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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Nehemiah 3:22

After him the priests, the men of the valley, carried out repairs.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Plain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hananeel, Tower of;   Jerusalem;   Pahath Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Plain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Joram;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Circuit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jerusalem;   Kikkar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
Hebrew Names Version
After him repaired the Kohanim, the men of the Plain.
King James Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
English Standard Version
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, repaired.
New Century Version
Next to him worked the priests from the surrounding area.
New English Translation
After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district.
Amplified Bible
After him the priests, the men of the [lower Jordan] valley, carried out repairs.
New American Standard Bible
And after him the priests, the men of the vicinity, carried out repairs.
World English Bible
After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After him also fortified the Priests, the men of the playne.
Legacy Standard Bible
After him the priests, the men of the valley, made repairs.
Berean Standard Bible
And next to him, the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.
Contemporary English Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
After him the cohanim from the plain made repairs.
Darby Translation
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain [of Jordan].
Easy-to-Read Version
The next section of walls was repaired by the priests who lived in that area.
George Lamsa Translation
After him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
Good News Translation
The following priests rebuilt the next several sections of the wall: Priests from the area around Jerusalem built the next section;
Lexham English Bible
After him the priests, men from the vicinity, repaired.
Literal Translation
And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made strong.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After him buylded the prestes, the me of the countre.
American Standard Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Bible in Basic English
After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After him buylded the priestes, the men of the playne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
King James Version (1611)
And after him repaired the Priests, the men of the plaine.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar.
English Revised Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And prestis, men of the feeldi places of Jordan, bildiden aftir hym.
Update Bible Version
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
Webster's Bible Translation
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
New King James Version
And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.
New Living Translation
The next repairs were made by the priests from the surrounding region.
New Life Bible
After him the religious leaders, the men of the valley, did the needed work.
New Revised Standard
After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after him built the priests, the men of the plains of the Jordan.
Revised Standard Version
After him the priests, the men of the Plain, repaired.
Young's Literal Translation
And after him have the priests, men of the circuit, strengthened.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. 2 Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built. 3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4 Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs. 5 Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters. 6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars. 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, also made repairs for the official seat of the governor of the province beyond the River. 8 Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the men of the plain: Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 12:28

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing 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.
Genesis 3:5
"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Genesis 3:6
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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Psalms 22:26
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord . Let your heart live forever!
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.
Jeremiah 22:23
"You who dwell in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!

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.


 
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