Nehemiah 3:22

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;

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.

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
After him the priests, the men of the valley, carried out repairs.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof, - even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel; ² and, at his hand, built, the men of Jericho, - and at his other hand built Zaccur, son of Imri. ³ And, the fish-gate, did the sons of Hassenaah build, - they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof; ⁴ and, at their hand, repaired, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz, and, at their hand, repaired, Meshullum son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel, - and, at their hand, repaired, Zadok son of Baana; ⁵ and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites, - but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords. ⁶ And, the old gate, did Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah, repair, - they, laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof; ⁷ and, at their hand, repaired, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, - who pertained to the throne of the pasha Beyond the River; ⁸ at his hand, repaired, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, and, at his hand, repaired Hananiah son of the perfumers, - and they fortified Jerusalem, as far as the broad wall; ⁹ and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem; ¹⁰ and, at their hand, repaired, Jedaiah son of Harumaph, even over against his own house, - and, at his hand, repaired, Hattush, son of Hashabneiah;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
And 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 bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast - and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

Genesis 2:9
And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:5
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, - and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:6
And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.

Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, - The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

Genesis 3:13
Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.

Psalms 22:26
The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.

Proverbs 3:18
A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitress of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars, - How hast thou bemoaned thyself Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

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.