the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Nehemiah 3:22
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And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
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
God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the eretz, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the eretz."
Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
The LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
Inhabitant of Levanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shall you be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
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 “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple.
Nehemiah 3:18
Bavai - Or, “Binnui” Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 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 Nehemiah 3:1 note.
Nehemiah 3:20
The other piece - Rather, “another piece.” The notice of Baruch’s first piece, like that of Malchijah’s and Hashub’s Nehemiah 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text.
Nehemiah 3:22
The word here translated “plain” 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 “city of David” seems here to be reached. At this point a tower “lay out” 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 “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” 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 “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.
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
“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 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.
