Nehemiah 3:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. ”

Nehemiah 3:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple. Nehemiah 3:...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Building of the Walls, This is an independent section which breaks the connexion between Nehemiah 2:20 and Nehemiah 4:1 ff.; it is an excerpt which commences with And Eliashib. (not then El...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the horse gate. See App-59. one . man. Hebrew. 'Ish. App-14.
Nehemiah 3:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. The horse gate - The place through which the horses passed in order to be watered; It was near the temple. Some rabbi...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Particulars respecting the Rebuilding 1. Then, etc.] For the purposes of repair the wall was parcelled out between a number of working parties consisting of various important families, the inhabit...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From above the horse gate. — This gate was between the Temple and the palace, and the space from the wall of Ophel seems not to have needed repair.
Nehemiah 3:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BUILDING THE WALLS Nehemiah 3:1-32 THE third chapter of the Book of Nehemiah supplies a striking illustration of the constructive character of the history of the Jews in the Persian period. Nor...
Nehemiah 3:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is supremely interesting in its revelation of method. That it is preserved for us at all shows how system characterized Nehemiah's procedure. The description proceeds round the entire wa...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) 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 du...
Nehemiah 3:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

From above the horse gate repaired the priests ,.... So called, either because near it were stables for horses; or through it horses were led to be watered at the brook of Kidron, to which it was ne...
Nehemiah 3:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. Ver. 28. From above the horse gate ] So called, say some, because there they were wont to dismount, leaving their...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From above the horse-gate Not that belonging to the king's palace, ( 2 Chronicles 23:15 ,) but one of the gates of the city, so called, probably, because the horses commonly went out that way to th...
Nehemiah 3:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BUILDING WELL BEGUN (vv. 1-32) Eliashib the high priest is mentioned first in the building, not because he was the most devoted builder, but because of his position, for chapter 13:4 tells u...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Rebuilding of the Wall. B. C. 445. 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The horse gate; not that belonging to the king's palace, 2 Chronicles 23:15 , but one of the gates of the city so called; either because nigh unto that were many stables for horses, or because t...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebuilding Of The Walls Of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:1-32 ). It is difficult to overemphasise the huge impact of what was about to be accomplished. A city which was largely uninhabited, lay parti...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 3:1 . Eliashib ] The grandson of Jeshua, and the first high priest after the return from Babylon. No reason to doubt that the same Eliashib is referred to in Ezra 10...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 I. The ruins which need repair. Most of us have got so familiarised with the evils that stare us in the face every time we go out upon the pavements, that we have come to think of th...
Nehemiah 3:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 3:1 . Eliashib the highpriest. He was the son of Joachim, the son of Joshua, and the third highpriest after the first and greatest return of the people from Babylon. They sanctified it,...
Nehemiah 3:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren. The builders at work Unity in diversity seems to be the principle on which God works both in the natural and spiritual world--a truth wh...
Nehemiah 3:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK , AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTIES , WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPERINTENDED THE BUILDING ( Nehemiah 3:1-16 . ). T...
Nehemiah 3:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Walls of Zion
Nehemiah 3:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 23:15 ; 2 Kings 11:16 ; Jeremiah 31:40 ; Nehemiah 3:10 ; Nehemiah 3:23

Nehemiah 3:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 3:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 3:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 3:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 3:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 3:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 3:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge