New English Translation
Nehemiah 3:28
28Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.
Nehemiah 3:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
- New International Version (NIV)Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.
Context of Nehemiah 3:28
26and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. 27After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel. Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house. 29After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked. 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.
Read all of Nehemiah 3Nehemiah 3:28 word by word
מֵעַ֣ל׀ שַׁ֣עַר הַסּוּסִ֗ים הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים אִ֖ישׁ לְנֶ֥גֶד בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 3:28
- 2 Kings 11:16They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.
- 2 Chronicles 23:15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.
- Jeremiah 31:40The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”
- Nehemiah 3:10Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 3:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28The horse gate - The place through which the horses passed in order to be watered; It was near the temple. Some rabbins suppose that in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to the place here referred to, but then was obliged to alight, as a horse could pass no farther. Horses were never very plentiful in Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-30Verses 17-30 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-32This final group of workers completed the repairs at the Sheep Gate, where the work had begun (Nehemiah 3:1). Horse Gate: See 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40. East Gate: See 1 Chronicles 26:14, 17; 2 Chronicles 31:14; Ezekiel 10:19; 40:21–22.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. Then Eliashib the high priest--the grandson of Jeshua, and the first high priest after the return from Babylon. rose up with his brethren the priests--that is, set an example by commencing the work, their labors being confined to the sacred localities. and they builded the sheep gate--close to the temple. Its name arose either from the sheep market, or from the pool of Bethesda, which was there (Joh 5:2). There the sheep were washed and then taken to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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