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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 3:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ne 3:27 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Ophel
translated, "tower," (Kg2 5:24); (Ch2 27:3); (Ch2 33:14). Perhaps part of the fort called Millo, (Kg1 9:15); (Ch2 32:5). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Tekoites - The same spoken of before, who having dispatched their first share sooner than their brethren, freely offered to supply the defects of others, who, as it seems, neglected that part of the work which had been committed to them. And this their double diligence is noted both for the greater shame of their nobles, who would not do any part of it, and for their own honour, who were so far from being corrupted by that bad example, that they were quickened to greater zeal and industry in this pious work. |
5 Also he strengthened [02388] himself, and built up [01129] all the wall [02346] that was broken [06555], and raised it up [05927] to the towers [04026], and another [0312] wall [02346] without [02351], and repaired [02388] Millo [04407] in the city [05892] of David [01732], and made [06213] darts [07973] and shields [04043] in abundance [07230].
15 And this is the reason [01697] of the levy [04522] which king [04428] Solomon [08010] raised [05927]; for to build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and his own house [01004], and Millo [04407], and the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389], and Hazor [02674], and Megiddo [04023], and Gezer [01507].
14 Now after this [0310] he built [01129] a wall [02346] without [02435] the city [05892] of David [01732], on the west side [04628] of Gihon [01521], in the valley [05158], even to the entering in [0935] at the fish [01709] gate [08179], and compassed [05437] about Ophel [06077], and raised it up [01361] a very great height [03966], and put [07760] captains [08269] of war [02428] in all the fenced [01219] cities [05892] of Judah [03063].
3 He built [01129] the high [05945] gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and on the wall [02346] of Ophel [06077] he built [01129] much [07230].
24 And when he came [0935] to the tower [06076], he took [03947] them from their hand [03027], and bestowed [06485] them in the house [01004]: and he let the men [0582] go [07971], and they departed [03212].