֻׁלָּ֥םMeshullam

    meshulamH4918 →25 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הBerekiah

    berekhyahH1296 →11 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵ֑ל סMeshezabel

    mesheizavelH4898 →3 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדָ֣םhand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • הֶֽחֱזִ֔יקhe repaired

    hechezikH2388 →291 times

  • צָד֖וֹקZadok

    tzadokH6659 →53 times

  • בֶּֽן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בַּעֲנָֽא׃ סBaana

    baana'H1195 →

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

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

    Ezra 8:33

    On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:21

      Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.

    • Ezra 8:30

      So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

    • Nehemiah 3:24

      After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,

    • 2 Corinthians 8:20–21

      We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.

    • 1 Chronicles 28:14–18

      the weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;

  • Through

    Nehemiah 10:15

    Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

    it leads to

    • Ezra 10:28

      From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

    • Ezra 8:11–12

      from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

    • Nehemiah 7:16–17

      the descendants of Bebai, 628;

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.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).