Nehemiah 3:1
Eliashib the high priest and other priests with him began rebuilding at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors. Then they continued building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel and dedicated it.
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2The men of Jericho built the section next to Eliashib, and Zaccur, son of Imri, built the one after.
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Nehemiah 3:20Next was Baruch, son of Zabbai, who worked hard repairing another section, from where the wall turns to the entrance of Eliashib the high priest's house.
Nehemiah 3:32The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate.
Nehemiah 7:1Once the wall had been rebuilt and I had put up the doors, I appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites.
Nehemiah 12:30Once the priests and the Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 13:4Before all this, Eliashib the priest, who was related to Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the Temple of our God.
Psalms 30:1I want to tell everyone how good you are, Lord, for you saved me, and you didn't let my enemies triumph 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 →