Nehemiah 3:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortifieda Jerusalem unto the broad wall. ”

Nehemiah 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Next . at his hand. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and at". goldsmiths . refiners. apothecaries . perfumers. fortified. Hebrew. Homonym, 'dzab...
Nehemiah 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. Gold...
Nehemiah 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall....
Nehemiah 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. — The word translated “fortified” means literally left, and this yields a good sense: they left Jerusalem untouched as far as a certain portion...
Nehemiah 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. (6) Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of B...
Nehemiah 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths ,.... Or Tzorephim, which, according to Jarchi, was the name of a family so called from their trade and business: next unto him...
Nehemiah 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of [one of] the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. Ve...
Nehemiah 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Next unto him repaired Uzziel; also Hananiah These were two eminent persons, one among the workers or casters of gold, the other among the perfumers. They fortified Jerusalem, &c., unto the br...
Nehemiah 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is not said they repaired , as was said of the rest, but they fortified it, either because this part of the wall was less demolished than the other, and therefore they needed not to repair it,...
Nehemiah 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Walls of the Lower City
Nehemiah 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:1 ; Exodus 30:25 ; Genesis 50:2 ; Isaiah 46:6 ; Nehemiah 12:38 ; Nehemiah 3:31 ; Nehemiah 3:32
Nehemiah 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fortified — It is not said, they repaired, but they fortified it, either because this part of the wall was less demolished than the other, and therefore they needed not to repair it, but only to ma...

Nehemiah 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 3:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes