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Nehemiah 3:22
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After him repaired the Kohanim, the men of the Plain.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, repaired.
Next to him worked the priests from the surrounding area.
After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district.
After him the priests, the men of the [lower Jordan] valley, carried out repairs.
And after him the priests, the men of the vicinity, carried out repairs.
After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
After him also fortified the Priests, the men of the playne.
After him the priests, the men of the valley, made repairs.
And next to him, the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
Here is a list of the priests who worked on the wall: Priests from the region around Jerusalem rebuilt the next section of the wall.
After him the cohanim from the plain made repairs.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain [of Jordan].
The next section of walls was repaired by the priests who lived in that area.
After him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
The following priests rebuilt the next several sections of the wall: Priests from the area around Jerusalem built the next section;
After him the priests, men from the vicinity, repaired.
And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made strong.
After him buylded the prestes, the me of the countre.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland.
After him buylded the priestes, the men of the playne.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
And after him repaired the Priests, the men of the plaine.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
And prestis, men of the feeldi places of Jordan, bildiden aftir hym.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.
The next repairs were made by the priests from the surrounding region.
After him the religious leaders, the men of the valley, did the needed work.
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs.
and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;
And after him built the priests, the men of the plains of the Jordan.
After him the priests, the men of the Plain, repaired.
And after him have the priests, men of the circuit, strengthened.
After him the priests, the men of the valley, carried out repairs.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the men of the plain: Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 12:28
Cross-References
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
The man replied, “The woman you gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The humble will eat and be satisfied;those who seek the Lord will praise him.May your hearts live forever!
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,and those who hold on to her are happy.
You residents of Lebanon,nestled among the cedars,how you will groan when pains come on you,agony like a woman in labor.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. Either of the plain of Jericho, where, in later times at least, there was a station of the priests, or of the plain about Jerusalem; those also assisted in the repairs of the wall.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The constant mention of âpriests,â âLevites,â and Nethinims,â sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple.
Nehemiah 3:18
Bavai - Or, âBinnuiâ Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9.
The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, âthe armoury of the corner.â The northwestern corner of the special wall of the âcity of Davidâ seems to be intended. See Nehemiah 3:1 note.
Nehemiah 3:20
The other piece - Rather, âanother piece.â The notice of Baruchâs first piece, like that of Malchijahâs and Hashubâs Nehemiah 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text.
Nehemiah 3:22
The word here translated âplainâ is applied in the rest of Scripture almost exclusively to the Ghor or Jordan valley. Compare, however, Nehemiah 12:28.
Nehemiah 3:24
The turning of the wall - The northeastern angle of the âcity of Davidâ seems here to be reached. At this point a tower âlay outâ Nehemiah 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.
Nehemiah 3:25
The âkingâs high houseâ 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 âprison gateâ Nehemiah 12:39 was clearly in this quarter.
Nehemiah 3:26
The marginal reading is better. On the Nethinims see 1 Chronicles 9:2 note.
Ophel was the slope south of the temple (see the marginal reference âyâ 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.
Nehemiah 3:27
The foundations of an outlying tower near the southeast angle of the temple area in this position have been recently discovered.
Nehemiah 3:28
âThe horse gateâ 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 Nehemiah 3:25.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. The priests, the men of the plain. — Some of the officers of the temple, particularly the singers, dwelt in the plain country round about Jerusalem, Nehemiah 12:28; and it is likely that several of the priests dwelt in the same place.
