Nehemiah 3:1
Then arose Eliashib the hie Priest with his brethren the Priestes, and they buylt the sheepegate: they repayred it, and set vp the doores thereof: euen vnto the tower of Meah repayred they it, and vnto the tower of Hananeel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2And next vnto him buylded the men of Iericho, and beside him Zaccur the sonne of Imri.
Cross References
Nehemiah 3:20After him was earnest Baruch the sonne of Zacchai, and fortified another portion from the corner vnto the doore of the house of Eliashib the hie Priest.
Nehemiah 3:32And betweene the chamber of the corner vnto the sheepegate fortified the goldesmithes and the marchantes.
Nehemiah 7:1Nowe when the wall was builded, and I had set vp the doores, and the porters, and the singers and the Leuites were appointed,
Nehemiah 12:30And the Priests and Leuites were purified, and clensed the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this had the Priest Eliashib the ouersight of the chamber of the house of our God, being kinsman to Tobiah:
Psalms 30:1A Psalme or song of the dedication of the house of David. I will magnifie thee, O Lord: for thou hast exalted mee, and hast not made my foe to reioyce ouer 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 →