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Verse	Translation	Text
Ne 3:17	Strong Concordance	After [0310] him repaired [02388] the Levites [03881], Rehum [07348] the son [01121] of Bani [01137]. Next unto him [03027] repaired [02388] Hashabiah [02811], the ruler [08269] of the half [02677] part [06418] of Keilah [07084], in his part [06418].
	King James	After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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. Neh 3:18 Bavai - Or, "Binnui" Neh 3:24; Neh 10:9. The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, "the armoury of the corner." The northwestern corner of the special wall of the "city of David" seems to be intended. See Neh 3:1 note. Neh 3:20 The other piece - Rather, "another piece." The notice of Baruch's first piece, like that of Malchijah's and Hashub's Neh 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text. Neh 3:22 The word here translated "plain" is applied in the rest of Scripture almost exclusively to the Ghor or Jordan valley. Compare, however, Neh 12:28. Neh 3:24 The turning of the wall - The northeastern angle of the "city of David" seems here to be reached. At this point a tower "lay out" Neh 3:25, or projected extraordinarily, from the wall, being probably a watch-tower commanding the Kidron valley and all the approaches to the city from the southeast, the east, and the northeast. Neh 3:25 The "king's high house" is almost certainly the old palace of David, which was on the temple hill, and probably occupied a position directly north of the temple. That was by the court of the prison - Prisons were in old times adjuncts of palaces. The palace of David must have had its prison; and the "prison gate" Neh 12:39 was clearly in this quarter. Neh 3:26 The marginal reading is better. On the Nethinims see Ch1 9:2 note. Ophel was the slope south of the temple (see the marginal reference "y" note); and the water-gate, a gate in the eastern wall, either for the escape of the superfluous water from the temple reservoirs, or for the introduction of water from the Kidron valley when the reservoirs were low. Neh 3:27 The foundations of an outlying tower near the southeast angle of the temple area in this position have been recently discovered. Neh 3:28 "The horse gate" was on the east side of the city, overlooking the Kidron valley. It seems to have been a gate by which horses approached and left the old palace, that of David, which lay north of the temple Neh 3:25.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Neh 3:18

Bavai - Or, "Binnui" Neh 3:24; Neh 10:9.

The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, "the armoury of the corner." The northwestern corner of the special wall of the "city of David" seems to be intended. See Neh 3:1 note.

Neh 3:20

The other piece - Rather, "another piece." The notice of Baruch's first piece, like that of Malchijah's and Hashub's Neh 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text.

Neh 3:22

The word here translated "plain" is applied in the rest of Scripture almost exclusively to the Ghor or Jordan valley. Compare, however, Neh 12:28.

Neh 3:24

The turning of the wall - The northeastern angle of the "city of David" seems here to be reached. At this point a tower "lay out" Neh 3:25, or projected extraordinarily, from the wall, being probably a watch-tower commanding the Kidron valley and all the approaches to the city from the southeast, the east, and the northeast.

Neh 3:25

The "king's high house" is almost certainly the old palace of David, which was on the temple hill, and probably occupied a position directly north of the temple.

That was by the court of the prison - Prisons were in old times adjuncts of palaces. The palace of David must have had its prison; and the "prison gate" Neh 12:39 was clearly in this quarter.

Neh 3:26

The marginal reading is better. On the Nethinims see Ch1 9:2 note.

Ophel was the slope south of the temple (see the marginal reference "y" note); and the water-gate, a gate in the eastern wall, either for the escape of the superfluous water from the temple reservoirs, or for the introduction of water from the Kidron valley when the reservoirs were low.

Neh 3:27

The foundations of an outlying tower near the southeast angle of the temple area in this position have been recently discovered.

Neh 3:28

"The horse gate" was on the east side of the city, overlooking the Kidron valley. It seems to have been a gate by which horses approached and left the old palace, that of David, which lay north of the temple Neh 3:25.

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²⁵ Palal [06420] the son [01121] of Uzai [0186], over against the turning [04740] of the wall, and the tower [04026] which lieth out [03318] from the king's [04428] high [05945] house [01004], that was by the court [02691] of the prison [04307]. After [0310] him Pedaiah [06305] the son [01121] of Parosh [06551].

²⁸ From above the horse [05483] gate [08179] repaired [02388] the priests [03548], every one [0376] over against [05048] his house [01004].

²⁷ After [0310] them the Tekoites [08621] repaired [02388] another [08145] piece [04060], over against the great [01419] tower [04026] that lieth out [03318], even unto the wall [02346] of Ophel [06077].

² Now the first [07223] inhabitants [03427] that dwelt in their possessions [0272] in their cities [05892] were, the Israelites [03478], the priests [03548], Levites [03881], and the Nethinims [05411].

²⁶ Moreover the Nethinims [05411] dwelt [03427] in Ophel [06077], unto the place over against the water [04325] gate [08179] toward the east [04217], and the tower [04026] that lieth out [03318].

³⁹ And from above the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669], and above the old [03465] gate [08179], and above the fish [01709] gate [08179], and the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606], and the tower [04026] of Meah [03968], even unto the sheep [06629] gate [08179]: and they stood still [05975] in the prison [04307] gate [08179].

²⁴ After [0310] him repaired [02388] Binnui [01131] the son [01121] of Henadad [02582] another [08145] piece [04060], from the house [01004] of Azariah [05838] unto the turning [04740] of the wall, even unto the corner [06438].

²⁸ And the sons [01121] of the singers [07891] gathered themselves together [0622], both out of the plain country [03603] round about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], and from the villages [02691] of Netophathi [05200];

²² And after [0310] him repaired [02388] the priests [03548], the men [0582] of the plain [03603].

¹¹ Malchijah [04441] the son [01121] of Harim [02766], and Hashub [02815] the son [01121] of Pahathmoab [06355], repaired [02388] the other [08145] piece [04060], and the tower [04026] of the furnaces [08574].

²⁰ After [0310] him Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Zabbai [02079] earnestly [02734] repaired [02388] the other [08145] piece [04060], from the turning [04740] of the wall unto the door [06607] of the house [01004] of Eliashib [0475] the high [01419] priest [03548].

¹ Then Eliashib [0475] the high [01419] priest [03548] rose up [06965] with his brethren [0251] the priests [03548], and they builded [01129] the sheep [06629] gate [08179]; they sanctified [06942] it, and set up [05975] the doors [01817] of it; even unto the tower [04026] of Meah [03968] they sanctified [06942] it, unto the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606].

⁹ And the Levites [03881]: both Jeshua [03442] the son [01121] of Azaniah [0245], Binnui [01131] of the sons [01121] of Henadad [02582], Kadmiel [06934];

¹⁸ After [0310] him repaired [02388] their brethren [0251], Bavai [0942] the son [01121] of Henadad [02582], the ruler [08269] of the half [02677] part [06418] of Keilah [07084].