Nehemiah 3:1
Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof,—even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2and, at his hand, built, the men of Jericho,—and at his [other] hand built Zaccur, son of Imri.
Cross References
Nehemiah 3:20after him, zealously repaired Baruch son of Zabbai, a second length,—from the corner, unto the opening of the house of Eliashib, the high priest;
Nehemiah 3:32and, between the ascent of the pinnacle and the sheep-gate, repaired, the goldsmiths, and the traders.
Nehemiah 7:1And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,—and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites had been appointed,
Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,—and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 13:4Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah;
Psalms 30:1I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up,—and not suffered my foes 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 →