Nehemiah 3:1
Then rose up Elyashib the high priest with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors: even as far as the tower of Meah did they sanctify it, as far as the tower of Chananel.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2And by his side built the men of Jericho. And by his [other] side built Zaccur the son of Imri.
Cross References
Nehemiah 3:20Next to him did Baruch the son of Zaccai' earnestly repair another division, from the angle as far as the door of the house of Elyashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 3:32And between the upper chamber of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Nehemiah 7:1And it came to pass, when the wall was built, that I set up the doors; and then were appointed the gatekeepers and the singers and the [other] Levites [to their office].
Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this, Elyashib the priest, appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and a near [of kin] unto Tobiyah,
Psalms 30:1“A psalm, a song at the dedication of the temple, of David.” (30:2) I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not suffered my 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 →