Nehemiah 3:1
And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up its doors; and they hallowed it even to the tower of Meah, to the tower of Hananeel.
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In Context
2And next to them built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
Cross References
Nehemiah 3:20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another piece, from the angle to the entry of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 3:32And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the dealers.
Nehemiah 7:1And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,
Psalms 30:1{A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.} I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:1
Saying and doing are often two things: many are ready to say, "Let us rise up and build," who sit still and do nothing, like that fair-spoken son who said,"I go, Sir, but went not." The undertakers here were none of those. As soon as they had resolved to build the wall about Jerusalem they lost no time, but set about it presently, as we find in this chapter. Let it never be said that we left that good work to be done to-morrow which we might as well have done to-day. This chapter gives an account of two things:—I.… Read the whole commentary →