Nehemiah 3:13

The valley-gate, did Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repair,—they, built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,—also a thousand cubits in the wall, as far as the dung-gate.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

In Context

12and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem,—he and his daughters.

14And, the dung-gate, did Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the circuit of Beth-haccherem, repair,—he, built it, and set up the doors thereof, he locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:34and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;

1 Chronicles 4:18And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

Nehemiah 2:13So I went forth through the valley-gate by night, even unto the front of the snake-fountain, and into the dung-gate,—and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, consumed with fire.

Nehemiah 11:30Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish, and the fields thereof, Azekah, and the hamlets thereof,—so they encamped from Beer-sheba, unto the valley of Hinnom.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:2-32

The Rebuilding of the Wall. ( b. c. 445.) 1 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. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars… Read the whole commentary →

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