Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Nehemiah Chapter 3
Overview
Neh 3:1, The names and order of them that built the wall.
Eliashib: Neh 12:10, Neh 13:28
the sheep gate: This gate is supposed to have immediately communicated with the temple, and to have been called the sheep gate, because the sheep intended for sacrifice passed through it. But, after all which learned men have written on this subject, which is but of little interest, we scarcely know anything about these gates. what they were, why called by these names, or in what part of the wall they were situated, beyond what may be learned from the parallel passages. Neh 12:39; Joh 5:2
sanctified it: Neh 12:30; Deu 20:5; Psa 30:1 *title Pro 3:6, Pro 3:9
the tower: Neh 12:39; Jer 31:38; Zac 14:10
next unto him: Heb. at his hand
Zaccur: Neh 10:12
the fish gate: Neh 12:39; Ch2 33:14; Zep 1:10
Urijah: Ezr 8:33, Uriah
Meshullam: Neh 10:7
the Tekoites: Neh 3:27; Sa2 14:2; Amo 1:1
their nobles: Jdg 5:23; Jer 5:4, Jer 5:5; Co1 1:26; Ti1 6:17, Ti1 6:18
put not: Jer 27:2, Jer 27:8, Jer 27:12, Jer 30:8, Jer 30:9; Mat 11:29; Act 15:10
the Gibeonite: Josh. 9:3-27; Sa2 21:2
the throne: That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode. for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors. Neh 2:8
the goldsmiths: Neh 3:31, Neh 3:32; Isa 46:6
of the apothecaries: Gen 50:2; Exo 30:25; Ecc 10:1
fortified: or, left
the broad wall: Neh 12:38
even: Neh 3:23, Neh 3:28-30
Hattush: Neh 10:4
Harim: Neh 10:5
Pahathmoab: Neh 7:11, Neh 10:14; Ezr 2:6, Ezr 8:4
other piece: Heb. second measure
the tower: Neh 12:38
the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:14-18
he and his daughters: Exo 35:25; Act 21:8, Act 21:9; Phi 4:3
the valley gate: Neh 2:13
Zanoah: There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of Judah. See the parallel passages. Neh 11:30; Jos 15:34, Jos 15:56; Ch1 4:18
the dung gate: Neh 2:13, Neh 12:31
the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:15-18
Bethhaccerem: Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. 6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. Jer 6:1
the gate: Neh 2:14, Neh 12:37; Ch2 32:30
the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:14
Mizpah: Neh 3:7; Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:3, Mizpeh, Jer 40:6
Siloah: Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem, between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion. Dr. Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah. Isa 8:6, Shiloah, Luk 13:4; Joh 9:7, Siloam
the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:14
Bethzur: Jos 15:58; Ch1 2:45; Ch2 11:7
the sepulchres: Ch2 16:14; Act 2:29
the pool: Kg2 20:20; Isa 7:3, Isa 22:11
the house: Kg1 14:27, Kg1 14:28; Ch2 12:10, Ch2 12:11; Sol 3:7
Keilah: Jos 15:44; Sa1 23:1, Sa1 23:2-13
Mizpah: Neh 3:15
the turning: Ch2 26:9
Zabbai: or, Zaccai
earnestly: Ecc 9:10; Rom 12:11
Eliashib: Neh 3:1, Neh 3:21, Neh 12:22, Neh 12:23, Neh 13:4, Neh 13:28
Meremoth: Neh 3:4
the men of the plain: Neh 6:2, Neh 12:28
over against: Neh 3:10, Neh 3:29, Neh 3:30
Azariah: Neh 10:2
Binnui: Neh 10:9
another piece: That which had been left by Azariah, after he had repaired the wall by his own house. It is probable that some of the principal people were either obliged, or voluntarily offered, to repair those parts of the wall which were opposite, or adjacent, to their own houses. The names of those who repaired the walls are commemorated, because it was an undertaking of piety, virtue, and courage, to restore the holy city. Neh 3:11, Neh 3:19, Neh 3:27
the turning: Neh 3:20
the king's: Jer 22:14, Jer 39:8
by the court: Neh 12:39; Jer 32:2, Jer 33:1, Jer 37:21, Jer 39:15
Pedaiah: Neh 8:4
Nethinims: Neh 7:46-56, Neh 10:28; Ch1 9:2; Ezra 2:43-58
dwelt: etc. or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto
Ophel: or, the tower. Neh 3:27, Neh 11:21; Ch2 27:3, Ch2 33:14
the water: The water gate is supposed to have been that by which the Nethinim brought in water for the use of the temple. Neh 8:1, Neh 8:3, Neh 12:37
the Tekoites: Neh 3:5
the wall: Neh 3:26
the horse: Kg2 11:16; Ch2 23:15; Jer 31:40
Shechaniah: Ezr 10:2
the east gate: Jer 19:2
another piece: Neh 3:21
Meshullam: Neh 3:4
the goldsmith's: Neh 3:8, Neh 3:32
going up of the corner: or, corner-chamber
the sheep gate: Thus the whole city was surrounded with a wall; for Eliashib began at the sheep gate. Neh 3:1, Neh 12:39; Joh 5:2
the goldsmiths: The word tzeraphim may denote smiths, or refiners, or persons that worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood of those who worked in gold. From the remotest period of the history of the Jews, they had artists in all the elegant and ornamental trades; and it appears that goldsmiths, apothecaries, and merchants were formed into companies in the time of Nehemiah. Neh 3:8, Neh 3:31