Nehemiah 3:1

Then Eliasib the high priest arose, and his brethren the priests, and they built the flock gate: they sanctified it, and set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto the tower of Hananeel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And next to him the men of Jericho built: and next to them built Zachur the son of Amri.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 3:20After him in the mount Baruch the son of Zachai built another measure, from the corner to the door of the house of Eliasib the high priest.

Nehemiah 7:1Now after the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and numbered the porters and singing men, and Levites:

Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Nehemiah 13:4And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.

Psalms 30:1A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.

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 →

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