The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
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Gill's Exposition
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab,.... If this was one of the Rechabites, they were forbid to build houses, Jer 35:7 but, perhaps, though they might not build private houses for…
Barnes' Notes
Zanoah lay west of Jerusalem, at the distance of about 10 miles (Jos 15:34 note).
Adam Clarke
The inhabitants of Zanoah - This was a town in the tribe of Judah. Jos 15:34.
The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy…
Cambridge Bible
The valley gate See note on Neh 2:13; Neh 2:15. This was the main entrance on the western side.
Zanoah This town, mentioned in Neh 11:30; Jos 15:34, is probably the modern Zanuah, some 13 miles W. of…
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