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Young's Literal Translation

Nehemiah 3:22

And after him have the priests, men of the circuit, strengthened.

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

Contextual Overview

1 And Eliashib the high priest riseth, and his brethren the priests, and they build the sheep-gate; they have sanctified it, and set up its doors, even unto the tower of Meah they have sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel; 2 and by his hand have men of Jericho built; and by their hand hath Zaccur son of Imri built; 3 and the fish-gate have sons of Hassenaah built, they have walled it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. 4 And by their hand hath Merimoth son of Urijah, son of Koz, strengthened; and by his hand hath Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabeel, strengthened; and by his hand hath Zadok son of Baana strengthened; 5 and by his hand have the Tekoites strengthened, and their honourable ones have not brought in their neck to the service of their Lord. 6 And the old gate have Jehoiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah, strengthened; they have walled it, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars. 7 And by their hand hath Melatiah the Gibeonite strengthened, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor beyond the River. 8 By his hand hath Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the refiners strengthened; and by his hand hath Hananiah son of [one of] the compounders strengthened; and they leave Jerusalem unto the broad wall. 9 And by their hand hath Rephaiah son of Hur, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened. 10 And by their hand hath Jedaiah son of Harumaph strengthened, and over-against his own house; and by his hand hath Hattush son of Hashabniah strengthened.

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 saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
Genesis 2:9
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:5
for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'
Genesis 3:6
And the woman seeth that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
Genesis 3:7
and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.
Genesis 3:12
and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'
Psalms 22:26
The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.
Proverbs 3:18
A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
Jeremiah 22:23
O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.

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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